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'}

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]);