deitydb: entities: 19 rows where entity_class = "spirit" and tradition = "Germanic/Norse"

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'}

19 rows where entity_class = "spirit" and tradition = "Germanic/Norse"

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entity_id ▼	canonical_name	tradition	entity_type	category	primary_domains	cult_scope	evidence_confidence	review_status	inclusion_basis	earth_association_score	short_note	entity_class
ENT_NORF_DRAUGR	Draugr	Germanic/Norse	Folkloric being	Folkloric being	undead; grave-dweller; barrow-revenant	devotional	B	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	The animated, malevolent walking dead (aptrgangr, haugbui) of the Icelandic family sagas (e.g. Glamr in Grettis saga, Kar the Old, Thorolf in Eyrbyggja saga); a corporeal revenant guarding its barrow. Attested in saga literature; treated extensively by Simek and Lindow.	spirit
ENT_NORF_FYLGJA	Fylgja	Germanic/Norse	Folkloric being	Folkloric being	fetch; follower-spirit; personal guardian; soul-double	devotional	B	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	The 'fetch' or following-spirit attached to a person or family, appearing in dreams as an animal (representing temperament) or as a tutelary woman (kynfylgja/dis); its appearance often portends death. Attested across the sagas (Njals saga, Gisla saga). Discussed by Simek and Lindow.	spirit
ENT_NORF_HULDRA	Huldra	Germanic/Norse	Folkloric being	Folkloric being	forest seductress; hidden-folk woman; alluring danger	devotional	C	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	The beautiful forest-dwelling female being of later Norwegian/Swedish folklore (huldra/skogsra), recognizable by a cow's tail or hollow back, who lures herdsmen and woodsmen; one of the huldufolk ('hidden people'). Post-medieval folk tradition rather than eddic; documented by Simek.	spirit
ENT_NORF_MARA	Mara	Germanic/Norse	Folkloric being	Folkloric being	nightmare-spirit; sleep oppression; riding the sleeper	devotional	B	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	The night-spirit that sits upon and 'rides' the sleeper, causing the oppressive nightmare (the word's root, ON mara > Eng. nightmare); blamed in Ynglinga saga for the death of King Vanlandi. Cross-links to the contemporary sleep-paralysis Old Hag tradition. Attested in saga and pan-Germanic folklore; treated by Simek.	spirit
ENT_NORF_NISSE	Nisse / Tomte	Germanic/Norse	Folkloric being	Folkloric being	farm-spirit; household guardian; luck of the homestead	devotional	C	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	The small farm/household guardian spirit (Norwegian/Danish nisse, Swedish tomte/tomtenisse, gardvord), who protects and brings luck to the farmstead in exchange for offerings (porridge with butter) but turns spiteful if neglected; linked to the founding ancestor. Post-medieval Scandinavian folk belief; documented by Simek and Lindow.	spirit
ENT_NORF_NOKK	Nokk / Nacken	Germanic/Norse	Folkloric being	Folkloric being	water-spirit; rivers and lakes; drowning; musician	devotional	C	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	The shape-shifting freshwater spirit (Norwegian nokk/nokken, Swedish nacken, Danish nokke) of rivers, lakes and waterfalls, often a fiddle-playing male who lures victims to drown; cognate with the Germanic nixe/Nix. Post-medieval Scandinavian folk tradition; documented by Simek.	spirit
ENT_NORF_TROLL	Troll (folklore class)	Germanic/Norse	Folkloric being	Folkloric being	wilderness monster; mountain/forest dweller; the menacing other	devotional	C	candidate_verified_name	Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)	0	The troll as a folklore CLASS of malevolent, often man-eating wilderness beings of later Scandinavian tradition (mountain- and forest-trolls, turned to stone by sunlight), distinct from but historically continuous with the eddic jotnar/thurses (the saga 'troll' sense). Listed as folklore class to avoid conflation with ENT_NOR_JOTNAR; documented by Simek and Lindow.	spirit
ENT_NOR_ALVISS	Alvíss	Germanic/Norse	Dwarf	Dwarves	wisdom; the cosmic name-lore	mythological	B	candidate_verified_name	Alvissmal	0	The all-wise dwarf who, claiming Thor's daughter, is kept talking until the sunrise turns him to stone.	spirit
ENT_NOR_ANDVARI	Andvari	Germanic/Norse	Dwarf	Dwarves	the cursed gold; the ring Andvaranaut	mythological	A	candidate_verified_name	Reginsmal; Voluspa	2	The dwarf who dwells as a pike under a waterfall, whose cursed gold and ring Andvaranaut Loki seizes.	spirit
ENT_NOR_BROKKR	Brokkr	Germanic/Norse	Dwarf	Dwarves	smithing; the forging of the gods' treasures	mythological	A	candidate_verified_name	Skaldskaparmal	2	A dwarf smith who, with his brother Sindri/Eitri, forges Mjollnir, Draupnir and Gullinbursti in a wager with Loki.	spirit
ENT_NOR_DURINN	Durinn	Germanic/Norse	Dwarf	Dwarves	the shaping of the dwarf-race	mythological	B	candidate_verified_name	Voluspa 10	2	The "second" dwarf, who with Motsognir shapes the race of dwarves from the earth.	spirit
ENT_NOR_DVALINN	Dvalinn	Germanic/Norse	Dwarf	Dwarves	smithing; runes	mythological	B	candidate_verified_name	Voluspa 14; Havamal 143	2	A leading dwarf of the Dvergatal, associated with runes and the crafting of treasures.	spirit
ENT_NOR_FJALAR_DWARF	Fjalar	Germanic/Norse	Dwarf	Dwarves	the brewing of the Mead of Poetry	mythological	B	candidate_verified_name	Skaldskaparmal	0	A dwarf who, with Galar, murders Kvasir and brews the Mead of Poetry from his blood. (Distinct from the giant and the cock of the same name.)	spirit
ENT_NOR_GALAR	Galar	Germanic/Norse	Dwarf	Dwarves	the brewing of the Mead of Poetry	mythological	B	candidate_verified_name	Skaldskaparmal	0	The dwarf who, with Fjalar, kills Kvasir and brews the Mead of Poetry.	spirit
ENT_NOR_KVASIR	Kvasir	Germanic/Norse	Wisdom being	Origin of the mead of poetry	wisdom; the mead of poetry	Norse	A	candidate_verified_name	Wisdom-being	0	The wisest of beings, born of the gods' truce, from whose blood the mead of poetry was made.	spirit
ENT_NOR_LOKI	Loki	Germanic/Norse	Trickster/adversarial being	Trickster Figure	trickery; shapeshifting; disorder; liminality	Norse/Germanic	A	candidate_verified_name	Norse core figure	2	Trickster and liminal/adversarial figure.	spirit
ENT_NOR_MIMIR	Mimir	Germanic/Norse	Wisdom being	Guardian of the well of wisdom	wisdom; counsel; the well beneath Yggdrasil	Norse	A	candidate_verified_name	Wisdom-being	0	The wise being of the well beneath Yggdrasil, whose severed head still counsels Odin.	spirit
ENT_NOR_MOTSOGNIR	Mótsognir	Germanic/Norse	Dwarf	Dwarves	the first and greatest of dwarves	mythological	B	candidate_verified_name	Voluspa 10	2	The first and greatest of the dwarves in the Dvergatal.	spirit
ENT_NOR_SINDRI	Sindri	Germanic/Norse	Dwarf	Dwarves	smithing; the forging of Mjollnir	mythological	A	candidate_verified_name	Skaldskaparmal	2	The dwarf smith (Eitri) who forges the gods' treasures while his brother Brokkr works the bellows.	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]);

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19 rows where entity_class = "spirit" and tradition = "Germanic/Norse"

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