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'}
59 rows where tradition = "Zoroastrian"
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entity_class 9
- deity 30
- demon 14
- realm 4
- collective 3
- abstraction 2
- hero 2
- prophet 2
- monster 1
- ruler 1
tradition 1
- Zoroastrian · 59 ✖
| 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_RLMX_CHINVAT | Chinvat Bridge | Zoroastrian | Cosmological realm | Cosmological realm | Eschatology / judgement of the soul | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The Cinvat (Chinvat) Bridge, the 'bridge of the separator/accountant' which every soul must cross after death; attested in the Gathas (Y. 46.10, 51.13) and the Vendidad (19), where Rashnu, Mithra and Sraosha judge and the Daena meets the soul. Widens for the righteous, narrows to a blade for the wicked. | realm | |||
| ENT_RLMX_DRUJO_DEMANA | Drujo Demana (House of Lies) | Zoroastrian | Cosmological realm | Cosmological realm | Hell / worst existence | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Drujo Demana, the 'House of the Lie' (Avestan druj-demana), the Zoroastrian hell and abode of Angra Mainyu and the damned (the 'Worst Existence'). Antithesis of the House of Song; attested in the Gathas (Y. 46.11, 49.11) and Pahlavi eschatology. | realm | |||
| ENT_RLMX_GAROTHMAN | Garothman (House of Song) | Zoroastrian | Cosmological realm | Cosmological realm | Paradise / best existence | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Garothman / Garodman, the 'House of Song' (Avestan Garo-demana), the highest paradise and abode of Ahura Mazda and the blessed (the 'Best Existence', vahishta ahu). Attested in the Avesta and elaborated in the Bundahishn and Menog-i Khrad. | realm | |||
| ENT_RLMX_HAMISTAGAN | Hamistagan | Zoroastrian | Cosmological realm | Cosmological realm | Limbo / neutral intermediate state | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hamistagan (Pahlavi hammistagan), the neutral 'place of the mixed', an intermediate state for souls whose good and evil deeds are exactly balanced; they remain there, untormented but joyless, until the final renovation (Frashokereti). Attested in the Bundahishn and Menog-i Khrad. | realm | |||
| ENT_ZOR_AESHMA_DAEVA | Aeshma Daeva | Zoroastrian | Demon | Adversarial Being | wrath; violence; aggression; demon of rage; Aeshma Daeva; Gabriel's adversary | PER_ZOR_ACHAEMENID | A | Named in Avestan primary texts (Yasna, Vidēvdād) as demon of wrath; etymological source of Hebrew Asmodeus | Avestan demon of wrath (aēšma, "wrath/violence"); one of the six archdemons opposing the Amesha Spentas; Vidēvdād 10.9 names him as Aeshma of the bloody mace. Name is the direct etymological source of Hebrew Ashmedai / Asmodeus (Tobit 3:8). | demon | |||||||
| ENT_ZOR_AHURA_MAZDA | Ahura Mazda | Zoroastrian | Supreme deity | High Deity | wisdom; creation; truth; sovereignty | Zoroastrian | A | candidate_verified_name | Zoroastrian core deity | 0 | 0 | 0 | Supreme god of Zoroastrianism. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_AKA_MANAH | Aka Manah | Zoroastrian | Demon | Arch-daeva | evil mind; evil purpose | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Arch-daeva (counter to Vohu Manah) | 0 | 1 | 0 | The Evil Mind, the daeva opposing Vohu Manah (the Good Mind). | demon | |||
| ENT_ZOR_AMERETAT | Ameretat | Zoroastrian | Divine being | Divine Emanation | immortality; plants; life | Zoroastrian | A | candidate_verified_name | Amesha Spenta | 4 | 0 | 0 | Immortality. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_AMESHA_SPENTAS | Amesha Spentas | Zoroastrian | Divine collective | Divine Collective | emanations; virtues; divine administration | Zoroastrian | A | candidate_verified_name | Zoroastrian divine collective | 0 | 0 | 0 | Holy immortals serving Ahura Mazda. | collective | |||
| ENT_ZOR_ANAHITA | Anahita | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Fertility Deity | water; fertility; purity | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 2 | 0 | 0 | Powerful water and fertility deity. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_ANGRA_MAINYU | Angra Mainyu | Zoroastrian | Adversarial being | Adversarial Being | destruction; deception; evil | Zoroastrian | A | candidate_verified_name | Primary adversarial being | 4 | 1 | 0 | Destructive spirit opposed to Ahura Mazda. | demon | |||
| ENT_ZOR_APAM_NAPAT | Apam Napat | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Water Deity | the waters; fire within water; the royal glory | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | "Son of the Waters," the fiery spirit dwelling within the waters. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_APAOSHA | Apaosha | Zoroastrian | Demon | Drought Demon | drought; the withholding of rain | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Demon of drought | 0 | 0 | 0 | The demon of drought, defeated by Tishtrya in the battle for the rains. | demon | |||
| ENT_ZOR_ASHA_VAHISHTA | Asha Vahishta | Zoroastrian | Divine being | Divine Emanation | truth; order; fire; righteousness | Zoroastrian | A | candidate_verified_name | Amesha Spenta | 0 | 0 | 0 | Best Truth/Order. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_ASHI | Ashi | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Fortune Deity | reward; recompense; good fortune | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | The yazata of reward and good fortune, daughter of Ahura Mazda. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_ASMAN | Asman | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Sky Deity | the sky; the stone heaven | Iranian | B | candidate_verified_name | Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | The personified Sky, the outermost stone heaven. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_ASTOVIDATU | Astovidatu | Zoroastrian | Demon | Death Demon | death; the noose that drags the dying | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Demon of death | 0 | 1 | 0 | Asto-vidotu, the demon of death who casts the noose over the dying. | demon | |||
| ENT_ZOR_ATAR | Atar | Zoroastrian | Sacred power | Fire Power | fire; purity; ritual fire | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Sacred fire entity | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sacred divine fire. | abstraction | |||
| ENT_ZOR_AZ | Az | Zoroastrian | Demon | Demon of Greed | greed; concupiscence; insatiable hunger | Iranian | B | candidate_verified_name | Major demon | 0 | 1 | 0 | The demon of greed and concupiscence, who devours all and even threatens the other demons. | demon | |||
| ENT_ZOR_AZHI_DAHAKA | Azhi Dahaka | Zoroastrian | Dragon | Cosmic Serpent | the three-headed dragon; tyranny; chaos | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Cosmic dragon | 0 | 1 | 1 | The three-headed, six-eyed dragon, bound by Thraetaona until he breaks free at the end of time. | monster | |||
| ENT_ZOR_BUSHYASTA | Bushyasta | Zoroastrian | Demon | Sloth Demon | sloth; lethargy; oversleeping | Iranian | B | candidate_verified_name | Demon | 0 | 1 | 0 | The long-handed demoness of sloth, who keeps the faithful from rising for prayer. | demon | |||
| ENT_ZOR_CHISTA | Chista | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Wisdom Deity | knowledge; the straight paths | Iranian | B | candidate_verified_name | Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | The yazata of right knowledge and the straight paths of religion. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_DAENA | Daena | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Personified Religion | conscience; religion; the inner self | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Personified Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conscience and religion personified, met as a maiden at the Chinvat Bridge. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_DAEVAS | Daevas | Zoroastrian | Adversarial collective | Adversarial Being | deception; disorder; false worship | Zoroastrian | A | candidate_verified_name | Adversarial collective | 3 | 1 | 0 | Hostile spiritual beings. | collective | |||
| ENT_ZOR_DRUJ | Druj | Zoroastrian | Demon | The Lie | falsehood; deceit; the cosmic Lie | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Gathic principle of evil | 0 | 1 | 0 | The Druj, the Lie/Falsehood, the cosmic opposite of Asha (Truth). | demon | |||
| ENT_ZOR_DRVASPA | Drvaspa | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Pastoral Deity | the health of horses and cattle | Iranian | B | candidate_verified_name | Yazata | 1 | 0 | 0 | The yazata who keeps horses and cattle sound. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_FRAVASHIS | Fravashis | Zoroastrian | Spirit collective | Spirit Collective | guardian spirits; souls; protection | Zoroastrian | A | candidate_verified_name | Guardian spirit collective | 2 | 0 | 0 | Protective spiritual prototypes/guardians. | collective | |||
| ENT_ZOR_GAYOMARD | Gayomard | Zoroastrian | Primordial being | First Man | primordial humanity; the first creation | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Primordial man | 1 | 0 | 0 | The primordial man, slain by Ahriman; from his seed sprang the human race. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_GEUSH_URVAN | Geush Urvan | Zoroastrian | Divine being | Primordial Soul | cattle; the soul of the living world | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Gathic figure | 1 | 0 | 0 | The Soul of the Primordial Bovine, whose complaint opens Yasna 29. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_HAOMA | Haoma | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Sacred Plant | the sacred plant and drink; healing; inspiration | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Deified ritual substance | 0 | 0 | 0 | The deified sacred plant and its pressed, immortality-giving drink. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_HAURVATAT | Haurvatat | Zoroastrian | Divine being | Divine Emanation | wholeness; health; water | Zoroastrian | A | candidate_verified_name | Amesha Spenta | 2 | 0 | 0 | Wholeness/Perfection. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_HVAR | Hvar Khshaeta | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Solar Deity | the sun; light; purification | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | "The radiant Sun," whose rising purifies the creation. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_INDRA_DAEVA | Indra | Zoroastrian | Demon | Arch-daeva | apostasy; the turning from righteousness | Iranian | B | candidate_verified_name | Arch-daeva (counter to Asha) | 0 | 1 | 0 | The arch-daeva Indra, who turns people from Asha Vahishta (Truth). | demon | |||
| ENT_ZOR_JEH | Jeh | Zoroastrian | Demon | Primal Female Demon | menstruation; defilement; the rousing of evil | Iranian | B | candidate_verified_name | Primal female demon | 0 | 1 | 0 | Jeh (Jahi), the primal Whore, who rouses Ahriman from his three-thousand-year stupor. | demon | |||
| ENT_ZOR_KERESASPA | Keresaspa | Zoroastrian | Hero | Monster-slayer | heroism; the club; the slaying of monsters | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Warrior hero | 0 | 0 | 0 | The club-bearing hero, slayer of the serpent Srvara and other monsters. | hero | |||
| ENT_ZOR_KHSHATHRA | Khshathra Vairya | Zoroastrian | Divine being | Divine Emanation | dominion; sovereignty; ideal rule | Zoroastrian | A | candidate_verified_name | Amesha Spenta | 0 | 0 | 0 | Desirable Dominion. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_KHVARENAH | Khvarenah | Zoroastrian | Divine power | Divine Glory | glory; fortune; royal legitimacy | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Personified divine power | 0 | 0 | 0 | The divine Glory (farr), the kavyan splendour that legitimates kings. | abstraction | |||
| ENT_ZOR_MAH | Mah | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Lunar Deity | the moon; the seed of cattle | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | The Moon, keeper of the seed of cattle. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_MITHRA | Mithra | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Justice Deity | contracts; oaths; covenant; light | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | Guardian of covenants and oaths. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_NAIRYOSANGHA | Nairyosangha | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Messenger Deity | divine messages; the sacred fire of priests | Iranian | B | candidate_verified_name | Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | The messenger of Ahura Mazda. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_NANGHAITHYA | Nanghaithya | Zoroastrian | Demon | Arch-daeva | discontent; heresy; presumption | Iranian | B | candidate_verified_name | Arch-daeva (counter to Armaiti) | 0 | 1 | 0 | The daeva of discontent, opposing Spenta Armaiti (Devotion). | demon | |||
| ENT_ZOR_NASU | Nasu | Zoroastrian | Demon | Corpse Demon | putrefaction; corpse-pollution | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Demon of corpse-pollution | 0 | 1 | 0 | The Druj Nasu, the corpse-fly demon of putrefaction who rushes upon the dead. | demon | |||
| ENT_ZOR_RASHNU | Rashnu | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Justice Deity | justice; the weighing of souls | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | The yazata of justice who weighs souls at the Chinvat Bridge. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_SAOSHYANT | Saoshyant | Zoroastrian | Savior figure | Eschatological Savior | the final renovation; resurrection; the defeat of evil | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Eschatological savior | 0 | 0 | 0 | Astvat-ereta, the future savior born of Zoroaster's seed who brings the Frashokereti. | prophet | |||
| ENT_ZOR_SAURVA | Saurva | Zoroastrian | Demon | Arch-daeva | misrule; tyranny; oppression | Iranian | B | candidate_verified_name | Arch-daeva (counter to Khshathra) | 0 | 1 | 0 | The daeva of misrule, opposing Khshathra Vairya (Dominion). | demon | |||
| ENT_ZOR_SPENTA_ARMATI | Spenta Armaiti | Zoroastrian | Divine being | Fertility Deity | earth; devotion; piety | Zoroastrian | A | candidate_verified_name | Amesha Spenta | 5 | 0 | 0 | Holy Devotion associated with Earth. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_SPENTA_MAINYU | Spenta Mainyu | Zoroastrian | Divine being | Creative Spirit | creation; goodness; the choice for life | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Gathic primal spirit | 0 | 0 | 0 | The Bounteous Spirit of Ahura Mazda, the twin who chose life against Angra Mainyu. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_SRAOSHA | Sraosha | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Angelic Being | obedience; prayer; protection; ritual; psychopomp | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | Divine obedience and ritual protection. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_THRAETAONA | Thraetaona | Zoroastrian | Hero | Dragon-slayer | heroism; healing; the binding of the dragon | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Dragon-slaying hero | 0 | 0 | 0 | The hero who smote and bound the three-headed dragon Azhi Dahaka. | hero | |||
| ENT_ZOR_TISHTRYA | Tishtrya | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Astral Deity | rain; the star Sirius; fertility | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | The star Sirius, rain-bringer who defeats the drought-demon Apaosha. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_VAYU | Vayu | Zoroastrian | Yazata | Wind Deity | wind; the intermediate air; fate | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | The dual wind-god, both beneficent and dangerous. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_VERETHRAGNA | Verethragna | Zoroastrian | Yazata | War Deity | victory; war; might | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Yazata | 0 | 0 | 0 | The yazata of victory, manifest in ten incarnations. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_VIZARESH | Vizaresh | Zoroastrian | Demon | Psychopomp Demon | the dragging-off of wicked souls | Iranian | B | candidate_verified_name | Demon | 0 | 1 | 0 | The demon who drags the souls of the wicked toward the abyss. | demon | |||
| ENT_ZOR_VOHU_MANAH | Vohu Manah | Zoroastrian | Divine being | Divine Emanation | good mind; wisdom; ethical thought | Zoroastrian | A | candidate_verified_name | Amesha Spenta | 0 | 0 | 0 | Good Mind. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_YIMA | Yima | Zoroastrian | Primordial king | First King | the first kingship; the vara refuge; the golden age | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Primordial ruler | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yima Khshaeta, the first king, who built the vara to shelter life from the great winter. | ruler | |||
| ENT_ZOR_ZARATHUSTRA | Zarathustra | Zoroastrian | Prophet | Founder-prophet | revelation; the Gathas; the founding of the religion | Iranian | A | candidate_verified_name | Founder-prophet | 0 | 0 | 0 | The prophet Zarathushtra, recipient of the revelation of Ahura Mazda. | prophet | |||
| ENT_ZOR_ZURVAN | Zurvan | Zoroastrian | Supreme deity | Time Deity | infinite time; fate; the father of the twin spirits | Iranian | B | candidate_verified_name | Zurvanite high god | 0 | 0 | 0 | In the Zurvanite system, Time, the father of Ohrmazd and Ahriman. | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_ZURVAN_AKARANA | Zurvan akarana | Zoroastrian | Aspect of deity | Time Deity | boundless time; infinity; eternity | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Zurvan akarana, 'Boundless/Infinite Time' — the unconditioned, eternal aspect of Zurvan from which the cosmos and the finite world-cycle proceed in Zurvanite speculation (Zaehner, Zurvan, esp. pp. 89-105 on the two zurvans). | deity | |||
| ENT_ZOR_ZURVAN_DAREGHO | Zurvan daregho-chvadhata | Zoroastrian | Aspect of deity | Time Deity | finite time; time of long dominion; the world-age | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Zurvan daregho-chvadhata, 'Time of Long Dominion' — the finite, measured time (the 9,000/12,000-year world-cycle) into which Boundless Time issues so that the conflict of Ohrmazd and Ahriman can be played out and resolved (Zaehner, Zurvan, pp. 89-105, 219ff.). | 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]);