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'}

5 rows where entity_class = "object" and tradition = "Pre-Islamic Arabian"

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  • Pre-Islamic Arabian · 5 ✖

entity_class 1

  • object · 5 ✖
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

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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]);