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'}

4 rows where entity_class = "hero" and tradition = "Nart (Ossetian/Sarmatian)"

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  • Nart (Ossetian/Sarmatian) · 4 ✖

entity_class 1

  • hero · 4 ✖
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_NART_BATRAZ Batraz   Nart (Ossetian/Sarmatian) hero warrior-hero war, steel, storm   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Steel-tempered chief warrior-hero of the Narts; Dumézil reads him as a Scytho-Sarmatian war-god whose steel sword cast into the sea continues the Scythian sword-cult of Herodotus's Ares (Colarusso 2002; Dumézil). hero
ENT_NART_SATANA Satana   Nart (Ossetian/Sarmatian) hero matriarch wisdom, household, counsel   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Wise matriarch and counselor of the Narts, sister-consort within the central Nart family; Dumézil links her name to a Sarmatian/Alanic prototype (Colarusso 2002). hero
ENT_NART_SOSRUKO Sosruko   Nart (Ossetian/Sarmatian) hero trickster-hero fire-theft, trickery, solar   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Trickster culture-hero (Ossetian Soslan/Sozyryko; Circassian Sosruko) born from stone, tempered like steel, famed for the theft of fire (Colarusso 2002; Dumézil). hero
ENT_NART_SYRDON Syrdon   Nart (Ossetian/Sarmatian) hero trickster trickery, discord, music   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Malicious trickster of the Narts, sower of discord and inventor of the twelve-string harp from the bones of his slain sons; the standard scholarly Loki-analogue (Colarusso 2002; Dumézil). hero

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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]);