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_ARAB_AL_FALS,al-Fals,,Pre-Islamic Arabian,Sacred betyl,Deity,tribal patron; sanctuary; asylum,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0),0,0,0,"Idol of the Tayyiʾ tribe, a reddish rock outcrop on Jabal Aja serving as a place of asylum, described in Ibn al-Kalbi.",object ENT_ARAB_DHUL_KHALASA,Dhu'l-Khalasa,,Pre-Islamic Arabian,Sacred betyl,Deity,oracle; divination; tribal sanctuary,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0),0,0,0,"White quartz betyl and oracular sanctuary (famed for divination by arrows) at Tabala in the Tihama/Asir region of southwest Arabia — the ""Yemeni/Southern Kaʿba"" by epithet, not located in Yemen proper; venerated by Daws, Khathʿam and Bajila per Ibn al-Kalbi.",object ENT_ARAB_ISAF,Isāf,,Pre-Islamic Arabian,Sacred betyl,Deity,sanctuary guardian; ritual; petrified ancestor,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0),0,0,0,"Idol at the Kaʿba; in tradition a man petrified for sacrilege, paired with Nāʾila, attested in Ibn al-Kalbi at al-Safa/al-Marwa.",object ENT_ARAB_NAILA,Nāʾila,,Pre-Islamic Arabian,Sacred betyl,Deity,sanctuary guardian; ritual; petrified ancestor,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0),0,0,0,"Female idol at the Kaʿba, paired with Isāf as a petrified couple, attested in Ibn al-Kalbi at al-Safa/al-Marwa.",object ENT_ARAB_SAD,Saʿd,,Pre-Islamic Arabian,Sacred betyl,Deity,tribal patron; fortune; good luck,,regional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0),0,0,0,"A tall rock-betyl of the Banu Milkan (Kinana) anointed with sacrificial blood, per Ibn al-Kalbi (whose anecdote has camels bolting from the blood-smeared stone); a tribal cult-stone rather than a developed deity. The ""Fortune"" association rests on the name saʿd (""good luck""), an etymology, not attested cult function.",object ENT_ART_EXCALIBUR,Excalibur,,Arthurian,Relic,Legendary sword,kingship; war; sovereignty; the otherworld,,literary,,B,candidate_verified_name,Arthurian legend / Matter of Britain (v1.78.0),0,0,0,"Arthur's sword (Geoffrey's Caliburn), given by the Lady of the Lake and returned to her at his death.",object ENT_ART_GRAIL,The Holy Grail,,Arthurian,Sacred object,Holy relic,divine grace; revelation; healing; the Eucharist,,literary,,B,candidate_verified_name,Arthurian legend / Matter of Britain (v1.78.0),0,0,0,The vessel of the Last Supper brought to Britain by Joseph of Arimathea; object of the great quest.,object ENT_ART_ROUND_TABLE_OBJECT,The Round Table,,Arthurian,Sacred object,Order of chivalry,fellowship; equality of the knights; the chivalric order,,literary,,B,candidate_verified_name,Arthurian legend / Matter of Britain (v1.78.0),0,0,0,The round table made by Merlin so that no knight should sit above another.,object ENT_ART_SIEGE_PERILOUS,The Siege Perilous,,Arthurian,Sacred object,Sacred seat,the Grail destiny; sanctity; predestination,,literary,,B,candidate_verified_name,Arthurian legend / Matter of Britain (v1.78.0),0,0,0,"The empty seat, fatal to the unworthy, reserved for the Grail knight Galahad.",object ENT_DIS_GOLDEN_APPLE,The Golden Apple of Discord (Discordian),,Discordianism,Sacred object,Relic,discord; chaos; relic,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The golden apple inscribed 'kallisti' ('to the prettiest one'), revered in Discordian practice as Eris's defining relic and a sign of fruitful discord. A reception of the apple from the Greek Judgment of Paris myth, recontextualized in the Principia Discordia.",object ENT_DIS_SACRED_CHAO,The Sacred Chao,,Discordianism,Sacred object,Symbol,cosmology; order and chaos; symbol,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Core Discordian symbol (a yin-yang-like figure bearing the Apple of Discord and the Pentagon), used devotionally/ritually as the emblem of the interplay of order and disorder. Attested in the Principia Discordia.",object ENT_DRZ_RASAIL,Rasaʾil al-Hikma (Epistles of Wisdom),,Druze,text,canon,scripture,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The 111-epistle Druze sacred canon, largely by Hamza and al-Muqtana; foundational closed scripture. Existence and authorship attested in scholarship.",object ENT_ETH_TABOT,The Tabot (Ark of the Covenant tradition),,Ethiopian Christian,Sacred object,sacred object/tradition,cultus; covenant; liturgy,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The Ethiopian Ark tradition: the Tabot (altar-tablet) replicates the Ark of the Covenant believed, per the Kebra Nagast, to reside at Aksum; central cultic object of every Tewahedo church.",object ENT_JM_GOLEM,Golem,,Jewish Mystical,Construct,Construct,artificial life; protection; holy names; clay,,folk,,B,candidate_verified_name,Abrahamic folk supernatural beings (v1.72.0),0,0,0,An anthropoid of clay animated through the ritual permutation of Hebrew letters and divine names (the word emet/'truth'); Scholem traces the motif from Sefer Yetsirah speculation to the medieval Hasidei Ashkenaz and the later Prague-Maharal legend.,object ENT_MAS_BOAZ,Boaz (the pillar),,Masonic/Rosicrucian,Cult object,Sacred object,strength; threshold; temple symbolism,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Personified left-hand pillar of Solomon's porch in Masonic ritual symbolism. HOMONYM: distinct from the biblical Boaz (ancestor of David), entity ENT_ISR_BOAZ; this is the Temple pillar of 1 Kings 7 as used in lodge symbolism.",object ENT_MAS_JACHIN,Jachin (the pillar),,Masonic/Rosicrucian,Cult object,Sacred object,establishment; threshold; temple symbolism,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Personified right-hand pillar of Solomon's porch in Masonic ritual symbolism (lecture of the Fellow Craft); a working ritual symbol, not the biblical priest. Homonym/parallel to scriptural pillar named in 1 Kings 7.",object ENT_SAM_TORAH,Samaritan Torah (Samaritan Pentateuch),,Samaritan,Scripture,Scripture,The sole Samaritan scriptural canon,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The Samaritan Pentateuch (Samaritan Hebrew Torah) is the entire Samaritan canon, with distinctive readings (notably the Gerizim commandment); the Abisha Scroll is its most venerated copy. Well attested textual tradition.",object ENT_URA_SPEAR_KHALDI,The Spear of Khaldi,,Urartian,Cult object,Sacred weapon,war; divine victory; royal legitimation; weapon cult,,regional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0),0,0,0,"The lance of Khaldi was a sacred weapon embodying the war-god's power; the Karagunduz stele praises it as victorious, and Khaldi's temples were 'houses of weapons'.",object ENT_YRS_KALAM,Kalam-e Saranjam,,Yarsan,Sacred text,Sacred text/principle,scripture; sacred text,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The corpus of sacred Gorani-language hymns/discourses (Kalam, esp. Saranjam) transmitting Yarsan cosmology and the manifestations (Hamzeh'ee).",object