Entities
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'}
20 rows where entity_class = "deity" and tradition = "Phoenician"
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| 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 |
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| ENT_PHO_ADONIS | Adonis | Phoenician | God | Dying-and-rising god | vegetation; death and renewal | regional | A | candidate_verified_name | Lucian, De Dea Syria 6-9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | The dying-and-rising vegetation god of Byblos, consort of Astarte, mourned at the Adonia (from Phoenician adon, "lord"). | deity | |||
| ENT_PHO_BAALAT_GEBAL | Baalat Gebal | Phoenician | Goddess | Tutelary goddess | the city of Byblos; royal and maritime patronage | regional | A | candidate_verified_name | KAI 4; KAI 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | "Lady of Byblos," tutelary goddess and royal patroness of the city (the Yehimilk and Yehawmilk inscriptions). | deity | |||
| ENT_PHO_BAAL_HAMMON | Baal Hammon | Phoenician | Chief deity | High Deity | sky; chief deity; Carthage; fertility; Baal-title; Saturn-identified | A | Chief god of Carthage; "Lord of the Altar of Incense" or "Lord of Hammon"; invoked alongside Tanit as the supreme divine pair of Carthage; associated in classical sources with child sacrifice (molk ritual); identified with Kronos/Saturn by Greek and Roman writers; Diodorus Siculus 20.14 calls him "Kronos" and describes the molk rite; Tertullian attests his identification with Saturnus in North Africa | deity | |||||||||
| ENT_PHO_BAAL_SAPHON | Baal-Saphon | Phoenician | God | Storm/maritime god | storms; Mount Saphon; seafarers | regional | B | candidate_verified_name | Esarhaddon-Tyre treaty; KAI | 2 | 0 | 0 | The storm- and sea-god of Mount Ṣapōn, protector of seafarers (a Phoenician cult-form of Baal). | deity | |||
| ENT_PHO_BAAL_SHAMEM | Baal-Shamem | Phoenician | God | Sky god | the heavens; supreme lordship | regional | A | candidate_verified_name | KAI 4; Philo of Byblos | 0 | 0 | 0 | "Lord of Heaven," the supreme sky-god of the Phoenician cities, head of the Byblos pantheon; Greek Zeus. | deity | |||
| ENT_PHO_CHOUSOR | Chousor | Phoenician | deity | deity | craftsman-god; discoverer of iron, fishing, magic words and spells | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chousor in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.11), craftsman and culture-hero who discovered iron-working, the fishhook, the raft, and incantations; the Hellenized form of Ugaritic/Canaanite Kothar-wa-Khasis (ENT_CAN_KOTHAR). Philo also equates him with Hephaistos. | deity | |||
| ENT_PHO_ELIOUN | Elioun (Hypsistos) | Phoenician | deity | deity | the Most High; primordial high god, father of Ouranos and Ge | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Attested in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.15): Elioun called Hypsistos, 'the Most High,' father of Ouranos (Sky) and Ge (Earth); a primordial generation of the theogony. Name reflects Northwest Semitic 'elyon, 'most high.' | deity | |||
| ENT_PHO_ELOS_KRONOS | Elos (Kronos) | Phoenician | deity | deity | the Phoenician El; son of Ouranos and Ge who overthrows his father | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | In Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.16ff) the chief god Elos is expressly identified with the Greek Kronos (ENT_CRONUS) and corresponds to Northwest Semitic El (ENT_CAN_EL); son of Ouranos and Ge, he castrates and dethrones his father. Represents the Phoenician El within the euhemerized theogony. | deity | |||
| ENT_PHO_ESHMUN | Eshmun | Phoenician | Healing god | Healing Deity | healing; serpent; Sidon; Asclepius-identified; mystery cult; dying deity | A | Chief deity of Sidon; god of healing and medicine; identified with Asclepius throughout the Greco-Roman world; his great temple complex at Sidon (the Eshmunazar II sarcophagus inscriptions attest it) was later described by Greek authors as an Asclepion; attested in Phoenician inscriptions from Sidon, Carthage, and across the western Mediterranean | deity | |||||||||
| ENT_PHO_GE | Ge (Phoenician Earth) | Phoenician | deity | deity | the Earth; daughter of Elioun, sister-consort of Ouranos | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phoenician earth-goddess in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.16-21), named Ge (Greek) by the author; sister and consort of Ouranos, mother of Elos/Kronos and his brothers. Phoenician interpretatio of the Greek Gaia (ENT_GAIA). | deity | |||
| ENT_PHO_MELQART | Melqart | Phoenician | State god / dying deity | High Deity | city patron; dying and rising; Tyre; Heracles-identified; Phoenician colonisation | A | Chief deity of Tyre; "Melqart" = Phoenician mlk qrt, "king of the city"; dying and rising deity with an annual awakening rite (egersis); identified with Heracles throughout the Greek and Roman world; patron of Phoenician navigation and colonization; his cult was carried to Carthage, Cyprus, Sardinia, and Cadiz; Herodotus 2.44 describes his temple at Tyre; 1 Kings 18 alludes to his prophets under the name "Baal of Tyre" | deity | |||||||||
| ENT_PHO_MISOR | Misor | Phoenician | deity | deity | Uprightness; primordial deity, father of Taautos | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Misor ('Uprightness,' NW Semitic mysr) in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.13-14), paired with Sydyk; father of Taautos, the inventor of writing. | deity | |||
| ENT_PHO_OURANOS | Ouranos (Phoenician Sky) | Phoenician | deity | deity | the Sky; son of Elioun, brother-consort of Ge, father of Elos/Kronos | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phoenician sky-god in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.16-21), given the Greek name Ouranos by the author; son of Elioun and consort of his sister Ge, castrated/dethroned by his son Elos (Kronos). Distinct from the Greek Ouranos (ENT_OURANOS) but explicitly equated by Philo. | deity | |||
| ENT_PHO_PUMAY | Pumay | Phoenician | God | Tutelary god | personal/tutelary protection | regional | C | candidate_verified_name | theophoric onomastics (Cyprus/Tyre) | 0 | 0 | 0 | A deity known mainly from theophoric names (behind Pygmalion / Pumayyaton of Kition); function uncertain. | deity | |||
| ENT_PHO_SAKON | Sakon | Phoenician | God | Tutelary god | protection (function disputed) | regional | C | candidate_verified_name | theophoric names; Piraeus altar | 0 | 0 | 0 | An obscure deity ("administrator"?), tentatively equated with Hermes; behind the name Sanchuniathon. | deity | |||
| ENT_PHO_SHADRAPA | Shadrapa | Phoenician | God | Healing god | healing; protection from venom | regional | B | candidate_verified_name | Amrit stele; Leptis Magna bilingual | 0 | 1 | 1 | "Shed has healed," a healing god depicted as a youth with serpent and scorpion; in Punic Africa equated with Liber/Dionysus. | deity | |||
| ENT_PHO_SID | Sid | Phoenician | God | Hunt/war god | hunting; war; the sea | regional | B | candidate_verified_name | Antas temple (Sardinia) | 2 | 0 | 0 | A Punic hunt and war god, eponym of Sardinia (Sid Addir, later Sardus Pater) at the temple of Antas. | deity | |||
| ENT_PHO_SYDYK | Sydyk | Phoenician | deity | deity | Righteousness; primordial deity, father of the Kabeiroi/Dioskouroi | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sydyk ('Righteousness,' NW Semitic sdq) in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.13-14, 1.10.25), paired with Misor; father of the Kabeiroi/Dioskouroi, the discoverers of seafaring. | deity | |||
| ENT_PHO_TAAUTOS | Taautos | Phoenician | deity | deity | scribe-god; inventor of writing and letters | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Taautos in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.9.24, 1.10.14), the inventor of writing whom the Egyptians call Thoth (ENT_EGY_THOTH) and the Greeks Hermes; son of Misor. Sanchuniathon's own claimed source. The name renders Egyptian Djehuty (Thoth). | deity | |||
| ENT_PHO_TANIT | Tanit | Phoenician | Goddess / Queen of Heaven | High Deity | divine queenship; Queen of Heaven; Carthage; fertility; Juno Caelestis | A | Chief goddess of Carthage; "Tanit Face of Baal" (tnt pn b'l) is her standard formula in Carthaginian inscriptions; closely associated with Baal Hammon at Carthage; her distinctive "sign of Tanit" (triangle, horizontal bar, circle/head) is the most common religious symbol in the Carthaginian world; identified by Romans as Juno Caelestis (the celestial Juno) in the imperial period; related to but distinct from the Phoenician Astarte tradition | 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]);