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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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