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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'}

24 rows where tradition = "Phoenician"

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entity_class 3

  • deity 20
  • collective 2
  • hero 2

tradition 1

  • Phoenician · 24 ✖
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_PHO_ADONIS Adonis   Phoenician God Dying-and-rising god vegetation; death and renewal   regional   A candidate_verified_name Lucian, De Dea Syria 6-9 3 0 0 The dying-and-rising vegetation god of Byblos, consort of Astarte, mourned at the Adonia (from Phoenician adon, "lord"). deity
ENT_PHO_BAALAT_GEBAL Baalat Gebal   Phoenician Goddess Tutelary goddess the city of Byblos; royal and maritime patronage   regional   A candidate_verified_name KAI 4; KAI 10 1 0 0 "Lady of Byblos," tutelary goddess and royal patroness of the city (the Yehimilk and Yehawmilk inscriptions). deity
ENT_PHO_BAAL_HAMMON Baal Hammon   Phoenician Chief deity High Deity sky; chief deity; Carthage; fertility; Baal-title; Saturn-identified       A           Chief god of Carthage; "Lord of the Altar of Incense" or "Lord of Hammon"; invoked alongside Tanit as the supreme divine pair of Carthage; associated in classical sources with child sacrifice (molk ritual); identified with Kronos/Saturn by Greek and Roman writers; Diodorus Siculus 20.14 calls him "Kronos" and describes the molk rite; Tertullian attests his identification with Saturnus in North Africa deity
ENT_PHO_BAAL_SAPHON Baal-Saphon   Phoenician God Storm/maritime god storms; Mount Saphon; seafarers   regional   B candidate_verified_name Esarhaddon-Tyre treaty; KAI 2 0 0 The storm- and sea-god of Mount Ṣapōn, protector of seafarers (a Phoenician cult-form of Baal). deity
ENT_PHO_BAAL_SHAMEM Baal-Shamem   Phoenician God Sky god the heavens; supreme lordship   regional   A candidate_verified_name KAI 4; Philo of Byblos 0 0 0 "Lord of Heaven," the supreme sky-god of the Phoenician cities, head of the Byblos pantheon; Greek Zeus. deity
ENT_PHO_CHOUSOR Chousor   Phoenician deity deity craftsman-god; discoverer of iron, fishing, magic words and spells   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Chousor in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.11), craftsman and culture-hero who discovered iron-working, the fishhook, the raft, and incantations; the Hellenized form of Ugaritic/Canaanite Kothar-wa-Khasis (ENT_CAN_KOTHAR). Philo also equates him with Hephaistos. deity
ENT_PHO_ELIOUN Elioun (Hypsistos)   Phoenician deity deity the Most High; primordial high god, father of Ouranos and Ge   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Attested in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.15): Elioun called Hypsistos, 'the Most High,' father of Ouranos (Sky) and Ge (Earth); a primordial generation of the theogony. Name reflects Northwest Semitic 'elyon, 'most high.' deity
ENT_PHO_ELOS_KRONOS Elos (Kronos)   Phoenician deity deity the Phoenician El; son of Ouranos and Ge who overthrows his father   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 In Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.16ff) the chief god Elos is expressly identified with the Greek Kronos (ENT_CRONUS) and corresponds to Northwest Semitic El (ENT_CAN_EL); son of Ouranos and Ge, he castrates and dethrones his father. Represents the Phoenician El within the euhemerized theogony. deity
ENT_PHO_ESHMUN Eshmun   Phoenician Healing god Healing Deity healing; serpent; Sidon; Asclepius-identified; mystery cult; dying deity       A           Chief deity of Sidon; god of healing and medicine; identified with Asclepius throughout the Greco-Roman world; his great temple complex at Sidon (the Eshmunazar II sarcophagus inscriptions attest it) was later described by Greek authors as an Asclepion; attested in Phoenician inscriptions from Sidon, Carthage, and across the western Mediterranean deity
ENT_PHO_GE Ge (Phoenician Earth)   Phoenician deity deity the Earth; daughter of Elioun, sister-consort of Ouranos   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Phoenician earth-goddess in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.16-21), named Ge (Greek) by the author; sister and consort of Ouranos, mother of Elos/Kronos and his brothers. Phoenician interpretatio of the Greek Gaia (ENT_GAIA). deity
ENT_PHO_KABEIROI The Kabeiroi (Dioskouroi)   Phoenician collective collective sons of Sydyk; discoverers of the raft and seafaring   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 In Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.25) the seven sons of Sydyk plus Asclepius are the Kabeiroi, called Dioskouroi or Kabeiroi or Corybantes, who first invented the ship/raft; identified with the Great Gods of the Phoenician seafaring cult. A Phoenician interpretatio of the Greek Cabeiri (ENT_CABEIRI)/Dioscuri (ENT_DIOSCURI). collective
ENT_PHO_MELQART Melqart   Phoenician State god / dying deity High Deity city patron; dying and rising; Tyre; Heracles-identified; Phoenician colonisation       A           Chief deity of Tyre; "Melqart" = Phoenician mlk qrt, "king of the city"; dying and rising deity with an annual awakening rite (egersis); identified with Heracles throughout the Greek and Roman world; patron of Phoenician navigation and colonization; his cult was carried to Carthage, Cyprus, Sardinia, and Cadiz; Herodotus 2.44 describes his temple at Tyre; 1 Kings 18 alludes to his prophets under the name "Baal of Tyre" deity
ENT_PHO_MISOR Misor   Phoenician deity deity Uprightness; primordial deity, father of Taautos   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Misor ('Uprightness,' NW Semitic mysr) in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.13-14), paired with Sydyk; father of Taautos, the inventor of writing. deity
ENT_PHO_OURANOS Ouranos (Phoenician Sky)   Phoenician deity deity the Sky; son of Elioun, brother-consort of Ge, father of Elos/Kronos   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Phoenician sky-god in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.16-21), given the Greek name Ouranos by the author; son of Elioun and consort of his sister Ge, castrated/dethroned by his son Elos (Kronos). Distinct from the Greek Ouranos (ENT_OURANOS) but explicitly equated by Philo. deity
ENT_PHO_OUSOOS Ousoos   Phoenician human human first hunter; culture-hero who first made clothing from skins and sailed   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Ousoos in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.9-10), one of the mortal first generations; a hunter who quarreled with his brother Samemroumos/Hypsouranios, first wore animal skins and dared the sea on a log; later deified. Likely an eponym of Usu, the mainland settlement opposite Tyre. hero
ENT_PHO_PANTHEON The Phoenician Pantheon   Phoenician Collective Pantheon kingship; storm; sea; healing; fertility; city-tutelary cult of Tyre, Sidon, Byblos, Carthage   collective   A candidate_verified_name Connectivity remediation: pantheon collective hub (v1.79.0) 0 0 0 Collective hub for the Phoenician/Punic civic gods. collective
ENT_PHO_PUMAY Pumay   Phoenician God Tutelary god personal/tutelary protection   regional   C candidate_verified_name theophoric onomastics (Cyprus/Tyre) 0 0 0 A deity known mainly from theophoric names (behind Pygmalion / Pumayyaton of Kition); function uncertain. deity
ENT_PHO_SAKON Sakon   Phoenician God Tutelary god protection (function disputed)   regional   C candidate_verified_name theophoric names; Piraeus altar 0 0 0 An obscure deity ("administrator"?), tentatively equated with Hermes; behind the name Sanchuniathon. deity
ENT_PHO_SAMEMROUMOS Samemroumos (Hypsouranios)   Phoenician human human first inhabitant of Tyre; builder of reed-and-papyrus huts   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Samemroumos, also called Hypsouranios ('High of Heaven'), in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.9-10); among the mortal first generations, settler of Tyre and inventor of reed/rush dwellings, brother of Ousoos. hero
ENT_PHO_SHADRAPA Shadrapa   Phoenician God Healing god healing; protection from venom   regional   B candidate_verified_name Amrit stele; Leptis Magna bilingual 0 1 1 "Shed has healed," a healing god depicted as a youth with serpent and scorpion; in Punic Africa equated with Liber/Dionysus. deity
ENT_PHO_SID Sid   Phoenician God Hunt/war god hunting; war; the sea   regional   B candidate_verified_name Antas temple (Sardinia) 2 0 0 A Punic hunt and war god, eponym of Sardinia (Sid Addir, later Sardus Pater) at the temple of Antas. deity
ENT_PHO_SYDYK Sydyk   Phoenician deity deity Righteousness; primordial deity, father of the Kabeiroi/Dioskouroi   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Sydyk ('Righteousness,' NW Semitic sdq) in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.13-14, 1.10.25), paired with Misor; father of the Kabeiroi/Dioskouroi, the discoverers of seafaring. deity
ENT_PHO_TAAUTOS Taautos   Phoenician deity deity scribe-god; inventor of writing and letters   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Taautos in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.9.24, 1.10.14), the inventor of writing whom the Egyptians call Thoth (ENT_EGY_THOTH) and the Greeks Hermes; son of Misor. Sanchuniathon's own claimed source. The name renders Egyptian Djehuty (Thoth). deity
ENT_PHO_TANIT Tanit   Phoenician Goddess / Queen of Heaven High Deity divine queenship; Queen of Heaven; Carthage; fertility; Juno Caelestis       A           Chief goddess of Carthage; "Tanit Face of Baal" (tnt pn b'l) is her standard formula in Carthaginian inscriptions; closely associated with Baal Hammon at Carthage; her distinctive "sign of Tanit" (triangle, horizontal bar, circle/head) is the most common religious symbol in the Carthaginian world; identified by Romans as Juno Caelestis (the celestial Juno) in the imperial period; related to but distinct from the Phoenician Astarte tradition 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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