DeityDB

A source-traceable comparative-religion database mapping divine beings, cosmologies, and theological relationships across 137 Western traditions.

William Blake, The Ancient of Days (1794) · British Museum · Public domain

4,130 entities 7,161 relationships 137 traditions 581 sources

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BrowseSearch and filter every divine figure, spirit, and cosmic being. GraphSee how one figure connects — expand the web around it, node by node. ConnectionsHow whole traditions link — as a heatmap or a constellation. TimelineWhen each tradition is attested — the Early Dynastic Nile to the modern occult revival. LineagesTrace a source-traced reception chain as a figure passes from one tradition to the next. Find a PathThe shortest source-traced chain of relationships between any two figures. ConstellationThe whole dataset as one zoomable map — every figure a star, clustered by tradition.
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All Cross-Tradition LinksEvery comparative bridge — reception, syncretism, equation, cognate — each with its source. The Cross-Tradition WebWhich traditions connect, and how strongly — the tradition-to-tradition matrix. Reception ChainsFollow a figure across traditions — Matar → Cybele → Magna Mater; Lugus → Lugh → Lleu. Cross-Traditional ParallelsThe explicit equations — where a writer or scholar called two figures the same god. Most Connected EntitiesThe fifty entities with the most relationships — the theological hubs of the network. Tradition OverviewAll 137 traditions ranked by entity count — a one-page map.

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About DeityDB

DeityDB is a source-traceable comparative-religion ontology covering 137 traditions — from Greek and Egyptian antiquity through Second Temple Judaism, Gnosticism, Islam, and medieval Jewish mysticism. Every entity and relationship traces to an academic or primary source.

Traditions covered include Greek, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Canaanite/Ugaritic, Israelite/Second Temple, Roman, Celtic, Germanic/Norse, Christian, Gnostic, Mandaean, Manichaean, Zoroastrian, Islamic (incl. Sufi and Shīʿa), Jewish mystical, Hermetic, Etruscan, Scythian, Phrygian, Baltic, Slavic, Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Thracian, Armenian, Finnish, Urartian, Meroitic, Iberian/Lusitanian, Aramean, Luwian, Elamite, and more.

github.com/jebboone/deitydb  ·  MIT License  ·  v2.1.79

Data & Methodology

Entities are classified by kind — gods, angels, demons, aeons, archons, prophets, saints, heroes, spirits, and cosmological realms — and never collapsed into a single category. Relationships are typed (patron_of, emanates_from, opposes, reception_of, parallel_to…) for precise ontological queries.

The full PostgreSQL schema and seed data are open-source. Every classification traces to a source record, prioritising academic editions and primary texts. Contributions are welcome via pull request on GitHub.

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