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'}

116 rows where entity_class = "realm"

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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_ABYSS Abyss   Cross-traditional Cosmological place/category Cosmological Realm abyss; pit; deep; underworld; chaos depth   Comparative   A candidate_verified_name cross-traditional abyss category 5 1 0 Cross-traditional abstraction for abyss, pit, deep, or lower cosmic depth. realm
ENT_ART_AVALON Avalon   Arthurian Cosmological realm Otherworldly isle the otherworld; healing; the resting place of Arthur   literary   B candidate_verified_name Arthurian legend / Matter of Britain (v1.78.0) 0 0 0 Otherworldly isle where Excalibur was forged and to which Arthur is borne to be healed. realm
ENT_ART_CAMELOT Camelot   Arthurian Cosmological realm Royal seat kingship; the chivalric court; the seat of the Round Table   literary   B candidate_verified_name Arthurian legend / Matter of Britain (v1.78.0) 0 0 0 The principal seat of Arthur's court and of the Round Table. realm
ENT_CHRR_BOSOM_ABRAHAM The Bosom of Abraham   Christian Cosmological realm Cosmological realm The place of comfort and rest for the righteous dead before the redemption, named in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:22); identified in Christian tradition with the Limbo of the Fathers prior to the Harrowing of Hell.   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Lukan parable; patristic/medieval identification with Limbus Patrum. realm
ENT_CHRR_CELESTIAL_SPHERES The Celestial Spheres   Christian Cosmological structure Cosmological structure Dante's ascending structure of Paradiso: the nine revolving heavens (Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Fixed Stars, Primum Mobile), the moving spheres of Ptolemaic-Christian cosmology through which souls ascend toward the immobile Empyrean.   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Literary-structural node from Dante's Paradiso, fusing Ptolemaic astronomy with Christian theology. realm
ENT_CHRR_COSMOS The Christian Cosmos   Christian Cosmological structure Cosmological structure Hub node for the structured Christian afterlife and eschatological cosmos: the threefold realm of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, with Limbo and intermediate states, as systematized in patristic theology, medieval scholasticism, the Catechism, and given its canonical poetic form in Dante's Divina Commedia.   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Structural hub entity grouping the Christian otherworld realms; attested as a coherent tripartite-plus cosmos in scholastic theology and Dante. realm
ENT_CHRR_EMPYREAN The Empyrean   Christian Cosmological realm Cosmological realm The highest heaven, the dwelling of God, the angels, and the blessed beyond the nine moving celestial spheres; in Dante the motionless heaven of pure light where the Celestial Rose of the saints and the Beatific Vision are beheld.   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Medieval cosmological term (caelum empyreum); the tenth, immobile heaven in Dante's Paradiso. realm
ENT_CHRR_HEAVEN Heaven   Christian Cosmological realm Cosmological realm The realm of God's eternal presence and the final blessedness of the saved, the state of perfect communion with the Holy Trinity, the angels, and the saints; the destination of the elect after particular and final judgment.   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Core Christian eschatology (CCC 1023–1029). No prior Christian-tradition Heaven realm existed in the DB. realm
ENT_CHRR_HELL Hell (Christian)   Christian Cosmological realm Cosmological realm The state and place of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God, of eternal punishment for the damned who die in mortal sin; the abode of the Devil and his demons, depicted by Dante as the nine descending circles of the Inferno.   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Christian eschatology (CCC 1033–1037). Distinct from Jewish Gehenna/Sheol (ENT_JM_GEHENNA, ENT_ISR_SHEOL), to which it is the conceptual heir. realm
ENT_CHRR_LIMBUS_INFANTUM Limbo of the Infants (Limbus Infantium)   Christian Cosmological realm Cosmological realm The hypothesized state/place for the souls of unbaptized infants and others dying without personal sin but without baptism, free of suffering yet excluded from the Beatific Vision; a theological theory, never defined dogma.   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Medieval-scholastic theory (Aquinas); the Catechism leaves the fate of unbaptized infants to God's mercy. Attested as theological tradition, not dogma. realm
ENT_CHRR_LIMBUS_PATRUM Limbo of the Fathers (Limbus Patrum)   Christian Cosmological realm Cosmological realm The abode where the righteous of the Old Covenant awaited the coming of Christ, harrowed and liberated at the Descent into Hell; identified by Dante with the first circle (Limbo) and associated with the Bosom of Abraham.   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Traditional Catholic teaching on the Harrowing of Hell; emptied by Christ at the Resurrection. realm
ENT_CHRR_NEW_JERUSALEM The New Jerusalem   Christian Cosmological realm Cosmological realm The heavenly city descending from God in the eschaton, the consummated dwelling of God with the redeemed (Revelation 21–22); Augustine's Civitas Dei, the perfected community of the blessed.   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Apocalyptic vision (Rev 21); developed as the City of God by Augustine. realm
ENT_CHRR_NINE_CIRCLES The Nine Circles of Hell   Christian Cosmological structure Cosmological structure Dante's descending structure of the Inferno: Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and Treachery, ordered by gravity of sin and culminating in the frozen pit where Satan is fixed at the earth's center.   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Literary-structural node from Dante's Inferno; the canonical poetic topology of Christian Hell. realm
ENT_CHRR_PURGATORY Purgatory   Christian Cosmological realm Cosmological realm The intermediate state/place of purification for the souls of the saved who die in grace but require cleansing of temporal punishment before entering Heaven; defined doctrinally by the Catechism and councils (Lyon, Florence, Trent) and depicted by Dante as Mount Purgatory.   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Catholic doctrine of final purification (CCC 1030–1032); poetically the seven-terraced mountain of Purgatorio. realm
ENT_CHRR_SEVEN_TERRACES The Seven Terraces of Mount Purgatory   Christian Cosmological structure Cosmological structure Dante's ascending structure of Purgatorio: the seven terraces purging the capital vices (Pride, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Avarice, Gluttony, Lust), preceded by ante-Purgatory and surmounted by the Earthly Paradise at the mountain's summit.   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Literary-structural node from Dante's Purgatorio; the seven terraces correspond to the seven deadly sins. realm
ENT_DESERT Desert   Cross-traditional Place/environment category Abstraction desert; wilderness; exile; liminal place   Comparative   A candidate_verified_name cross-traditional place category 4 0 0 Cross-traditional abstraction for desert and wilderness spaces. realm
ENT_EARTH Earth   Cross-traditional Elemental/place category Abstraction earth; land; ground; material world   Comparative   A candidate_verified_name cross-traditional elemental category 5 0 0 Cross-traditional abstraction for earth, land, ground, and materiality. realm
ENT_EGY_IMHET Imhet (Land of Sokar)   Egyptian Duat region Realm of Sokar the sandy, snake-guarded land of Sokar   funerary   B candidate_verified_name Amduat, 4th hour 0 1 0 The barren, sandy, serpent-guarded desert-region of Sokar traversed in the Amduat's fourth hour. realm
ENT_EGY_LAKE_OF_FIRE The Lake of Fire   Egyptian Duat region Place of judgment refreshment of the blessed; punishment of the damned   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of Gates / BD 0 1 0 A lake whose waters refresh the blessed dead but burn the damned; a place-power of the Duat in the Book of Gates and the Book of the Dead. realm
ENT_EGY_ROSETAU Rosetau   Egyptian Duat region Realm of Sokar the hidden passages of the necropolis-underworld   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Amduat, 4th-5th hours 0 1 0 The "passages" — the hidden necropolis-underworld of Sokar, the labyrinthine zone of the dead in the deep hours of the Amduat. realm
ENT_EGY_SEKHET_AARU Sekhet-Aaru (Field of Reeds)   Egyptian Afterlife realm Paradise of the blessed the paradise of the justified dead; the idealized Nile   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead 0 1 0 The "Field of Reeds," the paradisal marsh-realm of the justified dead — an idealized Egypt where the blessed dwell and labour in plenty. realm
ENT_EGY_SEKHET_HETEPET Sekhet-Hetepet (Field of Offerings)   Egyptian Afterlife realm Realm of provisioning the provisioning of the blessed dead   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of the Dead 0 1 0 The "Field of Offerings / Field of Peace," the companion realm to the Field of Reeds where the blessed dead are eternally provisioned. realm
ENT_EGY_WERNES Wernes   Egyptian Duat region Watery realm the watery realm of the second hour   funerary   B candidate_verified_name Amduat, 2nd hour 0 1 0 The great fertile water-realm of the Amduat's second hour, across which the solar barque sails. realm
ENT_FINN_POHJOLA Pohjola   Finnish Cosmological realm Otherworld / northern land the far north; the otherworld; cold and darkness   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The dark northern otherworld of the Kalevala, ruled by Louhi, where the Sampo was forged and hidden inside a copper mountain. realm
ENT_FINN_TUONELA Tuonela   Finnish Cosmological realm Underworld / land of the dead the underworld; the dead   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The land of the dead in Finnic cosmology, ruled by Tuoni and Tuonetar and separated from the living by the dark river of Tuoni. realm
ENT_GNO_PLEROMA Pleroma   Gnostic Cosmic realm/category Cosmological Realm fullness; divine realm; aeonic world   Cross-Gnostic   A candidate_verified_name Gnostic bridge entity 0 0 0 Divine fullness or aeonic realm. realm
ENT_GRR_ASPHODEL The Asphodel Meadows   Greek Cosmological realm Cosmological realm afterlife abode of ordinary shades   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Asphodel Meadow (leimon asphodelos), where the shades of the unremarkable dead wander, named at Homer Odyssey 11.539 and 24.13. The intermediate region for those neither heroic nor wicked. realm
ENT_GRR_ELYSIUM Elysium (Elysian Fields)   Greek Cosmological realm Cosmological realm blessed afterlife for heroes and the virtuous   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Elysian Fields, paradisal abode of heroes and the righteous dead. First named at Homer Odyssey 4.563-569 (Elysian plain, where Menelaus is destined to go); elaborated as a region of the underworld in Virgil Aeneid 6.637-678. realm
ENT_GRR_FIELDS_PUNISHMENT The Fields of Punishment   Greek Cosmological realm Cosmological realm place of torment for the wicked dead   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The region where the wicked are punished, bounded by the flaming river Phlegethon and overseen by Rhadamanthus; the great prison-pit of Tartarus lies below it. Virgil, Aeneid 6.548-627 (Tartarus and the punishments). Distinct from but continuous with primordial Tartarus. realm
ENT_GRR_ISLES_BLEST The Isles of the Blest (Fortunate Isles)   Greek Cosmological realm Cosmological realm blessed afterlife at the edge of the world   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Islands of the Blessed (makaron nesoi), at the ends of the earth by deep-swirling Ocean, where Hesiod's fourth (heroic) race dwells in untroubled bliss; Hesiod, Works and Days 167-173. Often conflated with or adjacent to Elysium. realm
ENT_GRR_MOURNING_FIELDS The Mourning Fields (Lugentes Campi)   Greek Cosmological realm Cosmological realm afterlife region for those who died of love   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Fields of Mourning (Lugentes Campi), region of the underworld for those consumed and killed by unhappy love (e.g. Dido, Phaedra), attested at Virgil, Aeneid 6.440-444. A Roman-poetic systematization of the Greek underworld. realm
ENT_GRR_PLAIN_LETHE The Plain of Lethe   Greek Cosmological realm Cosmological realm place of forgetting before rebirth   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The plain through which the river Lethe flows, where shades destined for reincarnation drink the water of forgetfulness; Virgil, Aeneid 6.703-715 (Anchises shows Aeneas the souls by Lethe). Plato Republic 10.621 places the Plain of Lethe (pediton tes Lethes) in the eschatology of Er. realm
ENT_GRR_UNDERWORLD The Greek Underworld (House of Hades)   Greek Cosmological realm Cosmological realm underworld; realm of the dead   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub entity for the structured Greek realm of the dead, the domain of Hades and Persephone, divided into regions for the dead by their merit. Composite of Homer Odyssey 11, Hesiod, and Virgil Aeneid 6; the systematized topography (rivers, fields, judges) is fullest in Virgil. realm
ENT_HUN_VILAGFA Életfa / Világfa (World-Tree)   Hungarian world-tree Cosmological realm axis mundi; cosmology; the three worlds   regional   C candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The 'tree of life' or 'world-tree' connecting the upper, middle, and lower worlds in reconstructed Magyar shamanic cosmology, the path of the táltos. realm
ENT_ISLR_ABWAB_JAHANNAM The Seven Gates of Hell (abwab jahannam)   Islamic Cosmological realm set The set of seven gates/levels of Jahannam, each apportioned to a class of the damned   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Qur'an 15:44 'it has seven gates, to each gate a portion assigned.' Classical sources name seven descending levels; modeled here as the structuring set. realm
ENT_ISLR_ABWAB_JANNAH The Eight Gates of Paradise (abwab al-janna)   Islamic Cosmological realm set The set of eight gates of Jannah through which classes of the righteous enter   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hadith tradition (e.g. al-Bukhari) enumerates eight gates of Paradise (the gate of prayer, of fasting/al-Rayyan, of charity, etc.), against seven of Hell. Modeled here as a collective set. realm
ENT_ISLR_ARAF al-Aʿraf (the Heights)   Islamic Cosmological realm realm The elevated places/partition between Paradise and Hell, occupied by those whose scales are balanced   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Qur'anic al-aʿraf (Q 7:46-48), names Sura 7; the heights with the Men of the Aʿraf who see both abodes. A liminal realm in the cosmic geography. realm
ENT_ISLR_BARZAKH Barzakh (the intermediate state)   Islamic Cosmological realm realm The barrier/interspace between death and resurrection in which the dead await the Last Day; the realm of grave-life   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Qur'anic barzakh (Q 23:100), developed in hadith and theology as the intermediate realm where Munkar and Nakir question the dead. Central to classical eschatology (Lange). realm
ENT_ISLR_COSMOS Islamic cosmic geography (al-akhira)   Islamic Cosmological realm realm Eschatology; the structure of the otherworld (al-akhira) comprising Paradise, Hell, the intermediate realm and their thresholds   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub/organizing entity for the Qur'anic and classical-Islamic otherworldly topography. Not a single named place in scripture but the standard scholarly framing (Lange) of the akhira as a layered cosmos; introduced here as a structural hub. realm
ENT_ISLR_DAR_AL_QARAR Dar al-Qarar (the Abode of Permanence)   Islamic Cosmological realm realm The enduring final abode contrasted with the transient world   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Qur'anic dar al-qarar (Q 40:39), the abiding home of the hereafter; in classical eschatology read as a name of Paradise (Lange). realm
ENT_ISLR_DAR_AL_SALAM Dar al-Salam (the Abode of Peace)   Islamic Cosmological realm realm A Qur'anic name for Paradise as the abode of peace and well-being   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Qur'anic dar al-salam (Q 6:127, 10:25); classical exegesis treats it as an appellation/level of Jannah. realm
ENT_ISLR_FIRDAUS Jannat al-Firdaus (the highest Paradise)   Islamic Cosmological realm realm The highest and most excellent level of Paradise, beneath the Throne, source of its rivers   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Qur'anic al-firdaws (Q 18:107, 23:11). In hadith the loftiest part of Jannah, beneath the Arsh; a level within Jannah. realm
ENT_ISLR_HAWIYAH al-Hawiyah (the Abyss)   Islamic Cosmological realm realm A level/name of Hell, the bottomless pit that is the 'mother/refuge' of the damned with light scales   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Qur'anic al-hawiya (Q 101:9-11). Often taken as the deepest level of Hell in classical seven-fold schemes (Lange). realm
ENT_ISLR_HUTAMAH al-Hutamah (the Crusher)   Islamic Cosmological realm realm A level/name of Hell, the consuming fire that crushes and that leaps over the hearts   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Qur'anic al-hutama (Q 104:4-9). Counted among the seven levels/gates of Hell in classical eschatology (Lange). realm
ENT_ISLR_JAHANNAM Jahannam (Gehenna, Hell)   Islamic Cosmological realm realm The abode of punishment; the Fire, conceived as seven-layered with seven gates   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The most common Qur'anic name for Hell (jahannam, cognate of Gehenna); abundantly attested (e.g. Q 4:140, 15:43-44). Also the name of one of the seven levels. realm
ENT_ISLR_JAHIM al-Jahim (the Hellfire)   Islamic Cosmological realm realm A level/name of Hell, the fierce blazing fire   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Qur'anic al-jahim, frequent (e.g. Q 2:119, 5:10). Counted among the seven levels/gates of Jahannam in classical schemes. realm
ENT_ISLR_JANNAH Jannah (the Garden, Paradise)   Islamic Cosmological realm realm The abode of the blessed; the Garden of reward, conceived as multi-tiered with rivers, gardens and gates   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Qur'anic al-janna, frequently in the plural jannat. Well attested across the Qur'an (e.g. Q 2:25, 13:35, 47:15) and classical eschatology (Lange). realm
ENT_ISLR_JANNAT_ADN Jannat ʿAdn (the Garden of Eden / perpetual abode)   Islamic Cosmological realm realm The Gardens of perpetuity, an eschatological abode of the righteous   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Qur'anic jannat ʿadn (Q 9:72, 13:23). Distinct from the primordial garden of Adam in scholarly reading; a named level of Jannah. realm
ENT_ISLR_LAZAA Lazaa (the Blazing Flame)   Islamic Cosmological realm realm A level/name of Hell, the blazing fire that tears away the scalp   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Qur'anic lazaa (Q 70:15-16). In classical seven-level schemes counted among the gates/levels of Jahannam. realm
ENT_ISLR_SAIR Saʿir (the Blaze)   Islamic Cosmological realm realm A level/name of Hell, the blazing fire prepared for the disbelievers   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Qur'anic al-saʿir, frequent (e.g. Q 4:10, 67:5). Counted among the seven levels/gates of Jahannam. realm
ENT_ISLR_SAQAR Saqar (the Scorching Fire)   Islamic Cosmological realm realm A level/name of Hell, the scorching fire that spares nothing, with nineteen keepers over it   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Qur'anic saqar (Q 74:26-30, 54:48). One of the named levels/gates of Hell; associated with the nineteen guardians. realm
ENT_ISLR_SIDRAT Sidrat al-Muntaha (the Lote-Tree of the Boundary)   Islamic Cosmological realm realm The lote-tree marking the utmost boundary of the seventh heaven, near the Garden of Refuge (Jannat al-Maʾwa)   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Qur'anic sidrat al-muntaha (Q 53:14-15), reached at the Miʿraj, beside jannat al-maʾwa. The cosmic boundary-tree at the limit of created knowledge. realm
ENT_ISLR_SIRAT As-Sirat (the bridge over Hell)   Islamic Cosmological realm realm The bridge stretched over Jahannam that all must cross at the Judgment, finer than a hair and sharper than a sword   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Eschatological al-sirat of hadith (drawing on Qur'anic sirat imagery, Q 37:23-24); the bridge to Paradise over Hell. Standard in classical accounts (Lange). realm
ENT_JEU_FIRST_AEON First Aeon of the Ascent   Gnostic Cosmic realm/category Cosmological category       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH B reviewed         The first of the hostile aeons through which the soul ascends in the Second Book of Jeu, guarded by Proteth, Persomphon, and Chous. realm
ENT_JEU_SECOND_AEON Second Aeon of the Ascent   Gnostic Cosmic realm/category Cosmological category       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH B reviewed         The second aeon of the ascent, guarded by Chouncheoch. realm
ENT_JEU_THIRD_AEON Third Aeon of the Ascent   Gnostic Cosmic realm/category Cosmological category       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH B reviewed         The third aeon of the ascent, guarded by Yaldabaoth and Choucho. realm
ENT_JM_ASSIAH Assiah   Jewish Mystical Cosmological realm World of Action the material world; the lowest realm   Kabbalistic   A candidate_verified_name The four worlds (ABYA) 2 0 0 Assiah, the World of Action/Making, the lowest world, bordering the material and the shells. realm
ENT_JM_ATZILUTH Atziluth   Jewish Mystical Cosmological realm World of Emanation the world of the sefirot; pure divinity   Kabbalistic   A candidate_verified_name The four worlds (ABYA) 0 0 0 Atziluth, the World of Emanation, the realm of the undifferentiated sefirot closest to the Infinite. realm
ENT_JM_BERIAH Beriah   Jewish Mystical Cosmological realm World of Creation the throne; the highest angels   Kabbalistic   A candidate_verified_name The four worlds (ABYA) 0 0 0 Beriah, the World of Creation, the realm of the divine Throne and the highest angels. realm
ENT_JM_GEHENNA Gehenna   Jewish Mystical Cosmological realm Infernal realm the fiery purgation; the punishment of the wicked   Jewish   A candidate_verified_name Rabbinic netherworld 0 1 0 The fiery realm of post-mortem purgation and punishment, developed from biblical Sheol. realm
ENT_JM_SEFER_RAZIEL_TEACHING The Teaching of Raziel (Sefer Raziel ha-Malakh)   Jewish Mystical Cosmological structure Revealed angelic knowledge hidden knowledge; revelation; creation; astral magic   regional   B candidate_verified_name Named power of the late-antique/medieval Jewish magical corpus (Sefer ha-Razim, Sword of Moses, Sefer Raziel) 0 0 0 Sefer Raziel ha-Malakh frames its angelology, creation-midrash, names of God and astral magic as knowledge the angel Raziel taught to Adam after the Fall and to Abraham. realm
ENT_JM_SEVEN_FIRMAMENTS The Seven Firmaments (Raqia of Sefer ha-Razim)   Jewish Mystical Cosmological structure Angelic cosmology heavenly cosmology; angelic hierarchy; ascent   regional   A candidate_verified_name Named power of the late-antique/medieval Jewish magical corpus (Sefer ha-Razim, Sword of Moses, Sefer Raziel) 0 0 0 Sefer ha-Razim is structured as seven firmaments, the first six each cataloguing their angelic hosts and magical operations, the seventh holding the Throne of Glory and the four hayyot. realm
ENT_JM_SITRA_ACHRA Sitra Achra   Jewish Mystical Demonic realm The Other Side the realm of evil opposed to holiness   Kabbalistic   A candidate_verified_name Kabbalistic realm of evil 0 1 0 The Sitra Achra ("the Other Side"), the realm of impurity and evil, ruled by Samael and Lilith. realm
ENT_JM_TOHU Olam ha-Tohu   Jewish Mystical Cosmological realm World of Chaos the primordial unstable world; the unbalanced sefirot   Kabbalistic   A candidate_verified_name Lurianic cosmogony 0 0 0 Olam ha-Tohu, the World of Chaos, whose vessels could not contain the light and shattered. realm
ENT_JM_YETZIRAH Yetzirah   Jewish Mystical Cosmological realm World of Formation the angelic hosts; the formative powers   Kabbalistic   A candidate_verified_name The four worlds (ABYA) 0 0 0 Yetzirah, the World of Formation, the realm of the angelic hosts. realm
ENT_LDS_CELESTIAL_KINGDOM Celestial Kingdom   Latter-day Saint Afterlife realm Afterlife realm highest degree of glory; dwelling of God and the exalted   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 D&C 76:50–70, 131: the highest kingdom, where God and Christ dwell and where the exalted may attain godhood; likened to the glory of the sun. realm
ENT_LDS_DEGREES_GLORY Three Degrees of Glory   Latter-day Saint Soteriological realm/category Afterlife realm the tripartite kingdoms of eternal reward   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 D&C 76: the three postmortal kingdoms (Celestial, Terrestrial, Telestial) into which resurrected souls are assigned by glory; parent category of the three kingdoms. realm
ENT_LDS_TELESTIAL_KINGDOM Telestial Kingdom   Latter-day Saint Afterlife realm Afterlife realm lowest degree of glory   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 D&C 76:81–90: the lowest of the three kingdoms of glory; likened to the glory of the stars. realm
ENT_LDS_TERRESTRIAL_KINGDOM Terrestrial Kingdom   Latter-day Saint Afterlife realm Afterlife realm middle degree of glory   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 D&C 76:71–80: the middle kingdom for honorable people who did not receive the fulness of the gospel; likened to the glory of the moon. realm
ENT_MANICH_COLUMN_GLORY Column of Glory   Manichaean Cosmic structure Cosmological Realm ascent; light particles; cosmic column; salvation   Manichaean   A candidate_verified_name Manichaean cosmological entity 0 0 0 Cosmic column/path by which light ascends. realm
ENT_MANICH_WORLD_LIGHT World of Light   Manichaean Cosmic realm Cosmological Realm light realm; divine world; origin   Manichaean   A candidate_verified_name Manichaean cosmological realm 0 0 0 Divine world of light. realm
ENT_MAN_MATARTAS Matartas   Mandaean Cosmological realm Purgatory stations the watch-stations of the soul's ascent; judgment   Mandaean   A candidate_verified_name Soul's toll-stations 0 0 0 The matartas, the watch-houses and purgatories through which the ascending soul must pass. realm
ENT_MAN_TIBIL Tibil   Mandaean Cosmological realm Material world the middle earth; the place of trial   Mandaean   A candidate_verified_name Mandaean material world 2 0 0 Tibil, the material earth between the worlds of light and darkness, fashioned by Ptahil. realm
ENT_MAN_WORLD_DARKNESS World of Darkness   Mandaean Cosmological realm Underworld the lower waters; the abode of the dark powers   Mandaean   A candidate_verified_name Mandaean underworld 0 1 0 Alma d-Hshuka, the World of Darkness, the realm of the black waters and the dark powers. realm
ENT_MAN_WORLD_LIGHT World of Light   Mandaean Cosmological realm Lightworld the abode of the Great Life and the uthras   Mandaean   A candidate_verified_name Mandaean lightworld 0 0 0 Alma d-Nhura, the World of Light, the abode of the Great Life and the uthras. realm
ENT_NORR_ALFHEIM Alfheim (Álfheimr)   Germanic/Norse Cosmological realm elf-realm cosmology|elves   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Home of the light-elves (ljósálfar), given to Freyr as a tooth-gift according to Grímnismál 5 and Gylfaginning. Lightly attested. realm
ENT_NORR_ASGARD Asgard (Ásgarðr)   Germanic/Norse Cosmological realm divine-realm cosmology|divine abode   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Stronghold of the Æsir, situated at the upper reaches of Yggdrasil and reached from Midgard by Bifröst; contains Valhalla. Gylfaginning attests its building and its halls. realm
ENT_NORR_BIFROST Bifröst (the rainbow bridge)   Germanic/Norse Cosmological realm liminal-structure cosmology|liminal structure   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The burning rainbow bridge (Bilröst/Bifröst) joining Midgard and Asgard, guarded by Heimdall, destined to break under the Múspell host at Ragnarök. Gylfaginning. Modeled as a locale within the realm set. realm
ENT_NORR_FOLKVANGR Folkvangr   Germanic/Norse Cosmological realm afterlife-realm afterlife|battle-dead   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Freyja's field where she receives half of the battle-slain, the other half going to Odin; her hall there is Sessrúmnir. Grímnismál 14 and Gylfaginning. realm
ENT_NORR_GINNUNGAGAP Ginnungagap   Germanic/Norse Cosmological realm primordial-void cosmology|primordial void   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The yawning primordial void between Niflheim and Muspelheim, where their rime and heat met to generate Ymir and the cosmos. Gylfaginning; Völuspá 3 (gap var ginnunga). realm
ENT_NORR_JOTUNHEIM Jotunheim (Jötunheimr) / Útgarðr   Germanic/Norse Cosmological realm giant-realm cosmology|giants   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Land of the jötnar, lying outside Midgard across rivers and forests; its citadel Útgarðr features in Gylfaginning's Útgarða-Loki episode. Jötunheimr and the outer Útgarðr are treated together here. realm
ENT_NORR_MIDGARD Midgard (Miðgarðr)   Germanic/Norse Cosmological realm human-realm cosmology|human world   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The middle enclosure, the world of humankind, made by the sons of Borr from the brows of Ymir and encircled by Jörmungandr. Gylfaginning and Völuspá. realm
ENT_NORR_MIMISBRUNNR Well of Mimir (Mímisbrunnr)   Germanic/Norse Cosmological realm sacred-well cosmology|wisdom|sacred water   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Well of Wisdom beneath a root of Yggdrasil, kept by Mímir; Odin pledged his eye there for a draught. Völuspá 28 and Gylfaginning. Modeled as a sacred locale. realm
ENT_NORR_MUSPELHEIM Muspelheim (Múspellsheimr)   Germanic/Norse Cosmological realm primordial-realm cosmology|primordial fire   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Realm of fire in the south, guarded by Surtr; its sparks helped form the cosmos and its hosts (Múspells synir) ride against the gods at Ragnarök. Gylfaginning; Völuspá names Múspell. realm
ENT_NORR_NIFLHEIM Niflheim (Niflheimr)   Germanic/Norse Cosmological realm primordial-realm cosmology|primordial cold|underworld   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 World of mist and cold in the north, containing the spring Hvergelmir and the root gnawed by Níðhöggr; in Gylfaginning the primordial counterpart to fiery Múspell, and sometimes conflated with the realm of Hel. realm
ENT_NORR_SVARTALFHEIM Svartalfheim (Svartálfaheimr) / Nidavellir   Germanic/Norse Cosmological realm dwarf-realm cosmology|dwarves|smithcraft   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Subterranean realm of the dark-elves/dwarves and their smithies; Gylfaginning sends Loki to Svartálfaheimr for the gods' treasures. Often equated with Niðavellir (Völuspá 37), the 'dark fields' of the dwarves; the equation is scholarly. realm
ENT_NORR_URDARBRUNNR Well of Urd (Urðarbrunnr)   Germanic/Norse Cosmological realm sacred-well cosmology|fate|sacred water   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Well of Fate beneath a root of Yggdrasil where the gods hold court and the Norns water the tree; Völuspá 19-20 and Gylfaginning. Modeled as a sacred locale. realm
ENT_NORR_VALHALLA Valhalla (Valhöll)   Germanic/Norse Cosmological realm afterlife-hall afterlife|battle-dead   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Odin's hall of the slain within Asgard, where the Einherjar feast and prepare for Ragnarök, served by Valkyries. Grímnismál and Gylfaginning describe its 540 doors and Sæhrímnir. realm
ENT_NORR_VANAHEIM Vanaheim (Vanaheimr)   Germanic/Norse Cosmological realm divine-realm cosmology|divine abode   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Home of the Vanir; named in Vafþrúðnismál 39 (Njörðr was reared in Vanaheim) and in Ynglinga saga. Sparsely described beyond its association with the Vanir. realm
ENT_NOR_YGGDRASIL Yggdrasil   Germanic/Norse World tree Cosmological Realm world tree; cosmos; axis mundi; fate   Norse/Germanic   A candidate_verified_name Norse cosmological entity 5 0 0 World tree connecting realms. realm
ENT_OPH_OGDOAD Ogdoad   Ophite/Archontic Higher cosmic realm/category Cosmological Realm eighth realm; transcendence; supercelestial region   Ophite/Archontic   B needs_review Ophite/Archontic cosmological category 0 0 0 Eighth realm or supercelestial level beyond the seven rulers. realm
ENT_OTHERWORLD Otherworld   Cross-traditional Cosmological place/category Cosmological Realm otherworld; fairy realm; divine realm; liminal world   Comparative   A candidate_verified_name cross-traditional cosmological category 3 1 0 Cross-traditional abstraction for otherworldly divine or liminal realms. realm
ENT_PS_THIRTEENTH_AEON Thirteenth Aeon   Gnostic Cosmic realm/category Cosmological category       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         The Thirteenth Aeon, the realm above the twelve aeons where Pistis Sophia and the rulers of her region (Authades, Adamas the Tyrant) dwell in the Pistis Sophia. realm
ENT_PS_TREASURY_LIGHT Treasury of the Light   Gnostic Cosmic realm/category Cosmological category       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         The Treasury of the Light (Thesauros), the highest light-realm of the Pistis Sophia and Books of Jeu, holding the 24 invisibles and the five Helpers; the destination of souls that have received the mysteries. realm
ENT_REN_AETHYR_LIL LIL   Renaissance Esoteric Cosmological realm Enochian realm the first and highest Aethyr, nearest the divine   literary   B candidate_verified_name Enochian system of John Dee (v1.71.0) 0 0 0 Named in Liber Scientiae as the first (highest) of the thirty Aethyrs; firmly attested in Dee's records. realm
ENT_REN_AETHYR_TEX TEX   Renaissance Esoteric Cosmological realm Enochian realm the thirtieth and lowest Aethyr, nearest the material world   literary   B candidate_verified_name Enochian system of John Dee (v1.71.0) 0 0 0 Named in Liber Scientiae as the thirtieth (lowest) of the thirty Aethyrs; firmly attested in Dee's records. realm
ENT_RLMX_CHINVAT Chinvat Bridge   Zoroastrian Cosmological realm Cosmological realm Eschatology / judgement of the soul   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Cinvat (Chinvat) Bridge, the 'bridge of the separator/accountant' which every soul must cross after death; attested in the Gathas (Y. 46.10, 51.13) and the Vendidad (19), where Rashnu, Mithra and Sraosha judge and the Daena meets the soul. Widens for the righteous, narrows to a blade for the wicked. realm
ENT_RLMX_DILMUN Dilmun   Mesopotamian Cosmological realm Cosmological realm Pure land / paradise   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Dilmun, the 'pure, clean, bright' land where there is no death or sickness, watered with fresh water by Enki; the Sumerian paradise (and a real geographical region, Bahrain). Attested in the myth Enki and Ninhursag. realm
ENT_RLMX_DRUJO_DEMANA Drujo Demana (House of Lies)   Zoroastrian Cosmological realm Cosmological realm Hell / worst existence   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Drujo Demana, the 'House of the Lie' (Avestan druj-demana), the Zoroastrian hell and abode of Angra Mainyu and the damned (the 'Worst Existence'). Antithesis of the House of Song; attested in the Gathas (Y. 46.11, 49.11) and Pahlavi eschatology. realm
ENT_RLMX_GANZIR Ganzir   Mesopotamian Cosmological realm Cosmological realm Gate of the netherworld   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Ganzir, the gate / threshold (the 'face') of the netherworld Irkalla/Kur, sometimes used as a name for the underworld's entrance through which the dead pass the seven gates. Attested in the Descent of Inanna/Ishtar tradition. realm

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