Entities

The core table — every entity in the database, spanning gods, angels, demons, aeons, prophets, saints, heroes, spirits, monsters, personified abstractions, cosmological realms, and ritual categories. Use entity_class to filter by kind (19 controlled values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, etc.). category is free text (1,148 values) and is not a reliable filter. Use tradition to filter by tradition. The short_note column contains a scholarly description with source citations.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

entity_id
{'description': 'Stable identifier (e.g. ENT_GRK_ZEUS, ENT_EGY_OSIRIS, ENT_ISL_MUSA)'}
canonical_name
{'description': 'Primary English name used in the database'}
greek_name
{'description': 'Greek-script name, where applicable'}
tradition
{'description': 'Religious or cultural tradition of origin'}
entity_class
{'description': 'Controlled top-level kind (19 values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, ruler, prophet, sage, saint, scriptural-figure, abstraction, collective, realm, ritual, title, object) — recommended for filtering by kind'}
entity_type
{'description': 'Granular free-text type descriptor (934 distinct values; see entity_class for the controlled grouping)'}
category
{'description': 'Free-text functional category (1,148 distinct values, not normalised — filter on entity_class instead)'}
primary_domains
{'description': 'Primary divine domains, comma-separated'}
evidence_confidence
{'description': 'Sourcing quality: A = direct primary-text attestation; B = strong secondary; C = inference; D = speculative'}
chthonic_flag
{'description': 'True if this entity has underworld or chthonic associations'}
serpent_flag
{'description': 'True if this entity has serpent or dragon associations'}
short_note
{'description': 'Scholarly description with source citations'}

13 rows where entity_class = "collective" and tradition = "Jewish Mystical"

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tradition 1

  • Jewish Mystical · 13 ✖

entity_class 1

  • collective · 13 ✖
entity_id ▼ canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_JM_CHAYYOT Chayyot   Jewish Mystical Angel collective Angelic Collective living creatures; throne; vision   Merkabah   A candidate_verified_name Major angelic collective 0 0 0 Living creatures of Ezekiel’s throne vision. collective
ENT_JM_HASHMALLIM Hashmallim   Jewish Mystical Angel collective Angelic Collective radiance; fire; throne   Merkabah   A candidate_verified_name Major angelic collective 0 0 0 Radiant angelic beings of Merkabah traditions. collective
ENT_JM_HASIDISM Hasidism   Jewish Mystical Collective Hasidic master ['mysticism', 'devekut', 'popular piety']   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 The Hasidic movement of devotional mysticism arising in 18th-century Eastern Europe, founded by the Baal Shem Tov and spread through successive rebbes. collective
ENT_JM_HEAVENLY_HOST The Heavenly Host   Jewish Mystical Angelic collective Angel the assembled ranks of angels       B candidate_verified_name         Tzeva ha-Shamayim, the assembled host of the ten angelic ranks collective
ENT_JM_LILIN Lilin   Jewish Mystical Demonic collective Night-demons night; the strangling of infants   Jewish   B candidate_verified_name Rabbinic/Zoharic demon brood 0 1 0 The lilin, the demonic brood of Lilith who menace women in childbirth and infants. collective
ENT_JM_MAZZIKIN Mazzikin   Jewish Mystical Demonic collective Harmful spirits injury; nocturnal danger   Jewish   A candidate_verified_name Rabbinic demon class 0 1 0 The mazzikin, the "harmers," invisible spirits that crowd and injure the living. collective
ENT_JM_OPHANIM Ophanim   Jewish Mystical Angel collective Angelic Collective wheels; throne; celestial motion   Merkabah   A candidate_verified_name Major angelic collective 0 0 0 Wheel angels associated with the divine throne. collective
ENT_JM_QLIPHOTH Qliphoth   Jewish Mystical Demonic collective The shells the husks that imprison the sparks; the powers of impurity   Kabbalistic   A candidate_verified_name Kabbalistic realm of evil 0 1 0 The Qliphoth (kelipot), the "shells/husks" formed from the broken vessels that imprison the holy sparks. collective
ENT_JM_SABBATEANS Sabbateans   Jewish Mystical Collective Messianic claimant ['messianism', 'mysticism']   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 The 17th-century messianic movement that proclaimed Sabbatai Zevi as the messiah, drawing on Lurianic eschatology and erupting in 1665-66. collective
ENT_JM_SAFED_KABBALISTS Safed Kabbalists   Jewish Mystical Collective Kabbalist ['kabbalah', 'mysticism', 'Torah study']   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 The 16th-century circle of mystics gathered at Safed in the Galilee, the center of post-expulsion Kabbalah; home to Cordovero, Luria, Vital, Karo and Alkabetz. collective
ENT_JM_SEFER_HARAZIM_ANGELS The Angels of the Seven Firmaments (Sefer ha-Razim)   Jewish Mystical Collective Angelic host operative angelology; magic; adjuration   regional   A candidate_verified_name Named power of the late-antique/medieval Jewish magical corpus (Sefer ha-Razim, Sword of Moses, Sefer Raziel) 0 0 0 The vast graded host of named angels organized into encampments across the firmaments, adjured in Sefer ha-Razim's spells for love, dreams, victory, healing and harm. collective
ENT_JM_SEFIROT Sefirot   Jewish Mystical Divine collective Divine Collective emanations; divine attributes; cosmic structure   Kabbalah   A candidate_verified_name Major Kabbalistic collective 0 0 0 The ten divine emanations of Kabbalah. collective
ENT_JM_SHEDIM Shedim   Jewish Mystical Demonic collective Demons the wild places; harm and misfortune   Jewish   A candidate_verified_name Rabbinic demon class 0 1 0 The shedim, the demons of rabbinic lore, partaking of both angels and humans. collective

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CREATE TABLE "entities" (
   [entity_id] TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
   [canonical_name] TEXT,
   [greek_name] TEXT,
   [tradition] TEXT,
   [entity_type] TEXT,
   [category] TEXT,
   [primary_domains] TEXT,
   [tags] TEXT,
   [cult_scope] TEXT,
   [primary_period] TEXT,
   [evidence_confidence] TEXT,
   [review_status] TEXT,
   [inclusion_basis] TEXT,
   [earth_association_score] INTEGER,
   [chthonic_flag] INTEGER,
   [serpent_flag] INTEGER,
   [short_note] TEXT,
   [entity_class] TEXT REFERENCES [entity_class]([class_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entities_entity_class]
    ON [entities] ([entity_class]);