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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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46 rows where period_id = "PER_SLAV_PAGAN"

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ENT_SLAV_BABA_YAGA,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Baba Yaga ENT_SLAV_BABA_YAGA Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high The ambivalent witch of East-Slavic folktales who lives in a hut on hen's legs, flies in a mortar, and acts as both threat and helper to the hero. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_BANNIK,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Bannik ENT_SLAV_BANNIK Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high The spirit of the bathhouse (banya) in East-Slavic belief, who must be appeased and can scald bathers who offend him. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_BELOBOG,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Belobog ENT_SLAV_BELOBOG Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high RECONSTRUCTED: the 'white god' posited as a benevolent counterpart to Chernobog; not attested in any medieval source, a scholarly/toponymic inference. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_CHERNOBOG,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Chernobog ENT_SLAV_CHERNOBOG Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high The 'black god' of the Polabian Slavs to whom Helmold says misfortune was attributed; the only securely attested member of the often-cited black/white dualism. SRC_HELMOLD_CHRONICA reviewed
ENT_SLAV_DAZBOG,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Dažbog ENT_SLAV_DAZBOG Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high Kiev Pantheon AD 980 (PVL); Lay of Igor (12th c.) — pre-Mongol period solar deity. SRC_PRIMARY_CHRONICLE_PVL reviewed
ENT_SLAV_DEVANA,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Devana ENT_SLAV_DEVANA Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high A goddess of the hunt (Dziewanna) named by late-medieval Polish chroniclers (Długosz) who equated her with Diana; authenticity debated as a possible learned interpretatio. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_DOLA,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Dola ENT_SLAV_DOLA Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high The personification of an individual's allotted fate or fortune in Slavic folk belief, attached at birth; its negative counterpart is Nedola. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_DOMOVOI,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Domovoi ENT_SLAV_DOMOVOI Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high The tutelary house spirit of East-Slavic folk belief, dwelling behind the stove and protecting the household and its livestock if respected. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_FOLK_SPIRITS,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Slavic Domestic and Nature Spirits ENT_SLAV_FOLK_SPIRITS Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high Collective of lower mythological beings of East-Slavic folk belief (house, water, forest, and field spirits) documented in the ethnographic record. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_JARILO,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Jarilo ENT_SLAV_JARILO Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high A spring fertility figure of the seasonal folk cult whose effigy was carried and ritually 'buried', reconstructed as the dying-and-rising counterpart to Marzanna. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_KHORS,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Khors ENT_SLAV_KHORS Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high Kiev Pantheon AD 980 (PVL); Lay of Igor (12th c.) "great Khors." SRC_PRIMARY_CHRONICLE_PVL reviewed
ENT_SLAV_KIKIMORA,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Kikimora ENT_SLAV_KIKIMORA Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high A female household spirit associated with the stove and spinning, who troubles a disorderly home with nighttime noises. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_KOSCHEI,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Koschei the Deathless ENT_SLAV_KOSCHEI Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high An immortal sorcerer-villain of East-Slavic folktales who abducts the hero's bride and cannot die because his death is hidden in a needle inside an egg. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_KUPALA,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Kupala ENT_SLAV_KUPALA Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high The personification of the midsummer (St John's Eve) festival of fire and water; treated in some sources as a folk personification of the rite. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_LADA,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Lada ENT_SLAV_LADA Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high DISPUTED: a putative goddess of love and marriage; Brückner and later scholarship argue she is a personification mistakenly derived from a wedding-song refrain ('lado'). SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_LESHY,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Leshy ENT_SLAV_LESHY Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high The master spirit of the forest in East-Slavic belief, who guards the woodland and its animals and is known for leading travelers astray. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_MARZANNA,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Marzanna ENT_SLAV_MARZANNA Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high Goddess or personification of death and winter (Morana/Morena), whose effigy is ritually drowned or burned at winter's end in Slavic seasonal custom. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_MOKOSH,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Mokosh ENT_SLAV_MOKOSH Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high Kiev Pantheon AD 980 (PVL); ecclesiastical prohibitions from 9th-10th c. confirm pre-Christian cult. SRC_PRIMARY_CHRONICLE_PVL reviewed
ENT_SLAV_PANTHEON,PER_SLAV_PAGAN The Slavic Pantheon ENT_SLAV_PANTHEON Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high Collective grouping the principal deities of the Slavs known from the East-Slavic Primary Chronicle and the West-Slavic temple cults of Arkona, Szczecin, and Rethra. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_PERUN,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Perun ENT_SLAV_PERUN Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high Attested in Byzantine-Rus treaty AD 945, 971 (PVL); Kiev Pantheon AD 980. Earliest explicit attestation of any Slavic deity. SRC_PRIMARY_CHRONICLE_PVL reviewed
ENT_SLAV_POLEVIK,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Polevik ENT_SLAV_POLEVIK Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high A field spirit who inhabits cultivated land and may help or punish field-workers, especially those who sleep in the fields at midday. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_PORENUT,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Porenut ENT_SLAV_PORENUT Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high A god of the Rani at Charenza on Rügen described by Saxo as having four faces with a fifth on his chest; his functions are unrecorded. SRC_SAXO_GESTA reviewed
ENT_SLAV_POREVIT,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Porevit ENT_SLAV_POREVIT Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high A five-headed god of the Rani worshipped alongside Rugievit at Charenza on Rügen, known only from Saxo; his specific functions are unrecorded. SRC_SAXO_GESTA reviewed
ENT_SLAV_RADEGAST,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Radegast ENT_SLAV_RADEGAST Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high The chief god of the Redarii at the temple of Rethra, named by Helmold and Adam of Bremen; often identified by scholars with Svarozhich. SRC_HELMOLD_CHRONICA reviewed
ENT_SLAV_ROD,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Rod ENT_SLAV_ROD Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN medium Attested in ecclesiastical prohibitions 9th-10th c. CE; not in the PVL Kiev Pantheon list. Classified medium. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_ROZHANITSY,PER_SLAV_PAGAN The Rozhanitsy ENT_SLAV_ROZHANITSY Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high Female birth-and-fate spirits invoked together with Rod, repeatedly condemned in medieval East-Slavic anti-pagan homilies for childbirth offerings. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_RUGIEVIT,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Rugievit ENT_SLAV_RUGIEVIT Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high A seven-faced war god of the Rani at Charenza (Garz) on Rügen, whose oaken idol Saxo describes being destroyed in 1168. SRC_SAXO_GESTA reviewed
ENT_SLAV_RUSALKA,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Rusalka ENT_SLAV_RUSALKA Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high A female water spirit, commonly the restless soul of a drowned or unbaptized woman, who haunts rivers and woods especially during Rusalka Week. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_SIMARGL,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Simargl ENT_SLAV_SIMARGL Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN medium Kiev Pantheon AD 980 (PVL); function uncertain; classified medium due to limited secondary evidence. SRC_PRIMARY_CHRONICLE_PVL reviewed
ENT_SLAV_STRIBOG,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Stribog ENT_SLAV_STRIBOG Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high Kiev Pantheon AD 980 (PVL); Lay of Igor (12th c.) wind deity attestation. SRC_PRIMARY_CHRONICLE_PVL reviewed
ENT_SLAV_SVAROG,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Svarog ENT_SLAV_SVAROG Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN medium Attested in Hypatian Chronicle Malalas gloss (12th c.); Svarozhich in German Rethra sources (1000-1100 CE). Classified medium — indirect attestation. SRC_PRIMARY_CHRONICLE_PVL reviewed
ENT_SLAV_SVAROZHICH,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Svarozhich ENT_SLAV_SVAROZHICH Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high A fire god understood as the son of Svarog; chief deity of the temple at Rethra in the West-Slavic chronicles and the personified sacred fire in East-Slavic homilies. SRC_HELMOLD_CHRONICA reviewed
ENT_SLAV_SVETOVIT,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Svetovit ENT_SLAV_SVETOVIT Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high The four-headed chief god of the great temple at Arkona on Rügen, whose white-horse oracle Saxo Grammaticus describes before the temple's destruction in 1168. SRC_SAXO_GESTA reviewed
ENT_SLAV_TRIGLAV,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Triglav ENT_SLAV_TRIGLAV Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high The three-headed god of Szczecin and Wolin whose heads signified rule over heaven, earth, and the underworld, reported in the Lives of Otto of Bamberg. SRC_HELMOLD_CHRONICA reviewed
ENT_SLAV_VELES,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Veles ENT_SLAV_VELES Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high Treaty oath attestation AD 945 and 971 (PVL) — among the earliest and most secure Slavic deity attestations. SRC_PRIMARY_CHRONICLE_PVL reviewed
ENT_SLAV_VODYANOY,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Vodyanoy ENT_SLAV_VODYANOY Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high A malevolent male water spirit of East-Slavic folklore who rules ponds and rivers and is blamed for drownings. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SLAV_YAROVIT,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Yarovit ENT_SLAV_YAROVIT Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high A West-Slavic war god (Latinized Gerovitus) worshipped at Wolgast and Havelberg, equated with Mars and associated with spring fertility. SRC_HELMOLD_CHRONICA reviewed
ENT_SLAV_ZHIVA,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Zhiva ENT_SLAV_ZHIVA Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high A goddess of the Polabian Slavs (Siwa/Živa) named by Helmold, her name connected to the Slavic root for 'living', suggesting a life/fertility function. SRC_HELMOLD_CHRONICA reviewed
ENT_SLAV_ZMEY_GORYNYCH,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Zmey Gorynych ENT_SLAV_ZMEY_GORYNYCH Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high The multi-headed fire-breathing dragon of East-Slavic byliny and folktales, slain by heroes such as Dobrynya Nikitich. SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed
ENT_SSL_DABOG,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Dabog ENT_SSL_DABOG Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high South-Slavic (chiefly Serbian) reflex of the sun-god, attested in Serbian folklore as 'Dabog'/'Daba', a chthonic lord of the earth and of silver/gold often demonized in folk-Christian tradition; cognate of the East-Slavic Dažbog. SRC_DIXON_KENNEDY_SLAVIC reviewed
ENT_SSL_GERMAN,PER_SLAV_PAGAN German (Herman) ENT_SSL_GERMAN Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high South-Slavic (Bulgarian/Serbian) rain-ritual figure: a small clay or dough effigy made, mourned and 'buried' or cast into water by women in a rain-making rite to end drought; attested ethnographically rather than as a cult god. SRC_RALSTON_RUSSIAN_FOLK reviewed
ENT_SSL_PRIPEGALA,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Pripegala ENT_SSL_PRIPEGALA Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high West-Slavic (Polabian) deity known only from the Magdeburg letter (c. 1108), which decries his cult of orgiastic rites and decapitated-victim sacrifice; etymology and exact function disputed (sometimes likened to Priapus/Belial by the Latin source). SRC_DIXON_KENNEDY_SLAVIC reviewed
ENT_SSL_PROVE,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Prove ENT_SSL_PROVE Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high West-Slavic (Wagrian/Polabian) god of the land of Oldenburg, worshipped in a sacred oak grove without an idol; named by Helmold of Bosau, Chronica Slavorum (c. 1170); often read as a god of law/justice (cf. Prove ~ pravo). SRC_DIXON_KENNEDY_SLAVIC reviewed
ENT_SSL_TJARNAGLOFI,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Tjarnaglofi ENT_SSL_TJARNAGLOFI Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high West-Slavic (Pomeranian) war-god whose silver-mustachioed idol was a Rani battle-talisman; named in the Knytlinga saga as captured by the Danes (1168). Norse-transmitted theonym for a Rügen-area Slavic god. SRC_DIXON_KENNEDY_SLAVIC reviewed
ENT_SSL_VID,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Vid ENT_SSL_VID Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high Reconstructed South-Slavic theonym 'Vid' surviving in Croatian toponymy and folk usage (e.g. Vidova Gora) and folk-Christianized onto St Vitus (Sveti Vid); related to the West-Slavic -vit theophoric element (Svetovit). Attestation is indirect/onomastic. SRC_DIXON_KENNEDY_SLAVIC reviewed
ENT_SSL_VILA,PER_SLAV_PAGAN Vila ENT_SSL_VILA Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN high South-Slavic nymph-class (vila, pl. vile; Bulgarian samodiva/samovila) — beautiful winged female nature-spirits of mountains, springs and clouds in Serbian/Croatian/Bulgarian folklore; distinct from the East-Slavic water-spirit Rusalka. SRC_DIXON_KENNEDY_SLAVIC reviewed

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CREATE TABLE "entity_periods" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT,
   [review_status] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_period_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_entity_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([entity_id]);
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