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'}

3 rows where entity_class = "spirit" and tradition = "Baltic"

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  • Baltic · 3 ✖

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  • spirit · 3 ✖
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_BALT_AITVARAS Aitvaras   Baltic Spirit Household / wealth spirit household wealth; theft of goods; fire; fortune   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Lithuanian household serpent or flying drake that brings stolen wealth (grain, milk, gold) to the home it favors, appearing as a fiery flying creature. spirit
ENT_BALT_KAUKAS Kaukas   Baltic Spirit Household / domestic spirit household; hearth; prosperity of the farm   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Lithuanian household spirit, a small chthonic being that guards the homestead and brings prosperity if honored, named alongside the barstukai. spirit
ENT_BALT_RAGANA Ragana   Baltic spirit / witch figure Spirit witchcraft; shape-shifting; disease; night; owls       B           Witch-spirit of Baltic folk tradition; Lithuanian ragana (from ragana, witch, seer; related to regėti, to see / perceive). Ragana is a shapeshifting being who can transform into an animal (typically a hare, toad, or owl), fly at night, cause disease in livestock, and steal the milk of cattle. In folk songs she is sometimes associated with the moon and darkness, and sometimes identified with the souls of dead women who did not die a natural death. She occupies an ambivalent position between deity and spirit; Gimbutas treats her as a demonized survival of an older chthonic goddess tradition. Evidence is primarily from 17th-18th century folk accounts and ethnographic collection; classified confidence B (folk tradition, not direct chronicle attestation). Gimbutas (1963) pp. 207-208. spirit

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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]);