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_CAN_ANAT,Anat,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,War/fertility goddess,War Deity,war; fertility; protection,,Northwest Semitic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Canaanite core deity,2,0,0,Warrior goddess closely associated with Baal.,deity
ENT_CAN_ARSAY,Arsay,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,Goddess,Daughter of Baal,the earth; the underworld,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,"Baal Cycle, KTU 1.3; KTU 1.118",4,1,0,"""Earthy one,"" the chthonic third daughter of Baal.",deity
ENT_CAN_ASHERAH,Athirat/Asherah,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,Mother goddess,Fertility Deity,motherhood; sea; fertility; divine consort,,Northwest Semitic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Canaanite core deity,4,0,0,Mother goddess and consort of El.,deity
ENT_CAN_ASTARTE,Astarte,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,Love/fertility goddess,War Deity,love; fertility; sexuality; sovereignty,,Northwest Semitic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Canaanite core deity,2,0,0,Major Northwest Semitic goddess related to Ishtar traditions.,deity
ENT_CAN_ATHTAR,Athtar,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,God,Astral god,the morning star (Venus); irrigation,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,"Baal Cycle, KTU 1.6",1,0,0,"The astral god (Venus) enthroned to replace the dead Baal, but too small for the throne. (Cf. the South Arabian Athtar.)",deity
ENT_CAN_BAAL,Baal Hadad,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,Storm god,Storm Deity,storm; rain; fertility; kingship,,Northwest Semitic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Canaanite core deity,2,0,0,Storm and fertility god central to the Baal Cycle.,deity
ENT_CAN_DAGON,Dagon,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,Grain/sky deity,Fertility Deity,grain; agriculture; fertility; rain; underworld; Philistine cult,,,,A,,,,,,"Major West Semitic deity; possibly the father of Baal in Ugaritic texts (KTU 1.5 VI: ""Baal son of Dagon""); grain deity whose name may derive from Semitic dagan (grain) though also connected to daganu (cloud/rain); worshipped from Ebla (c. 2400 BCE) and Mari (c. 1800 BCE) through Ugarit and into Philistine-period Ashdod and Gaza (Judges 16:23; 1 Samuel 5); the most geographically widespread West Semitic deity before the Hellenistic period",deity
ENT_CAN_EL,El,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,High god,High Deity,creator; kingship; divine authority; father of gods,,Northwest Semitic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Canaanite core deity,1,0,0,Senior creator deity and head of the divine council.,deity
ENT_CAN_HORON,Horon,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,God,God of magic,magic; exorcism; healing; snakebite,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,"KTU 1.100, 1.107",0,1,1,"A god of magic, exorcism and protection against snakebite (the serpent-charm myth).",deity
ENT_CAN_KOTHAR,Kothar-wa-Khasis,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,Craft god,Craft Deity,craft; technology; divine craftsmanship,,Northwest Semitic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Canaanite core deity,1,0,0,Divine craftsman and builder.,deity
ENT_CAN_MOT,Mot,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,Death god,Underworld Deity,death; drought; underworld,,Northwest Semitic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Canaanite core deity,5,1,0,God of death and sterility.,deity
ENT_CAN_NIKKAL,Nikkal,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,Goddess,Orchard goddess,orchards; fruit; the moon-marriage,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,KTU 1.24,3,0,0,"Goddess of orchards and fruit (from Sumerian Ningal), bride of the moon-god Yarikh.",deity
ENT_CAN_PIDRAY,Pidray,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,Goddess,Daughter of Baal,light; mist,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,"Baal Cycle, KTU 1.3-1.4",1,0,0,"""Daughter of light/mist,"" eldest of the three daughters of Baal.",deity
ENT_CAN_RESHEPH,Resheph,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,Plague/war deity,War Deity,plague; war; death; destruction; lightning; warrior god,,,,A,,,,,,"Canaanite deity of plague, pestilence, and war; name means ""flame"" or ""lightning-bolt""; serves as gatekeeper at El's court in Ugaritic texts; adopted by Egypt as a war deity under Ramesses II (depicted with shield and axe); attested in the Hebrew Bible as a personified pestilence flanking Yahweh in Habakkuk 3:5; worshipped in Phoenician Cyprus (bilingual inscriptions) and at Ebla; the primary Levantine transmission source for the Apollo plague-deity complex in Greek religion",deity
ENT_CAN_SHAHAR,Shahar,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,God,Astral twin,the dawn,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,KTU 1.23,0,0,0,"God of the dawn, one of the twin ""gracious gods"" born to El.",deity
ENT_CAN_SHALIM,Shalim,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,God,Astral twin,the dusk; completion,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,KTU 1.23,0,0,0,"God of the dusk, twin of Shahar; his name underlies that of Jerusalem (Uru-Shalim).",deity
ENT_CAN_SHAPASH,Shapash,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,Solar goddess,Solar Deity,sun; illumination; mediation,,Northwest Semitic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Canaanite core deity,0,0,0,Solar goddess and mediator between realms.,deity
ENT_CAN_TALLAY,Tallay,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,Goddess,Daughter of Baal,dew; light rain,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,"Baal Cycle, KTU 1.3-1.4",2,0,0,"""Dewy one,"" a daughter of Baal personifying dew.",deity
ENT_CAN_YAM,Yam,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,Sea god,Sea Deity,sea; chaos; primordial waters,,Northwest Semitic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Canaanite core deity,3,0,1,Sea deity and opponent of Baal.,deity
ENT_CAN_YARIKH,Yarikh,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,Moon god,Moon Deity,moon; cycles; fertility,,Northwest Semitic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Canaanite core deity,0,0,0,Lunar deity of Ugaritic religion.,deity
ENT_LEV_ADRAMMELECH,Adrammelech,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,deity,deity,underworld/sacrificial deity,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"God of Sepharvaim to whom child sacrifice ('passing through fire') was made (2 Kings 17:31). Name = 'Adad/Adar is king' or 'the king is exalted'; identity debated — linked variously to Adad, a solar/Molek-type cult, or an Aramaean/Assyrian deity. Paired with Anammelech.",deity
ENT_LEV_ANAMMELECH,Anammelech,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,deity,deity,astral/sacrificial deity,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"God of Sepharvaim receiving child sacrifice alongside Adrammelech (2 Kings 17:31). Name = 'Anu/Anath is king'; proposed links to the Mesopotamian sky-god Anu, a lunar deity, or (via 'Anath-melek') the Canaanite goddess Anat. Identity uncertain.",deity
ENT_LEV_ASHIMA,Ashima of Hamath,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,deity,deity,city/tutelary deity,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Deity of the people of Hamath, named among the gods made by Samaria's resettled peoples (2 Kings 17:30). Plausibly connected to a NW-Semitic goddess Asham/Ashima attested at Elephantine (Anat-Ashima) and possibly to the Aramaean cult of Hamath; later rabbinic tradition imagined her as a goat/bald-figure idol.",deity
ENT_LEV_ASTRONOE,Astronoe,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,deity,deity,love/healing goddess (Sidonian),,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Sidonian goddess known from Damascius (Life of Isidore): a mountain-mother/huntress who, on the youth Eshmun's self-mutilation, revives and deifies him. Generally read as a hellenized aspect of Astarte tied to the Eshmun healing cult at Sidon.",deity
ENT_LEV_BAAL_ZEBUB,Baal-Zebub of Ekron,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,deity,deity,healing/oracle/storm-god local cult,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Philistine city-god of Ekron consulted as a healing oracle by King Ahaziah (2 Kings 1). Name = 'Lord of the Flies', almost certainly a Hebrew polemical distortion of an original Baal epithet ('zbl/Zebul' = 'Prince', as at Ugarit). The ORIGINAL deity behind the later Christian demon Beelzebub. Homonym note: distinct from the demon Beelzebul (ENT_CHR_BEELZEBUL), which is his reception.",deity
ENT_LEV_NIBHAZ,Nibhaz,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,deity,deity,tutelary deity (obscure),,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"God of the Avvites, named with Tartak among Samaria's resettled gods (2 Kings 17:31). Etymology obscure and possibly a scribal corruption; later Jewish tradition fancifully described a dog-shaped idol. No independent epigraphic attestation.",deity
ENT_LEV_TARTAK,Tartak,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,deity,deity,tutelary deity (obscure),,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"God of the Avvites, paired with Nibhaz (2 Kings 17:31). Etymology uncertain (possibly an Elamite/Iranian theonym or scribal corruption); rabbinic tradition imagined an ass-shaped idol. No independent attestation outside the biblical notice.",deity