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 entity_class to filter by kind (19 controlled values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, etc.). category is free text (1,148 values) and is not a reliable filter. 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 (934 distinct values; see entity_class for the controlled grouping)'}
category
{'description': 'Free-text functional category (1,148 distinct values, not normalised — filter on entity_class instead)'}
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'}

7 rows where entity_class = "deity" and tradition = "Israelite/Second Temple"

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  • deity · 7 ✖
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_ISR_ANAT_YAHU Anat-Yahu   Israelite/Second Temple Goddess (syncretic) Syncretic Deity oath deity beside Yahu at Elephantine   Elephantine Jewish colony   B candidate_verified_name Elephantine oath text (Cowley 44 = TAD B7.3); DDD s.v. Anat-Yahu 0 0 0 The "Anat of Yahu" invoked in an oath by a Jewish colonist at Elephantine (5th c. BCE) — the name of Canaanite Anat carried into a Yahwistic cult context (DDD s.v. Anat-Yahu). deity
ENT_ISR_ANCIENT_OF_DAYS Ancient of Days   Israelite/Second Temple Divine title/form Theophanic form the heavenly throne; the books of judgment   Jewish   A candidate_verified_name Theophanic form of God 0 0 0 The white-haired enthroned God of Daniel's vision, before whom the books are opened. deity
ENT_ISR_ASHTORETH Ashtoreth   Israelite/Second Temple Goddess (polemical reception) Foreign deity (biblical polemic) the goddess of the Zidonians in Deuteronomistic polemic   Biblical/Second Temple   A candidate_verified_name 1 Kings 11:5, 33; 2 Kings 23:13 0 0 0 The Hebrew Bible's name for Sidonian Astarte (the vowels of boshet, "shame", deforming the theonym); worshipped by Solomon per 1 Kings 11:5 and condemned in Deuteronomistic polemic. deity
ENT_ISR_BAAL Baal (Hebrew Bible)   Israelite/Second Temple God (polemical reception) Foreign deity (biblical polemic) storm; rain; the rival cult opposed by Elijah and Hosea   Biblical/Second Temple   A candidate_verified_name 1 Kings 18; Hosea 2 0 0 0 The Baal of Kings and Hosea — the Canaanite storm-god Baal Hadad as received and opposed within Israelite religion; the Carmel contest (1 Kings 18) and Hosea's polemic frame him as YHWH's chief rival. deity
ENT_ISR_HELEL Helel ben Shahar   Israelite/Second Temple Astral being (fallen) Astral Deity the morning star; the fall from heaven (Isaiah 14)   Biblical/Second Temple   A candidate_verified_name Isaiah 14:12 0 0 0 The "shining one, son of dawn" of Isaiah 14:12 — the fallen morning-star figure in the taunt against the king of Babylon, drawing on a Canaanite astral myth (DDD s.v. Helel); rendered lucifer in the Vulgate and "Lucifer" in the KJV, the fountainhead of the later Lucifer tradition. deity
ENT_ISR_MELCHIZEDEK Melchizedek (Heavenly)   Israelite/Second Temple Heavenly redeemer Eschatological judge heavenly judgment; liberty; the defeat of Belial   Jewish   A candidate_verified_name Heavenly redeemer (11Q13) 0 0 0 The exalted heavenly Melchizedek (elohim) who proclaims liberty and judges Belial. deity
ENT_ISR_YAHWEH Yahweh   Israelite/Second Temple High god High Deity creator; covenant; kingship; divine authority   Israelite/Jewish   A candidate_verified_name Israelite/Second Temple core entity 1 0 0 God of Israel and central deity of biblical and Second Temple traditions. 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]);