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Entities

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.

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'}

46 rows where tradition = "Sethian"

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entity_class 9

  • aeon 29
  • collective 8
  • abstraction 2
  • prophet 2
  • angel 1
  • deity 1
  • demon 1
  • realm 1
  • spirit 1

tradition 1

  • Sethian · 46 ✖
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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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

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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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