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 category to filter by functional type (146 values: Underworld Deity, Hero, Adversarial Being, Revealer Figure, etc.). 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 (894 distinct values; see entity_class for the controlled grouping)'}
category
{'description': 'Broader functional category (146 values — recommended for filtering)'}
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'}

7 rows where entity_class = "collective" and tradition = "Renaissance Esoteric"

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  • Renaissance Esoteric · 7 ✖

entity_class 1

  • collective · 7 ✖
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_ANGF_ZODIAC_12 The Twelve Zodiacal Angels   Renaissance Esoteric Collective Collective astrology; angelology; zodiac   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Closed, enumerable set of twelve angels governing the twelve signs of the zodiac per Agrippa, De occulta philosophia II.14 (the Scale of Twelve). A structural collective; member angels attested in Agrippa and catalogued by Davidson. collective
ENT_REN_AETHYRS The Thirty Aethyrs (Aires) of the Enochian System   Renaissance Esoteric Collective Enochian realm thirty graded spiritual spheres enclosing creation, from lowest to highest heaven   literary   B candidate_verified_name Enochian system of John Dee (v1.71.0) 0 0 0 Thirty concentric Aethyrs recorded in Liber Scientiae, ascending from TEX (the 30th, lowest) to LIL (the 1st, highest); only the firmly attested example aethyrs are listed individually. collective
ENT_REN_AGRIPPA_PLANETARY Agrippa's Planetary Intelligences and Spirits   Renaissance Esoteric Collective Renaissance planetary spirit planetary magic; magic squares (kameas); the seven Intelligence-Spirit pairs   literary   B candidate_verified_name Renaissance angelic/planetary magic (v1.69.0) 0 0 0 The seven paired planetary Intelligences (benevolent directing angels) and Spirits (raw planetary forces) whose names Agrippa derived numerologically from the planetary magic squares in De occulta philosophia II.22. collective
ENT_REN_ENOCHIAN The Enochian System of John Dee   Renaissance Esoteric Collective Enochian system angelic revelation; the divine (Enochian) language; theurgic cosmology   literary   B candidate_verified_name Enochian system of John Dee (v1.71.0) 0 0 0 The integrated angelic-magical system received by John Dee and Edward Kelley 1581-1587 across the Heptarchia Mystica, Liber Loagaeth, and Liber Scientiae (the Aethyrs and Great Table); its component structures are well documented even where individual angel names vary between manuscripts. collective
ENT_REN_OLYMPIC_SPIRITS The Seven Olympic Spirits of the Arbatel   Renaissance Esoteric Collective Olympic spirit the 196 Olympic provinces; planetary governance   literary   B candidate_verified_name Renaissance angelic/planetary magic (v1.69.0) 0 0 0 The seven planetary Olympic Spirits (Aratron, Bethor, Phaleg, Och, Hagith, Ophiel, Phul) who jointly govern the 196 Olympic provinces of heaven, per the Arbatel de magia veterum (1575). collective
ENT_REN_SHEM_72 The Seventy-Two Angels of the Shem ha-Mephorash   Renaissance Esoteric Collective Kabbalistic angel the 72-fold Name of God; tutelary angels; the 72 quinances of the zodiac   literary   B candidate_verified_name Renaissance angelic/planetary magic (v1.69.0) 0 0 0 The 72 angels derived from the three verses of Exodus 14:19-21 (each a three-letter combination of the divine Name plus the suffix -el or -iah), each governing a 5-degree quinance of the zodiac; in Rudd's tradition the benevolent counterpart-set to the 72 demons of the Ars Goetia. collective
ENT_REN_WATCHTOWERS The Four Enochian Watchtowers (Great Table)   Renaissance Esoteric Collective Enochian realm elemental governance of the four quarters (Air/East, Water/West, Earth/North, Fire/South)   literary   B candidate_verified_name Enochian system of John Dee (v1.71.0) 0 0 0 The four great elemental tablets of the Great Table received by Dee and Kelley, each governing one element and quarter; the individual square-angels and elemental Great Kings are deliberately not enumerated to avoid invention. 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]);