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 entity_class to filter by kind (19 controlled values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, etc.). category is free text (1,148 values) and is not a reliable filter. 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 (934 distinct values; see entity_class for the controlled grouping)'}
category
{'description': 'Free-text functional category (1,148 distinct values, not normalised — filter on entity_class instead)'}
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]);