deitydb: entities: 20 rows where tradition = "Christian/Theurgic"

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 entity_class to filter by kind (19 controlled values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, etc.). category is free text (1,148 values) and is not a reliable filter. 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 (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'}

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entity_id ▼	canonical_name	greek_name	tradition	entity_type	category	primary_domains	cult_scope	evidence_confidence	review_status	inclusion_basis	short_note	entity_class
ENT_DIO_CELESTIAL_HIERARCHY	The Celestial Hierarchy	ἡ οὐρανία ἱεραρχία	Christian/Theurgic	Angelic hierarchy	Ninefold angelic order	the nine angelic orders in three triads; mediation of divine light; anagogic ascent	pan-Christian	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	Pseudo-Dionysius's ordering of the angels into three triads, each purifying, illuminating, and perfecting the rank below; the heavenly archetype of all hierarchy.	angel
ENT_DIO_DEACONS	Deacons (Leitourgoi)	λειτουργοί	Christian/Theurgic	Clergy order	Purifying clergy order	purification; cleansing of the uninitiated; sacred service	liturgical	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	The lowest clerical order, the purifying rank (the "liturgists") that cleanses and separates the unready before illumination.	sage
ENT_DIO_DIVINE_DARKNESS	The Divine Darkness (Gnophos)	ὁ θεῖος γνόφος	Christian/Theurgic	Apophatic mystery	Negative theology	the super-luminous darkness; unknowing; union beyond knowledge	pan-Christian	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	The apophatic summit of the Mystical Theology: the "ray of divine darkness" into which the soul ascends by unknowing, leaving all sense and intellect to be united to the unknowable God.	abstraction
ENT_DIO_DIVINE_NAMES	The Divine Names	τὰ θεῖα ὀνόματα	Christian/Theurgic	Theological category	Cataphatic theology	the names predicated of God; Good, Being, Life, Wisdom, Light, Beauty, Love	pan-Christian	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	The cataphatic catalogue of names by which Scripture praises the Thearchy through its beneficent processions into creation — Good, Being, Life, Wisdom, Power, Beauty, Love, and the rest.	sage
ENT_DIO_ECCLESIASTICAL_HIERARCHY	The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy	ἡ ἐκκλησιαστικὴ ἱεραρχία	Christian/Theurgic	Sacramental hierarchy	Earthly hierarchy	the church as image of heaven; sacraments; clergy and initiate orders	pan-Christian	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	The earthly hierarchy that images the celestial one: three sacred rites and two triads of ministers and initiates by which the soul is purified, illuminated, and perfected toward God.	ritual
ENT_DIO_FIRST_TRIAD	First Celestial Triad (Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones)	πρώτη διακόσμησις	Christian/Theurgic	Angelic triad	Highest celestial triad	immediate encircling of God; deifying knowledge; perfection	pan-Christian	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	Highest triad set immediately around the Thearchy, illuminated directly by God: burning love (Seraphim), fullness of knowledge (Cherubim), steadfast bearing of God (Thrones).	collective
ENT_DIO_HIERARCHS	Hierarchs (Bishops)	ἱεράρχαι	Christian/Theurgic	Clergy order	Perfecting clergy order	consecration; perfection; summit of the sacred ministry	liturgical	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	The highest clerical order, the perfecting rank that consecrates the sacraments and completes initiation; the human analogue of the perfecting power in heaven.	sage
ENT_DIO_HOLY_PEOPLE	Holy People (Contemplative Laity)	ἱερὸς λαός	Christian/Theurgic	Initiate order	Illuminated lay order	the contemplating faithful; reception of the mysteries	liturgical	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	The middle order of the initiated, the faithful laity admitted to the illumination of the sacred mysteries.	collective
ENT_DIO_MONKS	Monks (Therapeutae)	θεραπευταί / μονάζοντες	Christian/Theurgic	Initiate order	Perfected lay order	the undivided life; contemplative perfection; service of the One	liturgical	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	The highest order of the initiated, the "perfected" who pursue the single, undivided life of contemplation gathered toward the One.	collective
ENT_DIO_PRIESTS	Sacred Priests (Hiereis)	ἱερεῖς	Christian/Theurgic	Clergy order	Illuminating clergy order	illumination; the sacred mysteries; teaching	liturgical	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	The middle clerical order, the illuminating rank that brings the initiated into the light of the mysteries under the hierarch.	sage
ENT_DIO_PROCESSION_RETURN	Procession and Return (Proodos and Epistrophe)	πρόοδος καὶ ἐπιστροφή	Christian/Theurgic	Cosmological process	Emanative dynamic	the outflow of all from the Good and its return; the rhythm of hierarchy	pan-Christian	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	The Neoplatonic rhythm by which all things flow out from the Good (proodos) and are drawn back to it (epistrophe); the dynamic structuring every Dionysian hierarchy. Received from Proclus.	abstraction
ENT_DIO_PURIFIED_ORDERS	The Purified (Catechumens, Energumens, Penitents)	οἱ καθαιρόμενοι	Christian/Theurgic	Initiate order	Purified lay order	those undergoing purification; catechumens; penitents; the possessed	liturgical	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	The lowest order, those still being purified — catechumens, penitents, and energumens — kept outside the synaxis until cleansed.	collective
ENT_DIO_SACRAMENT_ILLUMINATION	Illumination (Photismos / Baptism)	φωτισμός	Christian/Theurgic	Ritual category	Sacrament of initiation	baptismal rebirth; enlightenment; entry into the hierarchy	liturgical	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	Baptism understood as "illumination" (photismos), the divine birth that opens the initiate to every other sacred rite; the first of the Dionysian theurgies (theourgiai).	ritual
ENT_DIO_SACRAMENT_MYRON	Consecration of the Myron (Chrism)	μύρον	Christian/Theurgic	Ritual category	Sacrament of consecration	consecration; the fragrant ointment; perfecting anointing	liturgical	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	The consecration of the holy ointment (myron/chrism), a perfecting theurgy that sanctifies both altar and initiate.	ritual
ENT_DIO_SACRAMENT_SYNAXIS	Synaxis (the Eucharist)	σύναξις	Christian/Theurgic	Ritual category	Sacrament of communion	gathering into unity; communion; the sacrament of sacraments	liturgical	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	The Eucharistic "gathering" (synaxis), called by Dionysius the sacrament of sacraments, uniting the divided initiate to the One; the centre of Christian theurgy.	ritual
ENT_DIO_SECOND_TRIAD	Second Celestial Triad (Dominions, Virtues, Powers)	μέση διακόσμησις	Christian/Theurgic	Angelic triad	Middle celestial triad	lordship; divine power; cosmic order	pan-Christian	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	Middle triad, illuminated by the first and ordering the cosmos: unfettered lordship (Dominions), virile power for deiform ascent (Virtues), ordered authority (Powers).	collective
ENT_DIO_THEARCHY	The Thearchy (Godhead)	ἡ θεαρχία	Christian/Theurgic	Supreme principle	Superessential Godhead	the triune source of all divinity; the superessential One; origin of every hierarchy	pan-Christian	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	Dionysius's term for the divine source — the superessential, triune Godhead (thearchia) beyond being, from which all hierarchy proceeds and to which it returns.	abstraction
ENT_DIO_THEOSIS	Deification (Theosis)	θέωσις	Christian/Theurgic	Mystical process/category	Goal of hierarchy	assimilation to and union with God; the goal of every hierarchy; deification	pan-Christian	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	Dionysius's stated goal of all hierarchy — "assimilation to and union with God so far as is attainable" — the Christian-theurgic deification later systematised as the Orthodox doctrine of theosis.	sage
ENT_DIO_THE_GOOD	The Good (Agathon)	τὸ ἀγαθόν	Christian/Theurgic	Divine name/principle	Chief divine name	the supreme Good; source of all procession; the chief name of God	pan-Christian	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	The first and most fitting of the Divine Names: the Good (after Plato and Plotinus), prior even to Being — the overflowing source from which all things proceed and to which all return.	abstraction
ENT_DIO_THIRD_TRIAD	Third Celestial Triad (Principalities, Archangels, Angels)	τελευταία διακόσμησις	Christian/Theurgic	Angelic triad	Lowest celestial triad	governance of nations; revelation; mediation to humanity	pan-Christian	A	candidate_verified_name	Pseudo-Dionysian corpus	Lowest triad, nearest the world, mediating the divine light to humankind: princely order (Principalities), bearing of revelation (Archangels), direct messenger-service (Angels).	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]);

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20 rows where tradition = "Christian/Theurgic"

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