Entities
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'}
64 rows where tradition = "Sethian"
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- aeon 33
- collective 8
- prophet 6
- spirit 5
- angel 4
- demon 4
- abstraction 2
- deity 1
- realm 1
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| 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 |
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| ENT_GNO_SABAOTH | Sabaoth | Sethian | Archon/converted ruler | Archon | archon; repentance; seventh heaven; kingship | Sethian/Ophite | A | candidate_verified_name | Sethian/Ophite core entity | 2 | 0 | 0 | Archon sometimes portrayed as repentant or elevated above other rulers. | aeon | |||
| ENT_GNO_SAKLAS | Saklas | Sethian | Demiurgic archon/name | Archon | fool; demiurge; ignorance; world ruler | Sethian/Ophite | A | candidate_verified_name | Sethian/Ophite core entity | 4 | 1 | 0 | Name/title for the ignorant demiurgic ruler in several Gnostic texts. | aeon | |||
| ENT_GNO_YALDABAOTH | Yaldabaoth | Sethian | Demiurgic archon | Archon | demiurge; ignorance; lion-serpent; world ruler | Sethian/Ophite | A | candidate_verified_name | Sethian/Ophite core entity | 4 | 1 | 1 | Demiurgic archon, often lion-faced serpent, in Sethian/Ophite traditions. | aeon | |||
| ENT_OPH_EVE_ZOE | Eve/Zoe | Sethian | Revealer/life figure | Revealer Figure | Eve; life; awakening; revelation | Ophite/Sethian | A | candidate_verified_name | Ophite/Sethian bridge entity | 2 | 0 | 0 | Eve/Zoe as life/revealer figure in Gnostic reinterpretations. | aeon | |||
| ENT_SET_72_ANGELS | Seventy-two Angels | Sethian | Angel collective | Angel collective | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | The seventy-two angels who, with their powers, craft the parts of the psychic body of Adam in the long recension of the Apocryphon of John (drawn from the Book of Zoroaster). | collective | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_ADAMAS | Adamas | Sethian | Heavenly human | Aeon | heavenly Adam; divine image; incorruptible human | Sethian | A | candidate_verified_name | Sethian core entity | 1 | 0 | 0 | Heavenly or incorruptible Adam figure. | spirit | |||
| ENT_SET_AGAPE | Agape (Sethian) | Sethian | Aeon/personification | Aeon | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | Love (Agape), one of the three aeons of the third luminary Daveithe in the Apocryphon of John. | aeon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_AIONIA_ZOE | Aionia Zoe | Sethian | Aeon/personification | Aeon | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | Eternal Life (Aionia Zoe), one of Barbelo's aeons in the Apocryphon of John, the life of the Pleroma. | aeon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_AISTHESIS | Aisthesis | Sethian | Aeon/personification | Aeon | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | Perception (Aisthesis), one of the three aeons of the second luminary Oroiael in the Apocryphon of John. | aeon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_ALETHEIA | Aletheia (Sethian) | Sethian | Aeon/personification | Aeon | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | Truth (Aletheia), one of the three aeons of the first luminary Harmozel in the Apocryphon of John. | aeon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_ALLOGENES | Allogenes | Sethian | Visionary/revealer figure | Revealer Figure | Allogenes; visionary ascent; the Unknowable One; Sethian revelation | Sethian | 2nd-3rd c. CE | A | candidate_verified_name | Nag Hammadi primary attestation (NHC XI,3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sethian visionary revealer ("the Foreigner") of the treatise Allogenes (NHC XI,3). | prophet | ||
| ENT_SET_APHREDON | Aphredon | Sethian | Aeon | Aeon | Aphredon; aeon; the perfect great one | Sethian | 2nd-3rd c. CE | A | candidate_verified_name | Primary attestation (Zostrianos, NHC VIII,1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aeon acclaimed among the aeons of the perfect great one in Zostrianos (NHC VIII,1). | aeon | ||
| ENT_SET_APHTHARSIA | Aphtharsia | Sethian | Aeon/personification | Aeon | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | Incorruptibility (Aphtharsia), one of Barbelo's aeons in the Apocryphon of John, expressing the imperishability of the divine realm. | aeon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_ATHOTH | Athoth | Sethian | Archon | Archon | archon; rulership | Sethian | 2nd-3rd c. CE | A | candidate_verified_name | Nag Hammadi primary attestation (NHC II,1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | First of the twelve rulers under Yaldabaoth, 'whom the generations call the reaper,' in the Apocryphon of John (NHC II,1). | demon | ||
| ENT_SET_AUTOGENES | Autogenes | Sethian | Self-generated aeon | Aeon | self-generated one; revealer; divine generation | Sethian | A | candidate_verified_name | Sethian core entity | 0 | 0 | 0 | Self-generated aeonic figure associated with divine generation and revelation. | aeon | |||
| ENT_SET_BARBELO | Barbelo | Sethian | First aeon/mother principle | Aeon | first thought; divine mother; foreknowledge; emanation | Sethian | A | candidate_verified_name | Sethian core entity | 0 | 0 | 0 | First emanation or mother principle in Sethian systems. | aeon | |||
| ENT_SET_CHARIS | Charis | Sethian | Aeon/personification | Aeon | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | Grace (Charis), one of the three aeons of the first luminary Harmozel in the Apocryphon of John. | aeon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_DAVEITHE | Daveithe | Sethian | Luminary/aeon | Aeon | luminary; aeonic realm | Sethian | A | candidate_verified_name | Sethian luminary | 0 | 0 | 0 | One of the Four Luminaries. | aeon | |||
| ENT_SET_DOXOMEDON | Doxomedon | Sethian | Aeon/cosmic realm | Cosmological category | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | B | reviewed | Doxomedon ("ruler of glory"), the great aeon of aeons and throne-realm of the thrice-male child and the Invisible Spirit in the Gospel of the Egyptians. | realm | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_EIRENE | Eirene (Sethian) | Sethian | Aeon/personification | Aeon | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | Peace (Eirene), one of the three aeons of the fourth luminary Eleleth in the Apocryphon of John. | aeon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_ELEINOS | Eleinos | Sethian | Guardian power | Angelic Being | guardianship; the mountain | Sethian | 2nd-3rd c. CE | A | candidate_verified_name | Primary attestation (Gospel of the Egyptians, NHC III,2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sethian power who, with Seldao, presides over the mountain in the Gospel of the Egyptians (NHC III,2). | angel | ||
| ENT_SET_ELELETH | Eleleth | Sethian | Luminary/aeon | Aeon | luminary; revelation; heavenly instruction | Sethian | A | candidate_verified_name | Sethian luminary | 0 | 0 | 0 | One of the Four Luminaries; often involved in revelatory instruction. | aeon | |||
| ENT_SET_EPINNOIA | Epinoia | Sethian | Aeon/personified thought | Aeon | afterthought; insight; awakening; Eve tradition | Sethian | A | candidate_verified_name | Sethian core entity | 0 | 0 | 0 | Personified insight/afterthought associated with awakening and Eve traditions. | aeon | |||
| ENT_SET_ESEPHECH | Esephech | Sethian | Divine child | Aeon | Esephech; the child of the child; glory | Sethian | 2nd-3rd c. CE | A | candidate_verified_name | Nag Hammadi primary attestation (NHC III,2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sethian divine child, 'the holder of glory, the child of the child,' in the Gospel of the Egyptians (NHC III,2). | aeon | ||
| ENT_SET_FIVE_CHAOS | Five over the Chaos | Sethian | Archontic collective | Archontic collective | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | B | reviewed | The five authorities set over the chaos of the underworld, beneath the seven heavenly kings, in the Apocryphon of John (BG 41). | collective | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_FOUR_DEMONS | Four Demons of the Passions | Sethian | Demon collective | Demon collective | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | The four chief demons who rule the passions in the material body in the long recension of the Apocryphon of John. | collective | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_FOUR_LUMINARIES | Four Luminaries | Sethian | Aeonic collective | Aeonic Collective | luminaries; aeonic realms; heavenly order | Sethian | A | candidate_verified_name | Sethian aeonic collective | 0 | 0 | 0 | Collective of four Sethian luminaries. | collective | |||
| ENT_SET_GERADAMAS | Geradamas | Sethian | Primordial human | Aeon | primordial Adam; heavenly archetype | Sethian | A | candidate_verified_name | Sethian core entity | 1 | 0 | 0 | Geradamas/holy Adam as primordial heavenly human. | deity | |||
| ENT_SET_HARMAS | Harmas | Sethian | Archon | Archon | archon; rulership | Sethian | 2nd-3rd c. CE | A | candidate_verified_name | Nag Hammadi primary attestation (NHC II,1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Second of the twelve rulers under Yaldabaoth, 'the eye of envy,' in the Apocryphon of John (NHC II,1). | demon | ||
| ENT_SET_HARMOZEL | Harmozel | Sethian | Luminary/aeon | Aeon | luminary; aeonic realm | Sethian | A | candidate_verified_name | Sethian luminary | 0 | 0 | 0 | One of the Four Luminaries. | aeon | |||
| ENT_SET_HEIMARMENE | Heimarmene | Sethian | Cosmic mechanism/category | Cosmological category | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | Fate (Heimarmene), the bond of forgetfulness the archons forge to enslave humanity to the stars and passions in the Apocryphon of John. | abstraction | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_HORMOS | Hormos | Sethian | Agent/aeon | Aeon/personification | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | B | reviewed | Hormos, the power prepared through a Logos-begotten holy vessel through whom the great Seth sows his incorruptible seed into the world in the Gospel of the Egyptians. | aeon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_IDEA | Idea | Sethian | Aeon/personification | Aeon | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | Idea (Idea/Perfection of form), one of the three aeons of the third luminary Daveithe in the Apocryphon of John. | aeon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_KALYPTOS | Kalyptos | Sethian | Aeon/sub-aeon of Barbelo | Aeon/personification | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | B | reviewed | The Hidden One (Kalyptos), the first and latent of the three aeons within the Barbelo aeon in the Platonizing Sethian treatises (Zostrianos, Allogenes); the contemplated, unmanifest intellect. | aeon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_MARSANES | Marsanes | Sethian | Prophet/visionary figure | Revealer Figure | Marsanes; visionary ascent; the seals; Sethian revelation | Sethian | 2nd-3rd c. CE | A | candidate_verified_name | Nag Hammadi primary attestation (NHC X,1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sethian prophet-visionary of the treatise Marsanes (NHC X,1). | prophet | ||
| ENT_SET_MELLEPHANEUS | Mellephaneus | Sethian | Aeon | Aeon | Mellephaneus; aeon; invocation | Sethian | 2nd-3rd c. CE | A | candidate_verified_name | Primary attestation (Allogenes, NHC XI,3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aeon named in the praise-invocation of the Universal One in Allogenes (NHC XI,3). | aeon | ||
| ENT_SET_MICHAR | Michar | Sethian | Baptismal power | Angelic Being | baptism; living water; spring of truth | Sethian | 2nd-3rd c. CE | A | candidate_verified_name | Nag Hammadi primary attestation (NHC III,2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sethian baptismal power over the holy baptism and living water (paired with Micheus) in the Gospel of the Egyptians (NHC III,2). | spirit | ||
| ENT_SET_MICHEUS | Micheus | Sethian | Baptismal power | Angelic Being | baptism; living water; spring of truth | Sethian | 2nd-3rd c. CE | A | candidate_verified_name | Nag Hammadi primary attestation (NHC III,2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sethian baptismal power over the holy baptism and living water (paired with Michar) in the Gospel of the Egyptians (NHC III,2). | spirit | ||
| ENT_SET_MNEME | Mneme | Sethian | Aeon/personification | Aeon | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | Memory (Mneme), one of the three aeons of the second luminary Oroiael in the Apocryphon of John. | aeon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_MNESINOUS | Mnesinous | Sethian | Baptismal power | Angelic Being | baptism; living water; spring of truth | Sethian | 2nd-3rd c. CE | A | candidate_verified_name | Nag Hammadi primary attestation (NHC III,2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sethian baptismal power over the spring of truth and living water in the Gospel of the Egyptians (NHC III,2). | spirit | ||
| ENT_SET_MORPHE | Morphe | Sethian | Aeon/personification | Aeon | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | Form (Morphe), one of the three aeons of the first luminary Harmozel in the Apocryphon of John. | aeon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_NEBRUEL | Nebruel | Sethian | Demonic power | Adversarial being | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | B | reviewed | Nebruel, the great female demon/power who, joined with Sakla (Saklas), begets the lower archontic powers that rule the material cosmos in the Gospel of the Egyptians. | demon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_NIKOTHEOS | Nikotheos | Sethian | Prophet/visionary figure | Revealer Figure | Nikotheos; revelation; apocalypse | Sethian | 2nd-3rd c. CE | A | candidate_verified_name | Primary attestation (Life of Plotinus 16) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Gnostic prophet named by Porphyry among the authors of revelations (with Zostrianos and Allogenes) circulating among the sectarians around Plotinus. | prophet | ||
| ENT_SET_NOREA | Norea | Sethian | Revealer/savior figure | Revealer Figure | Norea; revelation; salvation; resistance to archons | Sethian | A | candidate_verified_name | Sethian core entity | 1 | 0 | 0 | Female revealer/resistant figure in Sethian and related traditions. | prophet | |||
| ENT_SET_OROIAEL | Oroiael | Sethian | Luminary/aeon | Aeon | luminary; aeonic realm | Sethian | A | candidate_verified_name | Sethian luminary | 0 | 0 | 0 | One of the Four Luminaries. | aeon | |||
| ENT_SET_PLESITHEA | Plesithea | Sethian | Virgin mother/aeon | Aeon/personification | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | B | reviewed | Plesithea, the virgin mother of the angels and of the incorruptible seed of the great Seth in the Gospel of the Egyptians. | aeon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_PROGNOSIS | Prognosis | Sethian | Aeon/personification | Aeon | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | Foreknowledge (Prognosis), the second of Barbelo's aeons in the Apocryphon of John; granted at her request as the Invisible Spirit gazes into her. | aeon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_PROTENNOIA | Protennoia | Sethian | Aeon/first thought | Aeon/personification | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | The "First Thought" (Protennoia), the threefold revealer of the Trimorphic Protennoia, identical with Barbelo, who descends in three forms — as the Voice (the Father), the Sound/Speech (the Mother), and the Word/Logos (the Son) — to awaken the seed of light. | aeon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_PROTOPHANES | Protophanes | Sethian | Aeon/sub-aeon of Barbelo | Aeon/personification | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | B | reviewed | The First-Appearing One (Protophanes), the second aeon within Barbelo; the manifest, contemplating intellect and the realm of the perfect individuals (Zostrianos, Allogenes). | aeon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_REPENTANT_SOULS | Souls of the Repentant | Sethian | Elect collective | Elect collective | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | B | reviewed | The souls who came to knowledge late but repented, placed in the fourth luminary Eleleth in the Apocryphon of John. | collective | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_SAMBLO | Samblo | Sethian | Angelic minister | Angelic Being | Samblo; ministry of the four luminaries | Sethian | 2nd-3rd c. CE | A | candidate_verified_name | Nag Hammadi primary attestation (NHC III,2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | One of the four ministers of the four luminaries (with Gamaliel, Gabriel, Abrasax) in the Gospel of the Egyptians (NHC III,2). | angel | ||
| ENT_SET_SEED_OF_SETH | Seed of Seth | Sethian | Elect collective | Ritual Collective | elect; immovable race; spiritual lineage | Sethian | A | candidate_verified_name | Sethian collective | 1 | 0 | 0 | Collective of the spiritual/elect lineage in Sethian texts. | collective | |||
| ENT_SET_SELDAO | Seldao | Sethian | Guardian power | Angelic Being | guardianship; the mountain | Sethian | 2nd-3rd c. CE | A | candidate_verified_name | Primary attestation (Gospel of the Egyptians, NHC III,2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sethian power who, with Eleinos, presides over the mountain in the Gospel of the Egyptians (NHC III,2). | angel | ||
| ENT_SET_SESENGENPHARANGES | Sesengenpharanges | Sethian | Baptismal power | Angelic Being | baptism of the living; purification | Sethian | 2nd-3rd c. CE | A | candidate_verified_name | Nag Hammadi primary attestation (NHC III,2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sethian baptismal power over the baptism of the living and the purifiers in the Gospel of the Egyptians (NHC III,2). | spirit | ||
| ENT_SET_SETH | Seth | Sethian | Revealer/ancestral figure | Revealer Figure | Seth; seed of Seth; revelation; elect lineage | Sethian | A | candidate_verified_name | Sethian core entity | 1 | 0 | 0 | Seth as ancestral/revealer figure and source of the Sethian race. | prophet | |||
| ENT_SET_SEVEN_KINGS | Seven Kings of the Heavens | Sethian | Archontic collective | Archontic collective | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | The seven archontic kings Yaldabaoth sets over the seven heavens (the planetary spheres) in the Apocryphon of John. | collective | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_SYNESIS | Synesis | Sethian | Aeon/personification | Aeon | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | Understanding (Synesis), one of the three aeons of the third luminary Daveithe in the Apocryphon of John. | aeon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_TELEIOS | Teleios | Sethian | Aeon/personification | Aeon | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | Perfection (Teleios), one of the three aeons of the fourth luminary Eleleth in the Apocryphon of John. | aeon | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_TRIPLE_POWER | Triple-Powered One | Sethian | Divine power/principle | Divine principle | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | B | reviewed | The Triple-Powered One (Tridynamos), the power of the Invisible Spirit — Existence, Life, and Mind (or Blessedness) — that mediates the unfolding of the Barbelo aeon from the unknowable One in the Platonizing Sethian treatises. | abstraction | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_TWELVE_AUTHORITIES | Twelve Authorities | Sethian | Archontic collective | Archontic collective | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH | A | reviewed | The twelve authorities (exousiai) Yaldabaoth begets to rule the cosmos in the Apocryphon of John: seven kings over the heavens and five over the chaos of the underworld. | collective | ||||||||
| ENT_SET_VIRGINAL_SPIRIT | Virginal Spirit | Sethian | Aeon/personification | Aeon | incorruptibility; virginal spirit; heavenly dwelling; feminine root | Sethian | B | needs_review | Sethian entity named in the Hypostasis of the Archons (NHC II,4) as Norea's abode | 0 | 0 | 0 | Exalted feminine dwelling in the realm of Incorruptibility; named in the Hypostasis of the Archons (NHC II,4) as the abode of Norea, and appearing in Sethian texts (e.g. the Apocryphon of John) as the Virgin Spirit. | aeon | |||
| ENT_SET_YABEL | Yabel | Sethian | Archon | Archon | archon; rulership | Sethian | 2nd-3rd c. CE | A | candidate_verified_name | Nag Hammadi primary attestation (NHC II,1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Fourth of the twelve rulers under Yaldabaoth in the Apocryphon of John (NHC II,1). | demon | ||
| ENT_SET_YOUEL | Youel | Sethian | Revealer/angelic figure | Angelic Being | angelic revealer; Barbelo traditions; instruction | Sethian | A | candidate_verified_name | Sethian revealer entity | 0 | 0 | 0 | Angelic/revelatory figure associated with Barbelo traditions. | angel | |||
| ENT_SET_ZOSTRIANOS | Zostrianos | Sethian | Visionary/revealer figure | Revealer Figure | Zostrianos; visionary ascent; baptism; Sethian revelation | Sethian | 2nd-3rd c. CE | A | candidate_verified_name | Nag Hammadi primary attestation (NHC VIII,1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Visionary ascender and revealer of the Sethian treatise Zostrianos (NHC VIII,1). | prophet |
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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]);