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 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.

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 (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'}

7 rows where entity_class = "monster" and tradition = "Mesopotamian"

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tradition 1

  • Mesopotamian · 7 ✖

entity_class 1

  • monster · 7 ✖
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_MES_ANZU Anzu   Mesopotamian Chaos bird / Storm monster Adversarial Being chaos; storm bird; stolen Tablets of Destiny; thunder; monster       A           Mesopotamian divine storm bird; also called Zu or Imdugud (Sumerian); the great lion-headed eagle who steals the Tablet of Destinies from Enlil, plunging heaven and earth into disorder; defeated by Ninurta (in the Old Babylonian Anzu myth; also in the Standard Babylonian version) who recaptures the Tablet; appears also in the Epic of Gilgamesh (the Anzud bird); part of the Mesopotamian chaos-combat tradition alongside Tiamat, Kingu, and other chaos beings monster
ENT_MES_BASHMU Bashmu   Mesopotamian Monster Horned serpent the venomous horned serpent   Mesopotamian   B candidate_verified_name Serpent monster 0 1 1 Bashmu, the horned venomous serpent among the monsters of Tiamat. monster
ENT_MES_GIRTABLULLU Girtablullu   Mesopotamian Monster Scorpion-man the scorpion-men; the guarding of the sun's gate   Mesopotamian   B candidate_verified_name Scorpion-man 0 0 0 The scorpion-men who guard the gate of Mount Mashu where the sun rises. monster
ENT_MES_GUGALANNA Gugalanna   Mesopotamian Monster Bull of Heaven the Bull of Heaven; drought; the underworld   Mesopotamian   B candidate_verified_name Bull of Heaven 0 1 0 Husband of Ereshkigal (named in "Inanna's Descent"); his name means "great bull of An." Often equated by modern scholars with the Bull of Heaven slain in the Gilgamesh epic, though that identification is not certain. monster
ENT_MES_HUMBABA Humbaba   Mesopotamian Monster Forest guardian the Cedar Forest; the terrifying radiance   Mesopotamian   A candidate_verified_name Forest guardian monster 1 0 0 Humbaba (Huwawa), the fearsome guardian of the Cedar Forest, slain by Gilgamesh and Enkidu. monster
ENT_MES_KUSARIKKU Kusarikku   Mesopotamian Monster Bull-man the bull-man; the guardian of the sun   Mesopotamian   B candidate_verified_name Bull-man 0 0 0 The bull-man, attendant of the sun-god and a guardian figure. monster
ENT_MES_MUSHHUSHSHU Mushhushshu   Mesopotamian Monster Dragon the snake-dragon; the symbol of Marduk   Mesopotamian   A candidate_verified_name Dragon of Marduk 0 1 1 The snake-dragon ("furious serpent") of the Ishtar Gate, emblem of Marduk and Nabu. 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]);