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 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'}

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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