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'}

19 rows where entity_class = "object"

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  • object · 19 ✖
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_ARAB_AL_FALS al-Fals   Pre-Islamic Arabian Sacred betyl Deity tribal patron; sanctuary; asylum   regional   B candidate_verified_name Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0) 0 0 0 Idol of the Tayyiʾ tribe, a reddish rock outcrop on Jabal Aja serving as a place of asylum, described in Ibn al-Kalbi. object
ENT_ARAB_DHUL_KHALASA Dhu'l-Khalasa   Pre-Islamic Arabian Sacred betyl Deity oracle; divination; tribal sanctuary   regional   B candidate_verified_name Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0) 0 0 0 White quartz betyl and oracular sanctuary (famed for divination by arrows) at Tabala in the Tihama/Asir region of southwest Arabia — the "Yemeni/Southern Kaʿba" by epithet, not located in Yemen proper; venerated by Daws, Khathʿam and Bajila per Ibn al-Kalbi. object
ENT_ARAB_ISAF Isāf   Pre-Islamic Arabian Sacred betyl Deity sanctuary guardian; ritual; petrified ancestor   regional   B candidate_verified_name Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0) 0 0 0 Idol at the Kaʿba; in tradition a man petrified for sacrilege, paired with Nāʾila, attested in Ibn al-Kalbi at al-Safa/al-Marwa. object
ENT_ARAB_NAILA Nāʾila   Pre-Islamic Arabian Sacred betyl Deity sanctuary guardian; ritual; petrified ancestor   regional   B candidate_verified_name Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0) 0 0 0 Female idol at the Kaʿba, paired with Isāf as a petrified couple, attested in Ibn al-Kalbi at al-Safa/al-Marwa. object
ENT_ARAB_SAD Saʿd   Pre-Islamic Arabian Sacred betyl Deity tribal patron; fortune; good luck   regional   C candidate_verified_name Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0) 0 0 0 A tall rock-betyl of the Banu Milkan (Kinana) anointed with sacrificial blood, per Ibn al-Kalbi (whose anecdote has camels bolting from the blood-smeared stone); a tribal cult-stone rather than a developed deity. The "Fortune" association rests on the name saʿd ("good luck"), an etymology, not attested cult function. object
ENT_ART_EXCALIBUR Excalibur   Arthurian Relic Legendary sword kingship; war; sovereignty; the otherworld   literary   B candidate_verified_name Arthurian legend / Matter of Britain (v1.78.0) 0 0 0 Arthur's sword (Geoffrey's Caliburn), given by the Lady of the Lake and returned to her at his death. object
ENT_ART_GRAIL The Holy Grail   Arthurian Sacred object Holy relic divine grace; revelation; healing; the Eucharist   literary   B candidate_verified_name Arthurian legend / Matter of Britain (v1.78.0) 0 0 0 The vessel of the Last Supper brought to Britain by Joseph of Arimathea; object of the great quest. object
ENT_ART_ROUND_TABLE_OBJECT The Round Table   Arthurian Sacred object Order of chivalry fellowship; equality of the knights; the chivalric order   literary   B candidate_verified_name Arthurian legend / Matter of Britain (v1.78.0) 0 0 0 The round table made by Merlin so that no knight should sit above another. object
ENT_ART_SIEGE_PERILOUS The Siege Perilous   Arthurian Sacred object Sacred seat the Grail destiny; sanctity; predestination   literary   B candidate_verified_name Arthurian legend / Matter of Britain (v1.78.0) 0 0 0 The empty seat, fatal to the unworthy, reserved for the Grail knight Galahad. object
ENT_DIS_GOLDEN_APPLE The Golden Apple of Discord (Discordian)   Discordianism Sacred object Relic discord; chaos; relic   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The golden apple inscribed 'kallisti' ('to the prettiest one'), revered in Discordian practice as Eris's defining relic and a sign of fruitful discord. A reception of the apple from the Greek Judgment of Paris myth, recontextualized in the Principia Discordia. object
ENT_DIS_SACRED_CHAO The Sacred Chao   Discordianism Sacred object Symbol cosmology; order and chaos; symbol   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Core Discordian symbol (a yin-yang-like figure bearing the Apple of Discord and the Pentagon), used devotionally/ritually as the emblem of the interplay of order and disorder. Attested in the Principia Discordia. object
ENT_DRZ_RASAIL Rasaʾil al-Hikma (Epistles of Wisdom)   Druze text canon scripture   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The 111-epistle Druze sacred canon, largely by Hamza and al-Muqtana; foundational closed scripture. Existence and authorship attested in scholarship. object
ENT_ETH_TABOT The Tabot (Ark of the Covenant tradition)   Ethiopian Christian Sacred object sacred object/tradition cultus; covenant; liturgy   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Ethiopian Ark tradition: the Tabot (altar-tablet) replicates the Ark of the Covenant believed, per the Kebra Nagast, to reside at Aksum; central cultic object of every Tewahedo church. object
ENT_JM_GOLEM Golem   Jewish Mystical Construct Construct artificial life; protection; holy names; clay   folk   B candidate_verified_name Abrahamic folk supernatural beings (v1.72.0) 0 0 0 An anthropoid of clay animated through the ritual permutation of Hebrew letters and divine names (the word emet/'truth'); Scholem traces the motif from Sefer Yetsirah speculation to the medieval Hasidei Ashkenaz and the later Prague-Maharal legend. object
ENT_MAS_BOAZ Boaz (the pillar)   Masonic/Rosicrucian Cult object Sacred object strength; threshold; temple symbolism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Personified left-hand pillar of Solomon's porch in Masonic ritual symbolism. HOMONYM: distinct from the biblical Boaz (ancestor of David), entity ENT_ISR_BOAZ; this is the Temple pillar of 1 Kings 7 as used in lodge symbolism. object
ENT_MAS_JACHIN Jachin (the pillar)   Masonic/Rosicrucian Cult object Sacred object establishment; threshold; temple symbolism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Personified right-hand pillar of Solomon's porch in Masonic ritual symbolism (lecture of the Fellow Craft); a working ritual symbol, not the biblical priest. Homonym/parallel to scriptural pillar named in 1 Kings 7. object
ENT_SAM_TORAH Samaritan Torah (Samaritan Pentateuch)   Samaritan Scripture Scripture The sole Samaritan scriptural canon   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Samaritan Pentateuch (Samaritan Hebrew Torah) is the entire Samaritan canon, with distinctive readings (notably the Gerizim commandment); the Abisha Scroll is its most venerated copy. Well attested textual tradition. object
ENT_URA_SPEAR_KHALDI The Spear of Khaldi   Urartian Cult object Sacred weapon war; divine victory; royal legitimation; weapon cult   regional   C candidate_verified_name Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0) 0 0 0 The lance of Khaldi was a sacred weapon embodying the war-god's power; the Karagunduz stele praises it as victorious, and Khaldi's temples were 'houses of weapons'. object
ENT_YRS_KALAM Kalam-e Saranjam   Yarsan Sacred text Sacred text/principle scripture; sacred text   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The corpus of sacred Gorani-language hymns/discourses (Kalam, esp. Saranjam) transmitting Yarsan cosmology and the manifestations (Hamzeh'ee). object

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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]);