Entities

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.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

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'}

11 rows where tradition = "Ethiopian Christian"

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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_ETH_AREGAWI Abba Aregawi (Za-Mikael)   Ethiopian Christian Abbot/saint monastic saint monasticism; asceticism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Best-known of the Nine Saints; traditional founder of Debre Damo monastery. Attested in Ethiopian hagiography; discussed by Munro-Hay. saint
ENT_ETH_FRUMENTIUS Frumentius (Abba Selama)   Ethiopian Christian Bishop/saint apostle of Ethiopia apostolate; episcopacy; conversion of Aksum   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 First bishop of Aksum, called Abba Selama 'Revealer of Light'; converted King Ezana and the Aksumite court in the 4th c.; consecrated by Athanasius of Alexandria. Attested by Rufinus and Athanasius; treated by Munro-Hay. saint
ENT_ETH_GEBRE_MENFES_KIDUS Gebre Menfes Kidus (Abbo)   Ethiopian Christian Ascetic/saint ascetic saint asceticism; eremitism   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Popular Ethiopian hermit-saint ('Servant of the Holy Spirit'), associated with Mount Ziquala; legendary ascetic figure of Ethiopian hagiography. saint
ENT_ETH_LALIBELA Gebre Mesqel Lalibela   Ethiopian Christian King/saint king-saint kingship; church-building; sanctity   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Zagwe king (c. 1181-1221) credited with the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela ('New Jerusalem'); canonized king-saint. Attested historically and in his Gadl; discussed by Munro-Hay. saint
ENT_ETH_MAKEDA Makeda, Queen of Sheba   Ethiopian Christian Queen Kebra Nagast figure kingship; dynastic origin; wisdom-tradition   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Ethiopian name for the Queen of Sheba; in the Kebra Nagast she visits Solomon and bears Menelik I, founding the Solomonic line. Reception/expansion of the biblical Queen of Sheba (1 Kings 10). Homonym/parallel of the biblical Sheba figure. ruler
ENT_ETH_MENELIK Menelik I   Ethiopian Christian King Kebra Nagast figure kingship; dynastic founding; the Ark tradition   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Legendary son of Solomon and Makeda; founder of the Ethiopian Solomonic dynasty who, in the Kebra Nagast, brings the Ark of the Covenant from Jerusalem to Aksum. ruler
ENT_ETH_NINE_SAINTS The Nine Saints   Ethiopian Christian Collective missionary collective evangelization; monasticism; translation of scripture   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Group of nine (largely Syriac/Roman) missionary monks who, c. late 5th-early 6th c., spread monasticism and consolidated Christianity in Aksumite Ethiopia; attested in Ethiopian synaxaria and discussed by Munro-Hay. collective
ENT_ETH_SAINTS Saints of the Ethiopian Tewahedo Church   Ethiopian Christian Collective saintly collective sanctity; evangelization; monasticism; kingship   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub collective for the canonized saints, sages, and Solomonic-cycle figures of Ethiopian Tewahedo Christianity; analytic grouping per Munro-Hay. collective
ENT_ETH_TABOT The Tabot (Ark of the Covenant tradition)   Ethiopian Christian Sacred object sacred object/tradition cultus; covenant; liturgy   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Ethiopian Ark tradition: the Tabot (altar-tablet) replicates the Ark of the Covenant believed, per the Kebra Nagast, to reside at Aksum; central cultic object of every Tewahedo church. object
ENT_ETH_TEKLE_HAYMANOT Tekle Haymanot   Ethiopian Christian Abbot/saint monastic saint monasticism; asceticism; evangelization   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 13th-c. monastic saint, founder of Debre Libanos and a key figure in the Solomonic restoration; among the most venerated Ethiopian saints. Attested in his Gadl (hagiography). saint
ENT_ETH_YARED Saint Yared   Ethiopian Christian Hymnographer/saint hymnographer saint sacred music; liturgy; hymnody   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 6th-c. deacon credited with inventing Ethiopian sacred chant (zema) and its notation; central to Tewahedo liturgy. Attested in Ethiopian tradition; noted by Munro-Hay. saint

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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]);