entities: ENT_DEMX_WITCH_FAMILIAR

The core table — every entity in the database, spanning gods, angels, demons, aeons, prophets, saints, heroes, spirits, monsters, personified abstractions, cosmological realms, and ritual categories. Use category to filter by functional type (146 values: Underworld Deity, Hero, Adversarial Being, Revealer Figure, etc.). Use tradition to filter by tradition. The short_note column contains a scholarly description with source citations.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

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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_DEMX_WITCH_FAMILIAR The Witch's Familiar (familiar spirit)   Christian demonology Demon class Demonological classification witchcraft; demonic pact; animal-shaped attendant spirits (imps)   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Class hub for the low demonic attendant spirits ('imps'/familiars) in animal form (cat, toad, dog, etc.) said in early-modern English and continental witch-trial demonology (e.g. the Essex trials, Matthew Hopkins' Discovery of Witches, 1647) to be given by the Devil to suckle on the witch's mark and do her bidding. A class, not a single named being. demon

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