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'}

13 rows where entity_class = "sage" and tradition = "Islamic/Sufi"

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  • Islamic/Sufi · 13 ✖

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  • sage · 13 ✖
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_SUF_BAQA Baqa   Islamic/Sufi Mystical process/category Mystical process       PER_ISL_CLASSICAL A reviewed         Abiding or subsistence in God that follows fana; in al-Junayd's teaching the annihilated self is restored, now subsisting through God rather than through itself. sage
ENT_SUF_FANA Fana   Islamic/Sufi Mystical process/category Mystical process       PER_ISL_CLASSICAL A reviewed         The annihilation of the ego-self in God, the pivotal goal of the mystical path; expressed ecstatically by al-Bistami and given sober doctrinal shape by al-Junayd. sage
ENT_SUF_GHAZALI al-Ghazali   Islamic/Sufi Sufi theologian Holy figure       PER_ISL_CLASSICAL A reviewed         Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111), "Proof of Islam" (Hujjat al-Islam); his Ihya Ulum al-Din reconciled Sufi interior practice with Sunni law and theology, making Sufism respectable within the mainstream. sage
ENT_SUF_IBN_ARABI Ibn al-Arabi   Islamic/Sufi Sufi metaphysician Holy figure       PER_ISL_CLASSICAL A reviewed         Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-Arabi (d. 1240), al-Shaykh al-Akbar ("the greatest master"); his Fusus al-Hikam and Futuhat al-Makkiyya systematise wahdat al-wujud (the unity of being) and the doctrine of the Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil). sage
ENT_SUF_INSAN_KAMIL Insan al-Kamil   Islamic/Sufi Mystical archetype/category Theological category       PER_ISL_CLASSICAL A reviewed         The "Perfect (or Complete) Human": the microcosm who fully realises the divine names and serves as the isthmus between God and creation. The Islamic counterpart of the cosmic Anthropos and the Kabbalistic Adam Kadmon. sage
ENT_SUF_ISHRAQ Ishraq   Islamic/Sufi Mystical doctrine/category Mystical knowledge/category       PER_ISL_CLASSICAL A reviewed         Illumination: Suhrawardi's metaphysics in which reality is graded light emanating from the Light of Lights, and knowledge is direct illuminative presence rather than discursive proof. sage
ENT_SUF_MAHABBA Mahabba   Islamic/Sufi Mystical love/category Mystical love       PER_ISL_CLASSICAL A reviewed         Selfless mystical love of God, the animating principle of the Sufi path; given its first doctrinal voice by Rabia al-Adawiyya. sage
ENT_SUF_MARIFA Marifa   Islamic/Sufi Mystical knowledge/category Knowledge category       PER_ISL_CLASSICAL A reviewed         Experiential, intuitive gnosis of God, distinct from discursive learning (ilm); systematised by Dhul-Nun al-Misri as the heart's direct knowing. sage
ENT_SUF_QUSHAYRI al-Qushayri   Islamic/Sufi Sufi master/author Holy figure       PER_ISL_CLASSICAL A reviewed         Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri (d. 1074), author of al-Risala al-Qushayriyya, the classic manual that organised the stations (maqamat) and states (ahwal) and defended Sufism as orthodox. sage
ENT_SUF_RUMI Rumi   Islamic/Sufi Sufi poet Holy figure       PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL A reviewed         Jalal al-Din Rumi (d. 1273), author of the Masnavi; the supreme Persian poet of love-mysticism, whose circle gave rise to the Mevlevi order of whirling dervishes and the practice of sama. sage
ENT_SUF_SUHRAWARDI Suhrawardi   Islamic/Sufi Sufi philosopher Holy figure       PER_ISL_CLASSICAL A reviewed         Shihab al-Din Yahya al-Suhrawardi (d. 1191), "al-Maqtul" (the executed), Shaykh al-Ishraq; founder of Illuminationist (Ishraqi) philosophy, fusing Avicennan metaphysics with a symbolism of light drawn partly from ancient Persia. sage
ENT_SUF_TARIQA Tariqa   Islamic/Sufi Mystical path/category Mystical path       PER_ISL_CLASSICAL A reviewed         The Sufi "path" of stations (maqamat) and states (ahwal) leading from the law (sharia) toward mystical realisation (haqiqa); later also the name for the institutional orders. sage
ENT_SUF_WAHDAT_WUJUD Wahdat al-Wujud   Islamic/Sufi Mystical doctrine/category Theological category       PER_ISL_CLASSICAL A reviewed         The "unity of being": the Akbarian doctrine that there is only one true Being, of which all things are self-disclosures (tajalliyat). The central metaphysical teaching associated with Ibn al-Arabi. 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]);