deitydb: entities: 12 rows where entity_class = "deity" and tradition = "South Arabian"

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.

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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'}

12 rows where entity_class = "deity" and tradition = "South Arabian"

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entity_id ▼	canonical_name	tradition	entity_type	category	primary_domains	cult_scope	evidence_confidence	review_status	inclusion_basis	earth_association_score	chthonic_flag	serpent_flag	short_note	entity_class
ENT_SAB_ALMAQAH	Almaqah	South Arabian	Moon deity / State god	High Deity	moon; state patron; Sabaean national deity; temple of Marib; divine sovereignty		A						Chief deity of the Sabaean kingdom; lunar deity (the moon is the supreme deity in South Arabian religion, not the sun); patron of the capital Marib and the great Awam temple; depicted with the crescent moon and the bull's head (the bull is sacred to the moon); attested in hundreds of dedicatory inscriptions from c. 800 BCE onward; associated with irrigation, fertility, military victory, and the protection of the tribe; the most prominent South Arabian deity in the epigraphic record; also spelled Ilmuqah, Almaqah, Almaqa	deity
ENT_SAB_AMM	ʿAmm	South Arabian	Lunar deity / Tribal deity	Nature Deity	moon; Qatabanian tribal deity; lunar cycle; ancestral divine patron		A						Chief deity of the Qatabanian kingdom (neighboring Saba to the south); lunar deity like the Sabaean Almaqah; the name ʿAmm means "paternal uncle" in Arabic — the tribal patron conceived in kinship terms as the divine "uncle" of the tribe; worshipped at Timna (Qatabanian capital); the Qatabanian equivalent of Sabaean Almaqah; attested in Qatabanian inscriptions from c. 400 BCE onward; illustrates the pattern of each South Arabian kingdom having its own patron lunar deity	deity
ENT_SAB_ANBAY	Anbay	South Arabian	Deity	Deity	justice; oracle; prophecy; law	regional	B	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	Qatabanian oracular and law-giving god, paired with Ḥawkam; 'Anbay and Ḥawkam' issue decrees in Qatabanian legal inscriptions.	deity
ENT_SAB_ATHTAR	Athtar	South Arabian	Venus deity / War deity	War Deity	Venus; morning star; war; South Arabian astral deity; male form of Astarte tradition		A						Pan-South-Arabian Venus deity, uniquely masculine in the South Arabian tradition; associated with the planet Venus (morning/evening star) and with war and irrigation; worshipped across all South Arabian kingdoms as part of the standard divine triad (Athtar, the tribal moon deity, and Shams the sun goddess); his name is cognate with Canaanite Astarte/Attar and Akkadian Ishtar but South Arabian tradition preserved or developed the masculine form; the Ugaritic ʿAttar (who temporarily occupies Baal's throne after Baal dies) is likely the same deity; his masculine Venus role is unique in the ancient world	deity
ENT_SAB_BASAMUM	Basamum	South Arabian	Deity	Deity	healing	regional	B	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	South-Arabian god of healing, his name connected to the balsam/aromatic plant (bsm); attested in votive cure-texts.	deity
ENT_SAB_HAWBAS	Hawbas	South Arabian	Deity	Deity	fertility; moon	regional	B	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	Sabaean deity closely associated with Almaqah, frequently named alongside him at Awwam/Marib and in Dʿmt-period Ethiopia.	deity
ENT_SAB_NASR	Nasr	South Arabian	Deity	Deity	protection; vulture/eagle form	regional	C	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	A South/West-Arabian deity ('vulture/eagle') named in Qurʾan 71:23 and attested in onomastics; venerated in the Himyaritic/Yemeni sphere.	deity
ENT_SAB_SAYIN	Sayin	South Arabian	National deity	Deity	sun; sovereignty; protection	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	National god of the kingdom of Hadramawt (Ancient South Arabian s1yn), worshipped at the great temple in the capital Shabwa; patron of Hadramite kingship. The older transcription "Sin" (with epithet Hawl) wrongly assimilated him to the Mesopotamian moon-god Sin; the modern consensus reads "Sayin". His astral character (solar, favoured by the eagle/radiate coin iconography, vs lunar) is debated.	deity
ENT_SAB_SHAMS	Shams	South Arabian	Sun goddess	Sun Deity	sun; South Arabian solar cult; feminine solar deity; light; cosmic order		A						South Arabian sun goddess; in South Arabian religion the sun is female (unlike most Near Eastern traditions where the sun deity is male); part of the standard South Arabian divine triad with Athtar and the tribal lunar deity; the name Shams is the common Semitic word for sun (Hebrew shemesh, Arabic shams); her cult was widespread across South Arabia, though less prominent than the lunar deities; depicted with solar disc; the distinctively feminine South Arabian sun is one of the most culturally specific features of this tradition	deity
ENT_SAB_TALAB	Taʾlab Riyam	South Arabian	Deity	Deity	protection; fertility; moon; tutelary	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	Tutelary god of the Sabaean tribe Banu Sumʿay, titled 'Taʾlab Riyam' after his sanctuary on the Riyam massif; many oracle and pilgrimage inscriptions record his cult.	deity
ENT_SAB_WADD	Wadd	South Arabian	National deity	Deity	moon; love; protection; covenant	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	National god of the Minaean (Maʿin) kingdom and a pan-South-Arabian moon-deity; overwhelmingly an epigraphic deity (the "Wd ʾb" / "Wadd is father" formula on amulets, the temple at as-Sawda/Baraqish). Also named, with the other four antediluvian idols, in Qurʾan 71:23.	deity
ENT_SAB_YAGHUTH	Yagūth	South Arabian	Deity	Deity	protection; aid in war; lion form	regional	C	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	Pre-Islamic deity ('he helps') named in Qurʾan 71:23 alongside Yaʿuq and Nasr; lion-idol of Madhhij/Murad in Yemen per Ibn al-Kalbi.	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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12 rows where entity_class = "deity" and tradition = "South Arabian"

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