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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'}

24 rows where entity_class = "deity" and tradition = "Celtic/Welsh"

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  • Celtic/Welsh · 24 ✖

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  • deity · 24 ✖
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_WEL_AMAETHON Amaethon   Celtic/Welsh God Children of Dôn agriculture; ploughing   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Culhwch ac Olwen 3 0 0 The "Great Ploughman," god of agriculture, son of Dôn. deity
ENT_WEL_ARANRHOD Aranrhod   Celtic/Welsh Star goddess / destiny figure Nature Deity fate, stars, magic, maternity, taboo stars, fate, taboo, Welsh, Mabinogion     A reviewed primary_text       Aranrhod daughter of Dôn; Fourth Branch; refuses to acknowledge her son Lleu after he falls from her womb during a magical test of her virginity; places three tyngedau on him; her name means "Silver Wheel" (arian = silver; rhod = wheel), connecting her to the stars or a spinning wheel; her caer (fort) Caer Aranrhod is identified with a rocky reef and the Corona Borealis constellation; a sovereign-fate-goddess figure deity
ENT_WEL_ARAWN Arawn   Celtic/Welsh Otherworld king Underworld Deity otherworld, hunting, death, sovereignty Annwn, Otherworld, hunting, death, Welsh, Mabinogion     A reviewed primary_text       King of Annwn (the Welsh Otherworld); First Branch; he exchanges places with Pwyll for a year to defeat his rival Hafgan; grants Pwyll the title Pen Annwn; associated with the white hounds with red-tipped ears (Cŵn Annwn, the Otherworld hunting pack); one of the primary figures ruling the Welsh Otherworld deity
ENT_WEL_BLODEUWEDD Blodeuwedd   Celtic/Welsh Flower goddess / divine creation Nature Deity love, betrayal, fate, transformation, flowers flower-creation, betrayal, owl, Welsh, Mabinogion     A reviewed primary_text       "Flower-Face"; Fourth Branch; created by Gwydion and Math from the flowers of the oak, broom, and meadowsweet to be a wife for Lleu (who cannot marry a human woman per his mother's taboo); falls in love with Gronw Pebyr; engineers Lleu's death; punished by Gwydion who transforms her into an owl; the only character in Welsh mythology created specifically as a solution to a magical prohibition; her betrayal and transformation is the Welsh tradition's most complex female character arc deity
ENT_WEL_BRAN Brân the Blessed   Celtic/Welsh Giant divine king Hero sovereignty, death, rebirth, cauldron, sacred head giant, cauldron, sacred-head, sovereignty, Welsh, Mabinogion     A reviewed primary_text       Bendigeidfran (Brân the Blessed); Second Branch; king of Britain; so giant he cannot enter a house; possessor of the magical Cauldron of Rebirth (given to him by Irish king Matholwch) which resurrects the dead; mortally wounded by a poisoned spear at the Battle of Ir Ireland; his head commands that it be carried to Gwales where it speaks and feasts for 87 years; a key figure in the insular Celtic severed-head cult deity
ENT_WEL_BRANWEN Branwen   Celtic/Welsh Tragic queen/goddess Hero sovereignty, love, tragedy, Ireland-Wales tragedy, sovereignty, Welsh-Irish, Mabinogion     A reviewed primary_text       Branwen daughter of Llŷr; Second Branch; one of the "Three Chief Maidens of the Island of Britain"; given in marriage to Matholwch king of Ireland to seal a peace treaty; subjected to humiliating kitchen work in Ireland after Efnysien mutilates Matholwch's horses; trains a starling to carry a message to her brother Bran; dies of grief after the war she inadvertently caused; her name possibly from Celtic *Bran-winda ("White Raven") deity
ENT_WEL_CREIDDYLAD Creiddylad   Celtic/Welsh Goddess House of Lludd sovereignty; spring/summer   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Culhwch ac Olwen 2 0 0 Daughter of Lludd, fought over each May Day by Gwyn ap Nudd and Gwythyr (a seasonal-combat myth); Latinised as Cordelia. deity
ENT_WEL_CREIRWY Creirwy   Celtic/Welsh Goddess/maiden Children of Ceridwen beauty   mythological   C candidate_verified_name Hanes Taliesin; Triads 0 0 0 Daughter of Ceridwen and Tegid Foel, named among the Three Most Beautiful Maidens of the Triads. deity
ENT_WEL_DYLAN Dylan ail Don   Celtic/Welsh Sea god Children of Dôn the sea; the waves   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Mabinogi, Fourth Branch 2 0 0 "Dylan Second-Wave," a sea-figure, son of Arianrhod and brother-figure of Lleu; slain by Gofannon. deity
ENT_WEL_GILFAETHWY Gilfaethwy   Celtic/Welsh God Children of Dôn (brother of Gwydion)   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Mabinogi, Fourth Branch 0 0 0 Son of Dôn, brother of Gwydion; his rape of Goewin sets the Fourth Branch in motion. deity
ENT_WEL_GOFANNON Gofannon   Celtic/Welsh Craft god Children of Dôn smithing; metalwork   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Mabinogi, Fourth Branch; Culhwch 2 0 0 Divine smith, son of Dôn, Welsh counterpart of Irish Goibniu; slayer of his nephew Dylan. deity
ENT_WEL_GWYN_AP_NUDD Gwyn ap Nudd   Celtic/Welsh Otherworld king Underworld Deity otherworld, hunting, death, fairy court, winter Wild-Hunt, fairy-king, Otherworld, Welsh, Mabinogion     A reviewed primary_text       "Gwyn son of Nudd"; appears in Culhwch ac Olwen (Mabinogion) as a leader of the Otherworld hunt and a champion who Arthur must use for the hunt of Twrch Trwyth; his name ("white" + "mist/lord") suggests an Otherworld sovereignty figure; later tradition makes him king of the Tylwyth Teg (fairy folk) and associated with the souls of the dead; he fights Gwythyr ap Greidawl every May Day until Doomsday for the love of Creiddylad deity
ENT_WEL_GWYTHYR Gwythyr   Celtic/Welsh God Seasonal combatants summer; the upper world   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Culhwch ac Olwen; Triads 1 0 0 Gwythyr fab Greidawl, betrothed of Creiddylad and perpetual seasonal opponent of Gwyn ap Nudd. deity
ENT_WEL_HAFGAN Hafgan   Celtic/Welsh Otherworld king Annwn kingship of the Otherworld   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Mabinogi, First Branch 1 1 0 A king of Annwn, rival of Arawn, slain by Pwyll in Arawn's shape. deity
ENT_WEL_LLUDD Lludd Llaw Eraint   Celtic/Welsh God-king House of Beli kingship; sovereignty   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Lludd and Llefelys; Culhwch 1 0 0 King of Britain "of the Silver Hand," son of Beli Mawr, father of Creiddylad; earlier Brittonic Nodens, cognate of Irish Nuada. Distinct from his son Gwyn ap Nudd. deity
ENT_WEL_MABON Mabon ap Modron   Celtic/Welsh God Divine youth youth; hunting; liberation   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Culhwch ac Olwen; Triads 1 0 0 The "Great Son, son of the Great Mother," a divine youth (from British Maponos) freed in Culhwch; one of the Three Exalted Prisoners. deity
ENT_WEL_MANAWYDAN Manawydan   Celtic/Welsh Otherworld craftsman god Hero craftsmanship, patience, otherworld, sea craftsmanship, otherworld, sea, Welsh, Mabinogion     A reviewed primary_text       Manawydan fab Llŷr; Second and Third Branch; son of Llŷr, brother of Brân; his name is the Welsh cognate of Irish Manannán mac Lir (both from a common Celtic prototype *Manawydanō); a skilled craftsman in the Third Branch (makes saddles, shields, shoes); patient and strategic where Pryderi is impulsive; associated with the sea despite largely terrestrial adventures in the text deity
ENT_WEL_MODRON Modron   Celtic/Welsh Mother goddess Divine mother motherhood; the land   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Culhwch ac Olwen; Triad 70 2 0 0 The "Great Mother" (from Gaulish Matrona), mother of Mabon; daughter of Avallach. deity
ENT_WEL_OLWEN Olwen   Celtic/Welsh Goddess Giants fertility; the sovereignty-bride   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Culhwch ac Olwen 3 0 0 "White-track," daughter of the giant Ysbaddaden; white trefoils spring up where she walks (a fertility/sovereignty motif). deity
ENT_WEL_PENARDDUN Penarddun   Celtic/Welsh Goddess House of Llŷr ancestral motherhood   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Mabinogi, Second Branch 1 0 0 Wife of Llŷr; mother of Brân, Branwen and Manawydan, and (by Euroswydd) of Nisien and Efnysien. deity
ENT_WEL_PWYLL Pwyll   Celtic/Welsh Otherworld-adjacent king Hero sovereignty, otherworld, honor, Dyfed otherworld, Dyfed, sovereignty, Welsh, Mabinogion     A reviewed primary_text       Prince of Dyfed; First Branch; enters the Otherworld (Annwn) and exchanges kingdoms with Arawn for a year; earns the title Pen Annwn (Head of Annwn); marries Rhiannon; father of Pryderi; a liminal hero figure who bridges the human and Otherworldly realms deity
ENT_WEL_RHIANNON Rhiannon   Celtic/Welsh Sovereignty goddess High Deity sovereignty, horses, otherworld, fate, birds sovereignty, otherworld, birds, horses, Welsh, Mabinogion     A reviewed primary_text       Divine horsewoman and sovereignty goddess; First Branch of the Mabinogi; her name from *Rigantona ("Great Queen"); her magical white horse cannot be caught; her Otherworldly birds wake the dead and send the living to sleep; wrongly accused of killing her son Pryderi; probable cognate of Gaulish Epona deity
ENT_WEL_TEGID_FOEL Tegid Foel   Celtic/Welsh Tutelary figure Llyn Tegid the lake of Bala   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Hanes Taliesin 2 0 0 Husband of Ceridwen and tutelary figure of Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake). deity
ENT_WEL_TEYRNON Teyrnon   Celtic/Welsh Divine lord Dyfed lordship; fosterage   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Mabinogi, First Branch 1 0 0 Lord of Gwent Is-Coed and foster-father of Pryderi; his name (from Tigernonos, "Divine Lord") pairs with Rhiannon (Rigantona). 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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