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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'}

19 rows where entity_class = "object"

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tradition 10

  • Pre-Islamic Arabian 5
  • Arthurian 4
  • Discordianism 2
  • Masonic/Rosicrucian 2
  • Druze 1
  • Ethiopian Christian 1
  • Jewish Mystical 1
  • Samaritan 1
  • Urartian 1
  • Yarsan 1

entity_class 1

  • 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]);
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