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'}

21 rows where entity_class = "sage" and tradition = "Christian"

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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_PAT_AMBROSE Ambrose of Milan   Christian Church Father / Doctor Church Father / Doctor Hymnody; ecclesiology; anti-Arian polemic; episcopal authority   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Bishop of Milan (c. 339-397), one of the four Latin Doctors; baptizer of Augustine, attested by Paulinus's Vita. sage
ENT_PAT_AUGUSTINE Augustine of Hippo   Christian Church Father / Doctor Church Father / Doctor Grace; original sin; Trinitarian theology; philosophy of history   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Bishop of Hippo (354-430), one of the four Latin Doctors; attested by his own Confessions and City of God and by Possidius's Vita. sage
ENT_PAT_BEDE Bede the Venerable   Christian Church Father / Doctor Church Father / Doctor Ecclesiastical history; exegesis; chronology (computus)   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Northumbrian monk (c. 673-735), Doctor of the Church; author of the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, attested by his own works and autobiographical note. sage
ENT_PAT_CLEMENT_ALEX Clement of Alexandria   Christian Church Father / theologian Church Father / theologian Christian philosophy; catechesis; the true gnosis   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Titus Flavius Clemens (c. 150-215), head of the Alexandrian catechetical school; attested by his Protrepticus, Paedagogus, and Stromata and by Eusebius. sage
ENT_PAT_CLEMENT_ROME Clement of Rome   Christian Apostolic Father / Pope Apostolic Father / Pope Church order; concord; early Roman primacy   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Bishop of Rome (late 1st c.), an Apostolic Father; attested chiefly by the First Epistle of Clement (1 Clement) and by later episcopal lists. sage
ENT_PAT_CYPRIAN Cyprian of Carthage   Christian Church Father Church Father Ecclesiology; unity of the Church; the lapsed; martyrdom   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Bishop of Carthage (c. 210-258), martyr; attested by his own letters and treatises and by the Acta proconsularia. sage
ENT_PAT_CYRIL_ALEX Cyril of Alexandria   Christian Church Father / Doctor Church Father / Doctor Christology; the Theotokos title; anti-Nestorian polemic   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Patriarch of Alexandria (c. 376-444), Doctor of the Church; leading figure at the Council of Ephesus (431), attested by his letters and dogmatic works. Distinct from existing Cyril and Methodius in the DB. sage
ENT_PAT_GREGORY_GREAT Gregory the Great   Christian Church Father / Doctor / Pope Church Father / Doctor / Pope Pastoral theology; liturgy; monasticism; mission   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Pope Gregory I (c. 540-604), one of the four Latin Doctors; attested by his own letters, Dialogues, and Pastoral Rule. sage
ENT_PAT_GREGORY_NYSSA Gregory of Nyssa   Christian Church Father / Cappadocian Church Father / Cappadocian Trinitarian theology; mystical theology; apophaticism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Bishop of Nyssa (c. 335-395), one of the three Cappadocian Fathers, younger brother of Basil; attested by his theological and ascetical corpus. Distinct from existing Gregory the Theologian (Nazianzen) and Gregory Palamas in the DB. sage
ENT_PAT_HILARY_POITIERS Hilary of Poitiers   Christian Church Father / Doctor Church Father / Doctor Anti-Arian Trinitarian theology; Latin defense of Nicaea   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Bishop of Poitiers (c. 310-367), Doctor of the Church, called 'the Athanasius of the West'; attested by his De Trinitate and by Jerome. sage
ENT_PAT_IGNATIUS_ANTIOCH Ignatius of Antioch   Christian Apostolic Father Apostolic Father Episcopacy; Eucharist; martyrdom; church unity   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Bishop of Antioch (d. c. 108), an Apostolic Father and martyr; attested by his seven authentic letters written en route to martyrdom in Rome. sage
ENT_PAT_IRENAEUS Irenaeus of Lyons   Christian Church Father / Doctor Church Father / Doctor Anti-Gnostic polemic; apostolic succession; recapitulation theology   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Bishop of Lyons (c. 130-202); author of Against Heresies, attested by that work and by Eusebius. sage
ENT_PAT_ISIDORE_SEVILLE Isidore of Seville   Christian Church Father / Doctor Church Father / Doctor Encyclopedic learning (Etymologiae); transmission of patristic heritage   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Bishop of Seville (c. 560-636), Doctor of the Church, often called the last of the Latin Fathers; author of the Etymologiae. sage
ENT_PAT_JEROME Jerome of Stridon   Christian Church Father / Doctor Church Father / Doctor Scripture translation (Vulgate); biblical exegesis; asceticism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Priest and scholar (c. 347-420), one of the four Latin Doctors; attested by his own letters and prefaces and by Gennadius. sage
ENT_PAT_JOHN_DAMASCUS John of Damascus   Christian Church Father / Doctor Church Father / Doctor Dogmatic synthesis; defense of icons; systematics   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Damascene monk and theologian (c. 675-749), Doctor of the Church, traditionally the last of the Greek Fathers; author of the Fount of Knowledge and the Apologies against the iconoclasts. sage
ENT_PAT_JUSTIN_MARTYR Justin Martyr   Christian Church Father / apologist Church Father / apologist Apologetics; the Logos doctrine; engagement with philosophy   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Greek apologist (c. 100-165), martyr; attested by his First and Second Apologies, the Dialogue with Trypho, and the Acts of his martyrdom. sage
ENT_PAT_LEO_GREAT Leo the Great   Christian Church Father / Doctor / Pope Church Father / Doctor / Pope Christology (the Tome); papal primacy; preaching   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Pope Leo I (c. 400-461), Doctor of the Church; his Tome shaped the Council of Chalcedon (451), attested by his letters and sermons. sage
ENT_PAT_MAXIMUS_CONFESSOR Maximus the Confessor   Christian Church Father / theologian Church Father / theologian Christology (two wills); cosmic theology; the spiritual life   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Byzantine monk and theologian (c. 580-662), opponent of Monothelitism; attested by his own extensive corpus and the Acts of his trial. sage
ENT_PAT_ORIGEN Origen of Alexandria   Christian Church Father / theologian Church Father / theologian Biblical exegesis; allegory; speculative theology; the Hexapla   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Alexandrian exegete (c. 184-253); foundational but later partly condemned, attested by Eusebius's Ecclesiastical History and his own surviving works. sage
ENT_PAT_POLYCARP Polycarp of Smyrna   Christian Apostolic Father Apostolic Father Apostolic transmission; martyrdom; pastoral exhortation   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Bishop of Smyrna (c. 69-155), an Apostolic Father, disciple of John; attested by his Letter to the Philippians and the Martyrdom of Polycarp. sage
ENT_PAT_TERTULLIAN Tertullian   Christian Church Father / theologian Church Father / theologian Latin theological vocabulary (Trinitas); apologetics; rigorism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Carthaginian writer (c. 155-220), first major Latin Christian author; later a Montanist, attested by his own corpus and by Jerome. sage

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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]);