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'}

6 rows where entity_class = "sage" and tradition = "Islamic"

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  • Islamic · 6 ✖

entity_class 1

  • sage · 6 ✖
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_ISL_ABU_HANIFA Abu Hanifa   Islamic Jurist-founder Imam / school-founder eponym of the Hanafi school; pioneer of ra'y and qiyas in fiqh   regional   A candidate_verified_name Mainstream backbone depth (v1.73.0) 0 0 0 Abu Hanifa al-Nu'man ibn Thabit (c. 699-767 CE) of Kufa, eponymous founder of the Hanafi school, the most widely followed Sunni legal tradition. sage
ENT_ISL_ABU_HURAYRA Abu Hurayra   Islamic Hadith narrator Islamic companion foremost hadith narrator; transmission of prophetic tradition   regional   A candidate_verified_name Mainstream Abrahamic backbone deepening (v1.72.0) 0 0 0 A companion who became the most prolific narrator of hadith in the Sunni tradition. sage
ENT_ISL_AHMAD_IBN_HANBAL Ahmad ibn Hanbal   Islamic Jurist-founder Imam / school-founder eponym of the Hanbali school; traditionist and compiler of the Musnad   regional   A candidate_verified_name Mainstream backbone depth (v1.73.0) 0 0 0 Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780-855 CE) of Baghdad founded the Hanbali school, emphasized hadith over speculative reasoning, and compiled the vast Musnad. sage
ENT_ISL_AL_SHAFII al-Shafi'i   Islamic Jurist-founder Imam / school-founder eponym of the Shafi'i school; systematizer of usul al-fiqh   regional   A candidate_verified_name Mainstream backbone depth (v1.73.0) 0 0 0 Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (767-820 CE) founded the Shafi'i school and is regarded as the father of Islamic legal theory in his Risala. sage
ENT_ISL_LUQMAN Luqman   Islamic Sage Islamic sage the sage granted wisdom (hikma); moral counsel to his son   regional   A candidate_verified_name Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0) 0 0 0 Luqman is a wise man granted hikma by God who gives moral counsel to his son; revered as a sage (and by some a prophet), with no Biblical counterpart. sage
ENT_ISL_MALIK_IBN_ANAS Malik ibn Anas   Islamic Jurist-founder Imam / school-founder eponym of the Maliki school; compiler of the Muwatta; authority on Medinan practice   regional   A candidate_verified_name Mainstream backbone depth (v1.73.0) 0 0 0 Malik ibn Anas (c. 711-795 CE) of Medina founded the Maliki school and authored the Muwatta, an early collection of hadith and law. 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]);