entities: ENT_ISL_ILYAS

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.

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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_ISL_ILYAS Ilyas (Elijah)   Islamic Prophet Revealer Figure prophecy; fire; divine confrontation; Elijah-equivalent; eschatology       B           Quranic prophet; identified with the Hebrew Bible Elijah (ENT_ISR_ELIJAH). Named in Quran 6:85 (in the list of prophets) and 37:123-132 (the sura Al-Saffat account of Ilyas reproving Baal worship). The Quranic account closely parallels 1 Kings 18 (the confrontation with Baal). Some Islamic traditions identify Ilyas with al-Khidr (the immortal green man), though this is disputed. prophet

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