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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 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'}

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
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]);
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