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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'}

31 rows where tradition = "Canaanite/Ugaritic"

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entity_class 3

  • deity 27
  • collective 3
  • monster 1

tradition 1

  • Canaanite/Ugaritic · 31 ✖
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_CAN_ANAT Anat   Canaanite/Ugaritic War/fertility goddess War Deity war; fertility; protection   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 2 0 0 Warrior goddess closely associated with Baal. deity
ENT_CAN_ARSAY Arsay   Canaanite/Ugaritic Goddess Daughter of Baal the earth; the underworld   regional   A candidate_verified_name Baal Cycle, KTU 1.3; KTU 1.118 4 1 0 "Earthy one," the chthonic third daughter of Baal. deity
ENT_CAN_ASHERAH Athirat/Asherah   Canaanite/Ugaritic Mother goddess Fertility Deity motherhood; sea; fertility; divine consort   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 4 0 0 Mother goddess and consort of El. deity
ENT_CAN_ASTARTE Astarte   Canaanite/Ugaritic Love/fertility goddess War Deity love; fertility; sexuality; sovereignty   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 2 0 0 Major Northwest Semitic goddess related to Ishtar traditions. deity
ENT_CAN_ATHTAR Athtar   Canaanite/Ugaritic God Astral god the morning star (Venus); irrigation   regional   A candidate_verified_name Baal Cycle, KTU 1.6 1 0 0 The astral god (Venus) enthroned to replace the dead Baal, but too small for the throne. (Cf. the South Arabian Athtar.) deity
ENT_CAN_BAAL Baal Hadad   Canaanite/Ugaritic Storm god Storm Deity storm; rain; fertility; kingship   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 2 0 0 Storm and fertility god central to the Baal Cycle. deity
ENT_CAN_DAGON Dagon   Canaanite/Ugaritic Grain/sky deity Fertility Deity grain; agriculture; fertility; rain; underworld; Philistine cult       A           Major West Semitic deity; possibly the father of Baal in Ugaritic texts (KTU 1.5 VI: "Baal son of Dagon"); grain deity whose name may derive from Semitic dagan (grain) though also connected to daganu (cloud/rain); worshipped from Ebla (c. 2400 BCE) and Mari (c. 1800 BCE) through Ugarit and into Philistine-period Ashdod and Gaza (Judges 16:23; 1 Samuel 5); the most geographically widespread West Semitic deity before the Hellenistic period deity
ENT_CAN_EL El   Canaanite/Ugaritic High god High Deity creator; kingship; divine authority; father of gods   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 1 0 0 Senior creator deity and head of the divine council. deity
ENT_CAN_HORON Horon   Canaanite/Ugaritic God God of magic magic; exorcism; healing; snakebite   regional   B candidate_verified_name KTU 1.100, 1.107 0 1 1 A god of magic, exorcism and protection against snakebite (the serpent-charm myth). deity
ENT_CAN_KOTHAR Kothar-wa-Khasis   Canaanite/Ugaritic Craft god Craft Deity craft; technology; divine craftsmanship   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 1 0 0 Divine craftsman and builder. deity
ENT_CAN_KOTHARAT Kotharat   Canaanite/Ugaritic Goddess collective Birth goddesses conception; childbirth; marriage   regional   A candidate_verified_name KTU 1.24 0 0 0 The seven divine midwives ("the skilful ones," fem. of Kothar) who preside over conception, birth and marriage. collective
ENT_CAN_LOTAN Lotan   Canaanite/Ugaritic Chaos serpent Monster chaos; sea; serpent; dragon   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite mythic being 4 1 1 Multi-headed sea serpent defeated by Baal. monster
ENT_CAN_MOT Mot   Canaanite/Ugaritic Death god Underworld Deity death; drought; underworld   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 5 1 0 God of death and sterility. deity
ENT_CAN_NIKKAL Nikkal   Canaanite/Ugaritic Goddess Orchard goddess orchards; fruit; the moon-marriage   regional   A candidate_verified_name KTU 1.24 3 0 0 Goddess of orchards and fruit (from Sumerian Ningal), bride of the moon-god Yarikh. deity
ENT_CAN_PIDRAY Pidray   Canaanite/Ugaritic Goddess Daughter of Baal light; mist   regional   A candidate_verified_name Baal Cycle, KTU 1.3-1.4 1 0 0 "Daughter of light/mist," eldest of the three daughters of Baal. deity
ENT_CAN_REPHAIM Rephaim   Canaanite/Ugaritic Ancestral collective Hero ancestors; dead kings; heroic dead   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite collective 4 1 0 Collective of ancestral and royal dead. collective
ENT_CAN_RESHEPH Resheph   Canaanite/Ugaritic Plague/war deity War Deity plague; war; death; destruction; lightning; warrior god       A           Canaanite deity of plague, pestilence, and war; name means "flame" or "lightning-bolt"; serves as gatekeeper at El's court in Ugaritic texts; adopted by Egypt as a war deity under Ramesses II (depicted with shield and axe); attested in the Hebrew Bible as a personified pestilence flanking Yahweh in Habakkuk 3:5; worshipped in Phoenician Cyprus (bilingual inscriptions) and at Ebla; the primary Levantine transmission source for the Apollo plague-deity complex in Greek religion deity
ENT_CAN_SHAHAR Shahar   Canaanite/Ugaritic God Astral twin the dawn   regional   A candidate_verified_name KTU 1.23 0 0 0 God of the dawn, one of the twin "gracious gods" born to El. deity
ENT_CAN_SHALIM Shalim   Canaanite/Ugaritic God Astral twin the dusk; completion   regional   A candidate_verified_name KTU 1.23 0 0 0 God of the dusk, twin of Shahar; his name underlies that of Jerusalem (Uru-Shalim). deity
ENT_CAN_SHAPASH Shapash   Canaanite/Ugaritic Solar goddess Solar Deity sun; illumination; mediation   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 0 0 0 Solar goddess and mediator between realms. deity
ENT_CAN_TALLAY Tallay   Canaanite/Ugaritic Goddess Daughter of Baal dew; light rain   regional   A candidate_verified_name Baal Cycle, KTU 1.3-1.4 2 0 0 "Dewy one," a daughter of Baal personifying dew. deity
ENT_CAN_YAM Yam   Canaanite/Ugaritic Sea god Sea Deity sea; chaos; primordial waters   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 3 0 1 Sea deity and opponent of Baal. deity
ENT_CAN_YARIKH Yarikh   Canaanite/Ugaritic Moon god Moon Deity moon; cycles; fertility   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite core deity 0 0 0 Lunar deity of Ugaritic religion. deity
ENT_LEV_ADRAMMELECH Adrammelech   Canaanite/Ugaritic deity deity underworld/sacrificial deity   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 God of Sepharvaim to whom child sacrifice ('passing through fire') was made (2 Kings 17:31). Name = 'Adad/Adar is king' or 'the king is exalted'; identity debated — linked variously to Adad, a solar/Molek-type cult, or an Aramaean/Assyrian deity. Paired with Anammelech. deity
ENT_LEV_ANAMMELECH Anammelech   Canaanite/Ugaritic deity deity astral/sacrificial deity   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 God of Sepharvaim receiving child sacrifice alongside Adrammelech (2 Kings 17:31). Name = 'Anu/Anath is king'; proposed links to the Mesopotamian sky-god Anu, a lunar deity, or (via 'Anath-melek') the Canaanite goddess Anat. Identity uncertain. deity
ENT_LEV_ASHIMA Ashima of Hamath   Canaanite/Ugaritic deity deity city/tutelary deity   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Deity of the people of Hamath, named among the gods made by Samaria's resettled peoples (2 Kings 17:30). Plausibly connected to a NW-Semitic goddess Asham/Ashima attested at Elephantine (Anat-Ashima) and possibly to the Aramaean cult of Hamath; later rabbinic tradition imagined her as a goat/bald-figure idol. deity
ENT_LEV_ASTRONOE Astronoe   Canaanite/Ugaritic deity deity love/healing goddess (Sidonian)   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Sidonian goddess known from Damascius (Life of Isidore): a mountain-mother/huntress who, on the youth Eshmun's self-mutilation, revives and deifies him. Generally read as a hellenized aspect of Astarte tied to the Eshmun healing cult at Sidon. deity
ENT_LEV_BAAL_ZEBUB Baal-Zebub of Ekron   Canaanite/Ugaritic deity deity healing/oracle/storm-god local cult   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Philistine city-god of Ekron consulted as a healing oracle by King Ahaziah (2 Kings 1). Name = 'Lord of the Flies', almost certainly a Hebrew polemical distortion of an original Baal epithet ('zbl/Zebul' = 'Prince', as at Ugarit). The ORIGINAL deity behind the later Christian demon Beelzebub. Homonym note: distinct from the demon Beelzebul (ENT_CHR_BEELZEBUL), which is his reception. deity
ENT_LEV_BIBLICAL_DEITIES Biblically-Attested Minor Levantine Deities   Canaanite/Ugaritic collective collective pantheon/collective   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub collective for the DDD set of minor Northwest-Semitic gods named (mostly polemically) in the Hebrew Bible — the foreign gods of Samaria's resettled peoples (2 Kings 17) and Philistine/Sidonian local cults; grouping entity, not a worshipped deity. collective
ENT_LEV_NIBHAZ Nibhaz   Canaanite/Ugaritic deity deity tutelary deity (obscure)   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 God of the Avvites, named with Tartak among Samaria's resettled gods (2 Kings 17:31). Etymology obscure and possibly a scribal corruption; later Jewish tradition fancifully described a dog-shaped idol. No independent epigraphic attestation. deity
ENT_LEV_TARTAK Tartak   Canaanite/Ugaritic deity deity tutelary deity (obscure)   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 God of the Avvites, paired with Nibhaz (2 Kings 17:31). Etymology uncertain (possibly an Elamite/Iranian theonym or scribal corruption); rabbinic tradition imagined an ass-shaped idol. No independent attestation outside the biblical notice. 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]);
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