Entity Periods

Period assignments linking entities to the historical periods when they are attested. An entity may span multiple periods. All Greek entities are assigned; Egyptian tradition is fully covered; total coverage exceeds 70%.

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ENT_ACESO,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Aceso ENT_ACESO Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Healing goddess; daughter of Asclepius; Archaic tradition SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY reviewed
ENT_ACHELOOS,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Acheloos ENT_ACHELOOS Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Greatest river god; Homer Iliad 21.194; Hesiod Theogony 340 SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY reviewed
ENT_ACHELOUS_MINOR,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Achelous Minor ENT_ACHELOUS_MINOR Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high River deity; sons of Oceanus per Hesiod Theogony 338 SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_ACHERON,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Acheron ENT_ACHERON Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Underworld river of woe; Homer Odyssey 10.513 SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY reviewed
ENT_ACHERON_RIVER,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Acheron River ENT_ACHERON_RIVER Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Underworld river; Homer Odyssey 10.513; Hesiod SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY reviewed
ENT_ACHILLES,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Achilles ENT_ACHILLES Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Central hero of the Iliad; Homer Iliad (c. 750 BCE) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY reviewed
ENT_ACHILLES,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Achilles ENT_ACHILLES Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Central figure in Aeschylus Achilleis trilogy; Sophocles; Euripides Iphigenia at Aulis SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_ACHLYS,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Achlys ENT_ACHLYS Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Mist of death; Hesiod Shield of Heracles 264 SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_ACTAEA,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Actaea ENT_ACTAEA Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Named in Hesiod Theogony 243-264 (50 Nereid catalog) SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_ADIKIA,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Adikia ENT_ADIKIA Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Injustice; Archaic personification tradition (Hesiod, Theognis) SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_ADONIS,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Adonis ENT_ADONIS Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Vegetation deity; Sappho fr. 140 is earliest Greek attestation (Archaic Lesbos) SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_ADONIS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Adonis ENT_ADONIS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Athenian Adonia festival; Aristophanes Lysistrata 387; Plato Phaedrus 276b SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_ADONIS_HERO,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Adonis Hero ENT_ADONIS_HERO Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Vegetation hero; Sappho fr. 140 (Archaic) is earliest Greek attestation SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY reviewed
ENT_ADRASTEIA,PER_GRK_HELLENISTIC Adrasteia ENT_ADRASTEIA Hellenistic Period PER_GRK_HELLENISTIC B Greek hybrid/syncretic figure of the Hellenistic-Roman Greek world.   reviewed
ENT_ADRASTEIA_NYMPH,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Adrasteia Nymph ENT_ADRASTEIA_NYMPH Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Cretan nymph; nurse of Zeus; Archaic Cretan tradition SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY reviewed
ENT_AEACUS,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Aeacus ENT_AEACUS Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Underworld judge; Homer Odyssey (implied); Pindar Olympian 8 SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY reviewed
ENT_AEACUS_HERO,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Aeacus Hero ENT_AEACUS_HERO Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Hero/underworld judge; Hesiod; Pindar SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_AEGINA,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Aegina ENT_AEGINA Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Nymph/river; mother of Aeacus; Hesiod; Pindar Nemean 3 SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_AEGLE_HESPERID,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Aegle Hesperid ENT_AEGLE_HESPERID Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Hesperid; Hesiod Theogony 215-216 SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_AENEAS_GREEK_RECEPTION,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Aeneas Greek reception ENT_AENEAS_GREEK_RECEPTION Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Trojan hero; Homer Iliad 2.820; Hesiod Theogony 1008 SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY reviewed
ENT_AEOLUS,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Aeolus ENT_AEOLUS Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Keeper of winds; Homer Odyssey 10.1-79 SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY reviewed
ENT_AESAR,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Aesar ENT_AESAR Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC medium River deity; Archaic tradition; son of Oceanus SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_AESEPUS,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Aesepus ENT_AESEPUS Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Trojan river; Homer Iliad 2.825; 12.21 SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY reviewed
ENT_AETHER,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Aether ENT_AETHER Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Primordial; Hesiod Theogony 124 SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_AETHRA_OCEANID,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Aethra Oceanid ENT_AETHRA_OCEANID Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Oceanid; Hesiod Theogony 349 SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_AGANIPPE,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Aganippe ENT_AGANIPPE Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Spring nymph/Muse spring; Archaic Heliconian tradition SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_AGATHOS_DAIMON,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Agathos Daimon ENT_AGATHOS_DAIMON Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC medium Good spirit; Hesiod Works and Days 122-126 (unnamed good daimones of Golden Age) SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_AGATHOS_DAIMON,PER_GRK_HELLENISTIC Agathos Daimon ENT_AGATHOS_DAIMON Hellenistic Period PER_GRK_HELLENISTIC high Ptolemaic snake cult of Alexandria; major Hellenistic popular deity SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_AGLAIA,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Aglaia ENT_AGLAIA Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Grace; Hesiod Theogony 909; Homer Iliad 18.382 SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_AIDOS,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Aidos ENT_AIDOS Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Shame/reverence; Hesiod Works and Days 197-201 SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_AJAX,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Ajax ENT_AJAX Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Hero of the Iliad; Homer Iliad (c. 750 BCE) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY reviewed
ENT_AJAX,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Ajax ENT_AJAX Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Sophocles Ajax; major Classical tragedy SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_AKS_ASTAR,PER_DMT_AKSUM Astar ENT_AKS_ASTAR Dʿmt and Pre-Christian Aksum PER_DMT_AKSUM high Aksumite reflex of the South-Arabian astral god ʿAthtar (Venus), named first in Ezana's pre-Christian triad 'Astar, Beher and Medr'. SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed
ENT_AKS_BEHER,PER_DMT_AKSUM Beher ENT_AKS_BEHER Dʿmt and Pre-Christian Aksum PER_DMT_AKSUM high Aksumite god of the sea (later 'land/country'), named in Ezana's triad; in the Greek version the maritime deity corresponds to Poseidon. SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed
ENT_AKS_MAHREM,PER_DMT_AKSUM Mahrem ENT_AKS_MAHREM Dʿmt and Pre-Christian Aksum PER_DMT_AKSUM high Chief god and divine ancestor of the Aksumite kings, 'invincible to the enemy'; Ezana's Greek inscription equates him with Ares and styles the king 'son of Mahrem'. SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed
ENT_AKS_MEDR,PER_DMT_AKSUM Medr ENT_AKS_MEDR Dʿmt and Pre-Christian Aksum PER_DMT_AKSUM high Aksumite earth god (Geʿez medr = 'earth/land'), the third member of Ezana's pre-Christian triad, aligned with the Greek earth deity. SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed
ENT_AKS_PANTHEON,PER_DMT_AKSUM The Pre-Christian Aksumite Pantheon ENT_AKS_PANTHEON Dʿmt and Pre-Christian Aksum PER_DMT_AKSUM high The pagan deities worshipped in the Dʿmt kingdom and pre-Christian Aksum, attested in the pre-monotheist inscriptions of King Ezana and in Dʿmt-period South-Arabian-derived dedications. SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed
ENT_ALALA,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Alala ENT_ALALA Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high War cry spirit; Archaic; attested Pindar SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_ALASTOR,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Alastor ENT_ALASTOR Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Avenger spirit; Archaic poetic tradition SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_ALC_AZOTH,PER_ALCHEMY Azoth ENT_ALC_AZOTH Western Alchemical Era PER_ALCHEMY high Azoth, the universal transforming agent/first-and-last principle of the work, often identified with Philosophical Mercury; a key operative term of the practiced art (Paracelsus, Basil Valentine). SRC_ABRAHAM_ALCH_IMAGERY reviewed
ENT_ALC_GREEN_LION,PER_ALCHEMY The Green Lion ENT_ALC_GREEN_LION Western Alchemical Era PER_ALCHEMY high The Green Lion, personified raw/unripe matter or vitriol that 'devours the sun' (dissolves gold) early in the opus; a recurrent emblematic figure of the alchemical corpus. SRC_ABRAHAM_ALCH_IMAGERY reviewed
ENT_ALC_KING,PER_ALCHEMY The Alchemical King (Sol/Rex) ENT_ALC_KING Western Alchemical Era PER_ALCHEMY high The Red King / Sol, solar 'masculine' partner of the royal pair whose union (the chymical wedding) is enacted symbolically in the alchemical opus. SRC_JUNG_PSYCH_ALCHEMY reviewed
ENT_ALC_MERCURY_PHIL,PER_ALCHEMY Philosophical Mercury ENT_ALC_MERCURY_PHIL Western Alchemical Era PER_ALCHEMY high Mercurius philosophorum, the volatile mediating spirit-principle of the tria prima and chief agent of transmutation; revered in the corpus as the duplex/ambivalent Mercurius, not ordinary quicksilver. Homonym: distinct from the Roman god Mercury and from Hermes Trismegistus. SRC_JUNG_PSYCH_ALCHEMY reviewed
ENT_ALC_PRINCIPLES,PER_ALCHEMY The Alchemical Principles ENT_ALC_PRINCIPLES Western Alchemical Era PER_ALCHEMY high Collective hub for the personified principles of Western alchemy as engaged operatively and contemplatively within Hermetic-alchemical practice; basis for membership grouping, not a worshipped deity. SRC_ABRAHAM_ALCH_IMAGERY reviewed
ENT_ALC_QUEEN,PER_ALCHEMY The Alchemical Queen (Luna/Regina) ENT_ALC_QUEEN Western Alchemical Era PER_ALCHEMY high The White Queen / Luna, lunar 'feminine' partner of the royal pair in the chymical wedding; counterpart of the King in the practiced coniunctio. SRC_JUNG_PSYCH_ALCHEMY reviewed
ENT_ALC_REBIS,PER_ALCHEMY The Rebis ENT_ALC_REBIS Western Alchemical Era PER_ALCHEMY high The Rebis, the conjoined hermaphroditic offspring of the King and Queen embodying the union of opposites (coniunctio); a central goal-image of the alchemical work. SRC_JUNG_PSYCH_ALCHEMY reviewed
ENT_ALC_SALT,PER_ALCHEMY Salt (Philosophical) ENT_ALC_SALT Western Alchemical Era PER_ALCHEMY high Philosophical Salt, the fixed corporeal 'body' principle of the Paracelsian tria prima that binds Sulphur and Mercury; an operative category of the practiced art. SRC_ABRAHAM_ALCH_IMAGERY reviewed
ENT_ALC_SULPHUR,PER_ALCHEMY Sulphur (Philosophical) ENT_ALC_SULPHUR Western Alchemical Era PER_ALCHEMY high Philosophical Sulphur, the hot/dry active 'masculine' soul-principle of the tria prima; treated in alchemical practice as the fixing, coloring agent, distinct from common brimstone. SRC_ABRAHAM_ALCH_IMAGERY reviewed
ENT_ALGEA,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Algea ENT_ALGEA Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Pains; Hesiod Theogony 227 SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_ALKE,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Alke ENT_ALKE Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Strength spirit; Archaic tradition SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_ALPHEUS,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Alpheus ENT_ALPHEUS Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high River of Olympia; Homer Iliad 2.592; Hesiod Theogony 338 SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY reviewed
ENT_ALV_ABDALAN_RUM,PER_ALEVI Abdalan-i Rum (Abdals of Anatolia) ENT_ALV_ABDALAN_RUM Alevi-Bektashi (Anatolian) PER_ALEVI high The wandering antinomian dervish groups of medieval Anatolia among whom the Bektashi tradition crystallized; matrix of Alevi-Bektashi formation. Attested; Karamustafa, God's Unruly Friends. SRC_KARAMUSTAFA_GODS reviewed
ENT_ALV_BALIM_SULTAN,PER_ALEVI Balim Sultan ENT_ALV_BALIM_SULTAN Alevi-Bektashi (Anatolian) PER_ALEVI high Early-16th-c. saint called the 'second pir' (pir-i sani) credited with systematizing Bektashi ritual and organization at the Pir Evi (Haji Bektash lodge). Attested; Birge. SRC_BIRGE_BEKTASHI reviewed
ENT_ALV_BUYRUK,PER_ALEVI Buyruk (the Book of Command) ENT_ALV_BUYRUK Alevi-Bektashi (Anatolian) PER_ALEVI high The Buyruk, the body of Alevi-Bektashi doctrinal texts transmitting belief, the cem, and the path; ascribed in tradition to Ja'far al-Sadiq / Shaykh Safi lineages. Attested manuscript tradition. SRC_DRESSLER_WRITING reviewed
ENT_ALV_CEM,PER_ALEVI Cem (the gathering) ENT_ALV_CEM Alevi-Bektashi (Anatolian) PER_ALEVI high The central Alevi-Bektashi communal worship gathering led by a dede, modeled on the primordial Kirklar assembly; includes the semah. Publicly attested ritual category (interiors not modeled). Shankland; Birge. SRC_SHANKLAND_ALEVIS reviewed
ENT_ALV_DEDE,PER_ALEVI Dede (spiritual guide) ENT_ALV_DEDE Alevi-Bektashi (Anatolian) PER_ALEVI high The hereditary spiritual leader of an Alevi community, drawn from sacred lineages (ocak) tracing descent to the Ahl al-Bayt; presides over the cem. Attested institution; Shankland, Dressler. SRC_SHANKLAND_ALEVIS reviewed
ENT_ALV_HAJI_BEKTASH,PER_ALEVI Haji Bektash Veli (Alevi-Bektashi veneration) ENT_ALV_HAJI_BEKTASH Alevi-Bektashi (Anatolian) PER_ALEVI high The 13th-c. Anatolian saint venerated as pir and patron of the Alevi-Bektashi path; the Alevi reception of the historical figure recorded at ENT_SUF_BEKTASH. Velayetname hagiography; Birge. SRC_BIRGE_BEKTASHI reviewed
ENT_ALV_HIZIR,PER_ALEVI Hizir (Alevi veneration) ENT_ALV_HIZIR Alevi-Bektashi (Anatolian) PER_ALEVI high The Alevi veneration of Hizir (Khidr) as the ever-living helper invoked in distress, honored with the Hizir fast; the Alevi reception of the figure at ENT_ISL_KHIDR. Attested in Alevi practice. SRC_SHANKLAND_ALEVIS reviewed
ENT_ALV_KAYGUSUZ,PER_ALEVI Kaygusuz Abdal ENT_ALV_KAYGUSUZ Alevi-Bektashi (Anatolian) PER_ALEVI high Late-14th/15th-c. dervish poet, a foundational Bektashi literary saint whose verse shaped the tradition's hymnody. Attested Bektashi poet; Birge, Karamustafa. SRC_KARAMUSTAFA_GODS reviewed
ENT_ALV_KIRKLAR,PER_ALEVI Kirklar Meclisi (Assembly of the Forty) ENT_ALV_KIRKLAR Alevi-Bektashi (Anatolian) PER_ALEVI high The Forty Saints (Kirklar) whose primordial assembly, presided over by Ali, is the mythic archetype of the cem ceremony; central Alevi-Bektashi collective. Attested in Birge and Alevi buyruk lore. Cohort hub. SRC_BIRGE_BEKTASHI reviewed
ENT_ALV_KIZILBASH,PER_ALEVI Kizilbash (Qizilbash, Alevi forebears) ENT_ALV_KIZILBASH Alevi-Bektashi (Anatolian) PER_ALEVI high The Kizilbash, the Safavid-allied heterodox Anatolian Turkmen devotees of Ali and the Safavid shaykhs, the historical antecedent of modern Alevis. Attested; Dressler, Karamustafa. SRC_DRESSLER_WRITING reviewed
ENT_ALV_MUHARREM,PER_ALEVI Muharrem / Matem (Alevi mourning) ENT_ALV_MUHARREM Alevi-Bektashi (Anatolian) PER_ALEVI high The Alevi twelve-day Muharrem mourning fast (matem) commemorating Husayn's martyrdom at Karbala and the Twelve Imams, ended by Ashura. Publicly attested observance; Shankland. SRC_SHANKLAND_ALEVIS reviewed
ENT_ALV_OCAK,PER_ALEVI Ocak (sacred lineage) ENT_ALV_OCAK Alevi-Bektashi (Anatolian) PER_ALEVI high The system of sacred hearths/lineages from which dedes descend, claiming genealogical connection to the Imams and saints; organizes Alevi sacred authority. Attested; Dressler. SRC_DRESSLER_WRITING reviewed
ENT_ALV_PIR_SULTAN,PER_ALEVI Pir Sultan Abdal ENT_ALV_PIR_SULTAN Alevi-Bektashi (Anatolian) PER_ALEVI high 16th-c. Alevi saint-poet (asik) executed by Ottoman authorities; his nefes hymns are central to Alevi devotional repertoire and identity. Attested poet of the Kizilbash-Alevi milieu. SRC_SHANKLAND_ALEVIS reviewed
ENT_ALV_SEMAH,PER_ALEVI Semah ENT_ALV_SEMAH Alevi-Bektashi (Anatolian) PER_ALEVI high The ritual turning movement performed during the cem, understood as imitating the turning of the Forty and the cosmos. UNESCO-recognized; publicly attested. Birge. SRC_BIRGE_BEKTASHI reviewed
ENT_ALV_TRINITY,PER_ALEVI Allah-Muhammad-Ali (the Alevi triad) ENT_ALV_TRINITY Alevi-Bektashi (Anatolian) PER_ALEVI high The Alevi-Bektashi understanding of divine unity expressed in the formula Hak-Muhammad-Ali, in which Ali is venerated as the locus of divine manifestation; doctrinally distinct from Sunni Islam. Attested in Birge and Dressler. SRC_DRESSLER_WRITING reviewed
ENT_ALV_TWELVE_IMAMS,PER_ALEVI The Twelve Imams (Alevi veneration / On Iki Imam) ENT_ALV_TWELVE_IMAMS Alevi-Bektashi (Anatolian) PER_ALEVI high The Twelve Imams as venerated in Alevi-Bektashi devotion (On Iki Imam), commemorated in the Muharrem mourning and matem fast; the Alevi reception of the Shi'a Imamate (cf. ENT_ISL_INFALLIBLES / ENT_ISL_AHL_BAYT). Attested. SRC_DRESSLER_WRITING reviewed
ENT_ALW_ALI,PER_ALAWITE Ali (the Ma'na / Meaning) ENT_ALW_ALI Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested: in Nusayri-Alawi doctrine Ali ibn Abi Talib is the Ma'na, the divine essence/Meaning behind manifestation. Homonym/same person as mainstream Shi'i Imam ENT_ISL_ALI, venerated differently (deified, not merely first Imam). SRC_FRIEDMAN_NUSAYRI reviewed
ENT_ALW_AYN_MIM_SIN_DOCTRINE,PER_ALAWITE Ayn-Mim-Sin (the trinitarian formula) ENT_ALW_AYN_MIM_SIN_DOCTRINE Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested core doctrine: the AMS confession encoding the triad Ma'na-Ism-Bab (Ali-Muhammad-Salman), recited as the foundational creed of the initiated (Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002). SRC_BAR_ASHER_KOFSKY reviewed
ENT_ALW_BAB,PER_ALAWITE al-Bab (the Gate) ENT_ALW_BAB Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested doctrinal principle: the Gate, third hypostasis emanated from the Name, the mediator of esoteric knowledge, borne by Salman in the Muhammadan cycle. SRC_HALM_GNOSIS reviewed
ENT_ALW_IBN_NUSAYR,PER_ALAWITE Ibn Nusayr al-Namiri ENT_ALW_IBN_NUSAYR Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested historical figure (d. c. 868): Abu Shu'ayb Muhammad ibn Nusayr al-Namiri al-Numayri, the eponymous founder-prophet of the Nusayriyya, who claimed to be the Bab of the tenth Imam Ali al-Hadi / al-Askari (Friedman 2010). SRC_FRIEDMAN_NUSAYRI reviewed
ENT_ALW_ISM,PER_ALAWITE al-Ism (the Name) ENT_ALW_ISM Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested doctrinal principle: the Name, the second hypostasis emanated from the Ma'na, the veil of manifestation, borne by Muhammad in the Muhammadan cycle. SRC_HALM_GNOSIS reviewed
ENT_ALW_KHASIBI,PER_ALAWITE al-Husayn ibn Hamdan al-Khasibi ENT_ALW_KHASIBI Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested historical figure (d. c. 969): the organizer and systematizer of the Nusayri religion, author of the Kitab al-Hidaya al-Kubra, who established the community in Aleppo and Baghdad (Friedman 2010; Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002). SRC_FRIEDMAN_NUSAYRI reviewed
ENT_ALW_MANA,PER_ALAWITE al-Ma'na (the Meaning) ENT_ALW_MANA Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested doctrinal principle (Halm 1982; Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002): the hidden divine essence/Meaning, the first hypostasis of the triad, embodied in each cycle by Ali. SRC_HALM_GNOSIS reviewed
ENT_ALW_MUHAMMAD,PER_ALAWITE Muhammad (the Ism / Name) ENT_ALW_MUHAMMAD Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested: Muhammad is the Ism (Name) and the hijab/veil through which the Ma'na is manifested. Same person as the Prophet ENT_ISL_MUHAMMAD, theologically subordinated to Ali in Nusayri doctrine (homonym). SRC_FRIEDMAN_NUSAYRI reviewed
ENT_ALW_MUQADDASIYYA,PER_ALAWITE The Aytam / Five Incomparable Ones (al-Aytam al-Khamsa) ENT_ALW_MUQADDASIYYA Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested cosmological collective (Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002): the five 'orphans/incomparables' (aytam), spiritual hierarchs emanated below the Bab who administer the cosmos. Publicly attested function only. SRC_BAR_ASHER_KOFSKY reviewed
ENT_ALW_SALMAN,PER_ALAWITE Salman (the Bab / Gate) ENT_ALW_SALMAN Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested: Salman al-Farisi is the Bab (Gate), the mediating gateway who transmits knowledge of the Ma'na. Same person as ENT_ISL_SALMAN, Companion of the Prophet (homonym). SRC_FRIEDMAN_NUSAYRI reviewed
ENT_ALW_SEVEN_CYCLES,PER_ALAWITE The Seven Cycles of Manifestation (al-Adwar al-Sab'a) ENT_ALW_SEVEN_CYCLES Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested doctrine (Halm 1982; Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002): the Ma'na manifests through seven historical cycles, each with its own Ism and Bab, culminating in the Ali-Muhammad-Salman (Muhammadan) cycle. SRC_BAR_ASHER_KOFSKY reviewed
ENT_ALW_TAQAMMUS,PER_ALAWITE Tanasukh / Taqammus (transmigration of souls) ENT_ALW_TAQAMMUS Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested doctrine: belief in the transmigration/metempsychosis of souls (taqammus), tied to the cyclical descent of the divine and the moral state of the initiate (Friedman 2010). SRC_FRIEDMAN_NUSAYRI reviewed
ENT_ALW_TRINITY,PER_ALAWITE Ayn-Mim-Sin (the Alawite Trinity) ENT_ALW_TRINITY Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested (Friedman 2010; Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002) as the central Nusayri-Alawi triad of three letters: Ayn (Ali), Mim (Muhammad), Sin (Salman). Cohort hub. SRC_FRIEDMAN_NUSAYRI reviewed
ENT_AMALTHEIA,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Amaltheia ENT_AMALTHEIA Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Goat-nurse of Zeus; Archaic Cretan tradition SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY reviewed
ENT_AMECHANIA,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Amechania ENT_AMECHANIA Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Helplessness; Archaic personification SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_AMM_MILKOM,PER_TRANSJORDAN_IRON_AGE Milkom ENT_AMM_MILKOM Iron Age Transjordanian PER_TRANSJORDAN_IRON_AGE high Hebrew Bible attestations across Deuteronomistic History (9th c. BCE context), Jeremiah (7th–6th c. BCE), and Zephaniah (late 7th c. BCE); theophoric names in Ammonite inscriptions 7th–6th c. BCE. SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE reviewed
ENT_AMPHIARAUS,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Amphiaraus ENT_AMPHIARAUS Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Seer-hero; Homer Odyssey 15.244; Archaic oracular cult at Oropus SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY reviewed
ENT_AMPHILOGIAI,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Amphilogiai ENT_AMPHILOGIAI Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Disputes; Hesiod Theogony 229 SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_AMPHITRITE,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Amphitrite ENT_AMPHITRITE Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Sea goddess/Poseidon consort; Homer Odyssey 3.91; Hesiod Theogony 243 SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY reviewed
ENT_ANANKE,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Ananke ENT_ANANKE Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Primordial Necessity; Orphic tradition; first systematic attestation Archaic SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_ANEMOI,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Anemoi ENT_ANEMOI Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC high Wind gods collective; Hesiod Theogony 378; Homer Iliad 23.194 SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY reviewed
ENT_ANGF_ADVACHIEL,PER_RENAISSANCE Advachiel (Adnachiel, Sagittarius) ENT_ANGF_ADVACHIEL Renaissance PER_RENAISSANCE high Angel governing Sagittarius in Agrippa's Scale of Twelve; spelled Advachiel by Agrippa, commonly Adnachiel in later angelologies. Attested Agrippa II.14; Davidson. SRC_AGRIPPA_OCCULTA reviewed
ENT_ANGF_AMBRIEL,PER_RENAISSANCE Ambriel (Gemini) ENT_ANGF_AMBRIEL Renaissance PER_RENAISSANCE high Angel governing Gemini in Agrippa's Scale of Twelve. Attested Agrippa II.14; Davidson. SRC_AGRIPPA_OCCULTA reviewed
ENT_ANGF_ASMODEL,PER_RENAISSANCE Asmodel (Taurus) ENT_ANGF_ASMODEL Renaissance PER_RENAISSANCE high Angel governing Taurus in Agrippa's Scale of Twelve. Attested Agrippa II.14; Davidson. Not to be confused with the demon Asmodeus. SRC_AGRIPPA_OCCULTA reviewed
ENT_ANGF_BARBIEL,PER_RENAISSANCE Barbiel (Scorpio) ENT_ANGF_BARBIEL Renaissance PER_RENAISSANCE high Angel governing Scorpio in Agrippa's Scale of Twelve (also a name among the planetary/lunar mansions in other lists). Attested Agrippa II.14; Davidson. SRC_AGRIPPA_OCCULTA reviewed
ENT_ANGF_BARCHIEL,PER_RENAISSANCE Barchiel (Pisces) ENT_ANGF_BARCHIEL Renaissance PER_RENAISSANCE high Angel governing Pisces in Agrippa's Scale of Twelve (also Barakiel/Barchiel). Attested Agrippa II.14; Davidson. SRC_AGRIPPA_OCCULTA reviewed
ENT_ANGF_CAMBIEL,PER_RENAISSANCE Cambiel (Aquarius) ENT_ANGF_CAMBIEL Renaissance PER_RENAISSANCE high Angel governing Aquarius in Agrippa's Scale of Twelve (also Cambriel). Attested Agrippa II.14; Davidson. SRC_AGRIPPA_OCCULTA reviewed
ENT_ANGF_HAMALIEL,PER_RENAISSANCE Hamaliel (Virgo) ENT_ANGF_HAMALIEL Renaissance PER_RENAISSANCE high Angel governing Virgo in Agrippa's Scale of Twelve. Attested Agrippa II.14; Davidson. SRC_AGRIPPA_OCCULTA reviewed
ENT_ANGF_HANAEL,PER_RENAISSANCE Hanael (Capricorn) ENT_ANGF_HANAEL Renaissance PER_RENAISSANCE high Angel governing Capricorn in Agrippa's Scale of Twelve. HOMONYM: distinct from the archangel Haniel of Venus/Netzach (ENT_JM_HANIEL); the same name-stem is reused for a zodiacal governor here. Attested Agrippa II.14; Davidson. SRC_AGRIPPA_OCCULTA reviewed
ENT_ANGF_MALCHIDAEL,PER_RENAISSANCE Malchidael (Aries) ENT_ANGF_MALCHIDAEL Renaissance PER_RENAISSANCE high Angel governing Aries in Agrippa's Scale of Twelve (also spelled Malahidael/Machidiel). Attested Agrippa II.14; Davidson, Dictionary of Angels. SRC_AGRIPPA_OCCULTA reviewed
ENT_ANGF_MURIEL,PER_RENAISSANCE Muriel (Cancer) ENT_ANGF_MURIEL Renaissance PER_RENAISSANCE high Angel governing Cancer in Agrippa's Scale of Twelve. Attested Agrippa II.14; Davidson. SRC_AGRIPPA_OCCULTA reviewed
ENT_ANGF_VERCHIEL,PER_RENAISSANCE Verchiel (Leo) ENT_ANGF_VERCHIEL Renaissance PER_RENAISSANCE high Angel governing Leo in Agrippa's Scale of Twelve (also Verachiel). Attested Agrippa II.14; Davidson. SRC_AGRIPPA_OCCULTA reviewed
ENT_ANGF_ZODIAC_12,PER_RENAISSANCE The Twelve Zodiacal Angels ENT_ANGF_ZODIAC_12 Renaissance PER_RENAISSANCE high Closed, enumerable set of twelve angels governing the twelve signs of the zodiac per Agrippa, De occulta philosophia II.14 (the Scale of Twelve). A structural collective; member angels attested in Agrippa and catalogued by Davidson. SRC_AGRIPPA_OCCULTA reviewed

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