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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 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.

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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 (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
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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