entity_periods: ENT_VF_NEWAGE_ANGELS, PER_MODERN_FOLKLORE

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%.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

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entity_id	period_id	confidence	rationale	source_id	review_status
ENT_VF_NEWAGE_ANGELS	PER_MODERN_FOLKLORE	high	Devotional engagement is documented and sincere: practitioners petition personal guardian angels by name, ask for signs, thank them, and seek their guidance through angel cards, automatic writing, and prayer. Codified in Doreen Virtue's best-selling angel literature and angel oracle decks, and earlier in Hanegraaff's account of New Age angelology. Distinct from the Christian doctrine: here every person has assignable, nameable angels reachable on demand, blended with reincarnation and the 'ascended masters.' A real historical taproot is the Zoroastrian guardian-spirit complex (fravashis / amesha spentas), widely cited as ancestral to the Judeo-Christian guardian-angel idea, hence the reception_of edges to both the Christian and Zoroastrian anchors.	SRC_HANEGRAAFF_NEWAGE	reviewed