deitydb: entities: 23 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 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'}

23 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_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_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_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_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_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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23 rows where entity_class = "monster" and tradition = "Greek"

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