Entities
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 (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'}
16 rows where tradition = "Alevi"
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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_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]);