deitydb: entities: 39 rows where tradition = "Celtic/Welsh"

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'}

39 rows where tradition = "Celtic/Welsh"

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entity_id ▼	canonical_name	tradition	entity_type	category	primary_domains	tags	cult_scope	evidence_confidence	review_status	inclusion_basis	earth_association_score	chthonic_flag	serpent_flag	short_note	entity_class
ENT_WEL_AMAETHON	Amaethon	Celtic/Welsh	God	Children of Dôn	agriculture; ploughing		mythological	B	candidate_verified_name	Culhwch ac Olwen	3	0	0	The "Great Ploughman," god of agriculture, son of Dôn.	deity
ENT_WEL_ANNWN	Annwn	Celtic/Welsh	Otherworld realm	Cosmological Realm	otherworld, death, feasting, magic, sovereignty	Otherworld, Annwn, realm, Welsh, Mabinogion		A	reviewed	primary_text				The Welsh Otherworld; First Branch: ruled by Arawn, who grants the title Pen Annwn (Head of Annwn) to Pwyll; characterized by hunting, feasting, magical animals (the white hounds with red-tipped ears), and the absence of time; the name Annwn (or Annwfn) possibly from *ande-dubno- ("under-world" or "very deep"); it is not primarily a realm of the dead but of the living gods, magic, and abundance	realm
ENT_WEL_ARANRHOD	Aranrhod	Celtic/Welsh	Star goddess / destiny figure	Nature Deity	fate, stars, magic, maternity, taboo	stars, fate, taboo, Welsh, Mabinogion		A	reviewed	primary_text				Aranrhod daughter of Dôn; Fourth Branch; refuses to acknowledge her son Lleu after he falls from her womb during a magical test of her virginity; places three tyngedau on him; her name means "Silver Wheel" (arian = silver; rhod = wheel), connecting her to the stars or a spinning wheel; her caer (fort) Caer Aranrhod is identified with a rocky reef and the Corona Borealis constellation; a sovereign-fate-goddess figure	deity
ENT_WEL_ARAWN	Arawn	Celtic/Welsh	Otherworld king	Underworld Deity	otherworld, hunting, death, sovereignty	Annwn, Otherworld, hunting, death, Welsh, Mabinogion		A	reviewed	primary_text				King of Annwn (the Welsh Otherworld); First Branch; he exchanges places with Pwyll for a year to defeat his rival Hafgan; grants Pwyll the title Pen Annwn; associated with the white hounds with red-tipped ears (Cŵn Annwn, the Otherworld hunting pack); one of the primary figures ruling the Welsh Otherworld	deity
ENT_WEL_BELI_MAWR	Beli Mawr	Celtic/Welsh	Ancestor deity	Ancestral line	primordial ancestry; kingship		mythological	A	candidate_verified_name	Lludd and Llefelys; Triads	1	0	0	Primordial ancestor-figure, father of Lludd, Llefelys, Caswallawn and (per Triad) Arianrhod.	spirit
ENT_WEL_BLODEUWEDD	Blodeuwedd	Celtic/Welsh	Flower goddess / divine creation	Nature Deity	love, betrayal, fate, transformation, flowers	flower-creation, betrayal, owl, Welsh, Mabinogion		A	reviewed	primary_text				"Flower-Face"; Fourth Branch; created by Gwydion and Math from the flowers of the oak, broom, and meadowsweet to be a wife for Lleu (who cannot marry a human woman per his mother's taboo); falls in love with Gronw Pebyr; engineers Lleu's death; punished by Gwydion who transforms her into an owl; the only character in Welsh mythology created specifically as a solution to a magical prohibition; her betrayal and transformation is the Welsh tradition's most complex female character arc	deity
ENT_WEL_BRAN	Brân the Blessed	Celtic/Welsh	Giant divine king	Hero	sovereignty, death, rebirth, cauldron, sacred head	giant, cauldron, sacred-head, sovereignty, Welsh, Mabinogion		A	reviewed	primary_text				Bendigeidfran (Brân the Blessed); Second Branch; king of Britain; so giant he cannot enter a house; possessor of the magical Cauldron of Rebirth (given to him by Irish king Matholwch) which resurrects the dead; mortally wounded by a poisoned spear at the Battle of Ir Ireland; his head commands that it be carried to Gwales where it speaks and feasts for 87 years; a key figure in the insular Celtic severed-head cult	deity
ENT_WEL_BRANWEN	Branwen	Celtic/Welsh	Tragic queen/goddess	Hero	sovereignty, love, tragedy, Ireland-Wales	tragedy, sovereignty, Welsh-Irish, Mabinogion		A	reviewed	primary_text				Branwen daughter of Llŷr; Second Branch; one of the "Three Chief Maidens of the Island of Britain"; given in marriage to Matholwch king of Ireland to seal a peace treaty; subjected to humiliating kitchen work in Ireland after Efnysien mutilates Matholwch's horses; trains a starling to carry a message to her brother Bran; dies of grief after the war she inadvertently caused; her name possibly from Celtic *Bran-winda ("White Raven")	deity
ENT_WEL_CERIDWEN	Ceridwen	Celtic/Welsh	Enchantress	Cauldron of Awen	the cauldron; inspiration (awen); transformation		mythological	A	candidate_verified_name	Hanes Taliesin	2	0	0	The keeper of the Cauldron of Awen whose brew and pursuit reborn Gwion as Taliesin; a powerful enchantress (the "goddess of inspiration" framing is largely modern).	hero
ENT_WEL_CREIDDYLAD	Creiddylad	Celtic/Welsh	Goddess	House of Lludd	sovereignty; spring/summer		mythological	A	candidate_verified_name	Culhwch ac Olwen	2	0	0	Daughter of Lludd, fought over each May Day by Gwyn ap Nudd and Gwythyr (a seasonal-combat myth); Latinised as Cordelia.	deity
ENT_WEL_CREIRWY	Creirwy	Celtic/Welsh	Goddess/maiden	Children of Ceridwen	beauty		mythological	C	candidate_verified_name	Hanes Taliesin; Triads	0	0	0	Daughter of Ceridwen and Tegid Foel, named among the Three Most Beautiful Maidens of the Triads.	deity
ENT_WEL_DON	Dôn	Celtic/Welsh	Mother goddess collective	High Deity	divine family, primordial motherhood, magic	mother-goddess, divine-family, Welsh, Mabinogion		A	reviewed	primary_text				Dôn is the ancestral mother of the divine family in the Fourth Branch (Gwydion, Aranrhod, Gilfaethwy, Arianrhod are all "children of Dôn"); she appears only as a name but her family constitutes the Welsh divine order in Gwynedd; cognate with Irish Danu (mother of the Tuatha Dé Danann) and possibly the Gaulish goddess Dôn; the Welsh equivalent of the pan-Celtic divine mother	collective
ENT_WEL_DYLAN	Dylan ail Don	Celtic/Welsh	Sea god	Children of Dôn	the sea; the waves		mythological	A	candidate_verified_name	Mabinogi, Fourth Branch	2	0	0	"Dylan Second-Wave," a sea-figure, son of Arianrhod and brother-figure of Lleu; slain by Gofannon.	deity
ENT_WEL_EFNYSIEN	Efnysien	Celtic/Welsh	Antagonist figure	House of Llŷr	strife; destruction		mythological	A	candidate_verified_name	Mabinogi, Second Branch	0	0	0	Son of Euroswydd and Penarddun, half-brother of Brân; the strife-maker who provokes the Irish war and destroys the Cauldron of Rebirth at the cost of his life.	hero
ENT_WEL_EUROSWYDD	Euroswydd	Celtic/Welsh	Ancestor figure	House of Llŷr	(father of the twins)		mythological	B	candidate_verified_name	Mabinogi, Second Branch; Triads	0	0	0	Father of Nisien and Efnysien by Penarddun; in the Triads, the captor of Llŷr.	spirit
ENT_WEL_GILFAETHWY	Gilfaethwy	Celtic/Welsh	God	Children of Dôn	(brother of Gwydion)		mythological	B	candidate_verified_name	Mabinogi, Fourth Branch	0	0	0	Son of Dôn, brother of Gwydion; his rape of Goewin sets the Fourth Branch in motion.	deity
ENT_WEL_GOFANNON	Gofannon	Celtic/Welsh	Craft god	Children of Dôn	smithing; metalwork		mythological	A	candidate_verified_name	Mabinogi, Fourth Branch; Culhwch	2	0	0	Divine smith, son of Dôn, Welsh counterpart of Irish Goibniu; slayer of his nephew Dylan.	deity
ENT_WEL_GWYDION	Gwydion	Celtic/Welsh	Trickster magician	Trickster Figure	magic, shapeshifting, trickery, storytelling, creation	trickster, magic, shapeshifting, Welsh, Mabinogion		A	reviewed	primary_text				Gwydion fab Dôn; Fourth Branch; nephew and student of Math; the great magician-trickster of Welsh mythology; conjures an illusory army from mushrooms to trick Pryderi out of his pigs; creates Lleu's wife Blodeuwedd from flowers; the most active and morally ambiguous figure in the Fourth Branch; creates the path of stars called Caer Gwydion (the Milky Way) in Welsh tradition	hero
ENT_WEL_GWYN_AP_NUDD	Gwyn ap Nudd	Celtic/Welsh	Otherworld king	Underworld Deity	otherworld, hunting, death, fairy court, winter	Wild-Hunt, fairy-king, Otherworld, Welsh, Mabinogion		A	reviewed	primary_text				"Gwyn son of Nudd"; appears in Culhwch ac Olwen (Mabinogion) as a leader of the Otherworld hunt and a champion who Arthur must use for the hunt of Twrch Trwyth; his name ("white" + "mist/lord") suggests an Otherworld sovereignty figure; later tradition makes him king of the Tylwyth Teg (fairy folk) and associated with the souls of the dead; he fights Gwythyr ap Greidawl every May Day until Doomsday for the love of Creiddylad	deity
ENT_WEL_GWYTHYR	Gwythyr	Celtic/Welsh	God	Seasonal combatants	summer; the upper world		mythological	B	candidate_verified_name	Culhwch ac Olwen; Triads	1	0	0	Gwythyr fab Greidawl, betrothed of Creiddylad and perpetual seasonal opponent of Gwyn ap Nudd.	deity
ENT_WEL_HAFGAN	Hafgan	Celtic/Welsh	Otherworld king	Annwn	kingship of the Otherworld		mythological	B	candidate_verified_name	Mabinogi, First Branch	1	1	0	A king of Annwn, rival of Arawn, slain by Pwyll in Arawn's shape.	deity
ENT_WEL_LLEU_LLAW_GYFFES	Lleu Llaw Gyffes	Celtic/Welsh	Solar hero	Hero	craftsmanship, solar, fate, death-rebirth	solar, fate, death-rebirth, Welsh, Mabinogion		A	reviewed	primary_text				"Lleu of the Skillful Hand"; Fourth Branch; son of Aranrhod (and Gwydion); his mother refuses to acknowledge him and places three tyngedau (magical taboos) on him: no name, no weapons, no human wife; Gwydion circumvents each; killed by Gronw Pebyr (his wife's lover) with the only spear that can harm him; transformed into an eagle; restored to human form by Gwydion; his name cognate with Irish Lugh and Gaulish Lugus — the pan-Celtic "many-skilled" solar hero	hero
ENT_WEL_LLUDD	Lludd Llaw Eraint	Celtic/Welsh	God-king	House of Beli	kingship; sovereignty		mythological	A	candidate_verified_name	Lludd and Llefelys; Culhwch	1	0	0	King of Britain "of the Silver Hand," son of Beli Mawr, father of Creiddylad; earlier Brittonic Nodens, cognate of Irish Nuada. Distinct from his son Gwyn ap Nudd.	deity
ENT_WEL_LLWYD	Llwyd ap Cil Coed	Celtic/Welsh	Enchanter	Dyfed	enchantment; vengeance		mythological	B	candidate_verified_name	Mabinogi, Third Branch	0	0	0	The enchanter who lays the wasteland-spell on Dyfed and imprisons Pryderi and Rhiannon, avenging his friend Gwawl.	hero
ENT_WEL_LLYR	Llŷr	Celtic/Welsh	Ancestor deity	House of Llŷr	the sea; ancestry		mythological	A	candidate_verified_name	Mabinogi, Second Branch	2	0	0	Sea-associated ancestor; husband of Penarddun, father of Brân, Branwen and Manawydan; Welsh cognate of Irish Lir.	spirit
ENT_WEL_MABON	Mabon ap Modron	Celtic/Welsh	God	Divine youth	youth; hunting; liberation		mythological	A	candidate_verified_name	Culhwch ac Olwen; Triads	1	0	0	The "Great Son, son of the Great Mother," a divine youth (from British Maponos) freed in Culhwch; one of the Three Exalted Prisoners.	deity
ENT_WEL_MANAWYDAN	Manawydan	Celtic/Welsh	Otherworld craftsman god	Hero	craftsmanship, patience, otherworld, sea	craftsmanship, otherworld, sea, Welsh, Mabinogion		A	reviewed	primary_text				Manawydan fab Llŷr; Second and Third Branch; son of Llŷr, brother of Brân; his name is the Welsh cognate of Irish Manannán mac Lir (both from a common Celtic prototype *Manawydanō); a skilled craftsman in the Third Branch (makes saddles, shields, shoes); patient and strategic where Pryderi is impulsive; associated with the sea despite largely terrestrial adventures in the text	deity
ENT_WEL_MATH	Math fab Mathonwy	Celtic/Welsh	Magician-king	High Deity	magic, sovereignty, fate, Gwynedd	magic, kingship, Gwynedd, Welsh, Mabinogion		A	reviewed	primary_text				Math son of Mathonwy; Fourth Branch; lord of Gwynedd; possesses a characteristic magical taboo — he must keep his feet in the lap of a virgin at all times when not at war or he will die; the taboo drives the plot when Gilfaethwy (his nephew) rapes the foot-holder Goewin; Math punishes Gwydion and Gilfaethwy by transforming them into breeding pairs of deer, pigs, and wolves for three years; co-creator of Blodeuwedd	ruler
ENT_WEL_MODRON	Modron	Celtic/Welsh	Mother goddess	Divine mother	motherhood; the land		mythological	A	candidate_verified_name	Culhwch ac Olwen; Triad 70	2	0	0	The "Great Mother" (from Gaulish Matrona), mother of Mabon; daughter of Avallach.	deity
ENT_WEL_MORFRAN	Morfran	Celtic/Welsh	Divine/heroic figure	Children of Ceridwen	darkness; ugliness; battle		mythological	B	candidate_verified_name	Hanes Taliesin; Culhwch	0	0	0	"Great Crow" (also Afagddu, "Utter Darkness"), monstrous son of Ceridwen and Tegid Foel; a survivor of Camlan.	hero
ENT_WEL_NISIEN	Nisien	Celtic/Welsh	Peacemaker figure	House of Llŷr	peace; concord		mythological	B	candidate_verified_name	Mabinogi, Second Branch	0	0	0	The peacemaker twin of Efnysien, who could make foes friends.	hero
ENT_WEL_OLWEN	Olwen	Celtic/Welsh	Goddess	Giants	fertility; the sovereignty-bride		mythological	A	candidate_verified_name	Culhwch ac Olwen	3	0	0	"White-track," daughter of the giant Ysbaddaden; white trefoils spring up where she walks (a fertility/sovereignty motif).	deity
ENT_WEL_PENARDDUN	Penarddun	Celtic/Welsh	Goddess	House of Llŷr	ancestral motherhood		mythological	B	candidate_verified_name	Mabinogi, Second Branch	1	0	0	Wife of Llŷr; mother of Brân, Branwen and Manawydan, and (by Euroswydd) of Nisien and Efnysien.	deity
ENT_WEL_PRYDERI	Pryderi	Celtic/Welsh	Divine hero	Hero	fate, sovereignty, tragedy, Dyfed	fate, Dyfed, tragedy, Welsh, Mabinogion		A	reviewed	primary_text				Son of Pwyll and Rhiannon; First Branch through Third Branch; the only character to appear in all four branches of the Mabinogi; born under enchantment and immediately stolen; his name means "Care/Anxiety"; a tragic hero figure whose life is framed by magical crises; killed by Gwydion in single combat in the Fourth Branch	hero
ENT_WEL_PWYLL	Pwyll	Celtic/Welsh	Otherworld-adjacent king	Hero	sovereignty, otherworld, honor, Dyfed	otherworld, Dyfed, sovereignty, Welsh, Mabinogion		A	reviewed	primary_text				Prince of Dyfed; First Branch; enters the Otherworld (Annwn) and exchanges kingdoms with Arawn for a year; earns the title Pen Annwn (Head of Annwn); marries Rhiannon; father of Pryderi; a liminal hero figure who bridges the human and Otherworldly realms	deity
ENT_WEL_RHIANNON	Rhiannon	Celtic/Welsh	Sovereignty goddess	High Deity	sovereignty, horses, otherworld, fate, birds	sovereignty, otherworld, birds, horses, Welsh, Mabinogion		A	reviewed	primary_text				Divine horsewoman and sovereignty goddess; First Branch of the Mabinogi; her name from *Rigantona ("Great Queen"); her magical white horse cannot be caught; her Otherworldly birds wake the dead and send the living to sleep; wrongly accused of killing her son Pryderi; probable cognate of Gaulish Epona	deity
ENT_WEL_TEGID_FOEL	Tegid Foel	Celtic/Welsh	Tutelary figure	Llyn Tegid	the lake of Bala		mythological	B	candidate_verified_name	Hanes Taliesin	2	0	0	Husband of Ceridwen and tutelary figure of Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake).	deity
ENT_WEL_TEYRNON	Teyrnon	Celtic/Welsh	Divine lord	Dyfed	lordship; fosterage		mythological	B	candidate_verified_name	Mabinogi, First Branch	1	0	0	Lord of Gwent Is-Coed and foster-father of Pryderi; his name (from Tigernonos, "Divine Lord") pairs with Rhiannon (Rigantona).	deity
ENT_WEL_YSBADDADEN	Ysbaddaden	Celtic/Welsh	Giant	Giants	the impossible tasks		mythological	A	candidate_verified_name	Culhwch ac Olwen	0	0	0	The Chief Giant, father of Olwen, who sets Culhwch the great series of impossible tasks (anoethau).	monster

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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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39 rows where tradition = "Celtic/Welsh"

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