Entities
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'}
30 rows where entity_class = "deity" and tradition = "Celtic/Gaulish"
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| 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 |
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| ENT_CEL_ABNOBA | Abnoba | Celtic/Gaulish | Goddess | Forest/hunt goddess | the Black Forest; rivers; the hunt | regional | B | candidate_verified_name | CIL; Tacitus; interpretatio Diana | 4 | 0 | 0 | Goddess of the Black Forest, its rivers and the hunt, equated with Diana (Diana Abnoba). | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_ARDUINNA | Arduinna | Celtic/Gaulish | Goddess | Forest/hunt goddess | the Ardennes forest; the boar-hunt | regional | B | candidate_verified_name | CIL; interpretatio Diana | 4 | 0 | 0 | Goddess of the Ardennes forest and the boar-hunt, equated with Diana. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_ARTIO | Artio | Celtic/Gaulish | Goddess | Bear goddess | bears; wildlife; abundance | regional | B | candidate_verified_name | CIL (Deae Artioni) | 4 | 0 | 0 | Bear-goddess of wildlife and abundance (the Muri bronze, near Bern). | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_BELENUS | Belenus | Celtic/Gaulish | God | Healing/solar god | healing; springs; light | regional | A | candidate_verified_name | CIL inscriptions; interpretatio Apollo | 2 | 0 | 0 | A widely-worshipped healing god of Gaul, N. Italy and Noricum, equated with Apollo (~51 inscriptions). The traditional "shining/solar" reading of the name is now doubted (Delamarre: *bʰel- = "white/pale", not "shining"); his attested character is healing (Apollo-the-healer), with a possible henbane (belenuntia) connection rather than a sun-cult. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_BELISAMA | Belisama | Celtic/Gaulish | Goddess | Crafts/river goddess | crafts; rivers; light | regional | B | candidate_verified_name | CIL (Minervae Belisamae) | 2 | 0 | 0 | Goddess of crafts, light and rivers, equated with Minerva (Saint-Lizier inscription). | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_BORVO | Borvo | Celtic/Gaulish | God | Healing god | boiling/healing springs | regional | B | candidate_verified_name | CIL; interpretatio Apollo | 2 | 0 | 0 | God of bubbling healing springs ("the boiling one"; Bourbonne-les-Bains), equated with Apollo; consort of Damona. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_CAMULOS | Camulos | Celtic/Gaulish | War god | War god | war | regional | A | candidate_verified_name | RIB; CIL; interpretatio Mars | 1 | 0 | 0 | A war-god of the Belgae and Britons (eponym of Camulodunum/Colchester), equated with Mars. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_CATHUBODUA | Cathubodua | Celtic/Gaulish | War goddess | Battle-crow goddess | war; the battle-crow | local | C | candidate_verified_name | CIL XII 2571 | 1 | 0 | 0 | A battle-crow goddess of the Allobroges, linguistic cognate of Irish Badb; known from a single damaged (and contested) inscription, CIL XII 2571 (Mieussy) — a hapax, not a securely attested cult. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_CERNUNNOS | Cernunnos | Celtic/Gaulish | Horned god | Animal Deity | horns; animals; wild nature; wealth; liminality | Gaulish | A | candidate_verified_name | Celtic core deity | 5 | 0 | 0 | Horned god associated with animals, wild nature, and possible prosperity symbolism. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_DAMONA | Damona | Celtic/Gaulish | Goddess | Healing goddess | healing; fertility (the "divine cow") | regional | B | candidate_verified_name | CIL inscriptions | 3 | 0 | 0 | Healing and fertility goddess ("divine cow"), consort of Borvo and of Apollo Moritasgus. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_ESUS | Esus | Celtic/Gaulish | God | Craft Figure | trees; sacrifice; labor; uncertain domain | Gaulish | B | needs_review | Celtic deity | 4 | 0 | 0 | Gaulish deity of uncertain function, one of Lucan's three (with Taranis and Teutates); known for the tree-felling iconography with the bull Tarvos Trigaranus (Paris Pillar of the Boatmen). The Bern scholia equate him variously with Mars OR Mercury — the interpretatio is disputed. "Esus" may be a title ("Lord/Master"). | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_GRANNUS | Grannus | Celtic/Gaulish | God | Healing god | healing; thermal springs | regional | A | candidate_verified_name | CIL; Cassius Dio; interpretatio Apollo | 2 | 0 | 0 | God of healing thermal springs (eponym of Aachen, Aquae Granni), equated with Apollo; consort of Sirona. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_LENUS | Lenus | Celtic/Gaulish | God | Healing/war god | healing; tribal protection | regional | A | candidate_verified_name | RIB 309; CIL; interpretatio Mars | 2 | 0 | 0 | A Treveran healing and tribal war-god (Mars Lenus), worshipped at Trier and at Caerwent in Britain; consort of Ancamna. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_LITAVIS | Litavis | Celtic/Gaulish | Goddess | Earth goddess | the broad earth | regional | B | candidate_verified_name | CIL inscriptions | 4 | 1 | 0 | An earth-goddess ("the Broad One"; cf. Welsh Llydaw), paired with Mars Cicolluis. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_LUGUS | Lugus | Celtic/Gaulish | God | High Deity | craftsmanship; trade; eloquence; solar; war; ravens; pan-Celtic sovereignty | C | Pan-Celtic many-skilled deity, attested chiefly as a theophoric/place-name element (Lugoves dedications; Lugdunum). Conventionally identified with the "Mercury" Caesar names as the chief Gaulish god — but Caesar names no Celtic gods, so this equation is a scholarly reconstruction. Cognate with Irish Lugh and Welsh Lleu. | deity | |||||||||
| ENT_CEL_MAPONOS | Maponos | Celtic/Gaulish | God | Healing Deity | divine youth; healing waters; music; hunting; solar; Apollo-equivalent | C | Divine youth ("the Great/Divine Son"), equated with Apollo in Romano-British dedications (Corbridge, Hexham, Ribchester); cognate with Welsh Mabon ap Modron. A youth/hunting deity; the "music" association is inferred from the Apollo equation rather than directly attested. | deity | |||||||||
| ENT_CEL_MATRES | Matres / Matrones | Celtic/Gaulish | Goddess | Divine Collective | divine motherhood; fertility; protection; abundance; triple goddess form | C | Triple Mother Goddesses; the most widely attested religious phenomenon in Celtic Gaul and Roman-period Britain and Germany: over 1,000 votive inscriptions. Always depicted as a triad of seated women, usually carrying infants, fruit, baskets of abundance, or loaves. Regional variants named by tribe or locality (Matres Aufaniae, Matres Nemetiales, Matres Domesticae). Represent fertility, protection, and communal well-being. Olmsted (1994) pp. 299-312; Duval (1976) pp. 55-60. | deity | |||||||||
| ENT_CEL_NANTOSUELTA | Nantosuelta | Celtic/Gaulish | Goddess | Household Deity | household; prosperity; fertility; land | Gaulish | A | candidate_verified_name | Celtic deity | 5 | 0 | 0 | Gaulish goddess associated with household, land, or prosperity. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_NEMAUSUS | Nemausus | Celtic/Gaulish | God | Tutelary spring god | the sacred spring of Nîmes | local | B | candidate_verified_name | CIL inscriptions | 2 | 0 | 0 | Tutelary god of Nîmes and its sacred spring; linked to the Matres Nemausicae. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_OGMIOS | Ogmios | Celtic/Gaulish | God | God of eloquence | eloquence; the binding power of speech | regional | B | candidate_verified_name | Lucian, Heracles | 0 | 0 | 0 | God of eloquence and the binding force of speech, depicted as an aged Heracles leading men by chains from his tongue (Lucian); compared to Irish Ogma. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_RITONA | Ritona | Celtic/Gaulish | Goddess | Goddess of fords | river-fords and crossings | local | B | candidate_verified_name | CIL inscriptions | 2 | 0 | 0 | Treveran goddess of fords and water-crossings. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_ROSMERTA | Rosmerta | Celtic/Gaulish | Goddess | Fertility Deity | abundance; fertility; prosperity; sovereignty; consort of Lugus | C | Gaulish goddess of fertility, abundance, and sovereignty; name means "the Good Provider" (Delamarre 2003, p. 268: *ro-smerta, from smerta "providential"). Attested in about 20 Roman-period dedications from Gaul, Rhineland, and the Moselle region; frequently paired with Mercury (Trier, Metz, Wiesbaden), suggesting a Roman interpretatio of a local sovereignty couple. Depicted with a wooden tub (bucket of abundance) and sometimes a patera; she is the pre-Roman sovereignty figure onto whom Roman Mercury was mapped. | deity | |||||||||
| ENT_CEL_SEQUANA | Sequana | Celtic/Gaulish | Goddess | River goddess | the source of the Seine; healing | regional | A | candidate_verified_name | CIL inscriptions | 3 | 0 | 0 | Goddess of the source of the Seine, to whom over a thousand healing ex-votos were dedicated at Fontes Sequanae. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_SIRONA | Sirona | Celtic/Gaulish | Goddess | Healing goddess | healing springs; fertility | regional | A | candidate_verified_name | CIL inscriptions | 2 | 0 | 0 | Healing thermal-spring goddess (snake, eggs, grain), consort of Apollo Grannus. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_SMERTRIOS | Smertrios | Celtic/Gaulish | God | Warrior god | war; provision; the serpent-slayer | regional | B | candidate_verified_name | CIL XIII 3026 (Pillar of the Boatmen) | 1 | 1 | 0 | A warrior and serpent-slaying god ("the provider"; cf. Rosmerta), on the Paris Pillar of the Boatmen; consort of Ancamna. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_SUCELLUS | Sucellus | Celtic/Gaulish | Hammer god | Craft Deity | hammer; abundance; protection; agriculture | Gaulish | A | candidate_verified_name | Celtic deity | 4 | 0 | 0 | Gaulish hammer god associated with abundance and protection. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_TARANIS | Taranis | Celtic/Gaulish | Thunder god | Storm Deity | thunder; wheel; sky; storm | Gaulish | A | candidate_verified_name | Celtic core deity | 1 | 0 | 0 | Gaulish thunder god. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_TEUTATES | Teutates | Celtic/Gaulish | Tribal god | Civic Deity | tribe; people; protection; war | Gaulish | B | needs_review | Celtic deity | 2 | 0 | 0 | Gaulish tribal/protective god ("Toutatis" = "god of the tribe/people"); one of Lucan's three. The Bern scholia equate him variously with Mercury OR Mars — the interpretatio is disputed. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_UCUETIS | Ucuetis | Celtic/Gaulish | God | Smith god | smithcraft; metalwork | local | B | candidate_verified_name | CIL XIII 2880 (Alesia) | 2 | 0 | 0 | A smith-god of Alesia, worshipped with the prosperity-goddess Bergusia. | deity | |||
| ENT_CEL_VOSEGUS | Vosegus | Celtic/Gaulish | God | Mountain/hunt god | the Vosges; forest and hunt | local | C | candidate_verified_name | CIL inscriptions | 4 | 0 | 0 | God personifying the Vosges mountains, the forest and the hunt (the Donon temple). | 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]);