deitydb: entities: 10 rows where tradition = "Luwian"

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'}

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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_ARA_KUBABA	Kubaba of Carchemish	Luwian	City god	Tutelary Deity	protection; sovereignty	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	Tutelary goddess of Carchemish, a leading deity of the Syro-Hittite/Luwian (Neo-Hittite) world, attested in Luwian hieroglyphic and Aramaic inscriptions (and earlier as a Syrian goddess at 3rd-millennium Kish/Mari). Sometimes argued to underlie Anatolian Kybele, though the derivation is debated and phonologically contested.	deity
ENT_LUW_ARMA	Arma	Luwian	God	Moon god	the moon; months	Anatolian	B	candidate_verified_name	Luwian moon-god	0	0	0	Arma, the Luwian moon-god.	deity
ENT_LUW_IYARRI	Iyarri	Luwian	God	Plague god	plague; the bow; war	Anatolian	B	candidate_verified_name	Luwian/Hittite plague-god	0	0	0	Iyarri (Yarri), the Hittite-Luwian god of plague and the battlefield bow.	deity
ENT_LUW_KUBABA	Kubaba	Luwian	city goddess / enthroned queen	High Deity	city sovereignty; divine queenship; nature; lion; pomegranate; fertility		A						Kubaba (also Kuba, Kubaba, Luwian hieroglyphic KUBABA) is the city goddess of Carchemish, the principal Neo-Hittite/Luwian state of the Iron Age (c. 1000-717 BCE, when the city fell to Sargon II of Assyria). She is attested extensively in Luwian hieroglyphic inscriptions from Carchemish and is the most distinctive deity of the Luwian Iron Age tradition. Her standard iconographic program shows her enthroned on a throne flanked by lions (or standing on a lion), holding a pomegranate in one hand and a mirror or bird in the other — attributes of divine sovereignty, fertility, and feminine divine power. Her divine domain encompasses city tutelary protection, queenship and sovereignty, and the natural realm (the pomegranate and bird associations). In the Neo-Hittite political tradition, Kubaba and the storm deity Tarhunza are the two principal deities of Carchemish; she also appears at other Luwian sites (Malatya, Karkamish/Tell Bashar) and in the Luwian hieroglyphic inscriptions of Zincirli (Sam'al). Her most consequential legacy is etymological and theological: the Phrygian epithet "Kubileya" in the divine name "Matar Kubileya" (Mother Kubileya = the Phrygian Mother Goddess) directly borrows the name Kubaba, demonstrating the transmission of the Luwian city goddess tradition into the Phrygian highlands — the etymological foundation of the reception chain that ultimately produces the Greek "Kybele" (Cybele) and the Roman "Magna Mater." The chain Kubaba → Kubileya → Cybele is one of the most etymologically secure deity reception chains in the ancient world. A separate "Kubaba of Kish" appears in the Sumerian King List (c. 2500 BCE) as a female innkeeper who became king, but whether this is the same deity or a coincident name is debated; the Luwian Kubaba's cult is documented independently. Taracha (2009) pp. 186-198.	deity
ENT_LUW_MALIYA	Maliya	Luwian	Goddess	Goddess of rivers and gardens	rivers; gardens; crafts	Anatolian	B	candidate_verified_name	Luwian goddess	2	0	0	Maliya, the Luwian goddess of rivers and gardens.	deity
ENT_LUW_PANTHEON	The Luwian Pantheon	Luwian	Collective	Pantheon	the gods of the Luwian-speaking peoples of Bronze and Iron Age Anatolia and northern Syria	collective	A	candidate_verified_name	Connectivity remediation: pantheon collective hub (v1.79.0)	0	0	0	Collective hub wiring the Luwian gods (Tarhunz, Tiwaz, Arma, Runtiya, Santa, Iyarri, Maliya, Kubaba) into the regional pantheon system (Taracha).	collective
ENT_LUW_RUNTIYA	Runtiya	Luwian	God	Stag/tutelary god	the stag; the hunt; the protection of the wild	Anatolian	B	candidate_verified_name	Luwian tutelary god	1	0	0	Runtiya (Kurunta), the Luwian stag-god of the hunt and tutelary protector.	deity
ENT_LUW_SANTA	Santa	Luwian	God	Plague and war god	plague; war; the underworld	Anatolian	B	candidate_verified_name	Luwian god	0	1	0	Santa, the Luwian god of plague and war, ancestor of the Cilician Sandas.	deity
ENT_LUW_TARHUNZ	Tarhunz	Luwian	God	Storm god	the storm; rain; the vine; sovereignty	Anatolian	A	candidate_verified_name	Luwian chief god	1	0	0	Tarhunz, the Luwian storm-god and chief deity, cognate of the Hittite Tarhunna.	deity
ENT_LUW_TIWAZ	Tiwaz	Luwian	God	Sun god	the sun; justice; oaths	Anatolian	A	candidate_verified_name	Luwian sun-god	0	0	0	Tiwaz, the Luwian sun-god, guarantor of justice and oaths.	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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10 rows where tradition = "Luwian"

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