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 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.

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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 (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'}

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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