Entities
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'}
17 rows where entity_class = "sage" and tradition = "Jewish Mystical"
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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 |
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| ENT_JM_ALKABETZ | Solomon Alkabetz | Jewish Mystical | Mystic | Safed mystic | ['kabbalah', 'liturgy', 'mysticism'] | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Solomon ben Moses Alkabetz (c.1500-1576), Safed kabbalist and poet, author of the hymn Lekhah Dodi welcoming the Sabbath bride (the Shekhinah); Cordovero's teacher and brother-in-law. | sage | |||
| ENT_JM_BESHT | Baal Shem Tov (Israel ben Eliezer) | Jewish Mystical | Mystic | Hasidic master | ['mysticism', 'devekut', 'healing'] | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Israel ben Eliezer (c.1698-1760), the 'Baal Shem Tov' (Master of the Good Name), founder of Hasidism; emphasized joyful devotion (devekut) and the divine presence in all things. Known through the hagiographic Shivhei ha-Besht. | sage | |||
| ENT_JM_CHAYYIM_VOLOZHIN | Chayyim of Volozhin | Jewish Mystical | Mystic | Kabbalist | ['Torah study', 'kabbalah'] | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chayyim of Volozhin (1749-1821), foremost disciple of the Vilna Gaon and founder of the Volozhin yeshiva; his Nefesh ha-Chayyim gave the Mitnagdic movement its kabbalistic-intellectual theology. | sage | |||
| ENT_JM_CORDOVERO | Moses Cordovero (Ramak) | Jewish Mystical | Mystic | Safed mystic | ['kabbalah', 'systematic theology'] | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (1522-1570), the great systematizer of pre-Lurianic Kabbalah in Safed; author of Pardes Rimmonim. His school preceded and shaped Luria's. | sage | |||
| ENT_JM_DOV_BER | Dov Ber of Mezeritch (the Maggid) | Jewish Mystical | Mystic | Hasidic master | ['mysticism', 'devekut'] | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dov Ber of Mezeritch (c.1704-1772), 'the Great Maggid,' chief disciple and successor of the Baal Shem Tov who organized Hasidism into a movement and trained the generation of rebbes who spread it. | sage | |||
| ENT_JM_ELIMELECH | Elimelech of Lizhensk | Jewish Mystical | Mystic | Hasidic master | ['mysticism', 'tzaddikism'] | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Elimelech of Lizhensk (1717-1787), disciple of Dov Ber whose Noam Elimelech articulated the doctrine of the tzaddik as channel of divine blessing, shaping Polish-Galician Hasidism. | sage | |||
| ENT_JM_JACOB_JOSEPH | Jacob Joseph of Polonne | Jewish Mystical | Mystic | Hasidic master | ['mysticism', 'homiletics'] | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jacob Joseph of Polonne (d. c.1782), disciple of the Baal Shem Tov and the first to record his teachings in print (Toldot Yaakov Yosef), the earliest Hasidic book. | sage | |||
| ENT_JM_KARO | Joseph Karo | Jewish Mystical | Mystic | Safed mystic | ['halakhah', 'kabbalah', 'mysticism'] | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joseph Karo (1488-1575), Safed jurist-mystic, author of the Shulchan Aruch code of law and the mystical diary Maggid Mesharim recording his angelic mentor (the maggid). | sage | |||
| ENT_JM_LEVI_YITZHAK | Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev | Jewish Mystical | Mystic | Hasidic master | ['mysticism', 'devotion', 'intercession'] | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev (1740-1809), disciple of Dov Ber and beloved Hasidic rebbe famed as the compassionate 'defender' of Israel before God; author of Kedushat Levi. | sage | |||
| ENT_JM_LURIA | Isaac Luria (the Ari) | Jewish Mystical | Mystic | Lurianic kabbalist | ['kabbalah', 'mysticism', 'cosmology'] | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Isaac ben Solomon Luria (1534-1572), 'the Ari,' the central figure of Safed Kabbalah, whose teaching of Tzimtzum, Shevirat ha-Kelim and Tikkun reshaped all later Jewish mysticism. He wrote almost nothing; his doctrine survives through Vital. | sage | |||
| ENT_JM_LUZZATTO | Moses Hayyim Luzzatto (Ramchal) | Jewish Mystical | Mystic | Lurianic kabbalist | ['kabbalah', 'ethics', 'mysticism'] | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Moses Hayyim Luzzatto (1707-1746), 'the Ramchal,' Italian kabbalist and ethicist who systematized Lurianic doctrine; author of Mesillat Yesharim and recipient of a maggid. Suspected of Sabbatean leanings and forced to suppress his kabbalistic writings. | sage | |||
| ENT_JM_NACHMAN | Nachman of Breslov | Jewish Mystical | Mystic | Hasidic master | ['mysticism', 'storytelling', 'devotion'] | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810), great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov and founder of Breslov Hasidism; taught hitbodedut (secluded prayer) and composed mystical tales. | sage | |||
| ENT_JM_NATHAN_GAZA | Nathan of Gaza | Jewish Mystical | Mystic | Messianic claimant | ['messianism', 'prophecy', 'kabbalah'] | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Abraham Nathan ben Elisha Hayyim Ashkenazi (1643-1680), 'Nathan of Gaza,' the prophet and theologian of the Sabbatean movement who proclaimed Sabbatai Zevi as messiah and built its Lurianic-based theology, including after the apostasy. | sage | |||
| ENT_JM_SABBATAI_ZEVI | Sabbatai Zevi | Jewish Mystical | Mystic | Messianic claimant | ['messianism', 'mysticism'] | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sabbatai Zevi (1626-1676), the self-proclaimed Jewish messiah whose movement convulsed Jewry in 1665-66; he converted to Islam under Ottoman threat, splitting his followers. Drew on Lurianic redemption theology. | sage | |||
| ENT_JM_SCHNEUR_ZALMAN | Schneur Zalman of Liadi | Jewish Mystical | Mystic | Hasidic master | ['mysticism', 'intellectual Hasidism'] | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812), disciple of Dov Ber and founder of Chabad (Lubavitch) Hasidism; author of the Tanya, which fused Lurianic Kabbalah with an intellectual contemplative path. | sage | |||
| ENT_JM_VILNA_GAON | Elijah of Vilna (the Vilna Gaon) | Jewish Mystical | Mystic | Kabbalist | ['Torah study', 'kabbalah', 'halakhah'] | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Elijah ben Solomon Zalman (1720-1797), 'the Vilna Gaon,' the supreme Lithuanian Talmudist and kabbalist; leader of the Mitnagdim who fiercely opposed the rise of Hasidism, issuing bans against it. | sage | |||
| ENT_JM_VITAL | Hayyim Vital | Jewish Mystical | Mystic | Lurianic kabbalist | ['kabbalah', 'mysticism'] | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hayyim ben Joseph Vital (1542-1620), Luria's foremost disciple and recorder; his Etz Chaim is the chief written source for the Lurianic system. | 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]);