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'}

14 rows where tradition = "Hittite/Hurrian"

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tradition 1

  • Hittite/Hurrian · 14 ✖
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_HTT_ALALU Alalu   Hittite/Hurrian Primordial high god Primordial Deity primordial kingship; first divine king; Hurrian theogony; dethroned       A           First king of heaven in the Hurrian succession myth (Song of Kumarbi); dethroned by Anu; no direct Greek parallel but anchors the succession chain Alalu→Anu→Kumarbi→Teshub deity
ENT_HTT_ARANZAH Aranzah   Hittite/Hurrian God Deified river the river Tigris   Anatolian   B candidate_verified_name Deified Tigris 2 0 0 Aranzah, the deified river Tigris, born of Anu's seed in the Song of Kumarbi. deity
ENT_HTT_HAZZI Hazzi   Hittite/Hurrian God Deified mountain the holy mountain; the seat of the storm-god   Anatolian   B candidate_verified_name Deified Mt Hazzi (Casius) 3 0 0 Hazzi, the deified Mount Hazzi (Casius), the mountain of the storm-god Teshub. deity
ENT_HTT_HEPAT Hepat   Hittite/Hurrian Queen of Heaven High Deity divine queenship; Queen of Heaven; sun; consort of Teshub; Hepat-Teshub pair       A           Hurrian queen of heaven; wife of Teshub; mother of Sharruma; chief goddess of the Hurrian/Hittite divine assembly; identified with the Hittite Sun Goddess of Arinna in later syncretism; structural parallel to Hera as queen of heaven and wife of the chief deity deity
ENT_HTT_HUTENA Hutena and Hutellura   Hittite/Hurrian Goddess collective Fate and midwife goddesses fate; birth; the allotment of life   Anatolian   B candidate_verified_name Hurrian fate-goddesses 0 0 0 The Hurrian goddesses of fate and birth who determine the destiny of the newborn. collective
ENT_HTT_KUMARBI Kumarbi   Hittite/Hurrian Succession deity High Deity succession; grain; divine kingship; father of Teshub; Hurrian theogony; Kumarbi cycle       A           Hurrian grain deity and father of the gods; in the Song of Kumarbi bites off Anu's genitals and becomes pregnant with Teshub; paradigm parallel for Kronos castrating Ouranos in Hesiod's Theogony; eventually defeated by his son Teshub deity
ENT_HTT_KUSHUH Kushuh   Hittite/Hurrian God Moon god the moon; oaths   Anatolian   B candidate_verified_name Hurrian moon-god 0 0 0 Kushuh, the Hurrian moon-god and guarantor of oaths. deity
ENT_HTT_SERI_HURRI Seri and Hurri   Hittite/Hurrian Divine collective The bulls of the storm-god the drawing of the storm-god's chariot   Anatolian   B candidate_verified_name Bulls of Teshub 1 0 0 Seri ("Day") and Hurri ("Night"), the two bulls that draw the chariot of Teshub. collective
ENT_HTT_SHARRUMA Sharruma   Hittite/Hurrian God Mountain god the mountains; kingship; the son of the storm-god   Anatolian   A candidate_verified_name Hurrian god 1 0 0 The mountain-god son of Teshub and Hepat, protector of the Hittite king. deity
ENT_HTT_SHAUSHKA Shaushka   Hittite/Hurrian Love/war goddess Love Deity love; war; sexuality; divine power; Ishtar-equivalent; Hurrian great goddess       A           Hurrian love and war goddess; the Hurrian name of Ishtar; Hittite texts explicitly identify her as "Ishtar of Nineveh" and "Ishtar of Samuha"; transmits the Mesopotamian Inanna/Ishtar complex into Anatolian and later Mediterranean religion deity
ENT_HTT_SHIMIGE Shimige   Hittite/Hurrian God Sun god the sun; justice   Anatolian   B candidate_verified_name Hurrian sun-god 0 0 0 Shimige, the Hurrian sun-god. deity
ENT_HTT_TASHMISHU Tashmishu   Hittite/Hurrian God Vizier of the storm-god war; the service of Teshub   Anatolian   B candidate_verified_name Brother-vizier of Teshub 0 0 0 Tashmishu, the brother and vizier of Teshub, his attendant in battle. deity
ENT_HTT_TESHUB Teshub   Hittite/Hurrian Storm god Thunder Deity storm; thunder; rain; divine kingship; bull iconography; Hurrian chief deity       A           Chief Hurrian storm deity; son/successor to Kumarbi; wields thunder and lightning; defeats Kumarbi and rules heaven; the paradigm parallel for Zeus defeating the Titans; identified with the Hittite Tarhunna deity
ENT_HTT_ULLIKUMMI Ullikummi   Hittite/Hurrian Chaos monster Adversarial Being chaos monster; stone giant; adversary of Teshub; Ullikummi Song       A           Stone/diorite monster created by Kumarbi from the shoulder of Ubelluri to fight his son Teshub after losing power; grows to threaten heaven; eventually defeated when the gods cut its feet with an ancient tool; the paradigm parallel for Typhon as a monster created by the defeated predecessor to challenge the storm god champion monster

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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]);