entities: ENT_VF_BLACK_EYED_CHILDREN

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 entity_class to filter by kind (19 controlled values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, etc.). category is free text (1,148 values) and is not a reliable filter. 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_VF_BLACK_EYED_CHILDREN Black-Eyed Children   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Folkloric being Apotropaic figure threshold intrusion; permission-seeking menace; 'don't let them in'   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Children with all-black eyes who appear at doors/cars asking to be let in; the lived rule is strictly apotropaic — refuse them entry. An ostensive legend people act on (reports of declining to open doors); C for emergent/contested. spirit

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