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'}
15 rows where tradition = "Yazidi"
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENT_YAZ_FAKHR_AL_DIN | Sheikh Fakhr al-Din | Yazidi | Angel | Holy Figure | member of the Heptad; cosmogonic/creative role | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | One of the Seven Mysteries, with a creative/cosmogonic role in the qewls; eponym of a sheikhly lineage. Distinct from the Sufi poet Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (homonym) (Kreyenbroek, Omarkhali). | angel | |||
| ENT_YAZ_HEPTAD | The Heptad (Haft Sirr / Seven Mysteries) | Yazidi | Angelic collective | Angelic Collective | divine governance; emanation; cosmic administration | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Attested in Spat and Kreyenbroek as the Seven Angels/Mysteries to whom Xwede entrusted the world; hub of Yazidi cosmology. | collective | |||
| ENT_YAZ_KHATUNA_FAKHRA | Khatuna Fakhra | Yazidi | Holy figure | Holy Figure | midwifery; protection of mothers and children; revered woman | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Venerated female holy figure invoked as a patroness of childbirth and protection of infants in Yazidi devotion (Spat). | saint | |||
| ENT_YAZ_LALISH | Lalish | Yazidi | Sacred Place | Sacred Place | holy valley; pilgrimage center; cosmic axis | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The sacred valley north of Mosul housing Sheikh Adi's tomb; supreme Yazidi pilgrimage site and a sanctified cosmic realm in the qewls (Spat, Kreyenbroek). | realm | |||
| ENT_YAZ_MEHMA_RESHAN | Pir Mehma Reshan | Yazidi | Holy figure | Holy Figure | weather/storm associations; pir lineage | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Revered pir-lineage holy figure of the Yazidi oral tradition, with storm/weather associations in some qewls (Omarkhali, Kreyenbroek). | saint | |||
| ENT_YAZ_NASIRDIN | Sheikh Nasirdin (Nasr al-Din) | Yazidi | Angel | Holy Figure | member of the Heptad; sheikhly lineage | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | One of the Seven Mysteries and eponym of a sheikhly lineage in the Yazidi oral tradition (Kreyenbroek, Omarkhali). | angel | |||
| ENT_YAZ_PIR_LIBNAN | Pir Libnan (Pir Reshe / building master) | Yazidi | Holy figure | Holy Figure | sacred craft; building of Lalish; pir lineage | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Holy figure of the pir caste associated in the qewls with the sacred construction at Lalish; eponym of a pir lineage (Kreyenbroek). | saint | |||
| ENT_YAZ_SAJADIN | Sheikh Sajadin (Sejadin) | Yazidi | Angel | Holy Figure | member of the Heptad; sheikhly lineage | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | One of the Seven Mysteries / Sons of Sheikh Adi's companions in the qewls; eponym of a sheikhly lineage (Kreyenbroek, Omarkhali). | angel | |||
| ENT_YAZ_SHEIKH_ADI | Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir | Yazidi | Sufi saint | Sufi saint (wali) | reformer; manifestation of the divine; sheikhly lineage | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Historical 12th-c. Sufi ascetic of Hakkari (d. c.1162) whose tomb is at Lalish; revered in Yazidism as a supreme manifestation and reorganizer of the faith (Kreyenbroek). | saint | |||
| ENT_YAZ_SHEIKH_HASAN | Sheikh Hasan (Sheikh Sin) | Yazidi | Angel | Holy Figure | member of the Heptad; sheikhly lineage; scribe/wisdom associations | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | One of the Seven Mysteries and an earthly avatar; eponym of a principal sheikhly lineage (Kreyenbroek, Omarkhali). | angel | |||
| ENT_YAZ_SHEIKH_OBEKR | Sheikh Obekr (Abu Bakr) | Yazidi | Angel | Holy Figure | member of the Heptad; sheikhly lineage | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Counted among the Seven Mysteries in several enumerations; eponym of a Yazidi sheikhly lineage (Kreyenbroek). Note: distinct from the Islamic caliph despite the shared name (homonym). | angel | |||
| ENT_YAZ_SHEIKH_SHAMS | Sheikh Shams (Shams al-Din) | Yazidi | Solar deity | Solar Deity | the sun; light; member of the Heptad | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Member of the Seven associated with the sun and light; receives dawn veneration in Yazidi practice; eponym of a sheikhly lineage (Spat, Kreyenbroek). | deity | |||
| ENT_YAZ_SULTAN_EZID | Sultan Ezid (Sultan Ezi) | Yazidi | Divine manifestation | Holy Figure | manifestation of the divine; eponymous holy figure | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Revered manifestation/holy figure central to Yazidi devotion, often linked in name-tradition to the community's self-designation; attested in the qewls (Spat, Kreyenbroek). | deity | |||
| ENT_YAZ_TAWUSI_MELEK | Tawusi Melek (Melek Taus, the Peacock Angel) | Yazidi | Angel | Angelic Being | chief of the Heptad; divine vicegerent; mediator | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chief of the Seven; venerated as God's foremost emanation and steward of the world. Yazidis REJECT the external misidentification with Shaytan/the devil; modeled here only as the Peacock Angel of the qewls (Spat, Kreyenbroek). | angel | |||
| ENT_YAZ_XWEDE | Xwede | Yazidi | Supreme deity | Supreme deity | creation; transcendence; the remote One God | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The single remote creator God in Yazidi belief who delegates the cosmos to the Heptad; attested across Kreyenbroek and Spat. | 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]);