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'}

9 rows where tradition = "Hungarian"

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  • Hungarian · 9 ✖
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_HUN_BOLDOGASSZONY Boldogasszony   Hungarian Goddess Deity motherhood; childbirth; fertility; protection   regional   C candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Reconstructed great mother-goddess ('Blessed Lady') of the pagan Magyars, whose cult was assimilated to the Virgin Mary after Christianization. deity
ENT_HUN_HADUR Hadúr   Hungarian God Deity war; metalworking; fire   regional   C candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 RECONSTRUCTED: 'War-lord' war-god, largely a 19th-century Romantic-era literary creation rather than a securely attested pagan deity. deity
ENT_HUN_ISTEN Isten   Hungarian God Deity sky; supreme deity; creation   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Supreme sky-god of the pagan Magyars whose name was retained as the ordinary Hungarian word for 'God' after Christianization. deity
ENT_HUN_NAGYBOLDOGASSZONY Nagyboldogasszony   Hungarian Goddess Deity motherhood; ancestral mother; fertility   regional   C candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The 'Great Blessed Lady', a grand or ancestral mother-goddess of reconstructed Magyar religion, later folded into Marian veneration of the Assumption. deity
ENT_HUN_ORDOG Ördög   Hungarian Spirit Deity the underworld; evil; adversary   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The adversary and spirit of the underworld and evil in Magyar belief, the dark counterpart to Isten, later identified with the Christian Devil. spirit
ENT_HUN_PANTHEON Hungarian (Magyar) Pantheon   Hungarian Collective Pantheon pre-Christian Magyar religion; reconstructed mythology   regional   C candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Collective grouping the figures of pre-Christian Magyar religion, largely a scholarly reconstruction from folklore, loanwords, and comparison since few pagan sources survive. collective
ENT_HUN_TALTOS Táltos   Hungarian Collective Religious class shamanism; prophecy; healing; spirit-journey   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Class of Magyar shaman-seers, born with bodily marks, who entered trance to journey between worlds, heal, and divine; modeled here as a collective class. collective
ENT_HUN_TURUL Turul   Hungarian Spirit Mythic being origin myth; dynastic protection; the heavens   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Mythic falcon or bird of prey of the Magyar origin myth, ancestral protector of the Árpád dynasty as recorded in the medieval chronicles. spirit
ENT_HUN_VILAGFA Életfa / Világfa (World-Tree)   Hungarian world-tree Cosmological realm axis mundi; cosmology; the three worlds   regional   C candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The 'tree of life' or 'world-tree' connecting the upper, middle, and lower worlds in reconstructed Magyar shamanic cosmology, the path of the táltos. realm

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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]);