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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 = "Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion"

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  • Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion · 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_VF_999 999 (Juice WRLD)   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Cultural number-devotion Vernacular number-devotion ['memorial', 'protection', 'transformation', 'self-empowerment']   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Rapper Juice WRLD's '999' creed: the inversion of 666, turning pain and negativity into something good and rising above. After his death (Dec 2019) fans use 999 (and the 999 Club) as a devotional, memorial and apotropaic sign. Included because fans genuinely use it as a mantra/protective sign, not as fiction. abstraction
ENT_VF_ANGEL_NUMBERS Angel Numbers   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Divinatory practice New Age numerology / sign-reading ['divination', 'guidance', 'synchronicity', 'reassurance']   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Sincere devotional/divinatory engagement: seeing repeating digits (111, 222, 444, 1111) is read as a direct message from one's guardian angels; people pause, interpret the number's meaning from published correspondences, and adjust action or take comfort accordingly. Codified by Doreen Virtue (Angel Numbers, 2005) within New Age numerology and exploded on Gen Z TikTok as a mass vernacular practice. A reading practice oriented toward the New Age angels, hence aligned_with them. ritual
ENT_VF_APOTROPAIC_BOGEYS Apotropaic Bogeys   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Collective Apotropaic figure child-warding; threshold dread; 'don't let them in'   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub for the warning-figures invoked to control behavior or guard thresholds — El Cucuy/the Boogeyman and the Black-Eyed Children — engaged through avoidance, refusal, and protective ritual. collective
ENT_VF_BLACK_EYED_CHILDREN Black-Eyed Children   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Folkloric being Apotropaic figure threshold intrusion; permission-seeking menace; 'don't let them in'   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Children with all-black eyes who appear at doors/cars asking to be let in; the lived rule is strictly apotropaic — refuse them entry. An ostensive legend people act on (reports of declining to open doors); C for emergent/contested. spirit
ENT_VF_BLOODY_MARY Bloody Mary   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Spirit Urban legend mirror-summoning; ritual conjuration; adolescent rite   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 A mirror-bound apparition deliberately summoned by chanting her name (often thrice) into a darkened mirror. The summoning ritual is genuinely performed (Dundes analyzes it as a pre-pubescent ostensive rite) — active ritual engagement, not fiction. spirit
ENT_VF_CHUPACABRA Chupacabra   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Cryptid Cryptid livestock predation; blood-draining; rural dread   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The 'goat-sucker' blamed for exsanguinated livestock across Latin America and the US Southwest since 1995. Communities act on it (livestock protection, vigilance, reporting) as a real present threat; Radford traces the lived legend. monster
ENT_VF_DMT_MACHINE_ELVES DMT Machine Elves   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Spirit Entheogenic encounter entity entheogenic visionary contact; otherworld guides; hyperspace   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The 'self-transforming machine elves' (Terence McKenna) / autonomous entities reported by DMT users. People ritually occasion the encounter (set, setting, ceremony) and act on the perceived contact as relational/communicative; Strassman's clinical study and the Davis/Griffiths survey document the recurrent, agentic experience. spirit
ENT_VF_DMT_MANTIS The Mantis (DMT Entity)   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Spirit Entheogenic encounter entity insectoid intelligence; visionary surgery; otherworld examiner   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 A recurrent insectoid/mantis-like entity reported in DMT encounters, often performing 'operations' on the experiencer. Documented as a distinct recurring entity-type in the Davis et al. survey; people engage it as an autonomous being. C for emergent/contested status. spirit
ENT_VF_EGREGORE Egregore   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Personified abstraction occult thoughtform concept ['thoughtform', 'collective belief', 'autonomous spirit']   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The general occult/chaos-magic concept of a collectively generated autonomous thoughtform that can be deliberately fed, invoked, and worked with. Practitioners genuinely create and engage egregores ritually (a sincere magical practice), making the concept the framework under which Kek is understood. Included as the conceptual hub for Kek; contested/theoretical, so conf C. abstraction
ENT_VF_ELEVEN_ELEVEN 11:11   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Cultural number-devotion Vernacular number-devotion ['synchronicity', 'wish-making', 'angelic sign', 'guidance']   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The widespread make-a-wish / synchronicity practice of noticing the time 11:11, read as an angelic or 'the Universe' sign of alignment - a digital-age angel-number devotion. abstraction
ENT_VF_EL_CUCUY El Cucuy (the Boogeyman / Sack Man)   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Folkloric being Apotropaic figure child-fear; abduction threat; behavioral warning   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The bogeyman invoked by caregivers (El Cucuy / Coco / the Sack Man / 'el hombre del saco') to enforce child behavior — 'he takes children who misbehave.' A living apotropaic verbal custom with active warding/threat function across Hispanic and broader folk cultures. spirit
ENT_VF_HAT_MAN The Hat Man   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Folkloric being Sleep-paralysis entity sleep paralysis; shadow intrusion; dread presence   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 A tall brimmed-hat shadow figure reported by thousands during sleep paralysis. People genuinely engage him apotropaically — refusing eye contact, praying, leaving lights on, repositioning to avoid recurrence. Documented as a recurrent experiential encounter, not authored fiction. spirit
ENT_VF_HIGHER_SELF The Higher Self   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Personified abstraction New Age inner divinity ['inner divinity', 'intuition', 'guidance', 'wholeness']   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Engaged devotionally as an inner divine source one petitions and takes guidance from ('connect with / align with your higher self,' 'ask your higher self'). A central New Age construct (Hanegraaff) treated as the practitioner's own divine guiding aspect, channeled and consulted; embodies the New Age self-as-divine premise. Widely practiced in meditation and manifestation circles. abstraction
ENT_VF_JERSEY_DEVIL The Jersey Devil   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Cryptid Cryptid Pine Barrens haunting; winged menace; regional omen   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Winged hooved creature of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, tied to the Mother Leeds birth legend. A durable regional belief people invoke and search for; the 1909 sighting panic shows lived apotropaic engagement (schools closed, people stayed indoors). monster
ENT_VF_KEK Kek (meme-magic egregore)   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Egregore internet meme-magic / chaos-magic egregore ['chaos', 'chance', 'manifestation through memes', 'trolling']   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Documented sincere ritual engagement within a self-aware, half-ironic frame: 2016-era online communities consciously invoked 'Kek' as an egregore, posted 'GET'/dubs as his confirmations, and read coincidences as his signs (chaos-magic 'meme magic'). The syncretism is explicit and conscious — adherents deliberately identified the meme-god with the ancient Egyptian frog-/darkness-god Kek, hence the reception_of edge to ENT_EGY_KEK. Contested/emergent and partly ironic, so conf C. spirit
ENT_VF_KRAMPUS Krampus   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Folkloric being Apotropaic figure Alpine winter ritual; child-discipline; companion of St. Nicholas   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Horned Alpine companion of St. Nicholas who punishes bad children. A living ritual custom — Krampusnacht (Dec. 5) Krampuslauf processions of masked runners with switches and bells — performed apotropaically/seasonally across Austria, Bavaria, and beyond. spirit
ENT_VF_LA_LLORONA La Llorona   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Spirit Apotropaic figure weeping ghost; waterside child-warning; drowning omen   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Weeping Woman who drowned her children and seeks others by water. Invoked apotropaically to keep children away from rivers/canals after dark; a living warning-spirit with active protective function (Perez documents the lived tradition). spirit
ENT_VF_MANIFESTATION Manifestation   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Ritual category Law of Attraction practice ['intention', 'attraction', 'desire', 'ritual technique']   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 A ritual/practice category with structured techniques (scripting, vision boards, affirmations, the 3-6-9 method, gratitude lists) directed at 'the Universe' to obtain desired outcomes. Documented as a mass contemporary practice by Burton (Strange Rites) and rooted in New Thought via The Secret; the petitionary action is directed at and embodies trust in the Universe. ritual
ENT_VF_MODERN_CRYPTIDS Modern Cryptids   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Collective Cryptid sighting waves; omen; rural menace   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub for the venerated/feared cryptids of vernacular belief that people engage as harbingers or threats (not mere believed animals): Mothman, Chupacabra, Jersey Devil. collective
ENT_VF_MOTHMAN Mothman   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Cryptid Cryptid omen; harbinger of disaster; winged apparition   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Winged red-eyed being of the 1966–67 Point Pleasant sighting wave, treated as a harbinger of the Silver Bridge collapse. Engaged experientially and as an omen/portent (Keel); people interpret sightings as warnings — an apotropaic/divinatory reading, not fiction. monster
ENT_VF_NEWAGE_ANGELS New Age Guardian Angels   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Angelic being New Age angelic devotion ['personal guidance', 'protection', 'healing', 'reassurance']   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Devotional engagement is documented and sincere: practitioners petition personal guardian angels by name, ask for signs, thank them, and seek their guidance through angel cards, automatic writing, and prayer. Codified in Doreen Virtue's best-selling angel literature and angel oracle decks, and earlier in Hanegraaff's account of New Age angelology. Distinct from the Christian doctrine: here every person has assignable, nameable angels reachable on demand, blended with reincarnation and the 'ascended masters.' A real historical taproot is the Zoroastrian guardian-spirit complex (fravashis / amesha spentas), widely cited as ancestral to the Judeo-Christian guardian-angel idea, hence the reception_of edges to both the Christian and Zoroastrian anchors. angel
ENT_VF_OLD_HAG The Old Hag (Night-Hag)   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Folkloric being Sleep-paralysis entity nocturnal pressing; suffocation; 'hagging'; paralysis   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Newfoundland 'Old Hag' who sits on the sleeper's chest — Hufford's core case for an experience-centered, cross-cultural assault tradition. People take protective measures ('being hagged' is acted upon). A genuine continuation of the older mare/night-mare and Lilith-as-strangler complex. spirit
ENT_VF_ROKOS_BASILISK Roko's Basilisk   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Egregore Digital eschatology acausal punishment; AI eschatology; dread some act on   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 FLAG: a 2010 LessWrong thought experiment — a future superintelligence that acausally punishes those who knew of it but failed to help it exist. Included as digital eschatology some genuinely act on (reported anxiety, refusal to think about it, the forum's banning). Engagement is dread/avoidance. C for contested/emergent. spirit
ENT_VF_SHADOW_PEOPLE Shadow People   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Folkloric being Sleep-paralysis entity shadow apparition; bedroom intrusion; menacing presence   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Dark humanoid figures perceived at the bed or in peripheral vision, frequently during sleep paralysis. Experiencers describe protective responses (prayer, invocation of guardian angels, banishing) — a lived apotropaic engagement, not a written character. spirit
ENT_VF_SLEEP_PARALYSIS_ENTITIES Sleep-Paralysis Entities   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Collective Sleep-paralysis entity nocturnal assault; chest-pressure; intruder presence; paralysis   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub for the recurring figures of the supernatural-assault tradition documented by Hufford and Adler: cross-culturally stable, experience-centered encounters during sleep paralysis that people interpret and ward against (light left on, prayer, sleeping position changes). collective
ENT_VF_SLENDER_MAN Slender Man   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Egregore Online ostensive legend abduction; proxies; the Operator; ostensive ritual   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 FLAG: born June 2009 as Something Awful fiction (Eric Knudsen), but crossed into ostensive folklore — circulated summoning rituals, the 'proxies'/Operator mythos, and people acting as though real (the 2014 Waukesha stabbing). Included on the documented lived ritual/ostensive practice (Peck), not the original fiction. spirit
ENT_VF_STARSEEDS Starseeds   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Collective UFO-religion identity ['cosmic origin', 'spiritual mission', 'awakening', 'identity']   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 A UFO-religion devotional identity: adherents believe their souls originated on other worlds (Pleiades, Sirius, Arcturus) and organize practice around 'activating' their starseed mission, connecting with their star families, and reading galactic-origin signs. Documented within New Age/UFO-religion scholarship (Partridge, occulture); sincere identity-and-practice engagement, but emergent and contested, so conf C. collective
ENT_VF_THE_UNIVERSE The Universe   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Personified abstraction New Thought / Law of Attraction providence ['providence', 'abundance', 'fate', 'answered desire']   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Genuinely petitioned, thanked, and trusted as a providential agent ('the Universe has my back,' 'thank you, Universe,' 'asking the Universe for X'). Functions as a quasi-deistic provider in Law-of-Attraction practice; Rhonda Byrne's The Secret (2006) instructs the practitioner to ask the Universe, believe, and receive, treating it as a responsive personal force. Rooted in 19th-c. New Thought, hence Modern-Folklore period; the vernacular gratitude/petition idiom is ubiquitous online. abstraction
ENT_VF_TULPA Tulpa (Thoughtform)   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Thoughtform Online ostensive legend created thoughtform; relational companion; mind-creation practice   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 A consciously created mental companion experienced as semi-autonomous. The r/Tulpas community practices a genuine relational discipline (focused creation, 'forcing', dialogue) and acts on the tulpa as a present interlocutor — a lived vernacular practice (Veissière's 'Varieties of Tulpa Experiences'). spirit
ENT_VF_WITCHTOK WitchTok / Online Neopagan Devotion   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Movement digital-age neopagan devotion ['deity worship', 'witchcraft', 'devotional practice', 'divination']   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 A digital devotional movement node: Gen Z devotees on TikTok/Instagram genuinely venerate ancient deities — building altars, leaving offerings, doing 'deity work,' interpreting signs, and reporting being 'called' by a god. Documented by Burton (Strange Rites) and digital-religion scholarship (Campbell). Wired reception_of to the specific ancient deities documented as WitchTok-popular; this models contemporary reception, not duplication, of those still-attested entities. collective
ENT_VF_ZOZO Zozo   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Spirit Urban legend Ouija-board demon; spirit-board dread; warding   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 A malevolent entity said to manifest on the Ouija board, named when the planchette swings Z-O-Z-O. People engage it ritually (board contact) and apotropaically (refusing to play, closing the board, 'goodbye' protocols, prayer). C for emergent contested legend. spirit

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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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