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'}

7 rows where entity_class = "realm" and tradition = "Greek"

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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_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

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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]);