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'}

3 rows where entity_class = "monster" and tradition = "Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion"

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  • Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion · 3 ✖

entity_class 1

  • monster · 3 ✖
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_VF_CHUPACABRA Chupacabra   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Cryptid Cryptid livestock predation; blood-draining; rural dread   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The 'goat-sucker' blamed for exsanguinated livestock across Latin America and the US Southwest since 1995. Communities act on it (livestock protection, vigilance, reporting) as a real present threat; Radford traces the lived legend. monster
ENT_VF_JERSEY_DEVIL The Jersey Devil   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Cryptid Cryptid Pine Barrens haunting; winged menace; regional omen   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Winged hooved creature of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, tied to the Mother Leeds birth legend. A durable regional belief people invoke and search for; the 1909 sighting panic shows lived apotropaic engagement (schools closed, people stayed indoors). monster
ENT_VF_MOTHMAN Mothman   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Cryptid Cryptid omen; harbinger of disaster; winged apparition   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Winged red-eyed being of the 1966–67 Point Pleasant sighting wave, treated as a harbinger of the Silver Bridge collapse. Engaged experientially and as an omen/portent (Keel); people interpret sightings as warnings — an apotropaic/divinatory reading, not fiction. monster

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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]);