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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'}

24 rows where tradition = "Finnish"

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  • deity 13
  • hero 3
  • spirit 3
  • realm 2
  • collective 1
  • monster 1
  • sage 1

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  • Finnish · 24 ✖
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_FINN_AHTI Ahti   Finnish sea deity / lord of the waters Sea Deity sea; water; fish; fishing; underwater realm; rivers; lakes       A           Sea deity and lord of the waters in Finnish and Karelian folk religion; also called Ahto. Agricola's 1551 Psalter names Ahti explicitly in the Häme deity list as the deity of water and fish: "Ahti gave fish and water creatures." He rules the underwater realm Ahtola from its palace on the sea floor. His wife is Vellamo ("the calm one"), who governs the surface of water and is described as a great fish-woman or mermaid. Fishermen made offerings to Ahti and invoked him before setting out. In the Kalevala (Runo 42-49), Ahti/Ahto appears in connection with the quest for the Sampo and the contest with Louhi. He is an ambiguous deity — generous when properly propitiated but dangerous and jealous of his waters. The name Ahti may connect to the Estonian and Finnic sea/water deity tradition (cf. Estonian Ahti). Pentikäinen (1999) pp. 105-120; Kalevala Runo 42. deity
ENT_FINN_HIISI Hiisi   Finnish Monster Malevolent forest demon wilderness; malevolence; disease; dangerous places   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 A malevolent forest demon (and the dangerous sacred grove it haunts), named in Agricola's deity list and the Kalevala as a source of evil and disease. monster
ENT_FINN_ILMARINEN Ilmarinen   Finnish God Smith god / culture hero smithing; metalworking; weather; fire   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The eternal smith of the Kalevala who hammered out the dome of the sky and forged the Sampo, the magical mill of plenty, for Louhi of Pohjola. deity
ENT_FINN_ILMATAR Ilmatar   Finnish air spirit / water mother / cosmogonic deity Primordial Deity air; water; creation; cosmogony; virgin mother; primordial sea       A           Cosmogonic deity of Finnish mythology; "Daughter of the Air" (Ilmatar = "air woman"). The Kalevala opens with her creation myth (Runo 1): Ilmatar, a virgin spirit of the air, descended to the primordial sea and lay floating on its surface. A teal (sea-duck) came to nest on her knee and laid seven eggs — six of gold, one of iron. When Ilmatar moved, the eggs fell and broke: the lower half of the eggshell became the earth, the upper half the vault of heaven, the yolk became the sun, the white became the moon, and the speckled fragments became the stars. Ilmatar then shaped the earth's features with her hands. She carried Väinämöinen in her womb for 700 years before he was born into the sea. She is the primal mother of Finnish cosmogony, combining the functions of virgin cosmic deity and world-shaper. Also called Luonnotar ("Nature Woman") in some variants. Pentikäinen (1999) pp. 55-80; Kalevala Runo 1. spirit
ENT_FINN_KALMA Kalma   Finnish Spirit Death / decay personification death; decay; the grave   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Personification of death and the stench of decay, associated with graves and the rotting corpse in Finnic tradition. spirit
ENT_FINN_KULLERVO Kullervo   Finnish Hero Tragic hero vengeance; fate; ruin   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The doomed orphan-slave of the Kalevala whose vengeance and unwitting incest end in his suicide upon his own sword. hero
ENT_FINN_LEMMINKAINEN Lemminkäinen   Finnish Hero Culture hero / shaman war; seduction; magic; recklessness   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 A reckless, amorous warrior-shaman of the Kalevala who is slain and dismembered at the river of Tuonela and revived by his mother. hero
ENT_FINN_LOUHI Louhi   Finnish shamanistic mistress of Pohjola Adversarial Being magic; shamanism; the North; Pohjola; cold; shape-shifting; obstruction       A           Mistress of Pohjola (the Far North, "the place of darkness"); the primary antagonist of the Kalevala. Louhi is a powerful shamanistic figure — "the gap-toothed crone of Pohjola" in Lönnrot's text — who controls the resources of the North and drives the Kalevala's main plot conflicts. Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen must negotiate with her for brides and for the Sampo (a magical mill that generates wealth); she demands the construction of the Sampo as bride-price (Runos 5-8, 10-11). When the heroes steal the Sampo back, Louhi pursues them as a great eagle-hawk and destroys the Sampo in the conflict (Runos 42-49). She can also spread plague and disease, and she steals the sun and moon, locking them in the mountain of Pohjola (Runo 47-49). Louhi is not a simple evil figure — she is a legitimate authority in her own domain, a mother protecting her daughters, and a formidable equal to Väinämöinen in magical power. As an adversarial shamanistic ruler she represents the hostile wilderness north of the Finnish homeland. Pentikäinen (1999) pp. 220-260. hero
ENT_FINN_MIELIKKI Mielikki   Finnish forest goddess / patroness of bears Nature Deity forest; bears; animals; healing; hunting; woodland abundance       A           Goddess of the forest and patroness of bears in Finnish and Karelian folk religion; wife of Tapio, co-ruler of the forest realm Tapiola. Bears occupy the highest sacred status in Finnish folk religion — they are "Otava" (the Great Bear), Tapio's cattle — and Mielikki is their special protector and keeper. The bear hunt was a major ritual complex, and hunter invocations to Mielikki were essential for a successful bear kill and for the proper return of the bear's spirit to Tapiola. Kalevala Runo 14 includes an extended invocation to Mielikki to release game from her forest storehouse: "O Mielikki, forest's mistress, fair-faced mistress of the woodland" (Bosley trans., Runo 14:213). Also called Tellervo (her daughter) and Luonnotar in some variants. Mielikki's name is connected to the Finnish word mieluinen ("pleasant, beloved"). Her healing aspects relate to the bear's fat, used as medicine. Pentikäinen (1999) pp. 145-158. deity
ENT_FINN_NYYRIKKI Nyyrikki   Finnish God Forest god forest; hunting; game   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Forest god, son of Tapio, who guides hunters and marks the paths of game through the woods. deity
ENT_FINN_PANTHEON The Finnish/Kalevala Pantheon   Finnish Collective Pantheon Finnic mythology; deities and heroes of the Kalevala and Agricola's deity list   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Collective grouping of the gods, heroes, and otherworld powers of Finnic tradition as preserved in the Kalevala and Agricola's 1551 deity list. collective
ENT_FINN_PEKKO Pellon Pekko (Pekko)   Finnish God Crop / barley god barley; crops; brewing; agriculture   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 God of barley and the fields named in Agricola's list (Pellon Pekko), invoked for the growth of grain and the making of beer. deity
ENT_FINN_PELLERVO Pellervo (Sampsa)   Finnish God Vegetation / sowing god vegetation; sowing; agriculture; fertility of fields   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Sampsa Pellervoinen, the sower-spirit of the Kalevala who scatters seed and makes the trees and crops grow over the land. deity
ENT_FINN_POHJOLA Pohjola   Finnish Cosmological realm Otherworld / northern land the far north; the otherworld; cold and darkness   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The dark northern otherworld of the Kalevala, ruled by Louhi, where the Sampo was forged and hidden inside a copper mountain. realm
ENT_FINN_RAUNI Rauni   Finnish Goddess Fertility goddess / consort fertility; thunder; harvest   regional   C candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 An obscure figure from Agricola's list traditionally read as the consort of the thunder-god Ukko, associated with fertility and the harvest. deity
ENT_FINN_SURMA Surma   Finnish Spirit Death personification violent death; sudden death   regional   C candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Personification of violent or sudden death, a monstrous gatekeeping power associated with the threshold of Tuonela. spirit
ENT_FINN_TAPIO Tapio   Finnish lord of the forest / hunting deity Nature Deity forest; hunting; game animals; wilderness; woodland abundance       A           Lord of the forest and patron of hunters in Finnish and Karelian folk religion. Rules the forest realm Tapiola (Finnish "Tapio's domain" — the name survives in the Helsinki suburb Tapiola). Mikael Agricola's 1551 Psalter includes Tapio in the Häme deity list: "Tapio [gave] forest birds and animals." Hunters invoked Tapio before entering the forest and made offerings to him to ensure game abundance. The Kalevala (Runo 14, 32, 46) includes invocations to Tapio for a successful hunt. Tapio is described with a beard of lichen and a hat of leaves, emerging from the forest like a forest spirit. His wife is Mielikki, who holds direct authority over the game animals, especially bears. Tapio embodies the forest not as hostile wilderness but as the domain of abundance and sustenance if approached with proper respect and ritual. Pentikäinen (1999) pp. 140-160; Agricola 1551. deity
ENT_FINN_TELLERVO Tellervo   Finnish Goddess Forest spirit forest; woodland creatures   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Maiden of the forest, daughter of Tapio, who herds and protects the cattle and game of the woodland. deity
ENT_FINN_TUONELA Tuonela   Finnish Cosmological realm Underworld / land of the dead the underworld; the dead   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The land of the dead in Finnic cosmology, ruled by Tuoni and Tuonetar and separated from the living by the dark river of Tuoni. realm
ENT_FINN_TUONETAR Tuonetar   Finnish Goddess Death goddess / underworld queen death; the underworld   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Queen of the dead and consort of Tuoni, mistress of the household of Tuonela who serves the dead the drink of the underworld. deity
ENT_FINN_TUONI Tuoni   Finnish God Death god / underworld ruler death; the underworld   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Lord of the dead who rules Tuonela, the dark land of the dead reached across the river of Tuoni. deity
ENT_FINN_UKKO Ukko   Finnish thunder god / sky father Thunder Deity thunder; rain; sky; crops; weather; harvest; lightning       A           Supreme deity and thunder god of the Finnish pantheon; name means "old man" (also cf. Estonian Uku, Sami Hovrengaellies). The most important deity in Finnish folk religion. Mikael Agricola's 1551 Psalter is the earliest written attestation: Agricola lists Ukko as the first of the Häme (Tavastian) deities: "Ukko ruled weather and the air / and gave rain when summer was dry." The Kalevala invokes Ukko repeatedly as the highest divine authority — Runo 2:323-328 calls on him explicitly: "Ukko, thou of gods the highest" (Bosley trans.). He gives rain, controls storms, and governs the harvest. His wife is Akka or Rauni (the Rowan tree deity, possibly a loanword). Ukko is cognate with the Baltic thunder deity Perkūnas and the broader Indo-European thunder deity pattern (Thor/Perun/Zeus/Indra). Pentikäinen (1999) pp. 121-140. deity
ENT_FINN_VAINAMOINEN Väinämöinen   Finnish shaman-bard / culture hero / primordial sage Hero music; poetry; wisdom; shamanism; magic; creation; seas; kantele       A           The central figure of the Kalevala; eternal sage, primordial shaman, and culture hero of Finnish mythology. Son of Ilmatar, the air spirit who floated on the primordial sea. Väinämöinen spent 700 years in his mother's womb before emerging as an already-old man with full wisdom. He is the greatest singer in the world — his kantele (Finnish harp, which he carves from a pike's jaw) has magical power over nature and humans. The Kalevala's main narrative follows Väinämöinen's quest for the Sampo (a magical mill), his contests of wisdom and music, his descent to the realm of the dead (Tuonela) to retrieve knowledge, and his conflicts with the sorceress Louhi. He is a paradigmatic shaman figure in the tradition described by Eliade — capable of soul-journey, magical singing, and cosmogonic action. At the end of the Kalevala (Runo 50) he departs in his boat to a realm between sky and earth, promising to return when needed. Pentikäinen (1999) pp. 148-220; Kalevala Runos 1-3, 16-17, 26-30. sage
ENT_FINN_VELLAMO Vellamo   Finnish Goddess Sea goddess sea; water; fish   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Goddess of the sea and waters, wife of Ahti, who keeps the fish and is invoked by fishermen in the Kalevala. deity

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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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