Entities

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 entity_class to filter by kind (19 controlled values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, etc.). category is free text (1,148 values) and is not a reliable filter. Use tradition to filter by tradition. The short_note column contains a scholarly description with source citations.

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 (934 distinct values; see entity_class for the controlled grouping)'}
category
{'description': 'Free-text functional category (1,148 distinct values, not normalised — filter on entity_class instead)'}
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'}

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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_ABUNDANCE Abundance   Cross-traditional Abstract power/category Abstraction abundance; nourishment; plenty; surplus   Comparative   A candidate_verified_name cross-traditional abstract category 4 0 0 Cross-traditional abstraction for abundance, nourishment, and plenty. abstraction
ENT_ABYSS Abyss   Cross-traditional Cosmological place/category Cosmological Realm abyss; pit; deep; underworld; chaos depth   Comparative   A candidate_verified_name cross-traditional abyss category 5 1 0 Cross-traditional abstraction for abyss, pit, deep, or lower cosmic depth. realm
ENT_ACASTE Acaste   Greek Oceanid Sea Spirit sea nymph; Oceanid; the waters   Greek archaic Greek A candidate_verified_name Primary attestation (Theogony 346-366) 1 0 0 One of the Oceanids, daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, named in the Oceanid catalogue of the Theogony of Hesiod. spirit
ENT_ACCUSATION Accusation   Cross-traditional Abstract power/category Abstraction accusation; adversary; prosecution; testing   Comparative   A candidate_verified_name cross-traditional legal/moral category 1 0 0 Cross-traditional abstraction for accusation and adversarial prosecution. abstraction
ENT_ACESO Aceso   Greek Healing goddess/personification Healing Figure healing process; cure; recovery   Asclepian   B candidate_verified_name Greek healing cult figure 1 0 0 Healing figure associated with the process of cure. abstraction
ENT_ACHELOOS Acheloos   Greek River god/Potamos River Deity river; freshwater; local geography potamos;freshwater;local cult potential Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 4 0 0 Named river-god/Potamos; some rows may need place disambiguation. deity
ENT_ACHELOUS Achelous   Greek River-god (Potamos) River Deity river-god; Potamoi; the rivers   Greek archaic Greek A candidate_verified_name Hesiod Theogony primary attestation (river catalogue) 3 0 0 One of the river-gods (Potamoi), sons of Oceanus and Tethys, named in the river catalogue of Hesiod Theogony. deity
ENT_ACHELOUS_MINOR Achelous Minor   Greek River god/Potamos River Deity river; freshwater; local geography potamos;freshwater;local cult potential Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 4 0 0 Named river-god/Potamos; some rows may need place disambiguation. deity
ENT_ACHERON Acheron   Greek Underworld river god Underworld Place underworld river; pain chthonic;river Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 5 1 0 Chthonic, underworld, or local cult seed entity. deity
ENT_ACHERON_RIVER Acheron River   Greek River god/Potamos River Deity river; freshwater; local geography potamos;freshwater;local cult potential Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 4 0 0 Named river-god/Potamos; some rows may need place disambiguation. deity
ENT_ACHILLES Achilles   Greek Hero/deified mortal/cult figure Hero hero cult; local mythic memory hero cult;apotheosis or local cult potential Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception A candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 2 0 0 Hero or apotheosed mortal category; cult status must be checked per locality. hero
ENT_ACHLYS Achlys   Greek Daimon/goddess Mortality Abstraction death mist; misery death Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 3 1 0 Chthonic, underworld, or local cult seed entity. spirit
ENT_ACTAEA Actaea   Greek Nereid Sea Spirit shore sea nymph nereid;sea Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 0 0 0 Sea divinity or Nereid/related sea being. spirit
ENT_ADIANTE Adiante   Greek Danaid Hero Danaid; daughter of Danaus   Greek archaic Greek A candidate_verified_name Apollodorus Library primary attestation (2.1.5) 1 0 0 One of the Danaids, the fifty daughters of Danaus, named in the Library of Apollodorus (2.1.5). hero
ENT_ADIKIA Adikia   Greek Daimon/personification Abstraction adikia daimon;personification Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 0 0 0 Personified abstraction or daimon; details require row-level review. spirit
ENT_ADITE Adite   Greek Danaid Hero Danaid; daughter of Danaus   Greek archaic Greek A candidate_verified_name Apollodorus Library primary attestation (2.1.5) 1 0 0 One of the Danaids, the fifty daughters of Danaus, named in the Library of Apollodorus (2.1.5). hero
ENT_ADMETE Admete   Greek Oceanid Sea Spirit sea nymph; Oceanid; the waters   Greek archaic Greek A candidate_verified_name Primary attestation (Theogony 346-366) 1 0 0 One of the Oceanids, daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, named in the Oceanid catalogue of the Theogony of Hesiod. spirit
ENT_ADONIS Adonis   Greek Vegetation deity Fertility Deity vegetation; lamentation rites near eastern;vegetation Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception A candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 4 0 0 Seed entity included for local, imported, rustic, mystery, or apotheosis comparanda. deity
ENT_ADONIS_HERO Adonis Hero   Greek Hero/deified mortal/cult figure Hero hero cult; local mythic memory hero cult;apotheosis or local cult potential Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 2 0 0 Hero or apotheosed mortal category; cult status must be checked per locality. hero
ENT_ADRASTEIA Adrasteia   Greek/Orphic Goddess/personification Fate Deity necessity; fate; inevitability; cosmic order   Orphic/theological   B candidate_verified_name Orphic/cosmic figure 1 0 0 Figure associated with necessity and cosmic inevitability; distinct from the nymph Adrasteia in some contexts. abstraction
ENT_ADRASTEIA_NYMPH Adrasteia Nymph   Greek Nymph Nymph nurse of Zeus nymph;cretan Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 2 0 0 Nymph/nature-spirit entry; many are literary, local, or collective categories rather than universal cult deities. spirit
ENT_AEACUS Aeacus   Greek Underworld judge Underworld Judge judge of dead hero;underworld Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 3 1 0 Chthonic, underworld, or local cult seed entity. deity
ENT_AEACUS_HERO Aeacus Hero   Greek Hero/deified mortal/cult figure Hero hero cult; local mythic memory hero cult;apotheosis or local cult potential Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 2 0 0 Hero or apotheosed mortal category; cult status must be checked per locality. hero
ENT_AEGINA Aegina   Greek Nymph Nymph island/lineage; local heroine nymph;place Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 2 0 0 Nymph/nature-spirit entry; many are literary, local, or collective categories rather than universal cult deities. spirit
ENT_AEGLE_HESPERID Aegle Hesperid   Greek Hesperid Garden Spirit evening/garden nymph hesperid Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 2 0 0 Nymph/nature-spirit entry; many are literary, local, or collective categories rather than universal cult deities. spirit
ENT_AELLO Aello   Greek Harpy Monster Harpy; storm-wind   Greek archaic Greek A candidate_verified_name Primary attestation (Theogony 265-269) 2 0 0 One of the Harpies (with Ocypete), winged storm-spirits, daughters of Thaumas. monster
ENT_AENEAS_GREEK_RECEPTION Aeneas Greek reception   Greek Hero/deified mortal/cult figure Hero hero cult; local mythic memory hero cult;apotheosis or local cult potential Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 2 0 0 Hero or apotheosed mortal category; cult status must be checked per locality. hero
ENT_AEOLUS Aeolus   Greek Keeper of winds Wind Spirit winds; storm control; weather   Mythic   B candidate_verified_name Greek wind figure 0 0 0 Keeper or ruler of winds in mythic tradition. deity
ENT_AESAR Aesar   Greek River god/Potamos River Deity river; freshwater; local geography potamos;freshwater;local cult potential Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 4 0 0 Named river-god/Potamos; some rows may need place disambiguation. deity
ENT_AESEPUS Aesepus   Greek River god/Potamos River Deity river; freshwater; local geography potamos;freshwater;local cult potential Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 4 0 0 Named river-god/Potamos; some rows may need place disambiguation. deity
ENT_AETHER Aether   Greek Protogenos/Primordial Primordial Power upper air protogenos;air Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 0 0 0 Seed entity from primordial/cosmic Greek categories. deity
ENT_AETHRA_OCEANID Aethra Oceanid   Greek Oceanid Water Spirit bright sky/water nymph oceanid Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 2 0 0 Nymph/nature-spirit entry; many are literary, local, or collective categories rather than universal cult deities. spirit
ENT_AGANIPPE Aganippe   Greek Naiad Water Spirit spring; inspiration naiad;spring Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 5 0 0 Nymph/nature-spirit entry; many are literary, local, or collective categories rather than universal cult deities. spirit
ENT_AGATHOS_DAIMON Agathos Daimon   Greek Daimon Household Spirit household prosperity; protection serpent;household;daimon Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception A candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 3 1 1 Chthonic, underworld, or local cult seed entity. spirit
ENT_AGAUE Agaue   Greek Nereid Sea Spirit sea nymph; Nereid; the sea   Greek archaic Greek A candidate_verified_name Hesiod Theogony primary attestation (Nereid catalogue) 1 0 0 One of the fifty Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of Nereus and Doris, named in the Nereid catalogue of the Theogony of Hesiod. spirit
ENT_AGLAIA Aglaia   Greek Grace goddess Grace Deity beauty; splendor; grace; charm   Mythic/cultic   A candidate_verified_name Greek grace goddess 1 0 0 One of the Charites, associated with splendor and beauty. deity
ENT_AGRICULTURE Agriculture   Cross-traditional Abstract power/category Abstraction agriculture; cultivation; crops; farming   Comparative   A candidate_verified_name cross-traditional agrarian category 4 0 0 Cross-traditional abstraction for agriculture, cultivation, crops, and farming. abstraction
ENT_AGRIUS Agrius   Greek Giant (Gigas) Giant giant; Gigantomachy   Greek archaic Greek A candidate_verified_name Apollodorus Library primary attestation (1.6) 2 0 0 Giant slain (with Thoas) by the Fates wielding brazen clubs in the Gigantomachy. spirit
ENT_AIDOS Aidos   Greek Daimon/personification Abstraction aidos daimon;personification Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 0 0 0 Personified abstraction or daimon; details require row-level review. spirit
ENT_AJAX Ajax   Greek Hero/deified mortal/cult figure Hero hero cult; local mythic memory hero cult;apotheosis or local cult potential Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 2 0 0 Hero or apotheosed mortal category; cult status must be checked per locality. hero
ENT_AKS_ASTAR Astar   Aksumite Astral deity Deity Venus; sky   regional   A candidate_verified_name Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0) 0 0 0 Aksumite reflex of the South-Arabian astral god ʿAthtar (Venus), named first in Ezana's pre-Christian triad 'Astar, Beher and Medr'. spirit
ENT_AKS_BEHER Beher   Aksumite Deity Deity sea; water; land   regional   B candidate_verified_name Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0) 0 0 0 Aksumite god of the sea (later 'land/country'), named in Ezana's triad; in the Greek version the maritime deity corresponds to Poseidon. deity
ENT_AKS_MAHREM Mahrem   Aksumite War deity Deity war; sovereignty; protection; royal patron   regional   A candidate_verified_name Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0) 0 0 0 Chief god and divine ancestor of the Aksumite kings, 'invincible to the enemy'; Ezana's Greek inscription equates him with Ares and styles the king 'son of Mahrem'. deity
ENT_AKS_MEDR Medr   Aksumite Deity Deity earth; fertility   regional   B candidate_verified_name Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0) 0 0 0 Aksumite earth god (Geʿez medr = 'earth/land'), the third member of Ezana's pre-Christian triad, aligned with the Greek earth deity. deity
ENT_AKS_PANTHEON The Pre-Christian Aksumite Pantheon   Aksumite Collective Pantheon pantheon; Dʿmt and Aksumite religion   regional   A candidate_verified_name Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0) 0 0 0 The pagan deities worshipped in the Dʿmt kingdom and pre-Christian Aksum, attested in the pre-monotheist inscriptions of King Ezana and in Dʿmt-period South-Arabian-derived dedications. collective
ENT_ALALA Alala   Greek Daimon/personification War Daimon war cry; battle shout; martial frenzy   Mythic/poetic   B candidate_verified_name Greek martial daimon 1 0 0 Personification of the war cry. spirit
ENT_ALASTOR Alastor   Greek Daimon/personification Avenging Daimon vengeance; blood-guilt; curse; ancestral pollution   Mythic/ritual vocabulary   B candidate_verified_name Greek avenging daimon 4 1 0 Avenging or curse-bearing daimon associated with blood-guilt and pollution. spirit
ENT_ALCYONEUS Alcyoneus   Greek Giant (Gigas) Giant giant; Gigantomachy; immortal in his homeland   Greek archaic Greek A candidate_verified_name Apollodorus Library primary attestation (1.6) 2 0 0 Giant slain by Heracles (revived when touching his native earth until dragged from it) in the Gigantomachy. spirit
ENT_ALC_AZOTH Azoth   Alchemical Abstract/cosmological category principle universal solvent; first matter; transforming agent   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Azoth, the universal transforming agent/first-and-last principle of the work, often identified with Philosophical Mercury; a key operative term of the practiced art (Paracelsus, Basil Valentine). abstraction
ENT_ALC_GREEN_LION The Green Lion   Alchemical Abstract/cosmological category principle crude prime matter; vitriol; dissolution   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Green Lion, personified raw/unripe matter or vitriol that 'devours the sun' (dissolves gold) early in the opus; a recurrent emblematic figure of the alchemical corpus. abstraction
ENT_ALC_KING The Alchemical King (Sol/Rex)   Alchemical Abstract/cosmological category principle solar principle; gold; the fixed masculine   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Red King / Sol, solar 'masculine' partner of the royal pair whose union (the chymical wedding) is enacted symbolically in the alchemical opus. abstraction
ENT_ALC_MERCURY_PHIL Philosophical Mercury   Alchemical Abstract/cosmological category principle mediating principle; spirit; volatility; transformation   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Mercurius philosophorum, the volatile mediating spirit-principle of the tria prima and chief agent of transmutation; revered in the corpus as the duplex/ambivalent Mercurius, not ordinary quicksilver. Homonym: distinct from the Roman god Mercury and from Hermes Trismegistus. abstraction
ENT_ALC_PRINCIPLES The Alchemical Principles   Alchemical Abstract power/category collective alchemy; transmutation; Hermetic philosophy   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Collective hub for the personified principles of Western alchemy as engaged operatively and contemplatively within Hermetic-alchemical practice; basis for membership grouping, not a worshipped deity. abstraction
ENT_ALC_QUEEN The Alchemical Queen (Luna/Regina)   Alchemical Abstract/cosmological category principle lunar principle; silver; the volatile feminine   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The White Queen / Luna, lunar 'feminine' partner of the royal pair in the chymical wedding; counterpart of the King in the practiced coniunctio. abstraction
ENT_ALC_REBIS The Rebis   Alchemical Abstract/cosmological category principle coniunctio; hermaphrodite; union of opposites   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Rebis, the conjoined hermaphroditic offspring of the King and Queen embodying the union of opposites (coniunctio); a central goal-image of the alchemical work. abstraction
ENT_ALC_SALT Salt (Philosophical)   Alchemical Abstract/cosmological category principle passive principle; body; fixity   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Philosophical Salt, the fixed corporeal 'body' principle of the Paracelsian tria prima that binds Sulphur and Mercury; an operative category of the practiced art. abstraction
ENT_ALC_SULPHUR Sulphur (Philosophical)   Alchemical Abstract/cosmological category principle active masculine principle; soul; combustibility   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Philosophical Sulphur, the hot/dry active 'masculine' soul-principle of the tria prima; treated in alchemical practice as the fixing, coloring agent, distinct from common brimstone. abstraction
ENT_ALGEA Algea   Greek Daimon/personification Abstraction algea daimon;personification Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 0 0 0 Personified abstraction or daimon; details require row-level review. spirit
ENT_ALIMEDE Alimede   Greek Nereid Sea Spirit sea nymph; Nereid; the sea   Greek archaic Greek A candidate_verified_name Hesiod Theogony primary attestation (Nereid catalogue) 1 0 0 One of the fifty Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of Nereus and Doris, named in the Nereid catalogue of the Theogony of Hesiod. spirit
ENT_ALKE Alke   Greek Daimon/personification Abstraction alke daimon;personification Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 0 0 0 Personified abstraction or daimon; details require row-level review. spirit
ENT_ALPHEUS Alpheus   Greek River god/Potamos River Deity river; freshwater; local geography potamos;freshwater;local cult potential Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 4 0 0 Named river-god/Potamos; some rows may need place disambiguation. deity
ENT_ALV_ABDALAN_RUM Abdalan-i Rum (Abdals of Anatolia)   Alevi Initiate order Initiate order antinomian Anatolian dervish milieu   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The wandering antinomian dervish groups of medieval Anatolia among whom the Bektashi tradition crystallized; matrix of Alevi-Bektashi formation. Attested; Karamustafa, God's Unruly Friends. collective
ENT_ALV_BALIM_SULTAN Balim Sultan   Alevi Founder/saint Founder/saint organizer (pir-i sani) of the Bektashi order   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Early-16th-c. saint called the 'second pir' (pir-i sani) credited with systematizing Bektashi ritual and organization at the Pir Evi (Haji Bektash lodge). Attested; Birge. saint
ENT_ALV_BUYRUK Buyruk (the Book of Command)   Alevi Sacred text/principle Sacred text/principle doctrinal/catechetical text corpus   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Buyruk, the body of Alevi-Bektashi doctrinal texts transmitting belief, the cem, and the path; ascribed in tradition to Ja'far al-Sadiq / Shaykh Safi lineages. Attested manuscript tradition. abstraction
ENT_ALV_CEM Cem (the gathering)   Alevi Ritual category Ritual category core communal worship ceremony   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The central Alevi-Bektashi communal worship gathering led by a dede, modeled on the primordial Kirklar assembly; includes the semah. Publicly attested ritual category (interiors not modeled). Shankland; Birge. ritual
ENT_ALV_DEDE Dede (spiritual guide)   Alevi Spiritual office Spiritual office hereditary religious office leading the community   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The hereditary spiritual leader of an Alevi community, drawn from sacred lineages (ocak) tracing descent to the Ahl al-Bayt; presides over the cem. Attested institution; Shankland, Dressler. abstraction
ENT_ALV_HAJI_BEKTASH Haji Bektash Veli (Alevi-Bektashi veneration)   Alevi Saint Saint eponymous saint / pir of the path   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The 13th-c. Anatolian saint venerated as pir and patron of the Alevi-Bektashi path; the Alevi reception of the historical figure recorded at ENT_SUF_BEKTASH. Velayetname hagiography; Birge. saint
ENT_ALV_HIZIR Hizir (Alevi veneration)   Alevi Holy figure Holy figure immortal helper, patron of the distressed   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Alevi veneration of Hizir (Khidr) as the ever-living helper invoked in distress, honored with the Hizir fast; the Alevi reception of the figure at ENT_ISL_KHIDR. Attested in Alevi practice. saint
ENT_ALV_KAYGUSUZ Kaygusuz Abdal   Alevi Sufi poet Sufi poet early Bektashi saint-poet   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Late-14th/15th-c. dervish poet, a foundational Bektashi literary saint whose verse shaped the tradition's hymnody. Attested Bektashi poet; Birge, Karamustafa. sage
ENT_ALV_KIRKLAR Kirklar Meclisi (Assembly of the Forty)   Alevi Saint collective Saint collective mystical assembly / archetype of the cem   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Forty Saints (Kirklar) whose primordial assembly, presided over by Ali, is the mythic archetype of the cem ceremony; central Alevi-Bektashi collective. Attested in Birge and Alevi buyruk lore. Cohort hub. collective
ENT_ALV_KIZILBASH Kizilbash (Qizilbash, Alevi forebears)   Alevi Movement Movement historical Safavid-allied Anatolian devotees   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Kizilbash, the Safavid-allied heterodox Anatolian Turkmen devotees of Ali and the Safavid shaykhs, the historical antecedent of modern Alevis. Attested; Dressler, Karamustafa. collective
ENT_ALV_MUHARREM Muharrem / Matem (Alevi mourning)   Alevi Ritual/devotional category Ritual/devotional category mourning observance for Husayn and the Imams   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Alevi twelve-day Muharrem mourning fast (matem) commemorating Husayn's martyrdom at Karbala and the Twelve Imams, ended by Ashura. Publicly attested observance; Shankland. ritual
ENT_ALV_OCAK Ocak (sacred lineage)   Alevi Spiritual/social category Spiritual/social category hereditary holy lineage system   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The system of sacred hearths/lineages from which dedes descend, claiming genealogical connection to the Imams and saints; organizes Alevi sacred authority. Attested; Dressler. abstraction
ENT_ALV_PIR_SULTAN Pir Sultan Abdal   Alevi Mystic/saint Mystic/saint saint-poet / martyr of the tradition   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 16th-c. Alevi saint-poet (asik) executed by Ottoman authorities; his nefes hymns are central to Alevi devotional repertoire and identity. Attested poet of the Kizilbash-Alevi milieu. saint
ENT_ALV_SEMAH Semah   Alevi Ritual category Ritual category turning ritual dance within the cem   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The ritual turning movement performed during the cem, understood as imitating the turning of the Forty and the cosmos. UNESCO-recognized; publicly attested. Birge. ritual
ENT_ALV_TRINITY Allah-Muhammad-Ali (the Alevi triad)   Alevi Theological category Theological category divine unity expressed as a triadic formula   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Alevi-Bektashi understanding of divine unity expressed in the formula Hak-Muhammad-Ali, in which Ali is venerated as the locus of divine manifestation; doctrinally distinct from Sunni Islam. Attested in Birge and Dressler. sage
ENT_ALV_TWELVE_IMAMS The Twelve Imams (Alevi veneration / On Iki Imam)   Alevi Holy collective Holy collective venerated Imams central to Alevi devotion   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Twelve Imams as venerated in Alevi-Bektashi devotion (On Iki Imam), commemorated in the Muharrem mourning and matem fast; the Alevi reception of the Shi'a Imamate (cf. ENT_ISL_INFALLIBLES / ENT_ISL_AHL_BAYT). Attested. collective
ENT_ALW_ALI Ali (the Ma'na / Meaning)   Alawite Deified figure Deified figure divine essence,meaning,supreme principle   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Attested: in Nusayri-Alawi doctrine Ali ibn Abi Talib is the Ma'na, the divine essence/Meaning behind manifestation. Homonym/same person as mainstream Shi'i Imam ENT_ISL_ALI, venerated differently (deified, not merely first Imam). hero
ENT_ALW_AYN_MIM_SIN_DOCTRINE Ayn-Mim-Sin (the trinitarian formula)   Alawite Doctrine Doctrine theology,trinity,initiation   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Attested core doctrine: the AMS confession encoding the triad Ma'na-Ism-Bab (Ali-Muhammad-Salman), recited as the foundational creed of the initiated (Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002). abstraction
ENT_ALW_BAB al-Bab (the Gate)   Alawite Divine principle/person Divine principle gate,mediation,initiation   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Attested doctrinal principle: the Gate, third hypostasis emanated from the Name, the mediator of esoteric knowledge, borne by Salman in the Muhammadan cycle. abstraction
ENT_ALW_IBN_NUSAYR Ibn Nusayr al-Namiri   Alawite Prophet/revealer Prophet/revealer founder,prophecy,revelation   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Attested historical figure (d. c. 868): Abu Shu'ayb Muhammad ibn Nusayr al-Namiri al-Numayri, the eponymous founder-prophet of the Nusayriyya, who claimed to be the Bab of the tenth Imam Ali al-Hadi / al-Askari (Friedman 2010). prophet
ENT_ALW_ISM al-Ism (the Name)   Alawite Divine principle/person Divine principle name,veil,manifestation   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Attested doctrinal principle: the Name, the second hypostasis emanated from the Ma'na, the veil of manifestation, borne by Muhammad in the Muhammadan cycle. abstraction
ENT_ALW_KHASIBI al-Husayn ibn Hamdan al-Khasibi   Alawite Sufi master/author Theologian doctrine,organization,theology   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Attested historical figure (d. c. 969): the organizer and systematizer of the Nusayri religion, author of the Kitab al-Hidaya al-Kubra, who established the community in Aleppo and Baghdad (Friedman 2010; Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002). sage
ENT_ALW_MANA al-Ma'na (the Meaning)   Alawite Divine principle/person Divine principle divine essence,meaning,supreme principle   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Attested doctrinal principle (Halm 1982; Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002): the hidden divine essence/Meaning, the first hypostasis of the triad, embodied in each cycle by Ali. abstraction
ENT_ALW_MUHAMMAD Muhammad (the Ism / Name)   Alawite Divine manifestation Divine manifestation name,veil,manifestation   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Attested: Muhammad is the Ism (Name) and the hijab/veil through which the Ma'na is manifested. Same person as the Prophet ENT_ISL_MUHAMMAD, theologically subordinated to Ali in Nusayri doctrine (homonym). deity
ENT_ALW_MUQADDASIYYA The Aytam / Five Incomparable Ones (al-Aytam al-Khamsa)   Alawite Holy collective Holy collective cosmology,intercession,sacred company   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Attested cosmological collective (Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002): the five 'orphans/incomparables' (aytam), spiritual hierarchs emanated below the Bab who administer the cosmos. Publicly attested function only. collective
ENT_ALW_SALMAN Salman (the Bab / Gate)   Alawite Divine manifestation Divine manifestation gate,mediation,initiation   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Attested: Salman al-Farisi is the Bab (Gate), the mediating gateway who transmits knowledge of the Ma'na. Same person as ENT_ISL_SALMAN, Companion of the Prophet (homonym). deity
ENT_ALW_SEVEN_CYCLES The Seven Cycles of Manifestation (al-Adwar al-Sab'a)   Alawite Doctrine Doctrine cyclical manifestation,cosmology,history   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Attested doctrine (Halm 1982; Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002): the Ma'na manifests through seven historical cycles, each with its own Ism and Bab, culminating in the Ali-Muhammad-Salman (Muhammadan) cycle. abstraction
ENT_ALW_TAQAMMUS Tanasukh / Taqammus (transmigration of souls)   Alawite Doctrine Doctrine soul,reincarnation,eschatology   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Attested doctrine: belief in the transmigration/metempsychosis of souls (taqammus), tied to the cyclical descent of the divine and the moral state of the initiate (Friedman 2010). abstraction
ENT_ALW_TRINITY Ayn-Mim-Sin (the Alawite Trinity)   Alawite Divine collective Divine collective divine triad,manifestation,cosmology   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Attested (Friedman 2010; Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002) as the central Nusayri-Alawi triad of three letters: Ayn (Ali), Mim (Muhammad), Sin (Salman). Cohort hub. collective
ENT_AMALTHEIA Amaltheia   Greek Nymph/goat nurse Nymph nurse of Zeus; mount Ida nymph;mountain Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 5 0 0 Nymph/nature-spirit entry; many are literary, local, or collective categories rather than universal cult deities. spirit
ENT_AMECHANIA Amechania   Greek Daimon/personification Abstraction amechania daimon;personification Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 0 0 0 Personified abstraction or daimon; details require row-level review. spirit
ENT_AMM_MILKOM Milkom   Ammonite National deity War Deity national sovereignty; war; kingship; Ammon       A           National deity of the Ammonites; also spelled Milcom, Malcam. Name from Proto-Semitic *mlk (king); the deity's name literally means "the King." Primary attestation in the Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings 11:5,33 record Solomon building a high place for Milkom "the abomination of the Ammonites"; 2 Kings 23:13 records Josiah's destruction of that high place; Jeremiah 49:1,3 asks "Why has Milkom dispossessed Gad?" and announces Milkom's exile; Zephaniah 1:5 condemns those who swear by Milkom. The Tell Siran bottle inscription (c. 600 BCE; from Amman) and Ammonite personal names with theophoric Milkom elements (*mlkm, *mlky) confirm the deity's prominence in the Ammonite royal cult. The identification of Milkom with Molech (the deity associated with child sacrifice in Leviticus 18:21 etc.) is debated; most contemporary scholars treat them as distinct, though both derive from *mlk. Cross (1973) p. 228; DDD Bible, "Milcom" entry. deity
ENT_AMPHIARAUS Amphiaraus   Greek Hero-god Oracle Figure dream healing; oracle hero cult;incubation Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception A candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 3 1 0 Chthonic, underworld, or local cult seed entity. hero
ENT_AMPHILOGIAI Amphilogiai   Greek Daimon/personification Abstraction amphilogiai daimon;personification Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 0 0 0 Personified abstraction or daimon; details require row-level review. spirit
ENT_AMPHIRHO Amphirho   Greek Oceanid Sea Spirit sea nymph; Oceanid; the waters   Greek archaic Greek A candidate_verified_name Primary attestation (Theogony 346-366) 1 0 0 One of the Oceanids, daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, named in the Oceanid catalogue of the Theogony of Hesiod. spirit
ENT_AMPHITRITE Amphitrite   Greek Nereid/sea queen Sea Deity sea; queen of sea nereid;sea Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 0 0 0 Sea divinity or Nereid/related sea being. spirit
ENT_AMYMONE Amymone   Greek Danaid Hero Danaid; daughter of Danaus   Greek archaic Greek A candidate_verified_name Apollodorus Library primary attestation (2.1.5) 1 0 0 One of the Danaids, the fifty daughters of Danaus, named in the Library of Apollodorus (2.1.5). hero
ENT_ANANKE Ananke   Greek Protogenos/Primordial Primordial Power necessity; fate protogenos;fate Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception B candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 0 0 0 Seed entity from primordial/cosmic Greek categories. deity
ENT_ANEMOI Anemoi   Greek Wind gods collective Wind Spirit winds; weather; directions; seasonal forces   Pan-Hellenic/mythic   A candidate_verified_name Greek wind-god collective 0 0 0 Collective of Greek wind gods. collective

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