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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 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.

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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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  • Celtic/Gaulish · 30 ✖

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  • deity · 30 ✖
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_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]);
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