deitydb: entities: 31 rows where entity_class = "monster" and tradition = "Greek"

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.

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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 (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'}

31 rows where entity_class = "monster" and tradition = "Greek"

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entity_id ▼	canonical_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_AELLO	Aello	Greek	Harpy	Monster	Harpy; storm-wind		Greek	archaic Greek	A	candidate_verified_name	Primary attestation (Theogony 265-269)	2	0	0	One of the Harpies (with Ocypete), winged storm-spirits, daughters of Thaumas.	monster
ENT_ARGES	Arges	Greek	Cyclops	Giant	Cyclops; brightness		Greek	archaic Greek	A	candidate_verified_name	Primary attestation (Theogony 139-141)	2	0	0	One of the three Cyclopes (with Brontes and Steropes) who forged the thunderbolt of Zeus.	monster
ENT_BRIAREUS	Briareus	Greek	Hundred-Hander	Giant	hundred-hander; sea		Greek	archaic Greek	A	candidate_verified_name	Primary attestation (Theogony 147-153)	2	0	0	One of the three Hekatoncheires (Hundred-Handers), hundred-armed sons of Ouranos and Gaia.	monster
ENT_BRONTES	Brontes	Greek	Cyclops	Giant	Cyclops; thunder		Greek	archaic Greek	A	candidate_verified_name	Primary attestation (Theogony 139-141)	2	0	0	One of the three Cyclopes (with Steropes and Arges) who forged the thunderbolt of Zeus.	monster
ENT_CERBERUS	Cerberus	Greek	Underworld monster/guardian	Underworld Guardian	underworld; guardian; threshold; monstrous dog		Mythic/chthonic		A	candidate_verified_name	Greek underworld guardian	5	1	0	Monstrous hound guarding the entrance to the underworld.	monster
ENT_CHARYBDIS	Charybdis	Greek	Sea monster/daimon	Sea Monster	whirlpool; sea danger; straits; liminal passage		Mythic/maritime		B	candidate_verified_name	Greek sea monster/liminal being	2	0	0	Whirlpool monster associated with dangerous maritime passage.	monster
ENT_CHIMERA	Chimera	Greek	Monster	Monster	monster; fire-breathing; hybrid beast; Bellerophon myth		Mythic		A	candidate_verified_name	Greek monster	4	0	0	Hybrid fire-breathing monster slain by Bellerophon.	monster
ENT_COTTUS	Cottus	Greek	Hundred-Hander	Giant	hundred-hander; storm		Greek	archaic Greek	A	candidate_verified_name	Primary attestation (Theogony 147-153)	2	0	0	One of the three Hekatoncheires (Hundred-Handers), hundred-armed sons of Ouranos and Gaia.	monster
ENT_EMPOUSA	Empousa	Greek	Daimon/monster	Liminal Daimon	apparition; night; liminality; Hecate-associated spirit		Folkloric/magical		B	candidate_verified_name	Greek daimon/monster	4	1	0	Nocturnal apparition or daimon associated in later tradition with Hecate.	monster
ENT_EURYALE	Euryale	Greek	Gorgon	Monster	Gorgon		Greek	archaic Greek	A	candidate_verified_name	Primary attestation (Theogony 270-276)	2	0	0	One of the three Gorgons (with Stheno and Medusa), daughters of Phorcys and Ceto.	monster
ENT_GERYON	Geryon	Greek	Monster/giant	Monster	giant; cattle; far west; Heracles myth		Mythic		A	candidate_verified_name	Greek monster/giant	4	0	0	Multi-bodied giant defeated by Heracles.	monster
ENT_GYES	Gyes	Greek	Hundred-Hander	Giant	hundred-hander		Greek	archaic Greek	A	candidate_verified_name	Primary attestation (Theogony 147-153)	2	0	0	One of the three Hekatoncheires (Hundred-Handers), hundred-armed sons of Ouranos and Gaia.	monster
ENT_HYDRA	Hydra	Greek	Monster/serpent	Monster	serpent; swamp; regeneration; poison; Heracles myth		Mythic		A	candidate_verified_name	Greek serpent monster	5	1	1	Lernaean Hydra slain by Heracles.	monster
ENT_LAMIA	Lamia	Greek	Daimon/monster	Child-Harming Spirit	night; child-harming spirit; monstrous female being		Folkloric/mythic		B	candidate_verified_name	Greek daimon/monster	3	1	0	Female child-harming or monstrous figure in Greek tradition.	monster
ENT_MEDUSA	Medusa	Greek	Gorgon/monster	Monster	monster; gorgon; petrifying gaze; Perseus myth		Mythic		A	candidate_verified_name	Greek monster/liminal being	3	1	1	Gorgon slain by Perseus.	monster
ENT_MINOTAUR	Minotaur	Greek	Monster	Monster	bull; labyrinth; sacrifice; Theseus myth		Mythic		A	candidate_verified_name	Greek monster	4	1	0	Bull-headed monster slain by Theseus in the labyrinth.	monster
ENT_MON_ECHIDNA	Echidna	Greek	Monster	Chthonic monster	Monsters; chthonic generation		devotional		B	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	0	0	The half-woman, half-serpent 'mother of monsters'; mate of Typhon and dam of the Greek monster brood. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 295-332 (esp. 304-305 description); Apollodorus 2.1.2. Genealogical hub previously missing from the DB.	monster
ENT_MON_GIGANTES	Gigantes	Greek	Monster	Primordial monster collective	Monsters; Gigantomachy		devotional		B	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	0	0	Earth-born giants sprung from Gaia (from the blood of Ouranos) who warred on the Olympians in the Gigantomachy. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 183-186; Apollodorus 1.6.1-2. Collective entity.	monster
ENT_MON_GRAEAE	Graeae	Greek	Monster	Monster collective	Monsters; old age; prophecy		devotional		B	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	0	0	Grey-haired sisters (Deino, Enyo, Pemphredo) sharing one eye and one tooth, daughters of Phorcys and Ceto; coerced by Perseus. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 270-273; Apollodorus 2.4.2. Collective entity.	monster
ENT_MON_HARPIES	Harpies	Greek	Monster	Monster collective	Monsters; storm-winds; snatching		devotional		B	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	0	0	Collective of winged storm-spirits (Aello, Ocypete, Celaeno), daughters of Thaumas and Electra, 'snatchers' who tormented Phineus. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 265-269; Apollodorus 1.9.21. Collective entity.	monster
ENT_MON_HECATONCHEIRES	Hecatoncheires	Greek	Monster	Primordial monster collective	Monsters; primordial force		devotional		B	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	0	0	The hundred-handed, fifty-headed giants Cottus, Briareus and Gyges, sons of Ouranos and Gaia; allies of Zeus against the Titans and jailers of the imprisoned Titans. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 147-153, 617-735. Collective entity.	monster
ENT_MON_ORTHRUS	Orthrus	Greek	Monster	Guardian beast	Monsters; guardian beasts		devotional		B	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	0	0	Two-headed hound of Geryon, son of Typhon and Echidna, slain by Heracles; sire (with the Chimera) of the Sphinx and Nemean Lion in Hesiod's construal. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 309-327; Apollodorus 2.5.10.	monster
ENT_MON_SIRENS	Sirens	Greek	Monster	Monster collective	Monsters; deadly song		devotional		B	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	0	0	Collective of bird-bodied singing maidens whose song lured sailors to death; encountered by Odysseus. Attested Homer, Odyssey 12.39-54, 165-200; Apollodorus E7.18-19. Collective entity.	monster
ENT_MON_SPHINX	Sphinx	Greek	Monster	Chthonic monster	Monsters; riddle/death		devotional		B	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	0	0	The Theban Sphinx (Phix), winged lion-bodied woman who posed the riddle; child of Orthrus and the Chimera (Hesiod) or of Typhon/Echidna. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 326-329; Apollodorus 3.5.8. Distinct from the Egyptian sphinx.	monster
ENT_MON_STYMPHALIAN_BIRDS	Stymphalian Birds	Greek	Monster	Monster collective	Monsters; man-eating birds		devotional		B	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	0	0	Man-eating bronze-beaked birds of Lake Stymphalia driven off by Heracles in his sixth labour. Attested Apollodorus 2.5.6; Pausanias 8.22.4. Collective entity.	monster
ENT_MORMO	Mormo	Greek	Daimon/monster	Child-Harming Spirit	fear; night; child-frightening spirit		Folkloric		B	candidate_verified_name	Greek daimon/monster	3	1	0	Child-frightening female spirit or bogey figure.	monster
ENT_NEMEAN_LION	Nemean Lion	Greek	Monster	Monster	lion; invulnerability; Heracles myth		Mythic		A	candidate_verified_name	Greek monster	4	0	0	Invulnerable lion slain by Heracles.	monster
ENT_PYTHON	Python	Greek	Chthonic serpent	Oracle Figure	Delphic earth oracle	serpent;oracle;chthonic	Greek world	Archaic-Classical/Roman reception	B	candidate_verified_name	Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.	5	1	1	Chthonic, underworld, or local cult seed entity.	monster
ENT_SCYLLA	Scylla	Greek	Sea monster/daimon	Sea Monster	sea danger; straits; monster; liminal passage		Mythic/maritime		B	candidate_verified_name	Greek sea monster/liminal being	2	0	0	Sea monster associated with dangerous straits and liminal maritime passage.	monster
ENT_STEROPES	Steropes	Greek	Cyclops	Giant	Cyclops; lightning		Greek	archaic Greek	A	candidate_verified_name	Primary attestation (Theogony 139-141)	2	0	0	One of the three Cyclopes (with Brontes and Arges) who forged the thunderbolt of Zeus.	monster
ENT_TYPHON	Typhon	Greek	Chaos monster	Adversarial Being	chaos; storm; serpent; typhoon; adversary of Zeus; monster father				A						Last great monster of the pre-Olympian age; son of Gaia (and Tartaros); created to challenge Zeus after the defeat of the Titans; defeated by Zeus's thunderbolts and buried under Etna; Hesiod Theogony 820-880; parallel to the Hurrian Ullikummi and Hittite Illuyanka as a chaos monster challenging the storm god champion	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]);

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31 rows where entity_class = "monster" and tradition = "Greek"

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