entities: ENT_ZOR_AESHMA_DAEVA

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_ZOR_AESHMA_DAEVA Aeshma Daeva   Zoroastrian Demon Adversarial Being wrath; violence; aggression; demon of rage; Aeshma Daeva; Gabriel's adversary     PER_ZOR_ACHAEMENID A   Named in Avestan primary texts (Yasna, Vidēvdād) as demon of wrath; etymological source of Hebrew Asmodeus       Avestan demon of wrath (aēšma, "wrath/violence"); one of the six archdemons opposing the Amesha Spentas; Vidēvdād 10.9 names him as Aeshma of the bloody mace. Name is the direct etymological source of Hebrew Ashmedai / Asmodeus (Tobit 3:8). demon

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