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'}

9 rows where entity_class = "deity" and tradition = "Celtic/British"

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  • Celtic/British · 9 ✖

entity_class 1

  • deity · 9 ✖
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_BRI_ANDRASTE Andraste   Celtic/British Goddess War/victory goddess war; victory; sovereignty   regional   B candidate_verified_name Cassius Dio 62.6-7 1 0 0 A war and victory goddess invoked by Boudica of the Iceni (per Cassius Dio); equated with Victoria. deity
ENT_BRI_ANTENOCITICUS Antenociticus   Celtic/British God Tutelary god military advancement; local patronage   local   B candidate_verified_name RIB 1327-1329 (Benwell) 1 0 0 A local tutelary god of Benwell (Condercum) on Hadrian's Wall, invoked for military advancement. deity
ENT_BRI_BELATUCADROS Belatucadros   Celtic/British God War god war   regional   B candidate_verified_name RIB; ~28 inscriptions 1 0 0 A war-god of the western Hadrian's Wall zone ("Fair Shining One"), favoured by lower-ranking soldiers, equated with Mars. deity
ENT_BRI_BRIGANTIA Brigantia   Celtic/British Goddess Tutelary/sovereignty goddess the Brigantes; sovereignty; victory   regional   A candidate_verified_name RIB 627, 628, 1131 2 0 0 Tutelary sovereignty goddess of the Brigantes of northern Britain (Victoria/Caelestis Brigantia), cognate with (but distinct from) Irish Brigid. deity
ENT_BRI_COCIDIUS Cocidius   Celtic/British God War/hunt god war; hunting; the forest   regional   A candidate_verified_name RIB 2015; ~25 inscriptions 3 0 0 A war and hunting god of the north-western frontier (Fanum Cocidi, Bewcastle), equated with Mars and Silvanus; paired with Belatucadros. deity
ENT_BRI_COVENTINA Coventina   Celtic/British Goddess Goddess of wells sacred wells and springs   local   A candidate_verified_name RIB 1522-1535 (Carrawburgh) 3 0 0 Goddess of the sacred well at Carrawburgh on Hadrian's Wall, honoured with thousands of votive offerings. deity
ENT_BRI_NODENS Nodens   Celtic/British God Healing/hunt god healing; hunting; the sea; dogs   regional   A candidate_verified_name RIB 305-307 (Lydney) 2 0 0 A Romano-British healing, hunting and sea god (the Lydney Park temple, with its dogs and marine imagery); epigraphically "Mars Nodons" but functionally close to Silvanus and Neptune. Ancestor of Irish Nuada and Welsh Nudd/Lludd. deity
ENT_BRI_SULIS Sulis   Celtic/British Goddess Healing/spring goddess the hot springs of Bath; healing; cursing and justice   regional   A candidate_verified_name RIB curse tablets (Bath) 3 0 0 Goddess of the hot springs of Bath (Aquae Sulis), equated with Minerva; her sacred spring received ~130 curse-tablets seeking justice. deity
ENT_BRI_VINOTONUS Vinotonus   Celtic/British God Woodland god the moor and woodland   local   C candidate_verified_name RIB 732, 733 (Scargill Moor) 4 0 0 A local woodland/moorland god of Scargill Moor near Bowes, equated with Silvanus. 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]);