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'}

16 rows where tradition = "Alevi"

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  • Alevi · 16 ✖
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_ALV_ABDALAN_RUM Abdalan-i Rum (Abdals of Anatolia)   Alevi Initiate order Initiate order antinomian Anatolian dervish milieu   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The wandering antinomian dervish groups of medieval Anatolia among whom the Bektashi tradition crystallized; matrix of Alevi-Bektashi formation. Attested; Karamustafa, God's Unruly Friends. collective
ENT_ALV_BALIM_SULTAN Balim Sultan   Alevi Founder/saint Founder/saint organizer (pir-i sani) of the Bektashi order   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Early-16th-c. saint called the 'second pir' (pir-i sani) credited with systematizing Bektashi ritual and organization at the Pir Evi (Haji Bektash lodge). Attested; Birge. saint
ENT_ALV_BUYRUK Buyruk (the Book of Command)   Alevi Sacred text/principle Sacred text/principle doctrinal/catechetical text corpus   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Buyruk, the body of Alevi-Bektashi doctrinal texts transmitting belief, the cem, and the path; ascribed in tradition to Ja'far al-Sadiq / Shaykh Safi lineages. Attested manuscript tradition. abstraction
ENT_ALV_CEM Cem (the gathering)   Alevi Ritual category Ritual category core communal worship ceremony   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The central Alevi-Bektashi communal worship gathering led by a dede, modeled on the primordial Kirklar assembly; includes the semah. Publicly attested ritual category (interiors not modeled). Shankland; Birge. ritual
ENT_ALV_DEDE Dede (spiritual guide)   Alevi Spiritual office Spiritual office hereditary religious office leading the community   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The hereditary spiritual leader of an Alevi community, drawn from sacred lineages (ocak) tracing descent to the Ahl al-Bayt; presides over the cem. Attested institution; Shankland, Dressler. abstraction
ENT_ALV_HAJI_BEKTASH Haji Bektash Veli (Alevi-Bektashi veneration)   Alevi Saint Saint eponymous saint / pir of the path   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The 13th-c. Anatolian saint venerated as pir and patron of the Alevi-Bektashi path; the Alevi reception of the historical figure recorded at ENT_SUF_BEKTASH. Velayetname hagiography; Birge. saint
ENT_ALV_HIZIR Hizir (Alevi veneration)   Alevi Holy figure Holy figure immortal helper, patron of the distressed   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Alevi veneration of Hizir (Khidr) as the ever-living helper invoked in distress, honored with the Hizir fast; the Alevi reception of the figure at ENT_ISL_KHIDR. Attested in Alevi practice. saint
ENT_ALV_KAYGUSUZ Kaygusuz Abdal   Alevi Sufi poet Sufi poet early Bektashi saint-poet   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Late-14th/15th-c. dervish poet, a foundational Bektashi literary saint whose verse shaped the tradition's hymnody. Attested Bektashi poet; Birge, Karamustafa. sage
ENT_ALV_KIRKLAR Kirklar Meclisi (Assembly of the Forty)   Alevi Saint collective Saint collective mystical assembly / archetype of the cem   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Forty Saints (Kirklar) whose primordial assembly, presided over by Ali, is the mythic archetype of the cem ceremony; central Alevi-Bektashi collective. Attested in Birge and Alevi buyruk lore. Cohort hub. collective
ENT_ALV_KIZILBASH Kizilbash (Qizilbash, Alevi forebears)   Alevi Movement Movement historical Safavid-allied Anatolian devotees   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Kizilbash, the Safavid-allied heterodox Anatolian Turkmen devotees of Ali and the Safavid shaykhs, the historical antecedent of modern Alevis. Attested; Dressler, Karamustafa. collective
ENT_ALV_MUHARREM Muharrem / Matem (Alevi mourning)   Alevi Ritual/devotional category Ritual/devotional category mourning observance for Husayn and the Imams   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Alevi twelve-day Muharrem mourning fast (matem) commemorating Husayn's martyrdom at Karbala and the Twelve Imams, ended by Ashura. Publicly attested observance; Shankland. ritual
ENT_ALV_OCAK Ocak (sacred lineage)   Alevi Spiritual/social category Spiritual/social category hereditary holy lineage system   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The system of sacred hearths/lineages from which dedes descend, claiming genealogical connection to the Imams and saints; organizes Alevi sacred authority. Attested; Dressler. abstraction
ENT_ALV_PIR_SULTAN Pir Sultan Abdal   Alevi Mystic/saint Mystic/saint saint-poet / martyr of the tradition   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 16th-c. Alevi saint-poet (asik) executed by Ottoman authorities; his nefes hymns are central to Alevi devotional repertoire and identity. Attested poet of the Kizilbash-Alevi milieu. saint
ENT_ALV_SEMAH Semah   Alevi Ritual category Ritual category turning ritual dance within the cem   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The ritual turning movement performed during the cem, understood as imitating the turning of the Forty and the cosmos. UNESCO-recognized; publicly attested. Birge. ritual
ENT_ALV_TRINITY Allah-Muhammad-Ali (the Alevi triad)   Alevi Theological category Theological category divine unity expressed as a triadic formula   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Alevi-Bektashi understanding of divine unity expressed in the formula Hak-Muhammad-Ali, in which Ali is venerated as the locus of divine manifestation; doctrinally distinct from Sunni Islam. Attested in Birge and Dressler. sage
ENT_ALV_TWELVE_IMAMS The Twelve Imams (Alevi veneration / On Iki Imam)   Alevi Holy collective Holy collective venerated Imams central to Alevi devotion   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Twelve Imams as venerated in Alevi-Bektashi devotion (On Iki Imam), commemorated in the Muharrem mourning and matem fast; the Alevi reception of the Shi'a Imamate (cf. ENT_ISL_INFALLIBLES / ENT_ISL_AHL_BAYT). Attested. collective

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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]);