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 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.

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 (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'}

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]);