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'}

12 rows where entity_class = "realm" and tradition = "Christian"

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  • realm · 12 ✖
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_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

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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]);