{"database": "deitydb", "table": "v_public_serpent_dragon_beings", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "", "rows": [[1, "ENT_ARM_VAHAGN", "Vahagn", "Armenian", "War Deity", null, "war; fire; lightning; dragon-slaying; victory; courage; vitality", "War deity and dragon-slayer of the Armenian pantheon; son of Aramazd. Name derived from Zoroastrian Verethragna (god of victory, smiter of evil, dragon-slayer) via Parthian Wahr\u0101gn. Khorenatsi (I.31) preserves the famous Vahagn birth hymn, the oldest surviving Armenian poem: \"In travail were heaven and earth, / In travail, too, the purple sea! / The travail held in the sea the small red reed. / Through the hollow of the reed came forth smoke, / Through the hollow of the reed came forth flame, / And out of the flame ran a youth. / He had hair of fire, he had a beard of flame, / And his eyes were as suns.\" Agathangelos (\u00a722) equates Vahagn with Heracles at his temple in Ashtishat and credits him with destroying a monster. He is associated with fire, the sun, and the primal vitality of the warrior. In the Artaxiad period his cult was primary at the same Ashtishat complex as Aramazd and Anahit. Russell (1987) pp. 443-500; Khorenatsi I.31; Agathangelos \u00a722."], [2, "ENT_BSQ_SUGAAR", "Sugaar (Sugoi)", "Basque", "Deity", 0, "serpents; storms; lightning", "Male serpent or dragon spirit, the consort of Mari, associated with thunder and storms; also called Sugoi or Maju."], [3, "ENT_CAN_HORON", "Horon", "Canaanite/Ugaritic", "God of magic", 1, "magic; exorcism; healing; snakebite", "A god of magic, exorcism and protection against snakebite (the serpent-charm myth)."], [4, "ENT_CAN_LOTAN", "Lotan", "Canaanite/Ugaritic", "Monster", 1, "chaos; sea; serpent; dragon", "Multi-headed sea serpent defeated by Baal."], [5, "ENT_CAN_YAM", "Yam", "Canaanite/Ugaritic", "Sea Deity", 1, "sea; chaos; primordial waters", "Sea deity and opponent of Baal."], [6, "ENT_CEL_SMERTRIOS", "Smertrios", "Celtic/Gaulish", "Warrior god", 0, "war; provision; the serpent-slayer", "A warrior and serpent-slaying god (\"the provider\"; cf. Rosmerta), on the Paris Pillar of the Boatmen; consort of Ancamna."], [7, "ENT_SAINT_GEORGE", "George", "Christian", "Saint", 1, "martyrdom; dragon-slaying; protection; military patronage", "Martyr and warrior saint associated with dragon-slaying."], [8, "ENT_CHR_MARGARET", "Margaret of Antioch", "Christian", "Helper-saint", 0, "childbirth; deliverance from the dragon", "The virgin-martyr Margaret, who burst from the dragon's belly, patroness of childbirth."], [9, "ENT_CHR_DRAGON_REVELATION", "Dragon of Revelation", "Christian/Biblical", "Monster", 1, "dragon; Satan; apocalypse; persecution", "Apocalyptic dragon of Revelation, associated with Satanic opposition."], [10, "ENT_CHR_LEVIATHAN", "Leviathan", "Christian/Biblical", "Monster", 1, "sea monster; chaos; serpent; dragon", "Biblical sea serpent/chaos monster received in Christian tradition."], [11, "ENT_DRAGON", "Dragon", "Cross-traditional", "Monster", 1, "dragon; serpent; chaos monster; monster combat", "Cross-traditional abstraction/category for dragon and serpent-monster figures."], [12, "ENT_EGY_AHA", "Aha", "Egyptian", "Apotropaic dwarf/lion protector", 0, "household and birth protection; warding evil; combat with serpents", "Aha ('the Fighter'), a leonine-dwarf apotropaic deity depicted strangling serpents on Middle Kingdom 'magic wands', an early antecedent of Bes."], [13, "ENT_EGY_APEP", "Apep", "Egyptian", "Chaos Monster", 1, "chaos; darkness; enemy of Ra; underworld", "Great serpent enemy of the solar god."], [14, "ENT_EGY_ANKHNETERU", "Ka-en-Ankh-Neteru (the World-Encircling Serpent)", "Egyptian", "Serpent of regeneration", 1, "nocturnal rebirth; the twelfth hour", "The great serpent \"Ka-en-Ankh-Neteru\" (\"Life of the Gods\") through whose body the barque is towed in the Amduat's twelfth hour, the sun entering aged and emerging reborn as Khepri. (Often shortened to Ankh-neteru.)"], [15, "ENT_EGY_MEHEN", "Mehen", "Egyptian", "Protective Deity", 1, "protection; solar bark; underworld", "Protective serpent associated with the nocturnal solar journey."], [16, "ENT_EGY_MERETSEGER", "Meretseger", "Egyptian", "Necropolis Deity", 1, "cobra; necropolis; protection; punishment", "Cobra goddess associated with the Theban necropolis."], [17, "ENT_EGY_NEHEBUKAU", "Nehebkau", "Egyptian", "Protective Deity", 1, "protection; ka; afterlife; nourishment", "Serpent deity associated with the ka and afterlife protection."], [18, "ENT_EGY_RENENUTET", "Renenutet", "Egyptian", "Fertility Deity", 1, "nourishment; harvest; destiny; protection; naming", "Goddess associated with nourishment, harvest, destiny, and protective abundance."], [19, "ENT_EGY_SAASET", "Saa-Set (gate-serpent of the Book of Gates)", "Egyptian", "Gate-keeper", 1, "guarding the gates of the Duat", "An upright guardian serpent whose name must be known for the barque to pass; opens the second gate of the night (Book of Gates)."], [20, "ENT_EGY_SETEMMAATF", "Set-em-maat-f (Guardian of the Hall of Maat)", "Egyptian", "Gate-keeper", 1, "guarding the Judgment Hall", "An upright guardian serpent set before the sixth gate of the night in the Book of Gates; the name must be known for the barque to pass."], [21, "ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_40", "Tcheser-tep", "Egyptian", "Judge of the dead", 1, "judgment of the dead", "Assessor 40 of Maat (BD 125), \"Holy of head\" / serpent with raised head, from the shrine; the deceased denies carrying off the cakes of the blessed dead."], [22, "ENT_EGY_TEKAHER", "Teka-her (Flaming-Face)", "Egyptian", "Gate-keeper", 1, "guarding the gates of the Duat", "\"He of the flaming face,\" an upright serpent guarding the fourth-hour gate of the Book of Gates (also Amduat, hour 3)."], [23, "ENT_EGY_WADJET", "Wadjet", "Egyptian", "Protective Deity", 1, "cobra; kingship; Lower Egypt; protection", "Cobra goddess and protectress of Lower Egypt."], [24, "ENT_EGY_WERETHEKAU", "Werethekau", "Egyptian", "Goddess of royal magic", 1, "royal protective magic; the crowns", "\"Great of Magic,\" a cobra- or lioness-headed goddess personifying the protective magic of the crowns and the king. (Distinct from the god Heka.)"], [25, "ENT_ETR_TUCHULCHA", "Tuchulcha", "Etruscan", "Adversarial Being", null, "underworld terror; punishment; chaos; serpent hair; demonic attendant", "Underworld daimon with vulture beak, donkey ears, and serpents; attested in the Tomba dell'Orco at Tarquinia (4th c. BCE) alongside Charun. Uniquely Etruscan with no Greek counterpart. A terror figure whose presence in tomb frescoes reflects the Etruscan conception of death as a violent, coerced journey."], [26, "ENT_ETR_VANTH", "Vanth", "Etruscan", "Underworld psychopomp", 1, "death; the conduct of the dead", "A winged female underworld being who attends and guides the dying; torch, scroll and serpents."], [27, "ENT_GSAGA_FAFNIR", "Fafnir", "Germanic Legend", "dragon", 0, "dragon, cursed hoard", "Dwarf-turned-dragon who guards the cursed gold of Andvari; slain by Sigurd. Brother of Reginn."], [28, "ENT_GSAGA_SIGURD", "Sigurd", "Germanic Legend", "hero", 0, "dragon-slaying, heroism", "The dragon-slayer (Old High German Siegfried), central hero of Volsunga saga who slays Fafnir and wins the cursed Andvari hoard; son of Sigmund. Sigur\u00f0r F\u00e1fnisbani = Nibelungenlied's Siegfried."], [29, "ENT_NOR_JORMUNGANDR", "J\u00f6rmungandr", "Germanic/Norse", "Monster", 1, "serpent; sea; world-encircling; eschatology", "World serpent and enemy of Thor."], [30, "ENT_NOR_NIDHOGG", "N\u00ed\u00f0h\u00f6ggr", "Germanic/Norse", "Monster", 1, "dragon; serpent; underworld; world tree", "Serpentine dragon associated with the roots of Yggdrasil."], [31, "ENT_NOR_RATATOSKR", "Ratatoskr", "Germanic/Norse", "Yggdrasil's creatures", 0, "strife-bearing between the eagle and the serpent", "The squirrel who runs up and down Yggdrasil carrying spiteful words between the eagle above and Nidhogg below."], [32, "ENT_GOE_VOLAC", "Volac", "Goetic/Solomonic", "Goetic demon", 0, "hidden treasure; knowledge of serpents", "The 62nd spirit, a President (Ualac/Valak), 38 legions; gives true answers of hidden treasures and reveals where serpents may be found, delivering them harmless to the magician."], [33, "ENT_AGATHOS_DAIMON", "Agathos Daimon", "Greek", "Household Spirit", 1, "household prosperity; protection", "Chthonic, underworld, or local cult seed entity."], [34, "ENT_ASCLEPIUS", "Asclepius", "Greek", "Healing Figure", 1, "medicine; dream healing; incubation", "Major or widely attested Greek religious/mythological entity."], [35, "ENT_ERINYES", "Erinyes", "Greek", "Underworld Deity", 1, "vengeance; oath punishment", "Major or widely attested Greek religious/mythological entity."], [36, "ENT_GLYCON", "Glycon", "Greek", "Oracle Figure", 1, "healing; prophecy; fortune", "Chthonic, underworld, or local cult seed entity."], [37, "ENT_HECATE", "Hecate", "Greek", "Underworld Deity", 1, "crossroads; magic; spirits; thresholds", "Major or widely attested Greek religious/mythological entity."], [38, "ENT_HYDRA", "Hydra", "Greek", "Monster", 1, "serpent; swamp; regeneration; poison; Heracles myth", "Lernaean Hydra slain by Heracles."], [39, "ENT_HYGIEIA", "Hygieia", "Greek", "Healing Figure", 1, "health; prevention; healing; Asclepian cult", "Goddess/personification of health, closely associated with Asclepius."], [40, "ENT_MEDUSA", "Medusa", "Greek", "Monster", 1, "monster; gorgon; petrifying gaze; Perseus myth", "Gorgon slain by Perseus."], [41, "ENT_OPHION", "Ophion", "Greek", "Primordial Power", 0, "cosmic serpent; early ruler", "Seed entity from primordial/cosmic Greek categories."], [42, "ENT_PYTHON", "Python", "Greek", "Oracle Figure", 1, "Delphic earth oracle", "Chthonic, underworld, or local cult seed entity."], [43, "ENT_TYPHON", "Typhon", "Greek", "Adversarial Being", null, "chaos; storm; serpent; typhoon; adversary of Zeus; monster father", "Last great monster of the pre-Olympian age; son of Gaia (and Tartaros); created to challenge Zeus after the defeat of the Titans; defeated by Zeus's thunderbolts and buried under Etna; Hesiod Theogony 820-880; parallel to the Hurrian Ullikummi and Hittite Illuyanka as a chaos monster challenging the storm god champion"], [44, "ENT_ZEUS_KTESIOS_CULT", "Zeus Ktesios", "Greek", "Household Deity", 1, "property protection; household prosperity; storage; abundance", "Household Zeus protecting property and possessions."], [45, "ENT_ZEUS_MEILICHIOS_CULT", "Zeus Meilichios", "Greek", "Chthonic Deity", 1, "propitiation; purification; household protection; chthonic Zeus", "Propitiatory chthonic form of Zeus, often associated with snake imagery."], [46, "ENT_SYN_AION", "Aion", "Greek/Roman/Egyptian", "Cosmic Deity", 1, "eternity; cosmic time; zodiac; cyclical renewal", "Cosmic figure of eternal time, often important in late antique syncretic religion."], [47, "ENT_LAT_AGATHOS_DAIMON_HERMETIC", "Agathos Daimon", "Hermetic/Greco-Egyptian", "Daimon", 1, "good daimon; revelation; Hermetic teacher; protection", "Agathos Daimon in Hermetic/Greco-Egyptian revelatory contexts; distinct from Greek household daimon if needed."], [48, "ENT_HTT_ILLUYANKA", "Illuyanka", "Hittite", "Adversarial Being", null, "chaos serpent; storm opponent; primordial dragon; Illuyanka myth", "Serpent/dragon defeated by the Hittite storm god Tarhunna in the Illuyanka myth; Tarhunna initially loses but ultimately defeats the serpent with the help of the mortal Hupasiya and the goddess Inaras; structural parallel to Zeus/Typhon and Apollo/Python in the \"storm god defeats chaos serpent\" combat myth tradition"], [49, "ENT_ISR_LEVIATHAN", "Leviathan", "Israelite/Second Temple", "Monster", 1, "sea monster; chaos; serpent; dragon", "Chaos sea monster/serpent with Northwest Semitic roots."], [50, "ENT_ISR_RAHAB", "Rahab", "Israelite/Second Temple", "Sea-dragon", 1, "the chaotic sea; primordial rebellion", "The sea-dragon of chaos crushed by Yahweh; a doublet of Leviathan."], [51, "ENT_LAT_BAZAZATH", "Bazazath", "Late Antique Ritual", "Angelic Being", null, "angelic control; winged dragon; second heaven; Solomonic demonology", null], [52, "ENT_LAT_KORUPHE", "Koruphe", "Late Antique Ritual", "Dragon Demon", null, "three-headed dragon; deafness; muteness; bodily affliction", null], [53, "ENT_LAT_WINGED_DRAGON", "Winged Dragon", "Late Antique Ritual", "Dragon Demon", null, "winged dragon; reproductive harm; fire; women; Solomonic demonology", null], [54, "ENT_MAN_UR", "Ur", "Mandaean", "Monster", 1, "darkness; underworld; monster; lower world", "Chthonic monster/being of darkness."], [55, "ENT_MES_BASHMU", "Bashmu", "Mesopotamian", "Horned serpent", 1, "the venomous horned serpent", "Bashmu, the horned venomous serpent among the monsters of Tiamat."], [56, "ENT_MES_ISHARA", "Ishara", "Mesopotamian", "Love/oath goddess", 1, "love; marriage; oaths; divination; the scorpion", "A goddess of love, marriage, oaths and divination (scorpion/Scorpius symbol), of Syrian origin, distinct from Ishtar."], [57, "ENT_MES_ISHTARAN", "Ishtaran", "Mesopotamian", "Justice deity", 1, "divine justice; the city of Der; serpents", "The divine judge and city-god of Der, served by the serpent-god Nirah."], [58, "ENT_MES_LAHAMU", "Lahamu", "Mesopotamian", "Theogonic pair", 1, "the primeval silt; the first generation", "The female counterpart of Lahmu, second of the primeval pair born of Apsu and Tiamat; parents of Anshar and Kishar."], [59, "ENT_MES_MUSHHUSHSHU", "Mushhushshu", "Mesopotamian", "Dragon", 1, "the snake-dragon; the symbol of Marduk", "The snake-dragon (\"furious serpent\") of the Ishtar Gate, emblem of Marduk and Nabu."], [60, "ENT_MES_NINAZU", "Ninazu", "Mesopotamian", "Underworld/healing deity", 1, "the underworld; healing; serpents", "The god of the underworld and healing, father of Ningishzida."], [61, "ENT_MES_NINGISHZIDA", "Ningishzida", "Mesopotamian", "Underworld/vegetation deity", 1, "the underworld; vegetation; serpents; the throne", "The chthonic serpent god of vegetation and the underworld threshold, personal god of Gudea."], [62, "ENT_MES_NIRAH", "Nirah", "Mesopotamian", "Deity", 0, "serpents; divine messenger; Der cult", "Serpent god and messenger (sukkal) of Ishtaran of Der, depicted as a snake; attested from the 3rd millennium onward. (His earlier \"son of Ishtaran\" modeling was incorrect \u2014 he is Ishtaran's minister, not son.)"], [63, "ENT_MES_TIAMAT", "Tiamat", "Mesopotamian", "Primordial Power", 1, "saltwater sea; chaos; creation; dragon/monster", "Primordial sea being defeated by Marduk in Babylonian cosmogony."], [64, "ENT_MES_TISHPAK", "Tishpak", "Mesopotamian", "War god", 1, "war; the serpent-dragon; the city of Eshnunna", "The warrior tutelary god of Eshnunna, associated with the mushhushshu-dragon, who locally supplanted Ninazu."], [65, "ENT_OPH_SERPENT", "Serpent", "Ophite/Archontic", "Revealer Figure", 1, "serpent; gnosis; revelation; Eden reinterpretation", "Serpent as revealer or symbolic figure in Ophite-style reinterpretations."], [66, "ENT_PHO_ESHMUN", "Eshmun", "Phoenician", "Healing Deity", null, "healing; serpent; Sidon; Asclepius-identified; mystery cult; dying deity", "Chief deity of Sidon; god of healing and medicine; identified with Asclepius throughout the Greco-Roman world; his great temple complex at Sidon (the Eshmunazar II sarcophagus inscriptions attest it) was later described by Greek authors as an Asclepion; attested in Phoenician inscriptions from Sidon, Carthage, and across the western Mediterranean"], [67, "ENT_PHO_SHADRAPA", "Shadrapa", "Phoenician", "Healing god", 1, "healing; protection from venom", "\"Shed has healed,\" a healing god depicted as a youth with serpent and scorpion; in Punic Africa equated with Liber/Dionysus."], [68, "ENT_SCYTH_API", "Api", "Scythian", "Nature Deity", null, "earth; ground; chthonic; serpent-goddess; Gaea-equivalent; Scythian cosmology", "Earth goddess; equated by Herodotus with Gaia/Ge (Histories 4.59.2). Described as wife of Papaeus (Zeus-equivalent). Name from Iranian *api (water, later earth); related to Avestan \u0101p- (water). Represents the divine earth-mother of the Scythian cosmological pair sky-earth. Cunliffe (2019) p. 203."], [69, "ENT_GNO_YALDABAOTH", "Yaldabaoth", "Sethian", "Archon", 1, "demiurge; ignorance; lion-serpent; world ruler", "Demiurgic archon, often lion-faced serpent, in Sethian/Ophite traditions."], [70, "ENT_SLAV_ZMEY_GORYNYCH", "Zmey Gorynych", "Slavic", "Folktale dragon", 0, "fire; chaos; the dragon-slaying combat", "The multi-headed fire-breathing dragon of East-Slavic byliny and folktales, slain by heroes such as Dobrynya Nikitich."], [71, "ENT_SABAZIOS", "Sabazios", "Thracian", "Mystery Deity", 1, "sky; thunder; mystery cult; serpent; ecstasy; protection; initiation", "Thracian (and Phrygian) sky-thunder deity received into Greek and Roman mystery religion. Attested in Athens from the 5th c. BCE: Aristophanes mocks the Sabazian cult in Wasps (422 BCE) and Birds (414 BCE); Demosthenes' On the Crown (330 BCE) alludes to Sabazian initiatory rites. Herodotus 5.7 identifies the three Thracian gods as Ares, Dionysus, and Artemis \u2014 scholarship identifies the Dionysian/ecstatic position with Sabazios. In the Roman period he appears as Zeus Sabazios (syncretism with the sky-father) in votive tablets from Rome and Anatolia. The cult's characteristic emblem is the manus Sabaziana \u2014 an open hand showing the serpent, pine cone, and other divine attributes. Archibald (1998) ch. 8; Burkert (1985) pp. 179-181."], [72, "ENT_VOD_AYIDA_WEDO", "Ayida-Wedo", "Vodou", "lwa", 0, "rainbow serpent; sky; fertility", "Rada rainbow-serpent lwa, consort of Damballa; the serpent pair embodies cosmic balance. Publicly attested. Living tradition."], [73, "ENT_VOD_DAMBALLA", "Damballa Wedo", "Vodou", "lwa", 0, "serpent; creation; sky; purity; ancestral wisdom", "Rada serpent lwa, ancient and benevolent creator-associated spirit, consort of Ayida-Wedo; popularly imaged as St Patrick (serpents). Publicly attested. Living tradition."], [74, "ENT_ZOR_AZHI_DAHAKA", "Azhi Dahaka", "Zoroastrian", "Cosmic Serpent", 1, "the three-headed dragon; tyranny; chaos", "The three-headed, six-eyed dragon, bound by Thraetaona until he breaks free at the end of time."], [75, "ENT_ZOR_THRAETAONA", "Thraetaona", "Zoroastrian", "Dragon-slayer", 0, "heroism; healing; the binding of the dragon", "The hero who smote and bound the three-headed dragon Azhi Dahaka."]], "truncated": false, "filtered_table_rows_count": 75, "expanded_columns": [], "expandable_columns": [], "columns": ["rowid", "entity_id", "canonical_name", "tradition", "category", "serpent_flag", "primary_domains", "short_note"], "primary_keys": [], "units": {}, "query": {"sql": "select rowid, entity_id, canonical_name, tradition, category, serpent_flag, primary_domains, short_note from v_public_serpent_dragon_beings order by rowid limit 101", "params": {}}, "facet_results": {}, "suggested_facets": [{"name": "tradition", "toggle_url": "http://deitydb-explorer.fly.dev/deitydb/v_public_serpent_dragon_beings.json?_facet=tradition"}, {"name": "serpent_flag", "toggle_url": "http://deitydb-explorer.fly.dev/deitydb/v_public_serpent_dragon_beings.json?_facet=serpent_flag"}], "next": null, "next_url": null, "private": false, "allow_execute_sql": true, "query_ms": 48.081283000101394, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}