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'}

11 rows where entity_class = "deity" and tradition = "Hittite/Hurrian"

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  • Hittite/Hurrian · 11 ✖

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  • deity · 11 ✖
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_HTT_ALALU Alalu   Hittite/Hurrian Primordial high god Primordial Deity primordial kingship; first divine king; Hurrian theogony; dethroned       A           First king of heaven in the Hurrian succession myth (Song of Kumarbi); dethroned by Anu; no direct Greek parallel but anchors the succession chain Alalu→Anu→Kumarbi→Teshub deity
ENT_HTT_ARANZAH Aranzah   Hittite/Hurrian God Deified river the river Tigris   Anatolian   B candidate_verified_name Deified Tigris 2 0 0 Aranzah, the deified river Tigris, born of Anu's seed in the Song of Kumarbi. deity
ENT_HTT_HAZZI Hazzi   Hittite/Hurrian God Deified mountain the holy mountain; the seat of the storm-god   Anatolian   B candidate_verified_name Deified Mt Hazzi (Casius) 3 0 0 Hazzi, the deified Mount Hazzi (Casius), the mountain of the storm-god Teshub. deity
ENT_HTT_HEPAT Hepat   Hittite/Hurrian Queen of Heaven High Deity divine queenship; Queen of Heaven; sun; consort of Teshub; Hepat-Teshub pair       A           Hurrian queen of heaven; wife of Teshub; mother of Sharruma; chief goddess of the Hurrian/Hittite divine assembly; identified with the Hittite Sun Goddess of Arinna in later syncretism; structural parallel to Hera as queen of heaven and wife of the chief deity deity
ENT_HTT_KUMARBI Kumarbi   Hittite/Hurrian Succession deity High Deity succession; grain; divine kingship; father of Teshub; Hurrian theogony; Kumarbi cycle       A           Hurrian grain deity and father of the gods; in the Song of Kumarbi bites off Anu's genitals and becomes pregnant with Teshub; paradigm parallel for Kronos castrating Ouranos in Hesiod's Theogony; eventually defeated by his son Teshub deity
ENT_HTT_KUSHUH Kushuh   Hittite/Hurrian God Moon god the moon; oaths   Anatolian   B candidate_verified_name Hurrian moon-god 0 0 0 Kushuh, the Hurrian moon-god and guarantor of oaths. deity
ENT_HTT_SHARRUMA Sharruma   Hittite/Hurrian God Mountain god the mountains; kingship; the son of the storm-god   Anatolian   A candidate_verified_name Hurrian god 1 0 0 The mountain-god son of Teshub and Hepat, protector of the Hittite king. deity
ENT_HTT_SHAUSHKA Shaushka   Hittite/Hurrian Love/war goddess Love Deity love; war; sexuality; divine power; Ishtar-equivalent; Hurrian great goddess       A           Hurrian love and war goddess; the Hurrian name of Ishtar; Hittite texts explicitly identify her as "Ishtar of Nineveh" and "Ishtar of Samuha"; transmits the Mesopotamian Inanna/Ishtar complex into Anatolian and later Mediterranean religion deity
ENT_HTT_SHIMIGE Shimige   Hittite/Hurrian God Sun god the sun; justice   Anatolian   B candidate_verified_name Hurrian sun-god 0 0 0 Shimige, the Hurrian sun-god. deity
ENT_HTT_TASHMISHU Tashmishu   Hittite/Hurrian God Vizier of the storm-god war; the service of Teshub   Anatolian   B candidate_verified_name Brother-vizier of Teshub 0 0 0 Tashmishu, the brother and vizier of Teshub, his attendant in battle. deity
ENT_HTT_TESHUB Teshub   Hittite/Hurrian Storm god Thunder Deity storm; thunder; rain; divine kingship; bull iconography; Hurrian chief deity       A           Chief Hurrian storm deity; son/successor to Kumarbi; wields thunder and lightning; defeats Kumarbi and rules heaven; the paradigm parallel for Zeus defeating the Titans; identified with the Hittite Tarhunna 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]);