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'}
30 rows where entity_class = "deity" and tradition = "Zoroastrian"
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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_ZOR_AHURA_MAZDA | Ahura Mazda | Zoroastrian | Supreme deity | High Deity | wisdom; creation; truth; sovereignty | Zoroastrian | A | candidate_verified_name | Zoroastrian core deity | 0 | 0 | 0 | Supreme god of Zoroastrianism. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_AMERETAT | Ameretat | Zoroastrian | Divine being | Divine Emanation | immortality; plants; life | Zoroastrian | A | candidate_verified_name | Amesha Spenta | 4 | 0 | 0 | Immortality. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_ANAHITA | Anahita | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Fertility Deity | water; fertility; purity | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 2 | 0 | 0 | Powerful water and fertility deity. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_APAM_NAPAT | Apam Napat | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Water Deity | the waters; fire within water; the royal glory | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | "Son of the Waters," the fiery spirit dwelling within the waters. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_ASHA_VAHISHTA | Asha Vahishta | Zoroastrian | Divine being | Divine Emanation | truth; order; fire; righteousness | Zoroastrian | A | candidate_verified_name | Amesha Spenta | 0 | 0 | 0 | Best Truth/Order. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_ASHI | Ashi | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Fortune Deity | reward; recompense; good fortune | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | The yazata of reward and good fortune, daughter of Ahura Mazda. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_ASMAN | Asman | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Sky Deity | the sky; the stone heaven | Iranian | B | candidate_verified_name | Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | The personified Sky, the outermost stone heaven. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_CHISTA | Chista | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Wisdom Deity | knowledge; the straight paths | Iranian | B | candidate_verified_name | Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | The yazata of right knowledge and the straight paths of religion. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_DAENA | Daena | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Personified Religion | conscience; religion; the inner self | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Personified Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conscience and religion personified, met as a maiden at the Chinvat Bridge. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_DRVASPA | Drvaspa | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Pastoral Deity | the health of horses and cattle | Iranian | B | candidate_verified_name | Yazata | 1 | 0 | 0 | The yazata who keeps horses and cattle sound. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_GAYOMARD | Gayomard | Zoroastrian | Primordial being | First Man | primordial humanity; the first creation | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Primordial man | 1 | 0 | 0 | The primordial man, slain by Ahriman; from his seed sprang the human race. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_GEUSH_URVAN | Geush Urvan | Zoroastrian | Divine being | Primordial Soul | cattle; the soul of the living world | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Gathic figure | 1 | 0 | 0 | The Soul of the Primordial Bovine, whose complaint opens Yasna 29. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_HAOMA | Haoma | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Sacred Plant | the sacred plant and drink; healing; inspiration | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Deified ritual substance | 0 | 0 | 0 | The deified sacred plant and its pressed, immortality-giving drink. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_HAURVATAT | Haurvatat | Zoroastrian | Divine being | Divine Emanation | wholeness; health; water | Zoroastrian | A | candidate_verified_name | Amesha Spenta | 2 | 0 | 0 | Wholeness/Perfection. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_HVAR | Hvar Khshaeta | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Solar Deity | the sun; light; purification | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | "The radiant Sun," whose rising purifies the creation. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_KHSHATHRA | Khshathra Vairya | Zoroastrian | Divine being | Divine Emanation | dominion; sovereignty; ideal rule | Zoroastrian | A | candidate_verified_name | Amesha Spenta | 0 | 0 | 0 | Desirable Dominion. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_MAH | Mah | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Lunar Deity | the moon; the seed of cattle | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | The Moon, keeper of the seed of cattle. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_MITHRA | Mithra | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Justice Deity | contracts; oaths; covenant; light | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | Guardian of covenants and oaths. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_NAIRYOSANGHA | Nairyosangha | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Messenger Deity | divine messages; the sacred fire of priests | Iranian | B | candidate_verified_name | Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | The messenger of Ahura Mazda. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_RASHNU | Rashnu | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Justice Deity | justice; the weighing of souls | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | The yazata of justice who weighs souls at the Chinvat Bridge. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_SPENTA_ARMATI | Spenta Armaiti | Zoroastrian | Divine being | Fertility Deity | earth; devotion; piety | Zoroastrian | A | candidate_verified_name | Amesha Spenta | 5 | 0 | 0 | Holy Devotion associated with Earth. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_SPENTA_MAINYU | Spenta Mainyu | Zoroastrian | Divine being | Creative Spirit | creation; goodness; the choice for life | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Gathic primal spirit | 0 | 0 | 0 | The Bounteous Spirit of Ahura Mazda, the twin who chose life against Angra Mainyu. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_SRAOSHA | Sraosha | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Angelic Being | obedience; prayer; protection; ritual; psychopomp | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | Divine obedience and ritual protection. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_TISHTRYA | Tishtrya | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Astral Deity | rain; the star Sirius; fertility | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | The star Sirius, rain-bringer who defeats the drought-demon Apaosha. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_VAYU | Vayu | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Wind Deity | wind; the intermediate air; fate | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | The dual wind-god, both beneficent and dangerous. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_VERETHRAGNA | Verethragna | Zoroastrian | Yazata | War Deity | victory; war; might | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | The yazata of victory, manifest in ten incarnations. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_VOHU_MANAH | Vohu Manah | Zoroastrian | Divine being | Divine Emanation | good mind; wisdom; ethical thought | Zoroastrian | A | candidate_verified_name | Amesha Spenta | 0 | 0 | 0 | Good Mind. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_ZURVAN | Zurvan | Zoroastrian | Supreme deity | Time Deity | infinite time; fate; the father of the twin spirits | Iranian | B | candidate_verified_name | Zurvanite high god | 0 | 0 | 0 | In the Zurvanite system, Time, the father of Ohrmazd and Ahriman. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_ZURVAN_AKARANA | Zurvan akarana | Zoroastrian | Aspect of deity | Time Deity | boundless time; infinity; eternity | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Zurvan akarana, 'Boundless/Infinite Time' — the unconditioned, eternal aspect of Zurvan from which the cosmos and the finite world-cycle proceed in Zurvanite speculation (Zaehner, Zurvan, esp. pp. 89-105 on the two zurvans). | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_ZURVAN_DAREGHO | Zurvan daregho-chvadhata | Zoroastrian | Aspect of deity | Time Deity | finite time; time of long dominion; the world-age | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Zurvan daregho-chvadhata, 'Time of Long Dominion' — the finite, measured time (the 9,000/12,000-year world-cycle) into which Boundless Time issues so that the conflict of Ohrmazd and Ahriman can be played out and resolved (Zaehner, Zurvan, pp. 89-105, 219ff.). | 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]);