entities: ENT_SAB_ATHTAR

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_SAB_ATHTAR Athtar   South Arabian Venus deity / War deity War Deity Venus; morning star; war; South Arabian astral deity; male form of Astarte tradition       A           Pan-South-Arabian Venus deity, uniquely masculine in the South Arabian tradition; associated with the planet Venus (morning/evening star) and with war and irrigation; worshipped across all South Arabian kingdoms as part of the standard divine triad (Athtar, the tribal moon deity, and Shams the sun goddess); his name is cognate with Canaanite Astarte/Attar and Akkadian Ishtar but South Arabian tradition preserved or developed the masculine form; the Ugaritic ʿAttar (who temporarily occupies Baal's throne after Baal dies) is likely the same deity; his masculine Venus role is unique in the ancient world deity

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