deitydb: entities: 13 rows where tradition = "Hittite"

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'}

13 rows where tradition = "Hittite"

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entity_id ▼	canonical_name	tradition	entity_type	category	primary_domains	cult_scope	evidence_confidence	review_status	inclusion_basis	earth_association_score	chthonic_flag	serpent_flag	short_note	entity_class
ENT_HTT_ARINNA	Sun Goddess of Arinna	Hittite	Sun goddess	Sun Deity	sun; cosmic order; divine queenship; oaths; Hittite state religion; Arinna		A						Chief state deity of the Hittite kingdom; the Great Sun Goddess worshipped at Arinna; distinctive in being a sun goddess (not god) at the head of the pantheon; identified with the Hurrian Hepat in syncretic texts; her prominence reflects a distinctly Hittite religious priority separate from the Hurrian Teshub-centered tradition	deity
ENT_HTT_HALKI	Halki	Hittite	God	Grain deity	grain; the harvest	Anatolian	B	candidate_verified_name	Hittite grain deity	2	0	0	Halki, the deity of grain and the harvest.	deity
ENT_HTT_HANNAHANNA	Hannahanna	Hittite	Wise elder goddess	High Deity	divine wisdom; elder goddess; counsel; search; Telipinu myth; grandmother of gods		A						Hittite divine grandmother ("hanna" = grandmother, reduplicated for emphasis); the wise elder deity who sends the bee (symbol of her divine knowledge) when all other gods have failed to find Telipinu; her bee succeeds where eagles and other divine searchers failed; represents an archetype of the cunning wise counselor goddess parallel to the Mesopotamian "mother of wisdom" figures; attested in the Telipinu myth (CTH 324-325) and in other Hittite ritual texts	deity
ENT_HTT_ILLUYANKA	Illuyanka	Hittite	Chaos serpent	Adversarial Being	chaos serpent; storm opponent; primordial dragon; Illuyanka myth		A						Serpent/dragon defeated by the Hittite storm god Tarhunna in the Illuyanka myth; Tarhunna initially loses but ultimately defeats the serpent with the help of the mortal Hupasiya and the goddess Inaras; structural parallel to Zeus/Typhon and Apollo/Python in the "storm god defeats chaos serpent" combat myth tradition	monster
ENT_HTT_INARAS	Inaras	Hittite	Protective goddess	War Deity	protection; hunting; divine aid; trickery; Illuyanka myth; sovereignty		A						Hittite goddess who devised the defeat of Illuyanka the chaos serpent; in the first version of the Illuyanka myth (CTH 321 §§1-8), Inaras prepares a great feast, invites Illuyanka and his children to eat and drink; they gorge until too large to fit back into their lair; the mortal Hupasiya (Inaras's lover) then ties them with rope while Tarhunna kills them; Inaras represents the divine wisdom and strategy that supplements the storm deity's raw power in defeating chaos	deity
ENT_HTT_ISTANU	Istanu	Hittite	God	Sun-god of the day	the sun; justice; the daily journey	Anatolian	A	candidate_verified_name	Hittite sun-god	0	0	0	Istanu, the Hittite sun-god of the day and judge of mankind, distinct from the Sun Goddess of Arinna.	deity
ENT_HTT_KAMRUSEPA	Kamrusepa	Hittite	Goddess	Goddess of magic and healing	magic; healing; ritual incantation	Anatolian	A	candidate_verified_name	Hittite goddess of magic	0	0	0	Kamrusepa, the goddess of magic and healing who soothes the wrath of Telipinu.	deity
ENT_HTT_LELWANI	Lelwani	Hittite	Deity	Deity of the underworld	the underworld; the dead	Anatolian	B	candidate_verified_name	Hittite underworld deity	0	1	0	Lelwani, the Hittite deity of the underworld and the dead.	deity
ENT_HTT_MEZZULLA	Mezzulla	Hittite	Goddess	Daughter of the Sun Goddess	intercession; the Arinna cult	Anatolian	B	candidate_verified_name	Hittite goddess	0	0	0	Mezzulla, daughter of the Sun Goddess of Arinna, an intercessor of the royal cult.	deity
ENT_HTT_PANTHEON	The Hittite Pantheon	Hittite	Collective	Pantheon	the 'thousand gods of Hatti'; the Hittite-Hurrian state pantheon of Bronze Age Anatolia	collective	A	candidate_verified_name	Connectivity remediation: pantheon collective hub (v1.79.0)	0	0	0	Collective hub for the Hittite/Hurrian state pantheon ('the thousand gods of Hatti').	collective
ENT_HTT_TARHUNNA	Tarhunna	Hittite	Storm god	Thunder Deity	storm; thunder; rain; divine kingship; Illuyanka myth; chief Hittite deity		A						Native Hittite storm deity (also Tarhun or Tarhunz); wields the thunderbolt; defeats Illuyanka; closely identified with the Hurrian Teshub in Hittite-Hurrian syncretic pantheon; the Hittite counterpart of the Zeus/Jupiter/Baal storm-god archetype	deity
ENT_HTT_TELIPINU	Telipinu	Hittite	Vegetation/fertility deity	Nature Deity	vegetation; agriculture; disappearing god; spring return; fertility; Telipinu myth		A						Hittite deity whose disappearance causes all fertility to fail; the "vanishing deity" myth (CTH 324-325) is the most completely preserved Hittite myth with multiple versions; Telipinu vanishes in anger (putting his boots on wrong feet in his haste), all crops wither and animals stop reproducing until the bee sent by Hannahanna finds him sleeping; he is ritually reconciled and life returns; the paradigm for the Hittite contribution to the seasonal disappearance-and-return mythology that parallels Persephone/Demeter and the Mesopotamian Dumuzi/Tammuz dying-deity pattern	deity
ENT_HTT_WURUNKATTE	Wurunkatte	Hittite	God	War god	war; victory	Anatolian	B	candidate_verified_name	Hittite war-god	0	0	0	Wurunkatte ("King of the Land"), the Hattian-Hittite god of war.	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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13 rows where tradition = "Hittite"

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