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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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
ENT_ANGELS,Angels,,Cross-traditional,Supernatural collective category,Angelic Collective,angels; heavenly messengers; divine envoys,,Comparative,,A,candidate_verified_name,cross-traditional angelic category,0,0,0,Cross-traditional abstraction for angels and heavenly messengers.,collective
ENT_ANGF_ZODIAC_12,The Twelve Zodiacal Angels,,Renaissance Esoteric,Collective,Collective,astrology; angelology; zodiac,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Closed, enumerable set of twelve angels governing the twelve signs of the zodiac per Agrippa, De occulta philosophia II.14 (the Scale of Twelve). A structural collective; member angels attested in Agrippa and catalogued by Davidson.",collective
ENT_ANT_ADVERSARIES,The Threefold Adversaries,,Anthroposophy,Adversarial collective,Adversarial collective,adversary powers; threefold opposition; the Lucifer-Ahriman-Asuras grouping,,literary,,B,candidate_verified_name,Modern-strand deepening (v1.75.0),0,0,0,"Collective grouping the three classes of adversary-being in Steiner's cosmology (Lucifer, Ahriman, and the Asuras), whose opposed pulls human spiritual development must learn to balance.",collective
ENT_ANT_ASURAS,The Asuras,,Anthroposophy,Adversarial collective,Adversarial collective,spirit-self corruption; egoity; destruction of the I; the most dangerous temptation,,literary,,B,candidate_verified_name,Modern-strand deepening (v1.75.0),0,0,0,"In Steiner's teaching the third and most dangerous class of adversary-beings, attacking the human spirit-self (the 'I'); the name is borrowed from the Indian asuras but designates a distinct Anthroposophical class.",collective
ENT_ARAB_KAABA_IDOLS,The Idols of Pre-Islamic Arabia,,Pre-Islamic Arabian,Collective,Pantheon,idol cult; tribal patron deities; Arabian sanctuaries,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0),0,0,0,"Collective of the betyls and idols of pre-Islamic Arabia catalogued in Ibn al-Kalbi's Kitab al-Asnam (Book of Idols). NB: the Kaʿba idols proper (Hubal, Isaf, Naʾila…) and the five antediluvian idols of Qurʾan 71:23 (Wadd, Suwaʿ, Yaghuth, Yaʿuq, Nasr, framed there as the idols of Noah's people) are distinct sets grouped here under one umbrella.",collective
ENT_ARMC_FATHERS,Fathers and Saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church,,Armenian Christian,Saint collective,Collective,"national church, sanctity, apostolic lineage",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Collective hub for the founding and formative saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church; a modeling hub, not an attested single figure.",collective
ENT_ART_ROUND_TABLE,The Knights of the Round Table,,Arthurian,Collective,Order of chivalry,chivalry; fellowship; defense of the realm; the Grail quest,,literary,,B,candidate_verified_name,Arthurian legend / Matter of Britain (v1.78.0),0,0,0,"The fellowship of knights sworn to Arthur, gathered about the Round Table at Camelot.",collective
ENT_AST_LUNAR_MANSIONS,The Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions (Manazil al-Qamar),,Astral Magic,Collective,Astral powers,lunar astrology; magical elections; talismanic timing; binding and loosing,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Astral-magic power of the Picatrix (Ghayat al-Hakim),0,0,0,"Picatrix I.4 sets out the works of the Moon through each of her 28 mansions (manazil al-qamar), used to elect favorable times for talismans and operations.",collective
ENT_AST_PLANETARY_SPIRITS,The Seven Planetary Spirits of the Picatrix,,Astral Magic,Collective,Astral powers,astral magic; planetary spirits; talismanic conjuration; Sabian planetary cult,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Astral-magic power of the Picatrix (Ghayat al-Hakim),0,0,0,"Picatrix Book III treats the seven planets as living spiritual powers ritually invoked (the Harranian Sabian planetary prayers), each with its Arabic name, governing spirit and prayer.",collective
ENT_ASX_PANTHEON,Anglo-Saxon Pantheon,,Anglo-Saxon,collective,collective,pantheon,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Hub collective for the pre-Christian Old English gods reconstructed from royal genealogies, place-names, charms, Bede and Norse cognates.",collective
ENT_AURAE,Aurae,,Greek,Nymph collective,Wind Spirit,breezes,nymph;collective;air,Greek world,Archaic-Classical/Roman reception,C,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.",collective
ENT_BAH_HANDS_CAUSE,Hands of the Cause of God,,Bahá'í,Institution/office,Institution/office,propagation; protection of the Faith,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,Distinguished believers appointed to propagate and protect the Faith; functioned especially under Shoghi Effendi and after his passing. Attested in Smith (2008).,collective
ENT_BAH_LETTERS_LIVING,Letters of the Living (Hurúf-i-Hayy),,Bahá'í,Collective/disciple body,Collective,discipleship; early Bábí community,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The eighteen first disciples who independently recognized the Báb, forming with him the first 'Unity.' Attested in Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By.",collective
ENT_BAH_MANIFESTATIONS,Manifestations of God (collective),,Bahá'í,Collective/divine category,Collective,progressive revelation; prophethood; divine mediation,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,Bahá'í doctrinal category (Mazhar-i-Iláhí) for the succession of supreme Messengers; serves as the cohort hub. Attested across Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Íqán and Smith (2008).,collective
ENT_BAH_UHJ,Universal House of Justice,,Bahá'í,Institution,Institution,governance; legislation; covenant,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Supreme elected governing body of the Bahá'í Faith, ordained in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and first elected 1963; seated in Haifa. Attested in primary scripture and Smith (2008).",collective
ENT_BALT_MATES,The Mātes (the Latvian Mothers),,Baltic,Collective,Domain-mother goddesses,"tutelary motherhood of natural domains (forest, sea, earth, wind, fields)",,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"The many Latvian 'mother' goddesses (Mātes), each presiding over a natural domain, attested in the dainas as Meža māte, Jūras māte, Zemes māte, Vēja māte, and dozens more.",collective
ENT_BALT_PANTHEON,The Baltic Pantheon,,Baltic,Collective,Pantheon,"Baltic mythology; Lithuanian, Latvian, and Prussian deities and spirits",,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"Collective grouping of the deities and spirits of the Baltic peoples (Lithuanian, Latvian, Old Prussian) as reconstructed by Gimbutas and Greimas from folklore and medieval chronicles.",collective
ENT_BSQ_PANTHEON,Basque Pantheon,,Basque,Collective,Pantheon,polytheistic pantheon; Basque folk religion,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,Collective grouping the pre-Christian Basque mythological beings reconstructed chiefly from oral tradition by José Miguel de Barandiarán in his Mitología Vasca.,collective
ENT_CABEIRI,Cabeiri,,Greek,Mystery gods collective,Mystery Deity,initiation; protection; craft mystery,mystery;local cult,Greek world,Archaic-Classical/Roman reception,A,candidate_verified_name,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.,3,0,0,Major or widely attested Greek religious/mythological entity.,collective
ENT_CAN_KOTHARAT,Kotharat,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,Goddess collective,Birth goddesses,conception; childbirth; marriage,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,KTU 1.24,0,0,0,"The seven divine midwives (""the skilful ones,"" fem. of Kothar) who preside over conception, birth and marriage.",collective
ENT_CAN_REPHAIM,Rephaim,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,Ancestral collective,Hero,ancestors; dead kings; heroic dead,,Northwest Semitic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Canaanite collective,4,1,0,Collective of ancestral and royal dead.,collective
ENT_CAR_PANTHEON,Carian Pantheon,,Carian,collective,pantheon,regional polytheism;Anatolian civic cult,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Hub collective for the indigenous civic deities of Caria attested at the major rural sanctuaries (Labranda, Lagina, Mylasa, Panamara, Sinuri); Laumonier 1958.",collective
ENT_CEL_FOMORIANS,Fomorians,,Celtic/Irish,Mythic adversarial collective,Adversarial Being,chaos; sea; giants; opposition; monstrous powers,,Irish,,A,candidate_verified_name,Celtic adversarial collective,4,1,0,Mythic adversarial beings opposed to the Tuatha Dé Danann.,collective
ENT_CEL_TUATHA,Tuatha Dé Danann,,Celtic/Irish,Divine collective,Divine Collective,divine race; otherworld; magic; sovereignty,,Irish,,A,candidate_verified_name,Celtic divine collective,3,0,0,Irish divine/mythic collective.,collective
ENT_CGE_MATRONAE,Matronae,,Continental Germanic,collective,collective,"motherhood, fertility, protection",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The triple mother-goddesses of the Rhineland, attested on >1,000 votive stones (1st-4th c. CE), typically depicted as three seated women; named in numerous cult-epithet groups.",collective
ENT_CGE_PANTHEON,Continental Germanic Pantheon,,Continental Germanic,collective,collective,pantheon,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,Hub collective for the Romano-Germanic deities of the Rhineland and Low Countries attested in votive inscriptions; modeling construct.,collective
ENT_CHARITES,Charites,,Greek,Goddess collective,Grace Deity,grace; beauty; festivity,collective,Greek world,Archaic-Classical/Roman reception,A,candidate_verified_name,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.,0,0,0,Major or widely attested Greek religious/mythological entity.,collective
ENT_CHR_ANGELS,Angels,,Christian,Angelic collective,Angelic Collective,messengers; heavenly beings; divine service,,Christian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Christian angelic collective,0,0,0,General Christian angelic collective.,collective
ENT_CHR_COMMUNION_SAINTS,The Communion of Saints,,Christian,Collective,Devotional collective,The whole body of venerated Christian saints across the calendar,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Audit cleanup hub for venerated saints (v1.91.0),0,0,0,The Communion of Saints — the ecclesiological collective of all the venerated holy dead; used here as a hub for individually-venerated saints.,collective
ENT_CHR_DEMONS,Demons,,Christian,Demon collective,Demonic Collective,demons; possession; temptation; affliction,,Christian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Christian demon collective,3,1,0,General Christian demonic collective.,collective
ENT_CHR_FOUR_HORSEMEN,Four Horsemen,,Christian/Biblical,Apocalyptic collective,Eschatological riders,conquest; war; famine; death,,Christian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Apocalyptic collective,0,0,0,"The four riders of the seals: Conquest, War, Famine and Death (Revelation 6).",collective
ENT_CHR_GUARDIAN_ANGELS,Guardian Angels,,Christian,Angelic collective,Angelic Collective,protection; guidance; personal guardianship,,Christian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Christian angelic collective,0,0,0,Angels understood as guardians or personal protectors.,collective
ENT_CHR_LEGION,Legion,,Christian,Demon collective,Possessing demons,possession; multitude,,Christian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Named demons (Gospels),0,1,0,"""My name is Legion, for we are many"" — the host of demons cast into the swine (Mark 5).",collective
ENT_COMM_PANTHEON,Pantheon of Commagene,,Commagene,collective,Deity collective,"dynastic cult, syncretism, royal ancestor cult",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,Hub for the syncretic Greco-Iranian dynastic pantheon established by Antiochus I Theos; attested in the Nomos inscriptions and the colossal seated divine statues of the Nemrud Dag hierothesion.,collective
ENT_COP_FATHERS,Coptic Fathers and Saints,,Coptic Christian,Collective,Collective hub,"monasticism, martyrdom, ecclesiastical leadership",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Hub collective for the venerated abbots, patriarchs, and martyrs of the Egyptian (Coptic) Church; a grouping node, not a cultic figure.",collective
ENT_CORYBANTES,Corybantes,,Greek/Anatolian,Ritual daimon collective,Ecstatic Ritual Being,ecstatic dance; drums; mountain rites; Cybele/Rhea cult,,Anatolian/Greek,,A,candidate_verified_name,Greek/Anatolian ritual collective,4,0,0,Ecstatic attendants associated with Mother Goddess cults.,collective
ENT_CORYCIAN_NYMPHS,Corycian Nymphs,,Greek,Nymph collective,Cave Spirit,cave nymphs,nymph;collective;cave,Greek world,Archaic-Classical/Roman reception,C,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.",collective
ENT_CRENAIAE,Crenaiae,,Greek,Nymph collective,Water Spirit,wells; fountains,nymph;collective;freshwater,Greek world,Archaic-Classical/Roman reception,C,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.",collective
ENT_CURETES,Curetes,,Greek,Ritual daimon collective,Protective Being,ecstatic dance; protection; infancy of Zeus; mountain rites,,Cretan/Greek,,A,candidate_verified_name,Greek ritual collective,4,0,0,Ritual attendants/protectors associated with Zeus and ecstatic dance.,collective
ENT_CYCLOPES_CRAFTSMEN,Cyclopes Craftsmen,,Greek,Daimon/giant craftsmen collective,Craft Deity,divine weapons; thunderbolt; smithing; primordial craft,,Mythic/theological,,A,candidate_verified_name,Greek divine craftsman collective,4,0,0,Cyclopes as divine craftsmen who make thunderbolts and other divine weapons.,collective
ENT_DACTYLS,Dactyls,,Greek/Phrygian/Cretan,Daimon collective/craftsmen,Craft Deity,metalwork; mountain rites; magic; discovery of iron,,Cretan/Phrygian/local,,B,candidate_verified_name,Greek/Anatolian craftsman daimon collective,5,0,0,"Idaean Dactyls associated with metalworking, magic, and mountain cult.",collective
ENT_DEAD,Dead,,Cross-traditional,Collective category,Ritual Collective,dead; ancestors; deceased; afterlife subjects,,Comparative,,A,candidate_verified_name,cross-traditional collective category,5,1,0,"Collective category for the dead/deceased as subjects of judgment, ritual care, and afterlife movement.",collective
ENT_DEMX_LOUDUN,The Possession Demons of Aix / Loudun (Michaelis hierarchy),,Christian demonology,Demonic collective,Adversarial collective,demonic possession; exorcism,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Collective hub for the named possessing/expelled spirits enumerated in Sebastien Michaelis' Admirable History (Aix-en-Provence exorcisms of Madeleine de Demandolx, 1610-11), whose 'Pneumalogie' ranks the demons of the three angelic hierarchies. Attested only within this exorcism-treatise tradition.",collective
ENT_DESERT_FATHERS,The Desert Fathers and Mothers,,Christian,Saint collective,monastic collective,"monasticism, asceticism, contemplative prayer",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Collective hub for the abbas and ammas of 4th-5th c. Egyptian/Palestinian desert monasticism, whose sayings are preserved in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers).",collective
ENT_DIOSCURI,Dioscuri,,Greek,Hero-gods collective,Deified Mortal,sailors; horsemen; protection,hero cult;apotheosis,Greek world,Archaic-Classical/Roman reception,A,candidate_verified_name,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.,0,0,0,Major or widely attested Greek religious/mythological entity.,collective
ENT_DIO_FIRST_TRIAD,"First Celestial Triad (Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones)",πρώτη διακόσμησις,Christian/Theurgic,Angelic triad,Highest celestial triad,immediate encircling of God; deifying knowledge; perfection,,pan-Christian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Pseudo-Dionysian corpus,0,0,0,"Highest triad set immediately around the Thearchy, illuminated directly by God: burning love (Seraphim), fullness of knowledge (Cherubim), steadfast bearing of God (Thrones).",collective
ENT_DIO_HOLY_PEOPLE,Holy People (Contemplative Laity),ἱερὸς λαός,Christian/Theurgic,Initiate order,Illuminated lay order,the contemplating faithful; reception of the mysteries,,liturgical,,A,candidate_verified_name,Pseudo-Dionysian corpus,0,0,0,"The middle order of the initiated, the faithful laity admitted to the illumination of the sacred mysteries.",collective
ENT_DIO_MONKS,Monks (Therapeutae),θεραπευταί / μονάζοντες,Christian/Theurgic,Initiate order,Perfected lay order,the undivided life; contemplative perfection; service of the One,,liturgical,,A,candidate_verified_name,Pseudo-Dionysian corpus,0,0,0,"The highest order of the initiated, the ""perfected"" who pursue the single, undivided life of contemplation gathered toward the One.",collective
ENT_DIO_PURIFIED_ORDERS,"The Purified (Catechumens, Energumens, Penitents)",οἱ καθαιρόμενοι,Christian/Theurgic,Initiate order,Purified lay order,those undergoing purification; catechumens; penitents; the possessed,,liturgical,,A,candidate_verified_name,Pseudo-Dionysian corpus,0,0,0,"The lowest order, those still being purified — catechumens, penitents, and energumens — kept outside the synaxis until cleansed.",collective
ENT_DIO_SECOND_TRIAD,"Second Celestial Triad (Dominions, Virtues, Powers)",μέση διακόσμησις,Christian/Theurgic,Angelic triad,Middle celestial triad,lordship; divine power; cosmic order,,pan-Christian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Pseudo-Dionysian corpus,0,0,0,"Middle triad, illuminated by the first and ordering the cosmos: unfettered lordship (Dominions), virile power for deiform ascent (Virtues), ordered authority (Powers).",collective
ENT_DIO_THIRD_TRIAD,"Third Celestial Triad (Principalities, Archangels, Angels)",τελευταία διακόσμησις,Christian/Theurgic,Angelic triad,Lowest celestial triad,governance of nations; revelation; mediation to humanity,,pan-Christian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Pseudo-Dionysian corpus,0,0,0,"Lowest triad, nearest the world, mediating the divine light to humankind: princely order (Principalities), bearing of revelation (Archangels), direct messenger-service (Angels).",collective
ENT_DIS_DISCORDIANISM,Discordianism,,Discordianism,tradition_hub,Movement,chaos; absurdism; parody religion; individualism,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Tradition-hub. Discordianism is an absurdist/parody religion founded 1958-63 by Greg Hill and Kerry Thornley and codified in the Principia Discordia; genuinely practiced worldwide (cabals, ordinations, the 'every man a Pope' ethos) and influential on chaos magic. Attested in the Principia Discordia and treated as a sincerely-held invented religion in Cusack 2010.",collective
ENT_DRYADS,Dryads,,Greek,Nymph collective,Tree Spirit,trees; forests,nymph;collective;tree,Greek world,Archaic-Classical/Roman reception,C,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.",collective
ENT_DRZ_HUDUD,Al-Hudud al-Khamsa (The Five Cosmic Luminaries),,Druze,collective,emanation hierarchy,cosmology,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,Collective hub: the five cosmic ranks (al-hudud al-ulwiyya) through which the divine unity is mediated in Druze cosmology; attested in Abu-Izzeddin and standard scholarship.,collective
ENT_EGY_75_FORMS_RE,The Seventy-Five Forms of Re,,Egyptian,Litany collective,Aspects of the sun god,the invocations of the sun in the underworld,,funerary,,A,candidate_verified_name,Litany of Re,0,1,0,The seventy-five names/forms under which the sun god is invoked in the Litany of Re as he traverses the underworld — most being epithet-aspects of Ra himself rather than separate deities.,collective
ENT_EGY_DECANS,The Decans (Egyptian decanal system),δεκανοί,Egyptian,Astronomical collective,Star-clock deities,the 36 decanal stars; the star-clock; the 10-day week,,national,,A,candidate_verified_name,coffin star-clocks; astronomical ceilings,0,0,0,"The system of 36 stars/star-groups rising at ten-day intervals that ruled the Egyptian decades and divided the night into hours, attested on Middle Kingdom coffin star-clocks and the astronomical ceilings of Senenmut, Seti I, and Dendera. (Individual decan readings are largely contested, so represented as the system; later received into Hellenistic astrology as the dekanoi.)",collective
ENT_EGY_ENEMIES_OF_RA,The Enemies of Ra (the Damned),,Egyptian,Underworld collective,The condemned dead,rebellion against the sun; annihilation in the pits of fire,,funerary,,A,candidate_verified_name,Amduat / Book of Gates,0,1,0,"The bound, beheaded, and burned foes of the sun god — rebels condemned to the fire-pits of the Duat, their bodies, bas, and shadows annihilated.",collective
ENT_EGY_FOUR_RACES,The Four Races of Mankind,,Egyptian,Anthropological collective,Peoples of the sun,the four kinds of humanity; the equal care of Ra,,funerary,,A,candidate_verified_name,"Book of Gates, 5th division",0,0,0,"The four peoples shepherded by Ra/Horus in the Book of Gates — Reth (Egyptians), Aamu (Asiatics), Nehesu (Nubians), Themehu (Libyans) — all destined for the afterlife.",collective
ENT_EGY_FOUR_SONS_OF_HORUS,Four Sons of Horus,,Egyptian,Funerary deity collective,Funerary Deity,canopic protection; organs; funerary rites; Horus sons,,Funerary,,A,candidate_verified_name,Egyptian funerary deity collective,3,1,0,Collective of four funerary deities protecting the organs of the deceased.,collective
ENT_EGY_OGDOAD,Ogdoad,,Egyptian,Primordial deity collective,Primordial Deity,primordial waters; darkness; infinity; hiddenness; Hermopolitan creation,,Hermopolitan,,A,candidate_verified_name,Egyptian primordial deity collective,2,0,0,"The Ogdoad (Egyptian: khmun, ""the eight""; Greek: Ogdoas) is the Hermopolitan collective of eight primordial deities who constitute the pre-creation cosmological matrix in the theology of Hermopolis Magna (modern Ashmunein, Middle Egypt). The name of the city, Khmun (Coptic: Shmun), derives directly from the word for ""eight"" (ḫmn), reflecting the centrality of the Ogdoad to the city's religious identity. The eight deities are four male-female pairs, each embodying one primordial quality of the pre-creation state: Nun and Naunet (the primordial waters), Heh and Hauhet (infinity/boundlessness), Kek and Kauket (primordial darkness), and Amun and Amunet (the hidden/invisible). Together they represent the full matrix of creative potential — the totality of what existed before creation brought order, light, and differentiated being into existence. In the Hermopolitan cosmology, the Ogdoad's primordial forces are stirred (by Thoth's creative voice in some versions; by their own internal dynamic in others) to produce the primordial mound (the benben or Island of Flame) from which the creator deity (Atum-Ra, or specifically Thoth as the Hermopolitan demiurge) emerges to begin the ordered creation. The Ogdoad cosmology predates the Heliopolitan Ennead (Atum's family) as the primary Egyptian cosmological system; the two systems coexisted and influenced each other throughout Egyptian history. The Ogdoad has a notable reception in the Gnostic Ogdoad tradition (the ""eighth heaven"" or octadic pleroma structure), where the Hermopolitan cosmological structure of eight primordial forces was adapted into Valentinian and Sethian cosmological schemas. Thoth (Hermopolis's patron deity) is the organizing/creative intelligence within the Ogdoad system, receiving the Ogdoad's primordial energies and giving them creative direction. Pinch (2002) pp. 165-168; Wilkinson (2003) pp. 99-102.",collective
ENT_EGY_SOULS_OF_NEKHEN,Souls of Nekhen,,Egyptian,Collective,Ancestral royal souls (Upper Egypt),deceased predynastic kings of Hierakonpolis; royal ancestors; jubilation for the king,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Predynastic / Early Dynastic / Old Kingdom Egyptian deity,0,0,0,"Jackal-headed ancestral spirits of the predynastic rulers of Nekhen (Hierakonpolis) in Upper Egypt, paired with the Souls of Pe in the Pyramid Texts.",collective
ENT_EGY_SOULS_OF_PE,Souls of Pe,,Egyptian,Collective,Ancestral royal souls (Lower Egypt),deceased predynastic kings of Buto; royal ancestors; jubilation for the king,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Predynastic / Early Dynastic / Old Kingdom Egyptian deity,0,0,0,"Falcon-headed ancestral spirits of the predynastic rulers of Pe (Buto) in the Delta, invoked acclaiming the king in the Pyramid Texts.",collective
ENT_EGY_TWELVE_HOURS,The Twelve Hours of the Night,,Egyptian,Tutelary collective,Goddesses of the hours,the twelve divisions of the night; guiding the solar barque,,funerary,,A,candidate_verified_name,Amduat / Book of Gates,0,1,0,"The twelve goddesses personifying the hours of the night, each ruling and guiding the solar barque through her division of the Duat. (Their individual names are descriptive epithets that vary by copy, so represented here as the collective.)",collective
ENT_EMC_DISCALCED_CARMELITES,Discalced Carmelites,,Christian,Collective,Devotional collective,Prayer,,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,Reformed contemplative Carmelite branch founded by Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross (1560s–70s).,collective
ENT_EMC_JESUITS,Society of Jesus (Jesuits),,Christian,Collective,Devotional collective,Mission,,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,Religious order founded 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola; spearhead of Counter-Reformation education and overseas mission.,collective
ENT_EMC_NORTH_AMERICAN_MARTYRS,North American Martyrs,,Christian,Collective,Devotional collective,Martyrdom,,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,Eight Jesuit missionaries martyred in New France/Iroquoia 1642–1649; canonized 1930.,collective
ENT_ERINYES,Erinyes,,Greek,Goddess collective,Underworld Deity,vengeance; oath punishment,chthonic;collective,Greek world,Archaic-Classical/Roman reception,A,candidate_verified_name,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.,4,1,1,Major or widely attested Greek religious/mythological entity.,collective
ENT_ETH_NINE_SAINTS,The Nine Saints,,Ethiopian Christian,Collective,missionary collective,evangelization; monasticism; translation of scripture,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Group of nine (largely Syriac/Roman) missionary monks who, c. late 5th-early 6th c., spread monasticism and consolidated Christianity in Aksumite Ethiopia; attested in Ethiopian synaxaria and discussed by Munro-Hay.",collective
ENT_ETH_SAINTS,Saints of the Ethiopian Tewahedo Church,,Ethiopian Christian,Collective,saintly collective,sanctity; evangelization; monasticism; kingship,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Hub collective for the canonized saints, sages, and Solomonic-cycle figures of Ethiopian Tewahedo Christianity; analytic grouping per Munro-Hay.",collective
ENT_ETR_PANTHEON,The Etruscan Pantheon,,Etruscan,Collective,Pantheon,Etruscan religion; liver-divination; chthonic and celestial cult,,collective,,A,candidate_verified_name,Connectivity remediation: pantheon collective hub (v1.79.0),0,0,0,Collective hub for the Etruscan gods.,collective
ENT_EUMENIDES,Eumenides,,Greek,Goddess collective,Underworld Deity,appeased Erinyes; justice; purification; civic order,,Cultic/chthonic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Greek chthonic cult title,5,1,0,Propitiatory cult title of the Erinyes as Kindly Ones.,collective
ENT_FCS_FOLK_SAINTS,Latin American Folk Saints,,Folk Catholic,Saint collective,collective,"Vernacular sanctity, popular canonization, miraculous intercession",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Hub for the folk-canonized (popular, Rome-unrecognized) intercessory figures of modern Latin American vernacular Catholicism; well attested ethnographically.",collective
ENT_FINN_PANTHEON,The Finnish/Kalevala Pantheon,,Finnish,Collective,Pantheon,Finnic mythology; deities and heroes of the Kalevala and Agricola's deity list,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"Collective grouping of the gods, heroes, and otherworld powers of Finnic tradition as preserved in the Kalevala and Agricola's 1551 deity list.",collective
ENT_GNO_AEONS,Aeons,,Gnostic,Divine collective,Aeonic Collective,emanations; divine powers; pleroma,,Cross-Gnostic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Gnostic bridge collective,0,0,0,Collective category for divine aeonic emanations.,collective
ENT_GNO_ARCHONS,Archons,,Gnostic,Ruler collective,Archontic Collective,rulers; cosmic powers; planetary governance; constraint,,Cross-Gnostic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Gnostic bridge collective,3,1,0,Collective of cosmic rulers or archontic powers.,collective
ENT_GOE_ARS_GOETIA,The Seventy-Two Spirits of the Ars Goetia,,Goetic/Solomonic,Collective,Demonological classification,goetia; the 72 spirits; evocation; the Lesser Key of Solomon,,literary,,A,candidate_verified_name,Grimoire demonology completion (v1.68.0),0,0,0,"The 72 demons catalogued in Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1577) and the Ars Goetia of the Lesser Key of Solomon (Lemegeton, 17th c.), ranked as kings, dukes, princes, marquises, presidents, earls and knights, each commanding legions of spirits.",collective
ENT_GOE_INFERNAL_HIERARCHY,The Infernal Hierarchy (Princes of Hell),,Goetic/Solomonic,Collective,Demonological classification,hell; infernal monarchy; princes of darkness,,literary,,B,candidate_verified_name,Grimoire demonology completion (v1.68.0),0,0,0,"The organizing rank-structure of Hell's princes and officers systematized in the early-modern demonological treatises (Weyer 1577; Michaelis 1613; Collin de Plancy, Dictionnaire Infernal 1818) — the court standing above the 72 spirits of the Ars Goetia.",collective
ENT_GOE_SEVEN_DEADLY_DEMONS,The Seven Demons of the Deadly Sins (Binsfeld),,Goetic/Solomonic,Collective,Demonological classification,seven deadly sins; pride; greed; lust; envy; gluttony; wrath; sloth,,literary,,B,candidate_verified_name,Grimoire demonology completion (v1.68.0),0,0,0,"Peter Binsfeld's 1589 pairing of each cardinal sin with a presiding demon: Lucifer=pride, Mammon=greed, Asmodeus=lust, Leviathan=envy, Beelzebub=gluttony, Satan=wrath, Belphegor=sloth.",collective
ENT_GREAT_GODS_SAMOTHRACE,Great Gods of Samothrace,,Greek,Mystery gods collective,Mystery Deity,initiation; protection; sea travel; Samothracian mysteries,,Samothracian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Greek mystery cult collective,3,0,0,Collective divine powers worshipped in the Samothracian mysteries.,collective
ENT_GSAGA_VOLSUNG_CYCLE,Volsung Cycle (Matter of the North),,Germanic Legend,collective,cycle,heroic-legendary cycle,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Organizing hub for the Volsung/Nibelung legendary cycle, attested across Volsunga saga, the Poetic Edda heroic lays, and the Nibelungenlied.",collective
ENT_HAMADRYADS,Hamadryads,,Greek,Nymph collective,Tree Spirit,oak trees; tree-bound life,nymph;collective;tree,Greek world,Archaic-Classical/Roman reception,C,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.",collective
ENT_HELEIONOMAI,Heleionomai,,Greek,Nymph collective,Water Spirit,marshes; wetlands,nymph;collective;wetland,Greek world,Archaic-Classical/Roman reception,C,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.",collective
ENT_HERX_BOGOMILS,The Bogomils,,Christian/Heterodox,collective,movement,dualism; anticlericalism,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"10th-c. Balkan dualist movement founded under the priest Bogomil rejecting the material order and ecclesiastical hierarchy; transmitter of dualism westward, attested in Lambert.",collective
ENT_HERX_BOSNIAN_CHURCH,The Bosnian Church,,Christian/Heterodox,collective,movement,schism; dissent,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,Medieval autonomous Bosnian church (13th-15th c.) long associated with dualist/Bogomil influence and condemned as heretical by both Rome and Constantinople; attested in Lambert.,collective
ENT_HERX_CATHAR_PERFECTI,The Cathar Perfecti (Albigensians),,Christian/Heterodox,collective,movement,dualism; asceticism,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The consoled elect of the Cathar/Albigensian dualist church of Languedoc and Lombardy (12th-13th c.), suppressed in the Albigensian Crusade; attested in Lambert.",collective
ENT_HERX_HERESIARCHS,Christian Heresiarchs and Dissenting Movements,,Christian/Heterodox,collective,collective,heresy; dissent; dualism,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,Hub collective for intra-Christian heterodox figures and movements condemned by the ecumenical councils; modern category attested throughout Pelikan and Lambert.,collective
ENT_HERX_PAULICIANS,The Paulicians,,Christian/Heterodox,collective,movement,dualism; iconoclasm,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"7th-9th c. Armenian/Byzantine dualist sect rejecting the material world, the Old Testament, and church sacraments; precursor in the dualist transmission to the Bogomils, attested in Lambert.",collective
ENT_HERX_WALDENSES,The Waldensians,,Christian/Heterodox,collective,movement,apostolic poverty; biblicism; dissent,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The Poor of Lyon, an evangelical dissenting movement of vernacular preaching and biblicism founded by Peter Waldo, surviving into the Reformation; attested in Lambert.",collective
ENT_HER_ENCOSMIC_GODS,Encosmic Gods,,Hermetic/Theurgic,Cosmic god collective,Visible gods,the heavenly bodies; the cosmos as the gods' activity,,Late antique,,A,candidate_verified_name,Iamblichan encosmic gods,0,0,0,"The encosmic (visible) gods, the heavenly bodies in which the divine is present through sympathy.",collective
ENT_HER_ENNEAD,Ennead,,Hermetic/Theurgic,Celestial sphere,Sphere of ascent,the ninth sphere; union with the divine Mind,,Hellenistic-Roman,,A,candidate_verified_name,Hermetic ascent-sphere,0,0,0,"The ninth sphere, the realm of God and the divine powers, the summit of the Hermetic ascent.",collective
ENT_HER_HYPERCOSMIC_GODS,Hypercosmic Gods,,Hermetic/Theurgic,Transcendent god collective,Liberated gods,the realm above the cosmos; the leader-gods,,Late antique,,A,candidate_verified_name,Iamblichan hypercosmic gods,0,0,0,The hypercosmic (liberated) gods who transcend the cosmos and lead souls up out of it.,collective
ENT_HER_IYNGES,Iynges,,Hermetic/Theurgic,Connective power collective,Transmitting powers,the transmission of the Father's will; theurgic attraction,,Late antique,,A,candidate_verified_name,Chaldean connective order,0,0,0,"The Iynges, the ""thoughts of the Father"" that transmit divine will and are drawn down in theurgy.",collective