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_BSQ_MAIRU,Mairu,,Basque,Giant,Mythic being,megalith-building; wilderness,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,Race of giants of Basque legend held to have built the dolmens and stone megaliths (mairubaratza).,monster
ENT_BSQ_SUGAAR,Sugaar (Sugoi),,Basque,serpent,Deity,serpents; storms; lightning,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"Male serpent or dragon spirit, the consort of Mari, associated with thunder and storms; also called Sugoi or Maju.",monster
ENT_BSQ_TARTALO,Tartalo,,Basque,Giant,Mythic being,wilderness; man-eating,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"One-eyed man-eating giant of Basque folklore, a Cyclops-type figure paralleling the Greek Polyphemus motif.",monster
ENT_CAN_LOTAN,Lotan,,Canaanite/Ugaritic,Chaos serpent,Monster,chaos; sea; serpent; dragon,,Northwest Semitic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Canaanite mythic being,4,1,1,Multi-headed sea serpent defeated by Baal.,monster
ENT_CEL_BALOR,Balor,,Celtic/Irish,Fomorian,Fomorians,the baleful eye; blight; death,,mythological,,A,candidate_verified_name,Cath Maige Tuired,1,0,0,"Fomorian champion-king ""of the Baleful Eye,"" whose gaze slays; killed by his grandson Lugh at Mag Tuired.",monster
ENT_CEL_CETHLENN,Cethlenn,,Celtic/Irish,Fomorian,Fomorians,prophecy,,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Cath Maige Tuired,0,0,0,"Fomorian prophetess, wife of Balor and mother of Ethniu; she foretells the Fomorian defeat.",monster
ENT_CEL_ELATHA,Elatha,,Celtic/Irish,Fomorian,Fomorians,kingship,,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Cath Maige Tuired,0,0,0,"A Fomorian prince/king, father of Bres by the goddess Ériu.",monster
ENT_CEL_INDECH,Indech,,Celtic/Irish,Fomorian,Fomorians,war,,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Cath Maige Tuired,0,0,0,"A Fomorian king who, with Balor, leads the host at the Second Battle of Mag Tuired.",monster
ENT_CEL_TETHRA,Tethra,,Celtic/Irish,Fomorian,Fomorians,the sea; rule over the dead (Mag Mell),,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Lebor Gabála Érenn,2,1,0,A Fomorian king associated with the sea and rule over the dead in Mag Mell; his sword Orna is taken at Mag Tuired.,monster
ENT_CERBERUS,Cerberus,,Greek,Underworld monster/guardian,Underworld Guardian,underworld; guardian; threshold; monstrous dog,,Mythic/chthonic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Greek underworld guardian,5,1,0,Monstrous hound guarding the entrance to the underworld.,monster
ENT_CHARYBDIS,Charybdis,,Greek,Sea monster/daimon,Sea Monster,whirlpool; sea danger; straits; liminal passage,,Mythic/maritime,,B,candidate_verified_name,Greek sea monster/liminal being,2,0,0,Whirlpool monster associated with dangerous maritime passage.,monster
ENT_CHIMERA,Chimera,,Greek,Monster,Monster,monster; fire-breathing; hybrid beast; Bellerophon myth,,Mythic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Greek monster,4,0,0,Hybrid fire-breathing monster slain by Bellerophon.,monster
ENT_CHR_BEAST,Beast of Revelation,,Christian/Biblical,Apocalyptic monster,Eschatological adversary,blasphemous empire; the number 666,,Christian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Apocalyptic figure,0,1,0,"The seven-headed beast from the sea, who bears the number 666 (Revelation 13).",monster
ENT_CHR_BEHEMOTH,Behemoth,,Christian/Biblical,Chaos monster,Monster,land monster; chaos; strength; eschatology,,Christian/Biblical,,A,candidate_verified_name,Biblical chaos monster,5,1,0,Biblical land monster received in Christian tradition.,monster
ENT_CHR_DRAGON_REVELATION,Dragon of Revelation,,Christian/Biblical,Apocalyptic monster,Monster,dragon; Satan; apocalypse; persecution,,Christian/Biblical,,A,candidate_verified_name,Biblical apocalyptic monster,5,1,1,"Apocalyptic dragon of Revelation, associated with Satanic opposition.",monster
ENT_CHR_LEVIATHAN,Leviathan,,Christian/Biblical,Chaos monster,Monster,sea monster; chaos; serpent; dragon,,Christian/Biblical,,A,candidate_verified_name,Biblical chaos monster,5,1,1,Biblical sea serpent/chaos monster received in Christian tradition.,monster
ENT_DRAGON,Dragon,,Cross-traditional,Monster category,Monster,dragon; serpent; chaos monster; monster combat,,Comparative,,A,candidate_verified_name,cross-traditional monster category,4,1,1,Cross-traditional abstraction/category for dragon and serpent-monster figures.,monster
ENT_EGY_ANKHNETERU,Ka-en-Ankh-Neteru (the World-Encircling Serpent),,Egyptian,Underworld serpent,Serpent of regeneration,nocturnal rebirth; the twelfth hour,,funerary,,B,candidate_verified_name,"Amduat, 12th hour",0,1,1,"The great serpent ""Ka-en-Ankh-Neteru"" (""Life of the Gods"") through whose body the barque is towed in the Amduat's twelfth hour, the sun entering aged and emerging reborn as Khepri. (Often shortened to Ankh-neteru.)",monster
ENT_EGY_APEP,Apep,,Egyptian,Serpent/netherworld being,Chaos Monster,chaos; darkness; enemy of Ra; underworld,,Textual/funerary,,A,candidate_verified_name,major netherworld being,4,1,1,Great serpent enemy of the solar god.,monster
ENT_EGY_SAASET,Saa-Set (gate-serpent of the Book of Gates),,Egyptian,Underworld serpent guardian,Gate-keeper,guarding the gates of the Duat,,funerary,,B,candidate_verified_name,"Book of Gates, gate 2",0,1,1,An upright guardian serpent whose name must be known for the barque to pass; opens the second gate of the night (Book of Gates).,monster
ENT_EGY_SETEMMAATF,Set-em-maat-f (Guardian of the Hall of Maat),,Egyptian,Underworld serpent guardian,Gate-keeper,guarding the Judgment Hall,,funerary,,C,candidate_verified_name,"Book of Gates, gate 6",0,1,1,An upright guardian serpent set before the sixth gate of the night in the Book of Gates; the name must be known for the barque to pass.,monster
ENT_EGY_TEKAHER,Teka-her (Flaming-Face),,Egyptian,Underworld serpent guardian,Gate-keeper,guarding the gates of the Duat,,funerary,,B,candidate_verified_name,"Book of Gates, gate 4",0,1,1,"""He of the flaming face,"" an upright serpent guarding the fourth-hour gate of the Book of Gates (also Amduat, hour 3).",monster
ENT_EMPOUSA,Empousa,,Greek,Daimon/monster,Liminal Daimon,apparition; night; liminality; Hecate-associated spirit,,Folkloric/magical,,B,candidate_verified_name,Greek daimon/monster,4,1,0,Nocturnal apparition or daimon associated in later tradition with Hecate.,monster
ENT_FINN_HIISI,Hiisi,,Finnish,Monster,Malevolent forest demon,wilderness; malevolence; disease; dangerous places,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"A malevolent forest demon (and the dangerous sacred grove it haunts), named in Agricola's deity list and the Kalevala as a source of evil and disease.",monster
ENT_GERYON,Geryon,,Greek,Monster/giant,Monster,giant; cattle; far west; Heracles myth,,Mythic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Greek monster/giant,4,0,0,Multi-bodied giant defeated by Heracles.,monster
ENT_GSAGA_FAFNIR,Fafnir,,Germanic Legend,monster,dragon,"dragon, cursed hoard",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,Dwarf-turned-dragon who guards the cursed gold of Andvari; slain by Sigurd. Brother of Reginn.,monster
ENT_HTT_ILLUYANKA,Illuyanka,,Hittite,Chaos serpent,Adversarial Being,chaos serpent; storm opponent; primordial dragon; Illuyanka myth,,,,A,,,,,,"Serpent/dragon defeated by the Hittite storm god Tarhunna in the Illuyanka myth; Tarhunna initially loses but ultimately defeats the serpent with the help of the mortal Hupasiya and the goddess Inaras; structural parallel to Zeus/Typhon and Apollo/Python in the ""storm god defeats chaos serpent"" combat myth tradition",monster
ENT_HTT_ULLIKUMMI,Ullikummi,,Hittite/Hurrian,Chaos monster,Adversarial Being,chaos monster; stone giant; adversary of Teshub; Ullikummi Song,,,,A,,,,,,Stone/diorite monster created by Kumarbi from the shoulder of Ubelluri to fight his son Teshub after losing power; grows to threaten heaven; eventually defeated when the gods cut its feet with an ancient tool; the paradigm parallel for Typhon as a monster created by the defeated predecessor to challenge the storm god champion,monster
ENT_HYDRA,Hydra,,Greek,Monster/serpent,Monster,serpent; swamp; regeneration; poison; Heracles myth,,Mythic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Greek serpent monster,5,1,1,Lernaean Hydra slain by Heracles.,monster
ENT_ISR_BEHEMOTH,Behemoth,,Israelite/Second Temple,Chaos monster,Monster,land monster; chaos; eschatological beast,,Biblical/apocalyptic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Israelite/Second Temple chaos being,5,1,0,Great land beast in biblical/apocalyptic tradition.,monster
ENT_ISR_HAHYAH,Hahyah,,Israelite/Second Temple,Giant,Nephil,the giants; the dream of the coming flood,,Jewish,,A,candidate_verified_name,Named giant (Book of Giants),1,0,0,"A son of Shemihazah, brother of Ohyah, who dreams of the destroying flood.",monster
ENT_ISR_LEVIATHAN,Leviathan,,Israelite/Second Temple,Chaos monster,Monster,sea monster; chaos; serpent; dragon,,Biblical/apocalyptic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Israelite/Second Temple chaos being,4,1,1,Chaos sea monster/serpent with Northwest Semitic roots.,monster
ENT_ISR_MAHAWAY,Mahaway,,Israelite/Second Temple,Giant,Nephil,the giants; the messenger flight to Enoch,,Jewish,,A,candidate_verified_name,Named giant (Book of Giants),1,0,0,"The giant son of the Watcher Baraqel, sent to Enoch to interpret the dreams.",monster
ENT_ISR_OHYAH,Ohyah,,Israelite/Second Temple,Giant,Nephil,the giants; violence; prophetic dreams,,Jewish,,A,candidate_verified_name,Named giant (Book of Giants),1,0,0,A son of Shemihazah and a leading giant of the Book of Giants; also in Mani's recension.,monster
ENT_ISR_RAHAB,Rahab,,Israelite/Second Temple,Chaos monster,Sea-dragon,the chaotic sea; primordial rebellion,,Jewish,,A,candidate_verified_name,Chaos monster,0,1,1,The sea-dragon of chaos crushed by Yahweh; a doublet of Leviathan.,monster
ENT_ISR_ZIZ,Ziz,,Israelite/Second Temple,Monster,Primordial bird,the sky; the primordial creatures of the air,,Jewish,,B,candidate_verified_name,Primordial creature,0,0,0,"The giant primordial bird, third of the great creatures with Behemoth and Leviathan.",monster
ENT_LAMIA,Lamia,,Greek,Daimon/monster,Child-Harming Spirit,night; child-harming spirit; monstrous female being,,Folkloric/mythic,,B,candidate_verified_name,Greek daimon/monster,3,1,0,Female child-harming or monstrous figure in Greek tradition.,monster
ENT_LAT_KORUPHE,Koruphe,,Late Antique Ritual,Dragon demon,Dragon Demon,three-headed dragon; deafness; muteness; bodily affliction,,,,B,,,,,,,monster
ENT_LAT_KUNOPEGOS,Kunopegos,,Late Antique Ritual,Sea monster,Sea Monster,sea danger; wave demon; maritime affliction,,,,B,,,,,,,monster
ENT_LAT_WINGED_DRAGON,Winged Dragon,,Late Antique Ritual,Dragon demon,Dragon Demon,winged dragon; reproductive harm; fire; women; Solomonic demonology,,,,B,,,,,,,monster
ENT_MAN_UR,Ur,,Mandaean,Chthonic monster/being,Monster,darkness; underworld; monster; lower world,,Mandaean,,A,candidate_verified_name,Mandaean chthonic entity,5,1,1,Chthonic monster/being of darkness.,monster
ENT_MEDUSA,Medusa,,Greek,Gorgon/monster,Monster,monster; gorgon; petrifying gaze; Perseus myth,,Mythic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Greek monster/liminal being,3,1,1,Gorgon slain by Perseus.,monster
ENT_MES_ANZU,Anzu,,Mesopotamian,Chaos bird / Storm monster,Adversarial Being,chaos; storm bird; stolen Tablets of Destiny; thunder; monster,,,,A,,,,,,"Mesopotamian divine storm bird; also called Zu or Imdugud (Sumerian); the great lion-headed eagle who steals the Tablet of Destinies from Enlil, plunging heaven and earth into disorder; defeated by Ninurta (in the Old Babylonian Anzu myth; also in the Standard Babylonian version) who recaptures the Tablet; appears also in the Epic of Gilgamesh (the Anzud bird); part of the Mesopotamian chaos-combat tradition alongside Tiamat, Kingu, and other chaos beings",monster
ENT_MES_BASHMU,Bashmu,,Mesopotamian,Monster,Horned serpent,the venomous horned serpent,,Mesopotamian,,B,candidate_verified_name,Serpent monster,0,1,1,"Bashmu, the horned venomous serpent among the monsters of Tiamat.",monster
ENT_MES_GIRTABLULLU,Girtablullu,,Mesopotamian,Monster,Scorpion-man,the scorpion-men; the guarding of the sun's gate,,Mesopotamian,,B,candidate_verified_name,Scorpion-man,0,0,0,The scorpion-men who guard the gate of Mount Mashu where the sun rises.,monster
ENT_MES_GUGALANNA,Gugalanna,,Mesopotamian,Monster,Bull of Heaven,the Bull of Heaven; drought; the underworld,,Mesopotamian,,B,candidate_verified_name,Bull of Heaven,0,1,0,"Husband of Ereshkigal (named in ""Inanna's Descent""); his name means ""great bull of An."" Often equated by modern scholars with the Bull of Heaven slain in the Gilgamesh epic, though that identification is not certain.",monster
ENT_MES_HUMBABA,Humbaba,,Mesopotamian,Monster,Forest guardian,the Cedar Forest; the terrifying radiance,,Mesopotamian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Forest guardian monster,1,0,0,"Humbaba (Huwawa), the fearsome guardian of the Cedar Forest, slain by Gilgamesh and Enkidu.",monster
ENT_MES_KUSARIKKU,Kusarikku,,Mesopotamian,Monster,Bull-man,the bull-man; the guardian of the sun,,Mesopotamian,,B,candidate_verified_name,Bull-man,0,0,0,"The bull-man, attendant of the sun-god and a guardian figure.",monster
ENT_MES_MUSHHUSHSHU,Mushhushshu,,Mesopotamian,Monster,Dragon,the snake-dragon; the symbol of Marduk,,Mesopotamian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Dragon of Marduk,0,1,1,"The snake-dragon (""furious serpent"") of the Ishtar Gate, emblem of Marduk and Nabu.",monster
ENT_MINOTAUR,Minotaur,,Greek,Monster,Monster,bull; labyrinth; sacrifice; Theseus myth,,Mythic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Greek monster,4,1,0,Bull-headed monster slain by Theseus in the labyrinth.,monster
ENT_MON_ECHIDNA,Echidna,,Greek,Monster,Chthonic monster,Monsters; chthonic generation,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The half-woman, half-serpent 'mother of monsters'; mate of Typhon and dam of the Greek monster brood. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 295-332 (esp. 304-305 description); Apollodorus 2.1.2. Genealogical hub previously missing from the DB.",monster
ENT_MON_GIGANTES,Gigantes,,Greek,Monster,Primordial monster collective,Monsters; Gigantomachy,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Earth-born giants sprung from Gaia (from the blood of Ouranos) who warred on the Olympians in the Gigantomachy. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 183-186; Apollodorus 1.6.1-2. Collective entity.",monster
ENT_MON_GRAEAE,Graeae,,Greek,Monster,Monster collective,Monsters; old age; prophecy,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Grey-haired sisters (Deino, Enyo, Pemphredo) sharing one eye and one tooth, daughters of Phorcys and Ceto; coerced by Perseus. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 270-273; Apollodorus 2.4.2. Collective entity.",monster
ENT_MON_HARPIES,Harpies,,Greek,Monster,Monster collective,Monsters; storm-winds; snatching,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Collective of winged storm-spirits (Aello, Ocypete, Celaeno), daughters of Thaumas and Electra, 'snatchers' who tormented Phineus. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 265-269; Apollodorus 1.9.21. Collective entity.",monster
ENT_MON_HECATONCHEIRES,Hecatoncheires,,Greek,Monster,Primordial monster collective,Monsters; primordial force,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The hundred-handed, fifty-headed giants Cottus, Briareus and Gyges, sons of Ouranos and Gaia; allies of Zeus against the Titans and jailers of the imprisoned Titans. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 147-153, 617-735. Collective entity.",monster
ENT_MON_ORTHRUS,Orthrus,,Greek,Monster,Guardian beast,Monsters; guardian beasts,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Two-headed hound of Geryon, son of Typhon and Echidna, slain by Heracles; sire (with the Chimera) of the Sphinx and Nemean Lion in Hesiod's construal. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 309-327; Apollodorus 2.5.10.",monster
ENT_MON_SIRENS,Sirens,,Greek,Monster,Monster collective,Monsters; deadly song,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Collective of bird-bodied singing maidens whose song lured sailors to death; encountered by Odysseus. Attested Homer, Odyssey 12.39-54, 165-200; Apollodorus E7.18-19. Collective entity.",monster
ENT_MON_SPHINX,Sphinx,,Greek,Monster,Chthonic monster,Monsters; riddle/death,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The Theban Sphinx (Phix), winged lion-bodied woman who posed the riddle; child of Orthrus and the Chimera (Hesiod) or of Typhon/Echidna. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 326-329; Apollodorus 3.5.8. Distinct from the Egyptian sphinx.",monster
ENT_MON_STYMPHALIAN_BIRDS,Stymphalian Birds,,Greek,Monster,Monster collective,Monsters; man-eating birds,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,Man-eating bronze-beaked birds of Lake Stymphalia driven off by Heracles in his sixth labour. Attested Apollodorus 2.5.6; Pausanias 8.22.4. Collective entity.,monster
ENT_MORMO,Mormo,,Greek,Daimon/monster,Child-Harming Spirit,fear; night; child-frightening spirit,,Folkloric,,B,candidate_verified_name,Greek daimon/monster,3,1,0,Child-frightening female spirit or bogey figure.,monster
ENT_NEMEAN_LION,Nemean Lion,,Greek,Monster,Monster,lion; invulnerability; Heracles myth,,Mythic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Greek monster,4,0,0,Invulnerable lion slain by Heracles.,monster
ENT_NOR_ANGRBODA,Angrboða,,Germanic/Norse,Jötunn,Jötnar,the mothering of monsters,,mythological,,A,candidate_verified_name,Gylfaginning 34,0,0,0,"The giantess who bears Loki the three monsters Fenrir, Jormungandr and Hel.",monster
ENT_NOR_FARBAUTI,Fárbauti,,Germanic/Norse,Jötunn,Jötnar,(father of Loki),,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Gylfaginning 33,0,0,0,"The giant ""cruel-striker,"" father of Loki by Laufey.",monster
ENT_NOR_FENRIR,Fenrir,,Germanic/Norse,Wolf monster,Monster,wolf; chaos; binding; eschatology,,Norse/Germanic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Norse monster,4,1,0,Monstrous wolf bound until Ragnarök.,monster
ENT_NOR_FREKI,Freki,,Germanic/Norse,Mythical animal,Odin's wolves,the feast at Odin's table,,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Grimnismal 19,0,0,0,"""Greedy,"" one of the two wolves who eat at Odin's table.",monster
ENT_NOR_GARM,Garm,,Germanic/Norse,Monster,Hound of Hel,the guarding of the underworld road; Ragnarök,,Norse,,B,candidate_verified_name,Hellhound,0,1,0,The blood-stained hound that guards the road to Hel and bays at Ragnarök.,monster
ENT_NOR_GEIRROD_GIANT,Geirröðr,,Germanic/Norse,Jötunn,Jötnar,the duel with a weaponless Thor,,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Skaldskaparmal (Thorsdrapa),0,0,0,A giant who lures Thor weaponless to his hall; killed by a glowing iron Thor hurls back.,monster
ENT_NOR_GERI,Geri,,Germanic/Norse,Mythical animal,Odin's wolves,the feast at Odin's table,,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Grimnismal 19,0,0,0,"""Ravenous,"" one of the two wolves Odin feeds at his table in Valhalla.",monster
ENT_NOR_GUNNLOD,Gunnlöð,,Germanic/Norse,Jötunn,Jötnar,the guarding of the Mead of Poetry,,mythological,,A,candidate_verified_name,Havamal 104-110,0,0,0,"The giantess, daughter of Suttungr, who guards the Mead of Poetry and is seduced by Odin.",monster
ENT_NOR_HATI,Hati,,Germanic/Norse,Mythical animal,Wolves of Ragnarok,the pursuit and swallowing of the moon,,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Grimnismal 39,0,0,0,The wolf who pursues Mani the moon and devours him at Ragnarok.,monster
ENT_NOR_HRUNGNIR,Hrungnir,,Germanic/Norse,Giant,Jötunn,the duel with Thor; the stone heart,,Norse,,B,candidate_verified_name,Named jötunn,0,0,0,"The strongest of the giants, of stone head and heart, slain by Thor in single combat.",monster
ENT_NOR_HUGINN,Huginn,,Germanic/Norse,Mythical animal,Odin's ravens,thought; Odin's sight over the world,,mythological,,A,candidate_verified_name,Grimnismal 20,0,0,0,"""Thought,"" one of the two ravens who fly the world each day and report to Odin.",monster
ENT_NOR_HYMIR,Hymir,,Germanic/Norse,Jötunn,Jötnar,the great brewing-cauldron; the fishing of Jormungandr,,mythological,,A,candidate_verified_name,Hymiskvida,1,0,0,"The giant owner of the mile-deep cauldron, in whose boat Thor hooks the World-Serpent.",monster
ENT_NOR_JORMUNGANDR,Jörmungandr,,Germanic/Norse,World serpent,Monster,serpent; sea; world-encircling; eschatology,,Norse/Germanic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Norse serpent monster,4,1,1,World serpent and enemy of Thor.,monster
ENT_NOR_LAUFEY,Laufey,,Germanic/Norse,Jötunn,Jötnar,(mother of Loki),,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Gylfaginning; Lokasenna,1,0,0,"Laufey (Nal), the mother of Loki, by whose name he is matronymically called Loki Laufeyjarson.",monster
ENT_NOR_MUNDILFARI,Mundilfari,,Germanic/Norse,Jötunn,Jötnar,(father of Sun and Moon),,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Vafthrudnismal 23,0,0,0,"The father of Sol and Mani, who named his children for the sun and moon and angered the gods.",monster
ENT_NOR_MUNINN,Muninn,,Germanic/Norse,Mythical animal,Odin's ravens,memory; Odin's sight over the world,,mythological,,A,candidate_verified_name,Grimnismal 20,0,0,0,"""Memory,"" one of the two ravens who report the world's tidings to Odin.",monster
ENT_NOR_NIDHOGG,Níðhöggr,,Germanic/Norse,Dragon/serpent,Monster,dragon; serpent; underworld; world tree,,Norse/Germanic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Norse dragon/serpent,5,1,1,Serpentine dragon associated with the roots of Yggdrasil.,monster
ENT_NOR_RATATOSKR,Ratatoskr,,Germanic/Norse,Mythical animal,Yggdrasil's creatures,strife-bearing between the eagle and the serpent,,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Grimnismal 32,2,0,0,The squirrel who runs up and down Yggdrasil carrying spiteful words between the eagle above and Nidhogg below.,monster
ENT_NOR_SKOLL,Sköll,,Germanic/Norse,Mythical animal,Wolves of Ragnarok,the pursuit and swallowing of the sun,,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Grimnismal 39,0,0,0,The wolf who pursues Sol the sun and devours her at Ragnarok.,monster
ENT_NOR_SLEIPNIR,Sleipnir,,Germanic/Norse,Mythical animal,Steeds,Odin's eight-legged horse; the ride between worlds,,mythological,,A,candidate_verified_name,Grimnismal 44,1,0,0,"Odin's eight-legged horse, offspring of Loki and the stallion Svadilfari, who bears riders even to Hel.",monster
ENT_NOR_SURTR,Surtr,,Germanic/Norse,Fire giant,Lord of Muspelheim,primordial fire; the burning of the world at Ragnarök,,Norse,,A,candidate_verified_name,Fire-giant,0,0,0,The fire-giant of Muspelheim whose flaming sword will burn the world at Ragnarök.,monster
ENT_NOR_SUTTUNGR,Suttungr,,Germanic/Norse,Jötunn,Jötnar,the keeping of the Mead of Poetry,,mythological,,A,candidate_verified_name,Skaldskaparmal; Havamal,0,0,0,The giant who takes the Mead of Poetry as wergild and hides it under the mountain; father of Gunnlod.,monster
ENT_NOR_THJAZI,Þjazi,,Germanic/Norse,Jötunn,Jötnar,the abduction of Idun; (father of Skadi),,mythological,,A,candidate_verified_name,Skaldskaparmal,1,0,0,The giant who abducts Idun and her apples; slain by the Aesir; father of Skadi.,monster
ENT_NOR_THRYM,Thrym,,Germanic/Norse,Giant,Jötunn,the theft of Thor's hammer,,Norse,,B,candidate_verified_name,Named jötunn,0,0,0,The giant-king who stole Thor's hammer and demanded Freyja as ransom (Þrymskviða).,monster
ENT_NOR_UTGARDALOKI,Útgarða-Loki,,Germanic/Norse,Jötunn,Jötnar,illusion; the stronghold of Utgard,,mythological,,A,candidate_verified_name,Gylfaginning 45-47,1,0,0,The giant-king of Utgard who defeats Thor and Loki with a series of magical illusions.,monster
ENT_NOR_VAFTHRUDNIR,Vafþrúðnir,,Germanic/Norse,Jötunn,Jötnar,ancient wisdom; the wisdom-contest,,mythological,,A,candidate_verified_name,Vafthrudnismal,0,0,0,The exceedingly wise giant who loses a head-staking wisdom-contest to the disguised Odin.,monster
ENT_NOR_YMIR,Ymir,,Germanic/Norse,Primordial giant,The first being,the primordial body; the making of the world,,Norse,,A,candidate_verified_name,Primordial giant,3,0,0,The primordial giant from whose slain body Odin and his brothers fashioned the world.,monster
ENT_PYTHON,Python,,Greek,Chthonic serpent,Oracle Figure,Delphic earth oracle,serpent;oracle;chthonic,Greek world,Archaic-Classical/Roman reception,B,candidate_verified_name,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.,5,1,1,"Chthonic, underworld, or local cult seed entity.",monster
ENT_SAMI_STALLO,Stallo,,Sámi,ogre,Mythic being,man-eating; wilderness; menace,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"Stupid, man-eating ogre of Sámi folklore who pursues humans but is regularly outwitted; a folkloric rather than cultic figure.",monster
ENT_SCYLLA,Scylla,,Greek,Sea monster/daimon,Sea Monster,sea danger; straits; monster; liminal passage,,Mythic/maritime,,B,candidate_verified_name,Greek sea monster/liminal being,2,0,0,Sea monster associated with dangerous straits and liminal maritime passage.,monster
ENT_SLAV_KOSCHEI,Koschei the Deathless,,Slavic,Monster,Folktale antagonist,death-evasion; abduction; sorcery,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,An immortal sorcerer-villain of East-Slavic folktales who abducts the hero's bride and cannot die because his death is hidden in a needle inside an egg.,monster
ENT_SLAV_ZMEY_GORYNYCH,Zmey Gorynych,,Slavic,Dragon,Folktale dragon,fire; chaos; the dragon-slaying combat,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"The multi-headed fire-breathing dragon of East-Slavic byliny and folktales, slain by heroes such as Dobrynya Nikitich.",monster
ENT_TYPHON,Typhon,,Greek,Chaos monster,Adversarial Being,chaos; storm; serpent; typhoon; adversary of Zeus; monster father,,,,A,,,,,,Last great monster of the pre-Olympian age; son of Gaia (and Tartaros); created to challenge Zeus after the defeat of the Titans; defeated by Zeus's thunderbolts and buried under Etna; Hesiod Theogony 820-880; parallel to the Hurrian Ullikummi and Hittite Illuyanka as a chaos monster challenging the storm god champion,monster
ENT_VF_CHUPACABRA,Chupacabra,,Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion,Cryptid,Cryptid,livestock predation; blood-draining; rural dread,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The 'goat-sucker' blamed for exsanguinated livestock across Latin America and the US Southwest since 1995. Communities act on it (livestock protection, vigilance, reporting) as a real present threat; Radford traces the lived legend.",monster
ENT_VF_JERSEY_DEVIL,The Jersey Devil,,Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion,Cryptid,Cryptid,Pine Barrens haunting; winged menace; regional omen,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Winged hooved creature of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, tied to the Mother Leeds birth legend. A durable regional belief people invoke and search for; the 1909 sighting panic shows lived apotropaic engagement (schools closed, people stayed indoors).",monster
ENT_VF_MOTHMAN,Mothman,,Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion,Cryptid,Cryptid,omen; harbinger of disaster; winged apparition,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Winged red-eyed being of the 1966–67 Point Pleasant sighting wave, treated as a harbinger of the Silver Bridge collapse. Engaged experientially and as an omen/portent (Keel); people interpret sightings as warnings — an apotropaic/divinatory reading, not fiction.",monster
ENT_WEL_YSBADDADEN,Ysbaddaden,,Celtic/Welsh,Giant,Giants,the impossible tasks,,mythological,,A,candidate_verified_name,Culhwch ac Olwen,0,0,0,"The Chief Giant, father of Olwen, who sets Culhwch the great series of impossible tasks (anoethau).",monster
ENT_ZOR_AZHI_DAHAKA,Azhi Dahaka,,Zoroastrian,Dragon,Cosmic Serpent,the three-headed dragon; tyranny; chaos,,Iranian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Cosmic dragon,0,1,1,"The three-headed, six-eyed dragon, bound by Thraetaona until he breaks free at the end of time.",monster