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'}

11 rows where tradition = "Anglo-Saxon"

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  • Anglo-Saxon · 11 ✖
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_ASX_EOSTRE Eostre   Anglo-Saxon deity dawn/spring goddess dawn, spring, renewal   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Dawn/spring goddess named by Bede as eponym of the month Eosturmonath, from which English Easter derives; sole near-contemporary attestation. deity
ENT_ASX_ERCE Erce   Anglo-Saxon deity earth-mother goddess earth, fertility of the fields   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Earth-mother addressed as 'Erce, eorthan modor' in the Old English Aecerbot (field-remedy) charm. deity
ENT_ASX_FRIGE Frige   Anglo-Saxon deity mother/sovereign goddess marriage, household, fertility   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Goddess attested in the weekday Frigedaeg (Friday). Old English cognate of Norse Frigg. deity
ENT_ASX_HREDA Hreda   Anglo-Saxon deity goddess victory, glory, the early-spring month   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Goddess named by Bede as eponym of the month Hredmonath (roughly March); known only from that passage. deity
ENT_ASX_ING Ing   Anglo-Saxon deity fertility deity fertility, peace, ancestry   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Ing/Ingui, eponym of the Ingaevones, named in the Old English Rune Poem; cognate of Norse Freyr (Yngvi-Freyr). deity
ENT_ASX_PANTHEON Anglo-Saxon Pantheon   Anglo-Saxon collective collective pantheon   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub collective for the pre-Christian Old English gods reconstructed from royal genealogies, place-names, charms, Bede and Norse cognates. collective
ENT_ASX_SEAXNEAT Seaxneat   Anglo-Saxon deity ancestral/tribal deity kingship, tribal ancestry   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Divine ancestor heading the East Saxon royal genealogy; cognate of Continental Saxon Saxnot in the Old Saxon Baptismal Vow. deity
ENT_ASX_THUNOR Thunor   Anglo-Saxon deity thunder deity thunder, sky, protection   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Thunder-god attested in place-names (Thunderfield, Thundersley) and the weekday Thunresdaeg. Old English cognate of Norse Thor. deity
ENT_ASX_TIW Tiw   Anglo-Saxon deity war/sky deity war, law, the sky   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 War-god attested in place-names (Tysoe, Tuesley) and the weekday Tiwesdaeg. Old English cognate of Norse Tyr. deity
ENT_ASX_WODEN Woden   Anglo-Saxon deity sky/sovereign deity war, wisdom, kingship, the dead   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Chief god; head of most Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies (West Saxon, Mercian lines) and named in the Nine Herbs Charm. Old English cognate of Norse Odin. deity
ENT_ASX_WULDOR Wuldor   Anglo-Saxon deity deity glory, splendour   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Glory-god inferred from the noun wuldor and place-names; Old English cognate of Norse Ullr. deity

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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]);