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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'}

46 rows where tradition = "Slavic"

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  • spirit 11
  • collective 4
  • monster 2

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  • Slavic · 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_SLAV_BABA_YAGA Baba Yaga   Slavic witch Folktale witch witchcraft; the forest; initiation; the death-threshold   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The ambivalent witch of East-Slavic folktales who lives in a hut on hen's legs, flies in a mortar, and acts as both threat and helper to the hero. spirit
ENT_SLAV_BANNIK Bannik   Slavic folk spirit Bathhouse spirit the bathhouse; divination; ritual purity   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The spirit of the bathhouse (banya) in East-Slavic belief, who must be appeased and can scald bathers who offend him. spirit
ENT_SLAV_BELOBOG Belobog   Slavic God Reconstructed deity good fortune; light; benevolence   regional   C candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 RECONSTRUCTED: the 'white god' posited as a benevolent counterpart to Chernobog; not attested in any medieval source, a scholarly/toponymic inference. deity
ENT_SLAV_CHERNOBOG Chernobog   Slavic God Malefic deity misfortune; darkness; evil; the underworld   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The 'black god' of the Polabian Slavs to whom Helmold says misfortune was attributed; the only securely attested member of the often-cited black/white dualism. deity
ENT_SLAV_DAZBOG Dažbog   Slavic God Solar Deity sun; wealth; giving; solar cycle; fate       A           Solar and wealth-giving deity; named in the AD 980 Kiev Pantheon (PVL). Name from Proto-Slavic *Daž(d)ьbogъ, meaning "Give-wealth god" (*dati, to give + *bogъ, wealth/god; cognate with Iranian *baga, divine wealth). A gloss in the Hypatian Chronicle's translation of the Chronicle of Malalas calls Dažbog son of Svarog (fire deity) and identifies him with Helios — though this is a Byzantine literary equation, not necessarily indigenous theology. Dažbog may represent the sun as the dispensing agent of divine bounty. The Lay of Igor's Campaign (Slovo o polku Igoreve, 12th c.) calls the Rus people "grandsons of Dažbog." Brückner (1918) pp. 96-105; Primary Chronicle (Cross 1953) p. 93. deity
ENT_SLAV_DEVANA Devana   Slavic Goddess Hunt goddess the hunt; wild nature; the forest   regional   C candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 A goddess of the hunt (Dziewanna) named by late-medieval Polish chroniclers (Długosz) who equated her with Diana; authenticity debated as a possible learned interpretatio. deity
ENT_SLAV_DOLA Dola   Slavic Spirit Fate spirit fate; fortune; personal destiny   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The personification of an individual's allotted fate or fortune in Slavic folk belief, attached at birth; its negative counterpart is Nedola. spirit
ENT_SLAV_DOMOVOI Domovoi   Slavic folk spirit Household spirit household; hearth; family protection   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The tutelary house spirit of East-Slavic folk belief, dwelling behind the stove and protecting the household and its livestock if respected. spirit
ENT_SLAV_FOLK_SPIRITS Slavic Domestic and Nature Spirits   Slavic Collective Spirit collective household; nature; folk belief; tutelary spirits   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Collective of lower mythological beings of East-Slavic folk belief (house, water, forest, and field spirits) documented in the ethnographic record. collective
ENT_SLAV_JARILO Jarilo   Slavic God Fertility / vegetation deity spring; fertility; vegetation; war   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 A spring fertility figure of the seasonal folk cult whose effigy was carried and ritually 'buried', reconstructed as the dying-and-rising counterpart to Marzanna. deity
ENT_SLAV_KHORS Khors   Slavic Solar deity Solar Deity sun; solar cycle; Iranian solar tradition       B           Solar deity; named in the AD 980 Kiev Pantheon (PVL) alongside Dažbog, suggesting two distinct solar deities or aspects. Name from Old Iranian *Hvar (sun; cf. Avestan xvəng, Iranian Hurshid / Khorshid). Khors is widely held to be an Iranian-derived deity, introduced into the Rus pantheon through Alanic or Iranian contact in the Pontic steppe. His presence alongside Dažbog suggests the Kievan pantheon incorporated deities from multiple ethnic backgrounds. The Lay of Igor's Campaign (12th c.) references "the great Khors." Brückner (1918) pp. 120-125; Primary Chronicle (Cross 1953) p. 93. deity
ENT_SLAV_KIKIMORA Kikimora   Slavic folk spirit Household spirit household; spinning; nocturnal disturbance   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 A female household spirit associated with the stove and spinning, who troubles a disorderly home with nighttime noises. spirit
ENT_SLAV_KOSCHEI Koschei the Deathless   Slavic Monster Folktale antagonist death-evasion; abduction; sorcery   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 An immortal sorcerer-villain of East-Slavic folktales who abducts the hero's bride and cannot die because his death is hidden in a needle inside an egg. monster
ENT_SLAV_KUPALA Kupala   Slavic Spirit Seasonal personification midsummer; water; fire; fertility   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The personification of the midsummer (St John's Eve) festival of fire and water; treated in some sources as a folk personification of the rite. spirit
ENT_SLAV_LADA Lada   Slavic Goddess Disputed deity love; marriage; harmony; spring   regional   C candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 DISPUTED: a putative goddess of love and marriage; Brückner and later scholarship argue she is a personification mistakenly derived from a wedding-song refrain ('lado'). deity
ENT_SLAV_LESHY Leshy   Slavic folk spirit Forest spirit forest; wild animals; the woods   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The master spirit of the forest in East-Slavic belief, who guards the woodland and its animals and is known for leading travelers astray. spirit
ENT_SLAV_MARZANNA Marzanna   Slavic Goddess Death / winter goddess death; winter; the dying and reborn year   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Goddess or personification of death and winter (Morana/Morena), whose effigy is ritually drowned or burned at winter's end in Slavic seasonal custom. deity
ENT_SLAV_MOKOSH Mokosh   Slavic Goddess Earth Deity earth; weaving; fate; moisture; women; fertility       A           Goddess of earth, weaving, and fate; the only female deity in Vladimir I's Kiev Pantheon (AD 980 PVL entry). Name probably from Proto-Slavic *mokъ (moisture, wetness) or *mokošь; alternative etymology connects to PIE *(s)mek- (to spin, weave). Mokosh is the spinning fate-goddess who determines the thread of life; she is the guardian of women and their domestic work (spinning, weaving, shearing). Ecclesiastical prohibitions (Slovo ob idolakh, 9th-10th c.) condemn offerings to Mokosh alongside other Slavic deities, showing her worship persisted after Christianisation. She is often compared to the Greek Moirai and Baltic Laima as a weaving fate-goddess. Brückner (1918) pp. 130-138; Primary Chronicle (Cross 1953) p. 93. deity
ENT_SLAV_PANTHEON The Slavic Pantheon   Slavic Collective Pantheon pantheon; gods; Slavic religion   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Collective grouping the principal deities of the Slavs known from the East-Slavic Primary Chronicle and the West-Slavic temple cults of Arkona, Szczecin, and Rethra. collective
ENT_SLAV_PERUN Perun   Slavic God Thunder Deity thunder; lightning; storm; war; oak; justice; oaths       A           Thunder and storm god; supreme deity of the East Slavic Kiev Pantheon. Named first in Vladimir I's pantheon (AD 980): "Perun of wood with a head of silver and a mustache of gold." Perun is also invoked in the Byzantine-Rus oath treaties of AD 945 and 971 alongside Veles, confirming his role as the divine guarantor of oaths. Name from Proto-Slavic *Perunъ, cognate with Baltic Perkūnas, Vedic Parjanya, and ultimately PIE *perkʷ- (thunder/oak). Perun's cosmic myth parallels Baltic Perkūnas: he battles the serpentine underworld deity Veles (who hides below the earth, in cattle, in trees) and strikes him with lightning — the standard Indo-European thunder-god-vs.-chaos-serpent narrative. Oak trees sacred to Perun. Primary Chronicle (Cross & Sherbowitz-Wetzor 1953) pp. 93-94, 162-163; Brückner (1918) pp. 67-80. deity
ENT_SLAV_POLEVIK Polevik   Slavic folk spirit Field spirit fields; crops; the harvest   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 A field spirit who inhabits cultivated land and may help or punish field-workers, especially those who sleep in the fields at midday. spirit
ENT_SLAV_PORENUT Porenut   Slavic God Rugian deity protection; tutelary cult of the Rani   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 A god of the Rani at Charenza on Rügen described by Saxo as having four faces with a fifth on his chest; his functions are unrecorded. deity
ENT_SLAV_POREVIT Porevit   Slavic God Rugian deity protection; war; tutelary cult of the Rani   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 A five-headed god of the Rani worshipped alongside Rugievit at Charenza on Rügen, known only from Saxo; his specific functions are unrecorded. deity
ENT_SLAV_RADEGAST Radegast   Slavic God Tribal cult deity war; hospitality; tribal sovereignty; fire   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The chief god of the Redarii at the temple of Rethra, named by Helmold and Adam of Bremen; often identified by scholars with Svarozhich. deity
ENT_SLAV_ROD Rod   Slavic ancestral deity Creator Deity ancestry; birth; fate; clan; divine judgment       B           Ancestral and birth deity; attested in Old Slavic ecclesiastical prohibitions (Slovo ob idolakh, 9th-10th c.: "do not offer bread and cheese to Rod and the Rozhanitsy") and other Church admonishments. Rod is the divine ancestor and birth-fate deity, paired with the Rozhanitsy (birth goddesses). His name from Proto-Slavic *rodъ (clan, birth, kin) which is central to Slavic social organisation. Boris Rybakov proposed Rod as the supreme Slavic deity predating the Olympian-style Kiev Pantheon; most scholars consider this speculative, but Rod's function as a fate-dispensing deity at birth is secure. Brückner (1918) pp. 160-170. deity
ENT_SLAV_ROZHANITSY The Rozhanitsy   Slavic Collective Fate goddesses birth; fate; destiny; childbirth   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Female birth-and-fate spirits invoked together with Rod, repeatedly condemned in medieval East-Slavic anti-pagan homilies for childbirth offerings. collective
ENT_SLAV_RUGIEVIT Rugievit   Slavic God War deity war; protection; sovereignty of Rügen   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 A seven-faced war god of the Rani at Charenza (Garz) on Rügen, whose oaken idol Saxo describes being destroyed in 1168. deity
ENT_SLAV_RUSALKA Rusalka   Slavic folk spirit Water nymph water; rivers; the unquiet drowned dead   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 A female water spirit, commonly the restless soul of a drowned or unbaptized woman, who haunts rivers and woods especially during Rusalka Week. spirit
ENT_SLAV_SIMARGL Simargl   Slavic guardian deity Protective Deity winged guardian; protection; plants; underworld boundary       B           Winged guardian deity; named in the AD 980 Kiev Pantheon (PVL) but uniquely enigmatic. Name may derive from Persian Simurgh (a mythical bird), pointing to Iranian cultural influence in the Kyiv region. In Iranian mythology the Simurgh is a giant winged dog-bird that roosts in the tree of life. Simargl's function in Slavic theology is uncertain; some scholars interpret him as a guardian of seeds and plants, others as a boundary deity between the living world and the underworld. His name is sometimes split as "Sim" and "Ergl" or interpreted as a plural. Evidence is confined to the PVL list; classified confidence B due to unclear function and possible foreign origin. Brückner (1918) pp. 111-115; Primary Chronicle (Cross 1953) p. 93. deity
ENT_SLAV_STRIBOG Stribog   Slavic God Wind Deity wind; air; weather; dispersal       A           Wind deity; named in the AD 980 Kiev Pantheon (PVL). The Lay of Igor's Campaign (12th c.) calls the winds "grandsons of Stribog." Name from Proto-Slavic *Stribogъ; the first element (*Stri-) has disputed etymology — possibly from *stьrь (to spread, disperse) or from an Iranian cognate (*Sraōsha or similar). Function as a wind deity is the most secure interpretation. Brückner (1918) pp. 106-110; Primary Chronicle (Cross 1953) p. 93. deity
ENT_SLAV_SVAROG Svarog   Slavic sky / fire deity Creator Deity sky; fire; celestial forge; divine kingship; metallurgy       B           Sky and fire deity; not named in the AD 980 Kiev Pantheon but attested in a gloss added to the East Slavic translation of the Byzantine Chronicle of Malalas (12th c.), which equates Svarog with Hephaestus and says: "Svarog, the god of fires... After him reigned his son Dažbog." The gloss thus posits a Svarog-Dažbog father-son relationship. Svarog is the celestial smith and generator of divine fire; his name may derive from PIE *swer- (sky, sun; cf. Sanskrit svarga, heaven) or from *svar- (to gleam). The Svarozhich (son of Svarog) fire deity is attested in German sources on the Rethra sanctuary among the Lutici Slavs. Brückner (1918) pp. 85-95; Hypatian Chronicle (Malalas gloss, 12th c.). deity
ENT_SLAV_SVAROZHICH Svarozhich   Slavic God Fire deity fire; sacrificial fire; the hearth   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 A fire god understood as the son of Svarog; chief deity of the temple at Rethra in the West-Slavic chronicles and the personified sacred fire in East-Slavic homilies. deity
ENT_SLAV_SVETOVIT Svetovit   Slavic God War / oracular deity war; prophecy; harvest; sovereignty; fertility   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The four-headed chief god of the great temple at Arkona on Rügen, whose white-horse oracle Saxo Grammaticus describes before the temple's destruction in 1168. deity
ENT_SLAV_TRIGLAV Triglav   Slavic God Tripartite deity sovereignty; three realms; prophecy; oaths   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The three-headed god of Szczecin and Wolin whose heads signified rule over heaven, earth, and the underworld, reported in the Lives of Otto of Bamberg. deity
ENT_SLAV_VELES Veles   Slavic Chthonic deity Underworld Deity underworld; cattle; wealth; magic; oaths; poetry       A           Chthonic deity and lord of the underworld, cattle, and magic; Slavic cognate of Baltic Velnias. Veles (also: Volos) is invoked alongside Perun in the Byzantine-Rus oath treaties (AD 945, 971 PVL): "by Perun their god and Volos the god of cattle." He governs the Nav (realm of the dead) and the earthly wealth below — cattle, grain, gold. The Perun-Veles cosmic myth parallels Baltic Perkūnas-Velnias: Veles hides below the earth or in cattle and trees, Perun strikes him with lightning. In Christian-period sources Veles was demonized and assimilated to the devil. The name is cognate with Baltic Velnias and PIE *wel- (the dead). Primary Chronicle (Cross 1953) pp. 74, 87 (oath treaties); Brückner (1918) pp. 138-155. deity
ENT_SLAV_VODYANOY Vodyanoy   Slavic folk spirit Water spirit water; rivers; lakes; drowning   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 A malevolent male water spirit of East-Slavic folklore who rules ponds and rivers and is blamed for drownings. spirit
ENT_SLAV_YAROVIT Yarovit   Slavic God War / fertility deity war; fertility; springtime growth   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 A West-Slavic war god (Latinized Gerovitus) worshipped at Wolgast and Havelberg, equated with Mars and associated with spring fertility. deity
ENT_SLAV_ZHIVA Zhiva   Slavic Goddess Life / fertility goddess life; fertility; vegetation   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 A goddess of the Polabian Slavs (Siwa/Živa) named by Helmold, her name connected to the Slavic root for 'living', suggesting a life/fertility function. deity
ENT_SLAV_ZMEY_GORYNYCH Zmey Gorynych   Slavic Dragon Folktale dragon fire; chaos; the dragon-slaying combat   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The multi-headed fire-breathing dragon of East-Slavic byliny and folktales, slain by heroes such as Dobrynya Nikitich. monster
ENT_SSL_DABOG Dabog   Slavic God God sun; earth; underworld wealth   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 South-Slavic (chiefly Serbian) reflex of the sun-god, attested in Serbian folklore as 'Dabog'/'Daba', a chthonic lord of the earth and of silver/gold often demonized in folk-Christian tradition; cognate of the East-Slavic Dažbog. deity
ENT_SSL_GERMAN German (Herman)   Slavic Spirit Spirit rain; fertility; agrarian rite   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 South-Slavic (Bulgarian/Serbian) rain-ritual figure: a small clay or dough effigy made, mourned and 'buried' or cast into water by women in a rain-making rite to end drought; attested ethnographically rather than as a cult god. spirit
ENT_SSL_PRIPEGALA Pripegala   Slavic God God orgiastic fertility; bloody sacrifice   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 West-Slavic (Polabian) deity known only from the Magdeburg letter (c. 1108), which decries his cult of orgiastic rites and decapitated-victim sacrifice; etymology and exact function disputed (sometimes likened to Priapus/Belial by the Latin source). deity
ENT_SSL_PROVE Prove   Slavic God God oak groves; law; justice   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 West-Slavic (Wagrian/Polabian) god of the land of Oldenburg, worshipped in a sacred oak grove without an idol; named by Helmold of Bosau, Chronica Slavorum (c. 1170); often read as a god of law/justice (cf. Prove ~ pravo). deity
ENT_SSL_TJARNAGLOFI Tjarnaglofi   Slavic God God war; victory; augury   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 West-Slavic (Pomeranian) war-god whose silver-mustachioed idol was a Rani battle-talisman; named in the Knytlinga saga as captured by the Danes (1168). Norse-transmitted theonym for a Rügen-area Slavic god. deity
ENT_SSL_VID Vid   Slavic God God sky; light; oath   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Reconstructed South-Slavic theonym 'Vid' surviving in Croatian toponymy and folk usage (e.g. Vidova Gora) and folk-Christianized onto St Vitus (Sveti Vid); related to the West-Slavic -vit theophoric element (Svetovit). Attestation is indirect/onomastic. deity
ENT_SSL_VILA Vila   Slavic Collective Collective mountains; waters; woodland; fate   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 South-Slavic nymph-class (vila, pl. vile; Bulgarian samodiva/samovila) — beautiful winged female nature-spirits of mountains, springs and clouds in Serbian/Croatian/Bulgarian folklore; distinct from the East-Slavic water-spirit Rusalka. collective

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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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