rowid,entity_id,canonical_name,tradition,category,primary_domains,short_note
1,ENT_ALW_KHASIBI,al-Husayn ibn Hamdan al-Khasibi,Alawite,Theologian,"doctrine,organization,theology","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)."
2,ENT_ALW_IBN_NUSAYR,Ibn Nusayr al-Namiri,Alawite,Prophet/revealer,"founder,prophecy,revelation","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)."
3,ENT_ART_MERLIN,Merlin,Arthurian,Prophet-mage,magic; prophecy; counsel; the founding of the realm,"Prophet-magician who engineers Arthur's begetting and establishes the Round Table; in Robert de Boron, fathered by a devil and baptized."
4,ENT_ART_LADY_OF_THE_LAKE,The Lady of the Lake,Arthurian,Otherworldly figure,magic; the otherworld; the giving of Excalibur,"Otherworldly enchantress (Nimue/Viviane) who gives Excalibur, fosters Lancelot, and enchants Merlin."
5,ENT_AST_PERFECT_NATURE,Perfect Nature (al-Tiba al-Tamm),Astral Magic,Astral powers,celestial double; personal guardian spirit; hidden wisdom; initiation,"In Picatrix III.6 the Perfect Nature is the sage's personal celestial guardian-spirit, called by four names (Meegius, Betzahuech, Vacdez, Nufeneguediz), contacted through ritual to obtain hidden wisdom."
6,ENT_BAH_BAB,The Báb (Siyyid Alí-Muhammad Shírází),Bahá'í,Manifestation/Prophet-founder,revelation; herald; martyrdom,"1819-1850; herald-Manifestation who declared his mission in 1844 (start of the Bahá'í era) and prophesied 'Him Whom God shall make manifest.' Historically attested; Smith (2008); Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By."
7,ENT_WEL_MATH,Math fab Mathonwy,Celtic/Welsh,High Deity,"magic, sovereignty, fate, Gwynedd","Math son of Mathonwy; Fourth Branch; lord of Gwynedd; possesses a characteristic magical taboo — he must keep his feet in the lap of a virgin at all times when not at war or he will die; the taboo drives the plot when Gilfaethwy (his nephew) rapes the foot-holder Goewin; Math punishes Gwydion and Gilfaethwy by transforming them into breeding pairs of deer, pigs, and wolves for three years; co-creator of Blodeuwedd"
8,ENT_PAT_AUGUSTINE,Augustine of Hippo,Christian,Church Father / Doctor,Grace; original sin; Trinitarian theology; philosophy of history,"Bishop of Hippo (354-430), one of the four Latin Doctors; attested by his own Confessions and City of God and by Possidius's Vita."
9,ENT_SAINT_GABRIEL_CHR,Gabriel the Archangel,Christian,Angelic Being,annunciation; revelation; messages; archangel,Gabriel in Christian archangel devotion.
10,ENT_CHR_GUARDIAN_ANGELS,Guardian Angels,Christian,Angelic Collective,protection; guidance; personal guardianship,Angels understood as guardians or personal protectors.
11,ENT_JESUS_CHRIST,Jesus Christ,Christian,Revealer Figure,salvation; healing; revelation; incarnation; resurrection,"Jesus of Nazareth; venerated in Christian theology as the Messiah (Hebrew māšîaḥ, Greek Christos), Son of God, and incarnate Logos (John 1:14). Attested in the four canonical Gospels, the Pauline epistles, Acts, and Revelation. Born to Mary in Bethlehem; baptised by John the Baptist; conducted a healing and teaching ministry in Galilee and Judaea; crucified under Pontius Pilate (c. 30 CE); proclaimed resurrected on the third day. Central referent for the entire Christian tradition in the DB: Mary Theotokos, the apostles, the angelic hierarchy, the Antichrist, and the hagiographic saints all cluster around this figure. Received variously as the Gnostic pneumatic Christ (ENT_GNO_CHRIST), the Manichaean Jesus Splendour (ENT_MANICH_JESUS_SPLENDOUR), the Living Jesus of Thomas (ENT_THO_LIVING_JESUS), and the Quranic prophet ʿĪsā ibn Maryam (ENT_ISL_ISA)."
12,ENT_DESERT_CASSIAN,John Cassian,Christian,monastic writer,"monastic theology, transmission of desert teaching to the West","c.360-435; studied among the Egyptian desert monks, then transmitted their teaching to Latin monasticism through his Institutes and Conferences (Collationes); a key conduit of Evagrian thought to the West."
13,ENT_SAINT_JOHN_BAPTIST,John the Baptist,Christian,Saint,baptism; repentance; wilderness; forerunner,Prophet and forerunner associated with baptism and wilderness.
14,ENT_SAINT_MARY_MAGDALENE,Mary Magdalene,Christian,Saint,witness; resurrection; repentance; devotion,Disciple and resurrection witness with rich later devotional traditions.
15,ENT_NT_GAMALIEL,Gamaliel,Christian/Biblical,Pharisee teacher,the Pharisee teacher of the Law; teacher of Paul,A respected Pharisee who counseled restraint toward the apostles (Acts 5:34) and at whose feet Paul was educated (Acts 22:3).
16,ENT_ORTH_ATHANASIUS,Athanasius of Alexandria,Christian/Orthodox,Hierarch / Church Father,the defence of Nicene orthodoxy; monasticism,"Athanasius the Great of Alexandria, champion of Nicene orthodoxy and biographer of Antony."
17,ENT_ORTH_BASIL,Basil the Great,Christian/Orthodox,Hierarch / Church Father,liturgy; monasticism; charity; the Cappadocian theology,"Basil the Great of Caesarea, one of the Three Holy Hierarchs and the Cappadocian Fathers."
18,ENT_ORTH_PALAMAS,Gregory Palamas,Christian/Orthodox,Hierarch / mystic,hesychasm; the uncreated energies; theosis,"Gregory Palamas of Thessaloniki, defender of hesychasm and the doctrine of the uncreated divine energies."
19,ENT_ORTH_GREGORY_THEOLOGIAN,Gregory the Theologian,Christian/Orthodox,Hierarch / Church Father,Trinitarian theology; sacred oratory,"Gregory of Nazianzus, ""the Theologian,"" one of the Three Holy Hierarchs and the Cappadocian Fathers."
20,ENT_ORTH_IGNATIUS_BRIANCHANINOV,Ignatius Brianchaninov,Christian/Orthodox,Hierarch / ascetic writer,Asceticism; the Jesus Prayer; patristic spirituality,"Russian bishop (1807-1867), author of The Arena and On the Prayer of Jesus; major modern systematizer of patristic ascetic teaching. Glorified 1988."
21,ENT_ORTH_CHRYSOSTOM,John Chrysostom,Christian/Orthodox,Hierarch / Church Father,preaching; the Divine Liturgy; almsgiving,"John Chrysostom (""Golden-mouthed""), archbishop of Constantinople, one of the Three Holy Hierarchs."
22,ENT_ORTH_CLIMACUS,John Climacus,Christian/Orthodox,Monastic teacher,ascetic ascent; the Ladder of Divine Ascent,"John of the Ladder, abbot of Sinai, author of the Ladder of Divine Ascent."
23,ENT_ORTH_JUSTIN_POPOVIC,Justin Popovic,Christian/Orthodox,Theologian / confessor,Dogmatic theology; patristic revival; christocentric spirituality,"Serbian theologian and archimandrite (1894-1979), author of the Dogmatics of the Orthodox Church and Lives of the Saints; disciple of patristic tradition. Glorified 2010."
24,ENT_ORTH_NIKODEMOS_HAGIORITE,Nikodemos the Hagiorite,Christian/Orthodox,Hesychast / compiler,Hesychasm; spiritual anthology; canon law,"Athonite monk (1749-1809), co-compiler of the Philokalia with Macarius of Corinth; foundational figure of the modern hesychast revival. Glorified 1955."
25,ENT_ORTH_NIKOLAI_VELIMIROVIC,Nikolai Velimirovic,Christian/Orthodox,Hierarch / theologian,Preaching; theology; spiritual writing,"Serbian bishop (1880-1956), 'the Serbian Chrysostom', author of the Prologue of Ohrid; imprisoned at Dachau. Glorified 2003 (Serbian Orthodox Church)."
26,ENT_ORTH_PAISIOS_ATHONITE,Paisios of Mount Athos,Christian/Orthodox,Elder (Geron) / hesychast,Spiritual counsel; the Jesus Prayer; discernment,"Greek Athonite elder (1924-1994), among the most beloved modern startsy; renowned for counsel and discernment. Glorified 2015 (Ecumenical Patriarchate)."
27,ENT_ORTH_SILOUAN_ATHONITE,Silouan the Athonite,Christian/Orthodox,Hesychast / Elder (Geron),Hesychasm; the Jesus Prayer; love of enemies; 'Keep your mind in hell',Russian monk of St Panteleimon's Monastery on Athos (1866-1938); his life and teaching were transmitted by his disciple Sophrony. Glorified 1987.
28,ENT_ORTH_SYMEON,Symeon the New Theologian,Christian/Orthodox,Mystic,the vision of the divine light; inner prayer,"Symeon the New Theologian, the great Byzantine mystic of the vision of the divine light."
29,ENT_ORTH_THEOPHAN_RECLUSE,Theophan the Recluse,Christian/Orthodox,Hierarch / spiritual writer,Prayer of the heart; spiritual direction; Philokalic translation,Russian bishop (1815-1894) who retired into reclusion; translated the Philokalia into Russian (Dobrotolyubie) and wrote extensively on unceasing prayer. Glorified 1988.
30,ENT_ORTH_THREE_HIERARCHS,Three Holy Hierarchs,Christian/Orthodox,The Ecumenical Teachers,theology; preaching; the unity of the Fathers,"The Three Holy Hierarchs and Ecumenical Teachers: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom."
31,ENT_DIO_FIRST_TRIAD,"First Celestial Triad (Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones)",Christian/Theurgic,Highest celestial triad,immediate encircling of God; deifying knowledge; perfection,"Highest triad set immediately around the Thearchy, illuminated directly by God: burning love (Seraphim), fullness of knowledge (Cherubim), steadfast bearing of God (Thrones)."
32,ENT_DIO_HIERARCHS,Hierarchs (Bishops),Christian/Theurgic,Perfecting clergy order,consecration; perfection; summit of the sacred ministry,"The highest clerical order, the perfecting rank that consecrates the sacraments and completes initiation; the human analogue of the perfecting power in heaven."
33,ENT_DIO_PRIESTS,Sacred Priests (Hiereis),Christian/Theurgic,Illuminating clergy order,illumination; the sacred mysteries; teaching,"The middle clerical order, the illuminating rank that brings the initiated into the light of the mysteries under the hierarch."
34,ENT_DIO_SECOND_TRIAD,"Second Celestial Triad (Dominions, Virtues, Powers)",Christian/Theurgic,Middle celestial triad,lordship; divine power; cosmic order,"Middle triad, illuminated by the first and ordering the cosmos: unfettered lordship (Dominions), virile power for deiform ascent (Virtues), ordered authority (Powers)."
35,ENT_DIO_CELESTIAL_HIERARCHY,The Celestial Hierarchy,Christian/Theurgic,Ninefold angelic order,the nine angelic orders in three triads; mediation of divine light; anagogic ascent,"Pseudo-Dionysius's ordering of the angels into three triads, each purifying, illuminating, and perfecting the rank below; the heavenly archetype of all hierarchy."
36,ENT_DIO_DIVINE_NAMES,The Divine Names,Christian/Theurgic,Cataphatic theology,"the names predicated of God; Good, Being, Life, Wisdom, Light, Beauty, Love","The cataphatic catalogue of names by which Scripture praises the Thearchy through its beneficent processions into creation — Good, Being, Life, Wisdom, Power, Beauty, Love, and the rest."
37,ENT_REVELATION,Revelation,Cross-traditional,Knowledge Abstraction,revelation; vision; angelic message; disclosure,Cross-traditional abstraction for revelation and disclosed knowledge.
38,ENT_DRZ_MUQTANA,Baha al-Din al-Muqtana al-Samuqi,Druze,luminary-incarnation,founder,Druze daʿi (fl. 1027-43) who compiled much of the Rasaʾil al-Hikma (Epistles of Wisdom) and sealed the daʿwa; held as the manifestation of al-Tali (the Follower). Attested.
39,ENT_DRZ_HAMZA,Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad,Druze,luminary-incarnation,founder,"Persian founder-theologian of the Druze daʿwa (fl. 1017-21); chief organizer, held as the human manifestation of al-Aql (Universal Intellect). Historically attested. HOMONYM: distinct from ENT_ISL_HAMZA (Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of the Prophet Muhammad)."
40,ENT_EGY_ANUBIS,Anubis,Egyptian,Underworld Deity,embalming; psychopomp; funerary rites,Jackal god and guide of the dead.
41,ENT_EGY_WEPWAWET,Wepwawet,Egyptian,Funerary Deity,war; procession; funerary rites; opener of ways,"Jackal god, opener of the ways."
42,ENT_ETR_CHARUN,Charun,Etruscan,Underworld Deity,death escort; underworld; hammers; punishment; chthonic daimon,Underworld daemon and active escort of the dead; appears in Tarquinian tomb paintings (Tomba degli Auguri; Tomba dell'Orco) wielding a hammer with serpents. Distinct from Greek Charon (ferryman only): Charun coerces souls into the underworld. Depicted with blue-green skin and animal features in later tradition.
43,ENT_NOR_FULLA,Fulla,Germanic/Norse,Asynjur,Frigg's confidante; the keeping of secrets,Frigg's handmaid who bears her casket and knows her secrets.
44,ENT_NOR_ODIN,Odin,Germanic/Norse,High Deity,sovereignty; wisdom; war; poetry; death; magic,"Major Norse god associated with sovereignty, wisdom, war, poetry, death, and magic."
45,ENT_NOR_RATATOSKR,Ratatoskr,Germanic/Norse,Yggdrasil's creatures,strife-bearing between the eagle and the serpent,The squirrel who runs up and down Yggdrasil carrying spiteful words between the eagle above and Nidhogg below.
46,ENT_NOR_SKIRNIR,Skírnir,Germanic/Norse,Servant of Freyr,wooing; messages; the winning of Gerd,"The servant and messenger of Freyr, who wins the giantess Gerd for him and obtains the fetter Gleipnir from the dwarves."
47,ENT_NOR_VALKYRIES,Valkyries,Germanic/Norse,War Spirit,battle; slain; selection of dead; Odin; psychopomp,Female figures associated with battle and choosing the slain.
48,ENT_GNO_CHRIST,Christ,Gnostic,Revealer Figure,revelation; salvation; descent; awakening,Savior/revealer figure across Christian and Gnostic traditions.
49,ENT_PS_FIRST_MYSTERY,First Mystery,Gnostic,Revealer/savior,,"The First Mystery (the outward-looking face of the Ineffable) in the Pistis Sophia; the supreme savior with whom the risen Jesus is identified, who descends to rescue the fallen Pistis Sophia."
50,ENT_GNO_LOGOS,Logos,Gnostic,Divine Principle,word; reason; revelation; Christology; mediation,Divine Word/Reason and mediating revealer principle.
51,ENT_GNO_NOUS,Nous,Gnostic,Aeon,mind; intellect; divine cognition,Mind/intellect principle in Platonic and Gnostic contexts.
52,ENT_PS_RECEIVERS,Receivers of the Light,Gnostic,Angelic collective,,"The receivers (paralemptai) of the Light, the angelic functionaries who take souls from the Virgin of the Light and convey them, whether upward to the Light or back to the sphere of rebirth."
53,ENT_AEOLUS,Aeolus,Greek,Wind Spirit,winds; storm control; weather,Keeper or ruler of winds in mythic tradition.
54,ENT_ANYTUS,Anytus,Greek,Protective Spirit,guardian of Despoina,"Seed entity included for local, imported, rustic, mystery, or apotheosis comparanda."
55,ENT_CHARON,Charon,Greek,Psychopomp,ferryman of dead,"Chthonic, underworld, or local cult seed entity."
56,ENT_DEMETER,Demeter,Greek,Agrarian Deity,grain; agriculture; mystery cult,Major or widely attested Greek religious/mythological entity.
57,ENT_HERMES_CHTHONIOS_CULT,Hermes Chthonios,Greek,Psychopomp,psychopomp; underworld; boundaries; souls,Chthonic Hermes as guide of souls and underworld mediator.
58,ENT_IRIS,Iris,Greek,Messenger Deity,rainbow; divine messenger,Major or widely attested Greek religious/mythological entity.
59,ENT_NEDA,Neda,Greek,Water Spirit,nurse of Zeus; river/spring,"Nymph/nature-spirit entry; many are literary, local, or collective categories rather than universal cult deities."
60,ENT_PHOEBE_AT_DELPHI,Phoebe at Delphi,Greek,Oracle Figure,oracle; prophecy,"Seed entity included for local, imported, rustic, mystery, or apotheosis comparanda."
61,ENT_THANATOS,Thanatos,Greek,Mortality Abstraction,death; psychopomp,"Chthonic, underworld, or local cult seed entity."
62,ENT_THEMIS_AT_DELPHI,Themis at Delphi,Greek,Oracle Figure,oracle; divine law,"Seed entity included for local, imported, rustic, mystery, or apotheosis comparanda."
63,ENT_SIBYL,Sibyl,Greek/Roman,Oracle Figure,prophecy; inspired speech; oracle; divine possession,Prophetic female figure/type associated with inspired oracular speech.
64,ENT_LAT_AGATHOS_DAIMON_HERMETIC,Agathos Daimon,Hermetic/Greco-Egyptian,Daimon,good daimon; revelation; Hermetic teacher; protection,Agathos Daimon in Hermetic/Greco-Egyptian revelatory contexts; distinct from Greek household daimon if needed.
65,ENT_HER_TRISMEGISTUS,Hermes Trismegistus,Hermetic/Greco-Egyptian,Revealer Figure,wisdom; revelation; alchemy; magic; cosmic mediation; theurgy,Greco-Egyptian syncretic revealer figure combining Greek Hermes and Egyptian Thoth. Named author of the Corpus Hermeticum. Central to Hermetic tradition from the Hellenistic period through the Renaissance.
66,ENT_HER_ANTHROPOS,Anthropos,Hermetic/Theurgic,Revealer Figure,primordial human; divine image; descent; ascent,Primordial human/divine image figure in Hermetic and related traditions.
67,ENT_HER_NOUS,Nous,Hermetic/Theurgic,Divine Principle,mind; intellect; revelation; divine cognition,Divine Mind or Intellect in Hermetic and Neoplatonic contexts.
68,ENT_HTT_HANNAHANNA,Hannahanna,Hittite,High Deity,divine wisdom; elder goddess; counsel; search; Telipinu myth; grandmother of gods,"Hittite divine grandmother (""hanna"" = grandmother, reduplicated for emphasis); the wise elder deity who sends the bee (symbol of her divine knowledge) when all other gods have failed to find Telipinu; her bee succeeds where eagles and other divine searchers failed; represents an archetype of the cunning wise counselor goddess parallel to the Mesopotamian ""mother of wisdom"" figures; attested in the Telipinu myth (CTH 324-325) and in other Hittite ritual texts"
69,ENT_HTT_INARAS,Inaras,Hittite,War Deity,protection; hunting; divine aid; trickery; Illuyanka myth; sovereignty,"Hittite goddess who devised the defeat of Illuyanka the chaos serpent; in the first version of the Illuyanka myth (CTH 321 §§1-8), Inaras prepares a great feast, invites Illuyanka and his children to eat and drink; they gorge until too large to fit back into their lair; the mortal Hupasiya (Inaras's lover) then ties them with rope while Tarhunna kills them; Inaras represents the divine wisdom and strategy that supplements the storm deity's raw power in defeating chaos"
70,ENT_ISL_AZRAIL,Azrail,Islamic,Angelic Being,death; soul collection; transition; psychopomp,Angel of Death figure in later Islamic tradition.
71,ENT_ISL_HARUT,Harut,Islamic,Angelic Being,testing; knowledge; Babylon,One of the Harut and Marut pair.
72,ENT_ISL_IDRIS,Idris,Islamic,Revealer Figure,prophecy; divine wisdom; heavenly ascent; Enoch-equivalent; Hermetic sciences,"Quranic prophet mentioned in 19:56-57 and 21:85; Islamic exegetical tradition (Ibn Abbas, Ibn Ishaq) universally identifies Idris with the biblical Enoch (antediluvian patriarch, ""walked with God"", taken to heaven alive). In Islamic-Hermetic philosophical tradition (9th–12th c. CE), Idris is further identified with Hermes Trismegistus as the primordial prophet of wisdom, writing, and the sciences. He is thus the Islamic nodal figure where the Enoch tradition, the Hermetic tradition, and Quranic prophetology converge."
73,ENT_ISL_ILYAS,Ilyas (Elijah),Islamic,Revealer Figure,prophecy; fire; divine confrontation; Elijah-equivalent; eschatology,"Quranic prophet; identified with the Hebrew Bible Elijah (ENT_ISR_ELIJAH). Named in Quran 6:85 (in the list of prophets) and 37:123-132 (the sura Al-Saffat account of Ilyas reproving Baal worship). The Quranic account closely parallels 1 Kings 18 (the confrontation with Baal). Some Islamic traditions identify Ilyas with al-Khidr (the immortal green man), though this is disputed."
74,ENT_ISL_JIBRIL,Jibril,Islamic,Angelic Being,revelation; prophecy; divine message,Gabriel in Islamic tradition.
75,ENT_ISL_KHIDR,Khidr,Islamic,Holy Figure,hidden knowledge; initiation; guidance; immortality,The mysterious Green One and hidden guide.
76,ENT_ISL_MALAK_AL_MAWT,Malak al-Mawt,Islamic,Angelic Being,death; soul-taking; transition; psychopomp,Angel of Death in Islamic tradition.
77,ENT_ISL_MARUT,Marut,Islamic,Angelic Being,testing; knowledge; Babylon,One of the Harut and Marut pair.
78,ENT_ISL_MUSA,Musa (Moses),Islamic,Revealer Figure,prophecy; Torah; exodus; divine speech; lawgiver; Israelite equivalent,"Quranic prophet; the most frequently mentioned prophet in the Quran (136 times across 36 suras). Receives the Torah (Tawrat) from God; leads the Israelites from Egypt; speaks directly with God at the burning bush (Quran 20:9-48; 28:29-35). The Islamic Musa is the Quranic reception of the Hebrew Bible Moses (ENT_ISR_MOSES), substantially paralleling the Exodus narrative while incorporating Quranic theological reframing. One of the five Ulu al-Azm (Prophets of Firm Resolve)."
79,ENT_ISL_ISA,ʿĪsā ibn Maryam,Islamic,Holy Figure,prophecy; healing; revelation; eschatology,"ʿĪsā ibn Maryam (Jesus son of Mary); Quranic prophet and messenger of God. Born of a virgin birth (Quran 19:20-22), confirmed by miracles including healing the blind and lepers and raising the dead (Quran 3:49), and given the Injīl (Gospel). Explicitly not divine in Islamic theology: ""He was only a messenger of Allah"" (Quran 4:171). One of the five Ulu al-Azm (Prophets of Firm Resolve) along with Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Muhammad. Islamic eschatology holds that ʿĪsā will return before the Day of Judgment to defeat the Dajjal (Quran 43:61; Hadith tradition). The Quranic ʿĪsā is the Islamic reception of the Jesus tradition (ENT_JESUS_CHRIST); the two figures share the virgin birth and healing miracles but diverge sharply on christology."
80,ENT_ISL_ALI,Ali ibn Abi Talib,Islamic/Shi'a,Holy Figure,walaya; esoteric knowledge; sainthood; courage,First Imam in Shi'a Islam and major holy figure in Islamic esoteric traditions.
81,ENT_ISL_ABDAL,Abdal,Islamic/Sufi,Holy Figure,hidden saints; substitution; protection; cosmic order,Hidden saintly figures in Sufi cosmology.
82,ENT_SUF_JILANI,Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani,Islamic/Sufi,Holy figure,,"Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (d. 1166), eponym of the Qadiriyya, the first great Sufi order (tariqa); venerated as Sultan al-Awliya, ""sultan of the saints""."
83,ENT_SUF_GHAZALI,al-Ghazali,Islamic/Sufi,Holy figure,,"Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111), ""Proof of Islam"" (Hujjat al-Islam); his Ihya Ulum al-Din reconciled Sufi interior practice with Sunni law and theology, making Sufism respectable within the mainstream."
84,ENT_SUF_JUNAYD,al-Junayd al-Baghdadi,Islamic/Sufi,Holy figure,,"Master of the Baghdad school (d. 910), called Sayyid al-Taifa (""lord of the order""); founder of ""sober"" (sahw) Sufism. Taught that fana is completed by baqa (subsistence in God) and a return to lucid life in the world."
85,ENT_SUF_QUSHAYRI,al-Qushayri,Islamic/Sufi,Holy figure,,"Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri (d. 1074), author of al-Risala al-Qushayriyya, the classic manual that organised the stations (maqamat) and states (ahwal) and defended Sufism as orthodox."
86,ENT_SUF_DHUL_NUN,Dhul-Nun al-Misri,Islamic/Sufi,Holy figure,,Egyptian mystic (d. 859) credited as the first to articulate the doctrine of marifa (experiential gnosis of God) and to map the mystical states (ahwal). A bridge between Egyptian Hellenistic wisdom and early Sufism.
87,ENT_SUF_HASAN_BASRI,Hasan al-Basri,Islamic/Sufi,Holy figure,,"Basran preacher and ascetic (d. 728), foundational figure of Islamic zuhd (asceticism); emphasised self-examination (muhasaba), fear of God (khawf), and constant remembrance. Most later Sufi silsilas (chains of transmission) are traced back through him."
88,ENT_SUF_IBN_ARABI,Ibn al-Arabi,Islamic/Sufi,Holy figure,,"Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-Arabi (d. 1240), al-Shaykh al-Akbar (""the greatest master""); his Fusus al-Hikam and Futuhat al-Makkiyya systematise wahdat al-wujud (the unity of being) and the doctrine of the Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil)."
89,ENT_ISL_RIJAL_GHAYB,Rijal al-Ghayb,Islamic/Sufi,Holy Figure,hidden men; invisible saints; spiritual governance,Hidden/invisible saintly men in esoteric Islamic traditions.
90,ENT_SUF_SUHRAWARDI,Suhrawardi,Islamic/Sufi,Holy figure,,"Shihab al-Din Yahya al-Suhrawardi (d. 1191), ""al-Maqtul"" (the executed), Shaykh al-Ishraq; founder of Illuminationist (Ishraqi) philosophy, fusing Avicennan metaphysics with a symbolism of light drawn partly from ancient Persia."
91,ENT_ISR_ELIJAH,Elijah,Israelite,Revealer Figure,prophecy; fire; Baal confrontation; chariot ascent; eschatology; return,"9th century BCE Israelite prophet; active during the reigns of Ahab (c. 869-850 BCE) and Ahaziah (c. 850-849 BCE) of the northern kingdom; 1 Kings 17-19, 21; 2 Kings 1-2; his name means ""My God is Yahweh"" ('Eli + Yahu); major episodes: drought and ravens (1 Kings 17), the contest with the Baal prophets on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18), the theophany in the still small voice on Horeb (1 Kings 19), and the fiery chariot ascent to heaven (2 Kings 2:11); one of only two Hebrew Bible figures who do not die (alongside Enoch, Genesis 5:24), which becomes the basis for his eschatological return; Malachi 4:5 (Hebrew 3:23) explicitly prophesies ""I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD""; this prophecy drives the New Testament identification of John the Baptist as Elijah returned (Matthew 11:14, 17:10-12; Luke 1:17) and his appearance at the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:3); Islamic reception as the prophet Ilyas (Quran 37:123-132)"
92,ENT_ISR_MOSES,Moses,Israelite,Revealer Figure,prophecy; lawgiver; Torah; Sinai; Exodus; divine face; burning bush,"Paradigm Israelite prophet and lawgiver; Exodus 2 – Deuteronomy 34; leads the Exodus from Egypt; receives the Torah at Sinai (Exodus 19-20; 24:12-18; 34); mediates the covenant between Yahweh and Israel; the only figure in the Hebrew Bible described as knowing God ""face to face"" (Deuteronomy 34:10; cf. Exodus 33:11); his death on Mount Nebo before entering Canaan (Deuteronomy 34:1-8) and the detail that no one knows his burial place are early markers of his exceptional status; Numbers 12:6-8 establishes his prophetic superiority over all other prophets (""mouth to mouth I speak with him""); central to Judaism as Moshe Rabbenu (Moses our Teacher) and the paradigm lawgiver; appears with Elijah at the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:3); most frequently named prophet in the Quran (136 mentions as Musa), where he is the paradigm of prophetic confrontation with tyrant power (the Pharaoh/Fir'awn narrative); also central to Mandaean religion"
93,ENT_ISR_ANGEL_OF_DEATH,Angel of Death,Israelite/Second Temple,Angelic Being,death; destruction; divine judgment; mortality; psychopomp,Death-associated angelic figure; traditions vary and require source-specific review.
94,ENT_ISR_AZAZEL,Azazel,Israelite/Second Temple,Fallen Angel,desert; scapegoat; forbidden knowledge; sin,Figure associated with scapegoat ritual and Enochic fallen angel traditions.
95,ENT_ISR_GABRIEL,Gabriel,Israelite/Second Temple,Angelic Being,angel; revelation; message; interpretation,Angelic messenger and interpreter of visions.
96,ENT_ISR_MICHAEL,Michael,Israelite/Second Temple,Angelic Being,angel; protector; prince; warfare,Archangel and heavenly prince associated with protection and warfare.
97,ENT_ISR_SHEMIHAZAH,Shemihazah,Israelite/Second Temple,Fallen Angel,watchers; descent; oath; forbidden knowledge,"Shemihazah (also Semyaza, Samjaza; ""My name has seen"" or ""Name of God sees"") is the leader of the 200 Watchers (angelic beings) who, according to 1 Enoch 6-10, descended from heaven to the summit of Mount Hermon and took human wives. In 1 Enoch 6:3, Shemihazah is named as the ringleader: ""And Shemihazah, their chief, said to them: 'I fear you will not agree to do this deed, and only I will have to pay for this great sin.'"" Despite his hesitation, all 200 Watchers swear an oath and descend together. He is listed first among the 20 Watcher leaders named in 1 Enoch 6:7: ""Shemihazah, Arteqoph, Rametel, Kokabel, Ramel, Danel, Zeqiel, Baraqel, Asael, Hermoni, Matureq, Ananel, Sataoel, Shamshiel, Sahriel, Tummiel, Turiel, Yomioel, Sariel."" Shemihazah's specific teaching is enchantments/spell-casting (1 Enoch 7:1), while the second-most prominent Watcher, Azazel, teaches metalwork and cosmetics. In 1 Enoch 10:11-12, Michael is commanded by God to bind Shemihazah for 70 generations: ""Go, Michael, bind Shemihazah and his company who have intermixed with women so as to have defiled themselves with them in all their uncleanness."" He is to be bound under the hills of the earth until the Day of Judgment. Shemihazah has a parallel in the Ugaritic tradition (some scholars connect his name to Canaanite divine names), and his figure is preserved in the Dead Sea Scrolls' Book of Giants (4Q531), which elaborates the Watcher narrative with additional Aramaic material. He is distinct from his Jubilees counterpart, where the leader of the Watchers is called ""Mastema"" in a more developed demonological schema. Nickelsburg (2001) pp. 175-205."
98,ENT_ISR_URIEL,Uriel,Israelite/Second Temple,Angelic Being,angel; light; revelation; cosmic knowledge,"Angel associated with light, revelation, and cosmic knowledge."
99,ENT_ISR_WATCHERS,Watchers,Israelite/Second Temple,Angelic Collective,watchers; angels; descent; forbidden knowledge,Angelic collective central to Enochic traditions.
100,ENT_JM_VITAL,Hayyim Vital,Jewish Mystical,Lurianic kabbalist,"['kabbalah', 'mysticism']","Hayyim ben Joseph Vital (1542-1620), Luria's foremost disciple and recorder; his Etz Chaim is the chief written source for the Lurianic system."