deitydb: entities: 17 rows where tradition = "Pre-Islamic Arabian"

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'}

17 rows where tradition = "Pre-Islamic Arabian"

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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_ARAB_AL_FALS	al-Fals	Pre-Islamic Arabian	Sacred betyl	Deity	tribal patron; sanctuary; asylum	regional	B	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	Idol of the Tayyiʾ tribe, a reddish rock outcrop on Jabal Aja serving as a place of asylum, described in Ibn al-Kalbi.	object
ENT_ARAB_DHUL_KHALASA	Dhu'l-Khalasa	Pre-Islamic Arabian	Sacred betyl	Deity	oracle; divination; tribal sanctuary	regional	B	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	White quartz betyl and oracular sanctuary (famed for divination by arrows) at Tabala in the Tihama/Asir region of southwest Arabia — the "Yemeni/Southern Kaʿba" by epithet, not located in Yemen proper; venerated by Daws, Khathʿam and Bajila per Ibn al-Kalbi.	object
ENT_ARAB_ISAF	Isāf	Pre-Islamic Arabian	Sacred betyl	Deity	sanctuary guardian; ritual; petrified ancestor	regional	B	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	Idol at the Kaʿba; in tradition a man petrified for sacrilege, paired with Nāʾila, attested in Ibn al-Kalbi at al-Safa/al-Marwa.	object
ENT_ARAB_KAABA_IDOLS	The Idols of Pre-Islamic Arabia	Pre-Islamic Arabian	Collective	Pantheon	idol cult; tribal patron deities; Arabian sanctuaries	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	Collective of the betyls and idols of pre-Islamic Arabia catalogued in Ibn al-Kalbi's Kitab al-Asnam (Book of Idols). NB: the Kaʿba idols proper (Hubal, Isaf, Naʾila…) and the five antediluvian idols of Qurʾan 71:23 (Wadd, Suwaʿ, Yaghuth, Yaʿuq, Nasr, framed there as the idols of Noah's people) are distinct sets grouped here under one umbrella.	collective
ENT_ARAB_MANAF	Manāf	Pre-Islamic Arabian	Deity	Deity	tribal patron; honour; high status	regional	B	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	Meccan deity whose name survives in the Quraysh name ʿAbd Manaf; listed among the gods of Mecca in Ibn al-Kalbi.	deity
ENT_ARAB_NAILA	Nāʾila	Pre-Islamic Arabian	Sacred betyl	Deity	sanctuary guardian; ritual; petrified ancestor	regional	B	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	Female idol at the Kaʿba, paired with Isāf as a petrified couple, attested in Ibn al-Kalbi at al-Safa/al-Marwa.	object
ENT_ARAB_NUHM	Nuhm	Pre-Islamic Arabian	Deity	Deity	tribal patron; protection	regional	B	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	Deity of the Muzayna tribe whose name survives in the theophoric ʿAbd Nuhm; listed in Ibn al-Kalbi.	deity
ENT_ARAB_QUZAH	Quzaḥ	Pre-Islamic Arabian	Astral deity	Deity	storm; rainbow; weather; Muzdalifa rites	regional	B	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	Storm/rainbow deity associated with the hill Quzaḥ at Muzdalifa near Mecca; Arabic qaws Quzaḥ ('Quzaḥ's bow' = rainbow) preserves his name.	spirit
ENT_ARAB_RUDA	Ruda	Pre-Islamic Arabian	Astral deity	Deity	Venus; evening star; benevolence; fortune	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	North Arabian astral deity (Venus) attested in Thamudic and Safaitic inscriptions and named in Assyrian records as 'Ruldaiu'; also in Ibn al-Kalbi.	spirit
ENT_ARAB_SAD	Saʿd	Pre-Islamic Arabian	Sacred betyl	Deity	tribal patron; fortune; good luck	regional	C	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	A tall rock-betyl of the Banu Milkan (Kinana) anointed with sacrificial blood, per Ibn al-Kalbi (whose anecdote has camels bolting from the blood-smeared stone); a tribal cult-stone rather than a developed deity. The "Fortune" association rests on the name saʿd ("good luck"), an etymology, not attested cult function.	object
ENT_ARAB_SUWA	Suwāʿ	Pre-Islamic Arabian	Deity	Deity	antediluvian idol; tribal patron	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	One of the five antediluvian idols of Qurʾan 71:23; later the idol of the Hudhayl tribe at Ruhat per Ibn al-Kalbi.	deity
ENT_ARAB_YAUQ	Yaʿūq	Pre-Islamic Arabian	Deity	Deity	antediluvian idol; tribal patron; protection	regional	A	candidate_verified_name	Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0)	0	0	0	One of the five antediluvian idols of Qurʾan 71:23 ('the preventer/protector'); horse-formed idol of Hamdan at Khaywan in Yemen per Ibn al-Kalbi.	deity
ENT_ARA_ALLAT	Al-Lat	Pre-Islamic Arabian	sun and fertility goddess	High Deity	sun; fertility; motherhood; war; protection; north Arabia; Herodotus Alilat		A						Major north Arabian and Nabataean goddess; one of the three "Daughters of Allah" named in Quran 53:19; worshipped from the Sinai to Palmyra and throughout north Arabia; Herodotus 3.8 (c. 450 BCE) calls her "Alilat" and identifies her with Aphrodite Urania; her great sanctuary was at Ta'if; associated with the sun and fertility; depicted with a lion at Palmyra and Petra; an early and widespread figure in the Arabian religious landscape	deity
ENT_ARA_AL_UZZA	Al-Uzza	Pre-Islamic Arabian	Venus / morning star goddess	Love Deity	Venus (morning star); love; war; protection; strength; fertility; Nabataean queenship		A						North Arabian and Nabataean goddess; one of the three "Daughters of Allah" named in Quran 53:19-20; "the most mighty" or "the strong one"; associated with the planet Venus (morning star) and with Aphrodite in Greek contexts; her principal sanctuary was at Nakhla between Mecca and Ta'if; also worshipped at Petra; closely related to the Canaanite/Phoenician Astarte and Mesopotamian Ishtar Venus-goddess tradition; she was the most important of the three "Daughters" in the Hijaz	deity
ENT_ARA_DUSHARA	Dushara	Pre-Islamic Arabian	chief deity of the Nabataeans / sky and mountain god	High Deity	divine supremacy; mountain; sky; sun; royal patronage; fertility; Nabataean kingdom; aniconic baetyl cult		A						Chief deity of the Nabataean kingdom (Petra; 4th c. BCE - 106 CE); "Lord of the Mountain" (Dhu al-Shara = "he of the Shara mountains"); his aniconic form was a black stone (baetyl); identified with Dionysus by Greek and Roman authors, and with Zeus by others; his cult was carried throughout the Nabataean diaspora to the Hauran, Egypt, and Rome; Healey (2001) documents him as the paradigm Nabataean deity whose Dionysus identification shaped Greek understanding of Arabian religion	deity
ENT_ARA_HUBAL	Hubal	Pre-Islamic Arabian	Chief deity / Moon god	High Deity	chief deity; moon; tribal sovereignty; Mecca; Kaaba; pre-Islamic Arabian pantheon		A						Chief deity of the Kaaba sanctuary at Mecca before Islam; his idol (a human figure in red carnelian or gold, with a golden right hand) stood inside the Kaaba; divination by arrows was performed before him; described in Ibn al-Kalbi's Kitab al-Asnam (Book of Idols) as the supreme deity of the Quraysh tribe and of Mecca; associated by some scholars with the moon deity tradition transmitted from Mesopotamian Nanna/Sin via Levantine cultures; the deity Muhammad's grandfather Abd al-Muttalib pledged his son in a vow before	deity
ENT_ARA_MANAT	Manat	Pre-Islamic Arabian	goddess of fate and death	Underworld Deity	fate; destiny; death; moon; time; inevitable end; tribal oaths		A						North Arabian goddess of fate and death; one of the three "Daughters of Allah" named in Quran 53:20; "the one who apportions"; her sanctuary was at al-Mushallal near Qudayd on the Red Sea coast; associated with the moon and with the inevitable destiny of death; identified with Nemesis or Tyche in Greek contexts; particularly venerated by the tribes of Aws and Khazraj (the Medinan tribes); the oldest of the three "Daughters" in some traditions	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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17 rows where tradition = "Pre-Islamic Arabian"

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