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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'}

42 rows where entity_class = "deity" and tradition = "Celtic/Irish"

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  • Celtic/Irish · 42 ✖

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  • deity · 42 ✖
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_AENGUS Aengus   Celtic/Irish Love/youth god Love Deity love; youth; beauty; dreams   Irish   A candidate_verified_name Celtic core deity 1 0 0 Irish god associated with love, youth, and poetic beauty. deity
ENT_CEL_AINE Áine   Celtic/Irish Goddess Provincial goddess summer; sovereignty; sun; wealth   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Metrical Dindshenchas 3 0 0 Goddess of summer, sovereignty, and prosperity, of Cnoc Áine in Munster. deity
ENT_CEL_BADB Badb   Celtic/Irish War goddess The Morrígna war; the battle-crow; prophecy of slaughter   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Cath Maige Tuired 1 0 0 War-goddess, the "battle-crow," one of the Morrígna; daughter of Ernmas. deity
ENT_CEL_BANBA Banba   Celtic/Irish Sovereignty goddess Tuatha Dé Danann the sovereignty of Ireland   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Lebor Gabála Érenn 3 0 0 Sovereignty goddess and poetic name for Ireland; daughter of Ernmas, wife of Mac Cuill. deity
ENT_CEL_BOANN Boann   Celtic/Irish River goddess Tuatha Dé Danann the River Boyne; cattle; inspiration   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Metrical Dindshenchas 3 0 0 Goddess of the River Boyne; consort of the Dagda and mother of Aengus; wife of Elcmar/Nechtan. deity
ENT_CEL_BODBDERG Bodb Derg   Celtic/Irish God Tuatha Dé Danann kingship of the síde   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Children of Lir 1 0 0 Son of the Dagda, elected King of the Tuatha Dé Danann after their defeat; a síd-lord. deity
ENT_CEL_BRES Bres   Celtic/Irish God-king Tuatha Dé / Fomorian sovereignty (unjust); agriculture   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Cath Maige Tuired 2 0 0 Half-Fomorian king of the Tuatha Dé, son of Elatha and Ériu, husband of Brigid; his miserly rule triggers the Second Battle. deity
ENT_CEL_BRIAN Brian   Celtic/Irish God Sons of Tuireann craft; the heroic quest   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Oidheadh Chlainne Tuireann 0 0 0 Eldest of the three sons of Tuireann who slay Cían and perform the great quest for Lugh's blood-fine. deity
ENT_CEL_CERMAIT Cermait   Celtic/Irish God Tuatha Dé Danann eloquence   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Lebor Gabála Érenn 0 0 0 Son of the Dagda; father of the three last Tuatha Dé kings (Mac Cuill, Mac Cecht, Mac Gréine). deity
ENT_CEL_CIAN Cían   Celtic/Irish God Tuatha Dé Danann (father of Lugh)   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Cath Maige Tuired 0 0 0 Son of Dian Cécht; father of Lugh by Ethniu; slain by the sons of Tuireann. deity
ENT_CEL_CLIODHNA Clíodhna   Celtic/Irish Goddess Provincial goddess the Otherworld; sovereignty; the sea-wave   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Metrical Dindshenchas 2 0 0 A Munster Otherworld and sovereignty goddess; the "wave of Clíodhna" at Glandore. deity
ENT_CEL_CREDNE Credne   Celtic/Irish Craft god The three craft-gods metalworking; bronze; fittings   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Cath Maige Tuired 2 0 0 The bronze-worker (cerd) of the Tuatha Dé Danann, one of the three craft-gods with Goibniu and Luchta. deity
ENT_CEL_DAGDA Dagda   Celtic/Irish High god High Deity abundance; kingship; magic; cauldron; club   Irish   A candidate_verified_name Celtic core deity 4 0 0 Major Irish god associated with abundance, kingship, and magical power. deity
ENT_CEL_DANU Danu   Celtic/Irish Mother goddess Tuatha Dé Danann ancestral motherhood; the divine race   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Lebor Gabála Érenn 2 0 0 The ancestral mother-goddess (Danu/Anu) from whom the Tuatha Dé Danann ("People of the goddess Danu") take their name. deity
ENT_CEL_DIANCECHT Dian Cécht   Celtic/Irish Healing god Healing Figure healing; medicine; restoration   Irish   A candidate_verified_name Celtic healing deity 1 0 0 Irish healing god of the Tuatha Dé Danann. deity
ENT_CEL_DONN Donn   Celtic/Irish God of the dead Tuatha Dé Danann (Milesian) death; the assembly of the dead   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Metrical Dindshenchas 2 1 0 God of the dead, the first Milesian to die, who rules Tech Duinn ("the House of Donn"), the gathering-place of the dead. deity
ENT_CEL_ELCMAR Elcmar   Celtic/Irish God Tuatha Dé Danann the Brú na Bóinne   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Tochmarc Étaíne 1 1 0 Síd-lord of Brú na Bóinne, husband/guardian of Boann, displaced from the Brú by Aengus. deity
ENT_CEL_ERIU Ériu   Celtic/Irish Sovereignty goddess Tuatha Dé Danann the sovereignty of Ireland   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Lebor Gabála Érenn 3 0 0 Eponymous sovereignty goddess of Ireland (Éire); daughter of Ernmas, wife of Mac Gréine; mother of Bres by Elatha. deity
ENT_CEL_ERNMAS Ernmas   Celtic/Irish Mother goddess Tuatha Dé Danann ancestral motherhood   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Lebor Gabála Érenn 2 0 0 Mother-goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann; mother of the Morrígna (Badb, Macha, Morrígan) and of Ériu, Banba, and Fódla. deity
ENT_CEL_ETAIN Étaín   Celtic/Irish Goddess Tuatha Dé Danann the Otherworld; sovereignty; (a sun-radiance)   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Tochmarc Étaíne 1 0 0 Otherworld woman, possibly a euhemerised sun/sovereignty goddess; heroine of the Wooing of Étaín, wife of Midir. deity
ENT_CEL_ETHNIU Ethniu   Celtic/Irish Goddess Fomorian / Tuatha Dé (mother of Lugh)   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Cath Maige Tuired 0 0 0 Daughter of Balor and Cethlenn; mother of Lugh by Cían — the union that bridges Fomorians and Tuatha Dé. deity
ENT_CEL_FAND Fand   Celtic/Irish Goddess Otherworld the sea; the Otherworld   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Serglige Con Culainn 2 0 0 Otherworld/sea-goddess, wife of Manannán mac Lir, who loves Cú Chulainn in the Wasting Sickness. deity
ENT_CEL_FLIDAIS Flidais   Celtic/Irish Goddess Tuatha Dé Danann cattle; abundance; the hunt   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Metrical Dindshenchas 3 0 0 Goddess of cattle, wild abundance, and the hunt; mother of Fand in some texts. deity
ENT_CEL_FODLA Fódla   Celtic/Irish Sovereignty goddess Tuatha Dé Danann the sovereignty of Ireland   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Lebor Gabála Érenn 3 0 0 Sovereignty goddess and poetic name for Ireland; daughter of Ernmas, wife of Mac Cecht. deity
ENT_CEL_GOIBNIU Goibniu   Celtic/Irish Smith god Craft Deity smithcraft; metalwork; feast; immortality   Irish   A candidate_verified_name Celtic craft deity 4 0 0 Irish divine smith associated with metalwork and magical feasting. deity
ENT_CEL_IUCHAR Iuchar   Celtic/Irish God Sons of Tuireann the heroic quest   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Oidheadh Chlainne Tuireann 0 0 0 One of the three sons of Tuireann, brother of Brian and Iucharba. deity
ENT_CEL_IUCHARBA Iucharba   Celtic/Irish God Sons of Tuireann the heroic quest   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Oidheadh Chlainne Tuireann 0 0 0 One of the three sons of Tuireann, brother of Brian and Iuchar. deity
ENT_CEL_LIR Lir   Celtic/Irish Sea god Tuatha Dé Danann the sea   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Oidheadh Chlainne Lir 2 0 0 Sea-god and ancestor figure, father of Manannán mac Lir; central to the tale of the Children of Lir. deity
ENT_CEL_LUCHTA Luchta   Celtic/Irish Craft god The three craft-gods carpentry; shields and spear-shafts   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Cath Maige Tuired 2 0 0 The wright/carpenter of the Tuatha Dé Danann, one of the three craft-gods who armed the host at Mag Tuired. deity
ENT_CEL_LUGH Lugh   Celtic/Irish Skill/sovereignty god Craft Deity skill; sovereignty; craft; kingship; light   Irish   A candidate_verified_name Celtic core deity 2 0 0 Irish god associated with skill, kingship, and mastery of arts. deity
ENT_CEL_MACHA Macha   Celtic/Irish War goddess The Morrígna war; sovereignty; horses; the land of Ulster   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Cath Maige Tuired; Dindshenchas 2 0 0 War and sovereignty goddess bound to Ulster kingship; one of the Morrígna, daughter of Ernmas. deity
ENT_CEL_MANANNAN Manannán mac Lir   Celtic/Irish Sea/otherworld god Sea Deity sea; otherworld; magic; liminality; protection   Irish   A candidate_verified_name Celtic core deity 2 0 0 Irish sea and otherworld deity. deity
ENT_CEL_MIDIR Midir   Celtic/Irish God Tuatha Dé Danann the Otherworld; the síd of Brí Léith   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Tochmarc Étaíne 1 1 0 Son of the Dagda, lord of the síd of Brí Léith; husband of Fúamnach and lover of Étaín. deity
ENT_CEL_MORRIGAN Morrígan   Celtic/Irish War/sovereignty goddess War Deity war; sovereignty; prophecy; death; battle   Irish   A candidate_verified_name Celtic core deity 4 1 0 Irish war and sovereignty goddess associated with battle and death. deity
ENT_CEL_NEIT Néit   Celtic/Irish War god Tuatha Dé / Fomorian war   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Cath Maige Tuired; Cormac's Glossary 0 0 0 An ancient war-god straddling the Tuatha Dé and Fomorians; grandfather of Balor, consort of Nemain (or Badb). deity
ENT_CEL_NEMAIN Nemain   Celtic/Irish War goddess The Morrígna the frenzy and havoc of battle   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Cath Maige Tuired 0 0 0 Goddess personifying the frenzy of war; sometimes consort of Néit; counted among the Morrígna. deity
ENT_CEL_NUADA Nuada   Celtic/Irish King/war god War Deity kingship; battle; silver hand; sovereignty   Irish   A candidate_verified_name Celtic core deity 2 0 0 King of the Tuatha Dé Danann associated with sovereignty and battle. deity
ENT_CEL_OGMA Ogma   Celtic/Irish Eloquence/war god Wisdom Deity eloquence; writing; strength; ogam   Irish   A candidate_verified_name Celtic core deity 2 0 0 Irish god associated with eloquence, strength, and ogam tradition. deity
ENT_IRH_CAILLEACH The Cailleach (Cailleach Béirre)   Celtic/Irish deity goddess winter; land-shaping; sovereignty; old age   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Sovereignty/landscape hag-goddess of winter and the Irish/Scottish-Gaelic countryside (Ó hÓgáin). deity
ENT_IRH_CARMAN Carman   Celtic/Irish deity goddess eponymous goddess; the óenach assembly   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Fomorian-allied sorceress and eponym of the Carman assembly in Leinster (dindshenchas). deity
ENT_IRH_TAILTIU Tailtiu   Celtic/Irish deity goddess earth/land-clearing; sovereignty; Lughnasa   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Foster-mother of Lugh whose funeral games at Teltown founded the Lughnasa assembly (dindshenchas). deity
ENT_IRH_TLACHTGA Tlachtga   Celtic/Irish deity goddess eponymous goddess; the Hill of Ward; Samhain fire   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Daughter of the druid Mug Ruith, eponym of Tlachtga (Hill of Ward) and its Samhain assembly (dindshenchas). 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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