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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.

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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'}

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
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]);
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