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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'}

27 rows where entity_class = "deity" and tradition = "Canaanite/Ugaritic"

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  • Canaanite/Ugaritic · 27 ✖

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  • deity · 27 ✖
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_CAN_ANAT Anat   Canaanite/Ugaritic War/fertility goddess War Deity war; fertility; protection   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 2 0 0 Warrior goddess closely associated with Baal. deity
ENT_CAN_ARSAY Arsay   Canaanite/Ugaritic Goddess Daughter of Baal the earth; the underworld   regional   A candidate_verified_name Baal Cycle, KTU 1.3; KTU 1.118 4 1 0 "Earthy one," the chthonic third daughter of Baal. deity
ENT_CAN_ASHERAH Athirat/Asherah   Canaanite/Ugaritic Mother goddess Fertility Deity motherhood; sea; fertility; divine consort   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 4 0 0 Mother goddess and consort of El. deity
ENT_CAN_ASTARTE Astarte   Canaanite/Ugaritic Love/fertility goddess War Deity love; fertility; sexuality; sovereignty   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 2 0 0 Major Northwest Semitic goddess related to Ishtar traditions. deity
ENT_CAN_ATHTAR Athtar   Canaanite/Ugaritic God Astral god the morning star (Venus); irrigation   regional   A candidate_verified_name Baal Cycle, KTU 1.6 1 0 0 The astral god (Venus) enthroned to replace the dead Baal, but too small for the throne. (Cf. the South Arabian Athtar.) deity
ENT_CAN_BAAL Baal Hadad   Canaanite/Ugaritic Storm god Storm Deity storm; rain; fertility; kingship   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 2 0 0 Storm and fertility god central to the Baal Cycle. deity
ENT_CAN_DAGON Dagon   Canaanite/Ugaritic Grain/sky deity Fertility Deity grain; agriculture; fertility; rain; underworld; Philistine cult       A           Major West Semitic deity; possibly the father of Baal in Ugaritic texts (KTU 1.5 VI: "Baal son of Dagon"); grain deity whose name may derive from Semitic dagan (grain) though also connected to daganu (cloud/rain); worshipped from Ebla (c. 2400 BCE) and Mari (c. 1800 BCE) through Ugarit and into Philistine-period Ashdod and Gaza (Judges 16:23; 1 Samuel 5); the most geographically widespread West Semitic deity before the Hellenistic period deity
ENT_CAN_EL El   Canaanite/Ugaritic High god High Deity creator; kingship; divine authority; father of gods   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 1 0 0 Senior creator deity and head of the divine council. deity
ENT_CAN_HORON Horon   Canaanite/Ugaritic God God of magic magic; exorcism; healing; snakebite   regional   B candidate_verified_name KTU 1.100, 1.107 0 1 1 A god of magic, exorcism and protection against snakebite (the serpent-charm myth). deity
ENT_CAN_KOTHAR Kothar-wa-Khasis   Canaanite/Ugaritic Craft god Craft Deity craft; technology; divine craftsmanship   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 1 0 0 Divine craftsman and builder. deity
ENT_CAN_MOT Mot   Canaanite/Ugaritic Death god Underworld Deity death; drought; underworld   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 5 1 0 God of death and sterility. deity
ENT_CAN_NIKKAL Nikkal   Canaanite/Ugaritic Goddess Orchard goddess orchards; fruit; the moon-marriage   regional   A candidate_verified_name KTU 1.24 3 0 0 Goddess of orchards and fruit (from Sumerian Ningal), bride of the moon-god Yarikh. deity
ENT_CAN_PIDRAY Pidray   Canaanite/Ugaritic Goddess Daughter of Baal light; mist   regional   A candidate_verified_name Baal Cycle, KTU 1.3-1.4 1 0 0 "Daughter of light/mist," eldest of the three daughters of Baal. deity
ENT_CAN_RESHEPH Resheph   Canaanite/Ugaritic Plague/war deity War Deity plague; war; death; destruction; lightning; warrior god       A           Canaanite deity of plague, pestilence, and war; name means "flame" or "lightning-bolt"; serves as gatekeeper at El's court in Ugaritic texts; adopted by Egypt as a war deity under Ramesses II (depicted with shield and axe); attested in the Hebrew Bible as a personified pestilence flanking Yahweh in Habakkuk 3:5; worshipped in Phoenician Cyprus (bilingual inscriptions) and at Ebla; the primary Levantine transmission source for the Apollo plague-deity complex in Greek religion deity
ENT_CAN_SHAHAR Shahar   Canaanite/Ugaritic God Astral twin the dawn   regional   A candidate_verified_name KTU 1.23 0 0 0 God of the dawn, one of the twin "gracious gods" born to El. deity
ENT_CAN_SHALIM Shalim   Canaanite/Ugaritic God Astral twin the dusk; completion   regional   A candidate_verified_name KTU 1.23 0 0 0 God of the dusk, twin of Shahar; his name underlies that of Jerusalem (Uru-Shalim). deity
ENT_CAN_SHAPASH Shapash   Canaanite/Ugaritic Solar goddess Solar Deity sun; illumination; mediation   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 0 0 0 Solar goddess and mediator between realms. deity
ENT_CAN_TALLAY Tallay   Canaanite/Ugaritic Goddess Daughter of Baal dew; light rain   regional   A candidate_verified_name Baal Cycle, KTU 1.3-1.4 2 0 0 "Dewy one," a daughter of Baal personifying dew. deity
ENT_CAN_YAM Yam   Canaanite/Ugaritic Sea god Sea Deity sea; chaos; primordial waters   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 3 0 1 Sea deity and opponent of Baal. deity
ENT_CAN_YARIKH Yarikh   Canaanite/Ugaritic Moon god Moon Deity moon; cycles; fertility   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 0 0 0 Lunar deity of Ugaritic religion. deity
ENT_LEV_ADRAMMELECH Adrammelech   Canaanite/Ugaritic deity deity underworld/sacrificial deity   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 God of Sepharvaim to whom child sacrifice ('passing through fire') was made (2 Kings 17:31). Name = 'Adad/Adar is king' or 'the king is exalted'; identity debated — linked variously to Adad, a solar/Molek-type cult, or an Aramaean/Assyrian deity. Paired with Anammelech. deity
ENT_LEV_ANAMMELECH Anammelech   Canaanite/Ugaritic deity deity astral/sacrificial deity   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 God of Sepharvaim receiving child sacrifice alongside Adrammelech (2 Kings 17:31). Name = 'Anu/Anath is king'; proposed links to the Mesopotamian sky-god Anu, a lunar deity, or (via 'Anath-melek') the Canaanite goddess Anat. Identity uncertain. deity
ENT_LEV_ASHIMA Ashima of Hamath   Canaanite/Ugaritic deity deity city/tutelary deity   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Deity of the people of Hamath, named among the gods made by Samaria's resettled peoples (2 Kings 17:30). Plausibly connected to a NW-Semitic goddess Asham/Ashima attested at Elephantine (Anat-Ashima) and possibly to the Aramaean cult of Hamath; later rabbinic tradition imagined her as a goat/bald-figure idol. deity
ENT_LEV_ASTRONOE Astronoe   Canaanite/Ugaritic deity deity love/healing goddess (Sidonian)   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Sidonian goddess known from Damascius (Life of Isidore): a mountain-mother/huntress who, on the youth Eshmun's self-mutilation, revives and deifies him. Generally read as a hellenized aspect of Astarte tied to the Eshmun healing cult at Sidon. deity
ENT_LEV_BAAL_ZEBUB Baal-Zebub of Ekron   Canaanite/Ugaritic deity deity healing/oracle/storm-god local cult   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Philistine city-god of Ekron consulted as a healing oracle by King Ahaziah (2 Kings 1). Name = 'Lord of the Flies', almost certainly a Hebrew polemical distortion of an original Baal epithet ('zbl/Zebul' = 'Prince', as at Ugarit). The ORIGINAL deity behind the later Christian demon Beelzebub. Homonym note: distinct from the demon Beelzebul (ENT_CHR_BEELZEBUL), which is his reception. deity
ENT_LEV_NIBHAZ Nibhaz   Canaanite/Ugaritic deity deity tutelary deity (obscure)   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 God of the Avvites, named with Tartak among Samaria's resettled gods (2 Kings 17:31). Etymology obscure and possibly a scribal corruption; later Jewish tradition fancifully described a dog-shaped idol. No independent epigraphic attestation. deity
ENT_LEV_TARTAK Tartak   Canaanite/Ugaritic deity deity tutelary deity (obscure)   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 God of the Avvites, paired with Nibhaz (2 Kings 17:31). Etymology uncertain (possibly an Elamite/Iranian theonym or scribal corruption); rabbinic tradition imagined an ass-shaped idol. No independent attestation outside the biblical notice. deity

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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]);
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