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'}

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

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  • Israelite/Second Temple · 7 ✖

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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]);