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_PHO_ADONIS,Adonis,,Phoenician,God,Dying-and-rising god,vegetation; death and renewal,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,"Lucian, De Dea Syria 6-9",3,0,0,"The dying-and-rising vegetation god of Byblos, consort of Astarte, mourned at the Adonia (from Phoenician adon, ""lord"").",deity
ENT_PHO_BAALAT_GEBAL,Baalat Gebal,,Phoenician,Goddess,Tutelary goddess,the city of Byblos; royal and maritime patronage,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,KAI 4; KAI 10,1,0,0,"""Lady of Byblos,"" tutelary goddess and royal patroness of the city (the Yehimilk and Yehawmilk inscriptions).",deity
ENT_PHO_BAAL_HAMMON,Baal Hammon,,Phoenician,Chief deity,High Deity,sky; chief deity; Carthage; fertility; Baal-title; Saturn-identified,,,,A,,,,,,"Chief god of Carthage; ""Lord of the Altar of Incense"" or ""Lord of Hammon""; invoked alongside Tanit as the supreme divine pair of Carthage; associated in classical sources with child sacrifice (molk ritual); identified with Kronos/Saturn by Greek and Roman writers; Diodorus Siculus 20.14 calls him ""Kronos"" and describes the molk rite; Tertullian attests his identification with Saturnus in North Africa",deity
ENT_PHO_BAAL_SAPHON,Baal-Saphon,,Phoenician,God,Storm/maritime god,storms; Mount Saphon; seafarers,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Esarhaddon-Tyre treaty; KAI,2,0,0,"The storm- and sea-god of Mount Ṣapōn, protector of seafarers (a Phoenician cult-form of Baal).",deity
ENT_PHO_BAAL_SHAMEM,Baal-Shamem,,Phoenician,God,Sky god,the heavens; supreme lordship,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,KAI 4; Philo of Byblos,0,0,0,"""Lord of Heaven,"" the supreme sky-god of the Phoenician cities, head of the Byblos pantheon; Greek Zeus.",deity
ENT_PHO_CHOUSOR,Chousor,,Phoenician,deity,deity,"craftsman-god; discoverer of iron, fishing, magic words and spells",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Chousor in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.11), craftsman and culture-hero who discovered iron-working, the fishhook, the raft, and incantations; the Hellenized form of Ugaritic/Canaanite Kothar-wa-Khasis (ENT_CAN_KOTHAR). Philo also equates him with Hephaistos.",deity
ENT_PHO_ELIOUN,Elioun (Hypsistos),,Phoenician,deity,deity,"the Most High; primordial high god, father of Ouranos and Ge",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Attested in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.15): Elioun called Hypsistos, 'the Most High,' father of Ouranos (Sky) and Ge (Earth); a primordial generation of the theogony. Name reflects Northwest Semitic 'elyon, 'most high.'",deity
ENT_PHO_ELOS_KRONOS,Elos (Kronos),,Phoenician,deity,deity,the Phoenician El; son of Ouranos and Ge who overthrows his father,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"In Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.16ff) the chief god Elos is expressly identified with the Greek Kronos (ENT_CRONUS) and corresponds to Northwest Semitic El (ENT_CAN_EL); son of Ouranos and Ge, he castrates and dethrones his father. Represents the Phoenician El within the euhemerized theogony.",deity
ENT_PHO_ESHMUN,Eshmun,,Phoenician,Healing god,Healing Deity,healing; serpent; Sidon; Asclepius-identified; mystery cult; dying deity,,,,A,,,,,,"Chief deity of Sidon; god of healing and medicine; identified with Asclepius throughout the Greco-Roman world; his great temple complex at Sidon (the Eshmunazar II sarcophagus inscriptions attest it) was later described by Greek authors as an Asclepion; attested in Phoenician inscriptions from Sidon, Carthage, and across the western Mediterranean",deity
ENT_PHO_GE,Ge (Phoenician Earth),,Phoenician,deity,deity,"the Earth; daughter of Elioun, sister-consort of Ouranos",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Phoenician earth-goddess in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.16-21), named Ge (Greek) by the author; sister and consort of Ouranos, mother of Elos/Kronos and his brothers. Phoenician interpretatio of the Greek Gaia (ENT_GAIA).",deity
ENT_PHO_MELQART,Melqart,,Phoenician,State god / dying deity,High Deity,city patron; dying and rising; Tyre; Heracles-identified; Phoenician colonisation,,,,A,,,,,,"Chief deity of Tyre; ""Melqart"" = Phoenician mlk qrt, ""king of the city""; dying and rising deity with an annual awakening rite (egersis); identified with Heracles throughout the Greek and Roman world; patron of Phoenician navigation and colonization; his cult was carried to Carthage, Cyprus, Sardinia, and Cadiz; Herodotus 2.44 describes his temple at Tyre; 1 Kings 18 alludes to his prophets under the name ""Baal of Tyre""",deity
ENT_PHO_MISOR,Misor,,Phoenician,deity,deity,"Uprightness; primordial deity, father of Taautos",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Misor ('Uprightness,' NW Semitic mysr) in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.13-14), paired with Sydyk; father of Taautos, the inventor of writing.",deity
ENT_PHO_OURANOS,Ouranos (Phoenician Sky),,Phoenician,deity,deity,"the Sky; son of Elioun, brother-consort of Ge, father of Elos/Kronos",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Phoenician sky-god in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.16-21), given the Greek name Ouranos by the author; son of Elioun and consort of his sister Ge, castrated/dethroned by his son Elos (Kronos). Distinct from the Greek Ouranos (ENT_OURANOS) but explicitly equated by Philo.",deity
ENT_PHO_PUMAY,Pumay,,Phoenician,God,Tutelary god,personal/tutelary protection,,regional,,C,candidate_verified_name,theophoric onomastics (Cyprus/Tyre),0,0,0,A deity known mainly from theophoric names (behind Pygmalion / Pumayyaton of Kition); function uncertain.,deity
ENT_PHO_SAKON,Sakon,,Phoenician,God,Tutelary god,protection (function disputed),,regional,,C,candidate_verified_name,theophoric names; Piraeus altar,0,0,0,"An obscure deity (""administrator""?), tentatively equated with Hermes; behind the name Sanchuniathon.",deity
ENT_PHO_SHADRAPA,Shadrapa,,Phoenician,God,Healing god,healing; protection from venom,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Amrit stele; Leptis Magna bilingual,0,1,1,"""Shed has healed,"" a healing god depicted as a youth with serpent and scorpion; in Punic Africa equated with Liber/Dionysus.",deity
ENT_PHO_SID,Sid,,Phoenician,God,Hunt/war god,hunting; war; the sea,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Antas temple (Sardinia),2,0,0,"A Punic hunt and war god, eponym of Sardinia (Sid Addir, later Sardus Pater) at the temple of Antas.",deity
ENT_PHO_SYDYK,Sydyk,,Phoenician,deity,deity,"Righteousness; primordial deity, father of the Kabeiroi/Dioskouroi",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Sydyk ('Righteousness,' NW Semitic sdq) in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.10.13-14, 1.10.25), paired with Misor; father of the Kabeiroi/Dioskouroi, the discoverers of seafaring.",deity
ENT_PHO_TAAUTOS,Taautos,,Phoenician,deity,deity,scribe-god; inventor of writing and letters,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Taautos in Philo of Byblos (Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 1.9.24, 1.10.14), the inventor of writing whom the Egyptians call Thoth (ENT_EGY_THOTH) and the Greeks Hermes; son of Misor. Sanchuniathon's own claimed source. The name renders Egyptian Djehuty (Thoth).",deity
ENT_PHO_TANIT,Tanit,,Phoenician,Goddess / Queen of Heaven,High Deity,divine queenship; Queen of Heaven; Carthage; fertility; Juno Caelestis,,,,A,,,,,,"Chief goddess of Carthage; ""Tanit Face of Baal"" (tnt pn b'l) is her standard formula in Carthaginian inscriptions; closely associated with Baal Hammon at Carthage; her distinctive ""sign of Tanit"" (triangle, horizontal bar, circle/head) is the most common religious symbol in the Carthaginian world; identified by Romans as Juno Caelestis (the celestial Juno) in the imperial period; related to but distinct from the Phoenician Astarte tradition",deity