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_ARA_KUBABA,Kubaba of Carchemish,,Luwian,City god,Tutelary Deity,protection; sovereignty,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0),0,0,0,"Tutelary goddess of Carchemish, a leading deity of the Syro-Hittite/Luwian (Neo-Hittite) world, attested in Luwian hieroglyphic and Aramaic inscriptions (and earlier as a Syrian goddess at 3rd-millennium Kish/Mari). Sometimes argued to underlie Anatolian Kybele, though the derivation is debated and phonologically contested.",deity
ENT_LUW_ARMA,Arma,,Luwian,God,Moon god,the moon; months,,Anatolian,,B,candidate_verified_name,Luwian moon-god,0,0,0,"Arma, the Luwian moon-god.",deity
ENT_LUW_IYARRI,Iyarri,,Luwian,God,Plague god,plague; the bow; war,,Anatolian,,B,candidate_verified_name,Luwian/Hittite plague-god,0,0,0,"Iyarri (Yarri), the Hittite-Luwian god of plague and the battlefield bow.",deity
ENT_LUW_KUBABA,Kubaba,,Luwian,city goddess / enthroned queen,High Deity,city sovereignty; divine queenship; nature; lion; pomegranate; fertility,,,,A,,,,,,"Kubaba (also Kuba, Kubaba, Luwian hieroglyphic KUBABA) is the city goddess of Carchemish, the principal Neo-Hittite/Luwian state of the Iron Age (c. 1000-717 BCE, when the city fell to Sargon II of Assyria). She is attested extensively in Luwian hieroglyphic inscriptions from Carchemish and is the most distinctive deity of the Luwian Iron Age tradition. Her standard iconographic program shows her enthroned on a throne flanked by lions (or standing on a lion), holding a pomegranate in one hand and a mirror or bird in the other — attributes of divine sovereignty, fertility, and feminine divine power. Her divine domain encompasses city tutelary protection, queenship and sovereignty, and the natural realm (the pomegranate and bird associations). In the Neo-Hittite political tradition, Kubaba and the storm deity Tarhunza are the two principal deities of Carchemish; she also appears at other Luwian sites (Malatya, Karkamish/Tell Bashar) and in the Luwian hieroglyphic inscriptions of Zincirli (Sam'al). Her most consequential legacy is etymological and theological: the Phrygian epithet ""Kubileya"" in the divine name ""Matar Kubileya"" (Mother Kubileya = the Phrygian Mother Goddess) directly borrows the name Kubaba, demonstrating the transmission of the Luwian city goddess tradition into the Phrygian highlands — the etymological foundation of the reception chain that ultimately produces the Greek ""Kybele"" (Cybele) and the Roman ""Magna Mater."" The chain Kubaba → Kubileya → Cybele is one of the most etymologically secure deity reception chains in the ancient world. A separate ""Kubaba of Kish"" appears in the Sumerian King List (c. 2500 BCE) as a female innkeeper who became king, but whether this is the same deity or a coincident name is debated; the Luwian Kubaba's cult is documented independently. Taracha (2009) pp. 186-198.",deity
ENT_LUW_MALIYA,Maliya,,Luwian,Goddess,Goddess of rivers and gardens,rivers; gardens; crafts,,Anatolian,,B,candidate_verified_name,Luwian goddess,2,0,0,"Maliya, the Luwian goddess of rivers and gardens.",deity
ENT_LUW_PANTHEON,The Luwian Pantheon,,Luwian,Collective,Pantheon,the gods of the Luwian-speaking peoples of Bronze and Iron Age Anatolia and northern Syria,,collective,,A,candidate_verified_name,Connectivity remediation: pantheon collective hub (v1.79.0),0,0,0,"Collective hub wiring the Luwian gods (Tarhunz, Tiwaz, Arma, Runtiya, Santa, Iyarri, Maliya, Kubaba) into the regional pantheon system (Taracha).",collective
ENT_LUW_RUNTIYA,Runtiya,,Luwian,God,Stag/tutelary god,the stag; the hunt; the protection of the wild,,Anatolian,,B,candidate_verified_name,Luwian tutelary god,1,0,0,"Runtiya (Kurunta), the Luwian stag-god of the hunt and tutelary protector.",deity
ENT_LUW_SANTA,Santa,,Luwian,God,Plague and war god,plague; war; the underworld,,Anatolian,,B,candidate_verified_name,Luwian god,0,1,0,"Santa, the Luwian god of plague and war, ancestor of the Cilician Sandas.",deity
ENT_LUW_TARHUNZ,Tarhunz,,Luwian,God,Storm god,the storm; rain; the vine; sovereignty,,Anatolian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Luwian chief god,1,0,0,"Tarhunz, the Luwian storm-god and chief deity, cognate of the Hittite Tarhunna.",deity
ENT_LUW_TIWAZ,Tiwaz,,Luwian,God,Sun god,the sun; justice; oaths,,Anatolian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Luwian sun-god,0,0,0,"Tiwaz, the Luwian sun-god, guarantor of justice and oaths.",deity