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 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'}

20 rows where tradition = "Christian/Theurgic"

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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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