Underworld Entities

All chthonic and underworld-associated entities across traditions.

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1 1 ENT_ART_ELAINE_ASTOLAT Elaine of Astolat Arthurian Legendary lover 0 0 unrequited love; tragic death The lily maid of Astolat who dies of unrequited love for Lancelot.
2 2 ENT_AST_SATURN_SPIRIT Spirit of Saturn (Zuhal) Astral Magic Astral powers 0 0 restriction; old age; death; agriculture; lead; melancholy; binding The Picatrix planetary prayer to Saturn (Zuhal) addresses the planet as a cold, dark spirit of restriction, old age and death, governing lead.
3 3 ENT_BALT_LAIMA Laima Baltic Fate Deity     fate; luck; birth; death; weaving; cuckoo omens Fate goddess of the Baltic tradition; Lithuanian Laima, Latvian Laima (from Latvian laime, luck). Laima determines the fate of each person at birth and death; she appears as a cuckoo whose calls predict the years of life remaining. Laima is sometimes paired with Dievas in the cosmic dispensing of fate, and sometimes with Dievas and Perkūnas as part of a fate-determining triad. She weaves or spins the thread of fate and is associated with the cuckoo, the linden tree, and the morning star. Gimbutas (1963) pp. 202-203; Greimas (1992) pp. 153-185.
4 4 ENT_BALT_PATULAS Patulas (Pikuolis) Baltic Death / underworld god 0 0 death; the underworld; night; evil Old Prussian god of the dead and the underworld (Patulas/Pikuolis/Pecols), the third of the Romuva triad, lord of night and darkness.
5 5 ENT_BALT_VELNIAS Velnias Baltic Underworld Deity     underworld; cattle; magic; wealth; the dead; shapeshifting Chthonic deity of the Baltic tradition; Lithuanian Velnias (later folk form: Vėlinas), Latvian Vels. Lord of the realm of the dead (vėlės), protector of cattle and earthly wealth, master of magic and the arts. The name is cognate with Slavic Veles and ultimately with PIE *wel- (the dead, the realm of the dead). Velnias is the serpentine antagonist of Perkūnas in the great Baltic cosmic myth: he steals cattle, gold, or a solar being and hides below the earth, in trees, in water; Perkūnas pursues him with lightning. Despite his adversarial role, Velnias is not simply evil — he governs essential underworld functions including agricultural fertility and the wealth of the earth. Attested in chronicle sources and folk song. Gimbutas (1963) pp. 200-201; Greimas (1992) pp. 121-150.
6 6 ENT_LEV_ADRAMMELECH Adrammelech Canaanite/Ugaritic deity 0 0 underworld/sacrificial deity God of Sepharvaim to whom child sacrifice ('passing through fire') was made (2 Kings 17:31). Name = 'Adad/Adar is king' or 'the king is exalted'; identity debated — linked variously to Adad, a solar/Molek-type cult, or an Aramaean/Assyrian deity. Paired with Anammelech.
7 7 ENT_CAN_ARSAY Arsay Canaanite/Ugaritic Daughter of Baal 4 1 the earth; the underworld "Earthy one," the chthonic third daughter of Baal.
8 8 ENT_CAN_DAGON Dagon Canaanite/Ugaritic Fertility Deity     grain; agriculture; fertility; rain; underworld; Philistine cult Major West Semitic deity; possibly the father of Baal in Ugaritic texts (KTU 1.5 VI: "Baal son of Dagon"); grain deity whose name may derive from Semitic dagan (grain) though also connected to daganu (cloud/rain); worshipped from Ebla (c. 2400 BCE) and Mari (c. 1800 BCE) through Ugarit and into Philistine-period Ashdod and Gaza (Judges 16:23; 1 Samuel 5); the most geographically widespread West Semitic deity before the Hellenistic period
9 9 ENT_CAN_HORON Horon Canaanite/Ugaritic God of magic 0 1 magic; exorcism; healing; snakebite A god of magic, exorcism and protection against snakebite (the serpent-charm myth).
10 10 ENT_CAN_LOTAN Lotan Canaanite/Ugaritic Monster 4 1 chaos; sea; serpent; dragon Multi-headed sea serpent defeated by Baal.
11 11 ENT_CAN_MOT Mot Canaanite/Ugaritic Underworld Deity 5 1 death; drought; underworld God of death and sterility.
12 12 ENT_CAN_REPHAIM Rephaim Canaanite/Ugaritic Hero 4 1 ancestors; dead kings; heroic dead Collective of ancestral and royal dead.
13 13 ENT_CAN_RESHEPH Resheph Canaanite/Ugaritic War Deity     plague; war; death; destruction; lightning; warrior god Canaanite deity of plague, pestilence, and war; name means "flame" or "lightning-bolt"; serves as gatekeeper at El's court in Ugaritic texts; adopted by Egypt as a war deity under Ramesses II (depicted with shield and axe); attested in the Hebrew Bible as a personified pestilence flanking Yahweh in Habakkuk 3:5; worshipped in Phoenician Cyprus (bilingual inscriptions) and at Ebla; the primary Levantine transmission source for the Apollo plague-deity complex in Greek religion
14 14 ENT_CEL_LITAVIS Litavis Celtic/Gaulish Earth goddess 4 1 the broad earth An earth-goddess ("the Broad One"; cf. Welsh Llydaw), paired with Mars Cicolluis.
15 15 ENT_CEL_SMERTRIOS Smertrios Celtic/Gaulish Warrior god 1 1 war; provision; the serpent-slayer A warrior and serpent-slaying god ("the provider"; cf. Rosmerta), on the Paris Pillar of the Boatmen; consort of Ancamna.
16 16 ENT_CEL_BALOR Balor Celtic/Irish Fomorians 1 0 the baleful eye; blight; death Fomorian champion-king "of the Baleful Eye," whose gaze slays; killed by his grandson Lugh at Mag Tuired.
17 17 ENT_CEL_DONN Donn Celtic/Irish Tuatha Dé Danann (Milesian) 2 1 death; the assembly of the dead God of the dead, the first Milesian to die, who rules Tech Duinn ("the House of Donn"), the gathering-place of the dead.
18 18 ENT_CEL_ELCMAR Elcmar Celtic/Irish Tuatha Dé Danann 1 1 the Brú na Bóinne Síd-lord of Brú na Bóinne, husband/guardian of Boann, displaced from the Brú by Aengus.
19 19 ENT_CEL_FOMORIANS Fomorians Celtic/Irish Adversarial Being 4 1 chaos; sea; giants; opposition; monstrous powers Mythic adversarial beings opposed to the Tuatha Dé Danann.
20 20 ENT_CEL_MIDIR Midir Celtic/Irish Tuatha Dé Danann 1 1 the Otherworld; the síd of Brí Léith Son of the Dagda, lord of the síd of Brí Léith; husband of Fúamnach and lover of Étaín.
21 21 ENT_CEL_MORRIGAN Morrígan Celtic/Irish War Deity 4 1 war; sovereignty; prophecy; death; battle Irish war and sovereignty goddess associated with battle and death.
22 22 ENT_CEL_TETHRA Tethra Celtic/Irish Fomorians 2 1 the sea; rule over the dead (Mag Mell) A Fomorian king associated with the sea and rule over the dead in Mag Mell; his sword Orna is taken at Mag Tuired.
23 23 ENT_IRH_BANSHEE The Banshee (bean sí) Celtic/Irish spirit 0 0 death-omen; keening; the lament 'Woman of the síde' whose keening foretells a death in certain families (Ó hÓgáin).
24 24 ENT_IRH_DULLAHAN The Dullahan Celtic/Irish spirit 0 0 headless rider; death-herald Headless horseman of Irish folklore who heralds death (Ó hÓgáin).
25 25 ENT_WEL_ANNWN Annwn Celtic/Welsh Cosmological Realm     otherworld, death, feasting, magic, sovereignty The Welsh Otherworld; First Branch: ruled by Arawn, who grants the title Pen Annwn (Head of Annwn) to Pwyll; characterized by hunting, feasting, magical animals (the white hounds with red-tipped ears), and the absence of time; the name Annwn (or Annwfn) possibly from *ande-dubno- ("under-world" or "very deep"); it is not primarily a realm of the dead but of the living gods, magic, and abundance
26 26 ENT_WEL_ARAWN Arawn Celtic/Welsh Underworld Deity     otherworld, hunting, death, sovereignty King of Annwn (the Welsh Otherworld); First Branch; he exchanges places with Pwyll for a year to defeat his rival Hafgan; grants Pwyll the title Pen Annwn; associated with the white hounds with red-tipped ears (Cŵn Annwn, the Otherworld hunting pack); one of the primary figures ruling the Welsh Otherworld
27 27 ENT_WEL_BRAN Brân the Blessed Celtic/Welsh Hero     sovereignty, death, rebirth, cauldron, sacred head Bendigeidfran (Brân the Blessed); Second Branch; king of Britain; so giant he cannot enter a house; possessor of the magical Cauldron of Rebirth (given to him by Irish king Matholwch) which resurrects the dead; mortally wounded by a poisoned spear at the Battle of Ir Ireland; his head commands that it be carried to Gwales where it speaks and feasts for 87 years; a key figure in the insular Celtic severed-head cult
28 28 ENT_WEL_GWYN_AP_NUDD Gwyn ap Nudd Celtic/Welsh Underworld Deity     otherworld, hunting, death, fairy court, winter "Gwyn son of Nudd"; appears in Culhwch ac Olwen (Mabinogion) as a leader of the Otherworld hunt and a champion who Arthur must use for the hunt of Twrch Trwyth; his name ("white" + "mist/lord") suggests an Otherworld sovereignty figure; later tradition makes him king of the Tylwyth Teg (fairy folk) and associated with the souls of the dead; he fights Gwythyr ap Greidawl every May Day until Doomsday for the love of Creiddylad
29 29 ENT_WEL_HAFGAN Hafgan Celtic/Welsh Annwn 1 1 kingship of the Otherworld A king of Annwn, rival of Arawn, slain by Pwyll in Arawn's shape.
30 30 ENT_WEL_LLEU_LLAW_GYFFES Lleu Llaw Gyffes Celtic/Welsh Hero     craftsmanship, solar, fate, death-rebirth "Lleu of the Skillful Hand"; Fourth Branch; son of Aranrhod (and Gwydion); his mother refuses to acknowledge him and places three tyngedau (magical taboos) on him: no name, no weapons, no human wife; Gwydion circumvents each; killed by Gronw Pebyr (his wife's lover) with the only spear that can harm him; transformed into an eagle; restored to human form by Gwydion; his name cognate with Irish Lugh and Gaulish Lugus — the pan-Celtic "many-skilled" solar hero
31 31 ENT_CHR_BARBARA Barbara Christian Helper-saint 0 0 protection from lightning and sudden death The virgin-martyr Barbara, invoked against lightning and sudden death.
32 32 ENT_CHR_BEELZEBUL Beelzebul Christian Prince of demons 0 1 demonic rule; possession Beelzebul, "the prince of demons," named by Jesus' opponents and identified with Satan.
33 33 ENT_CHR_CHRISTOPHER Christopher Christian Helper-saint 0 0 travellers; protection from sudden death The giant Christopher who bore the Christ-child across the river, patron of travellers.
34 34 ENT_CHR_DEMONS Demons Christian Demonic Collective 3 1 demons; possession; temptation; affliction General Christian demonic collective.
35 35 ENT_SAINT_DENIS Denis of Paris Christian Saint 0 1 Paris and France; martyrdom The cephalophore first bishop of Paris, martyred in the 3rd century; the royal abbey-basilica of Saint-Denis (cradle of Gothic and royal necropolis) bears his cult; patron of France.
36 36 ENT_SAINT_NEPOMUK John of Nepomuk Christian Saint 0 1 the seal of confession; bridges and waterways Martyr of the confessional seal, drowned in the Vltava; tomb in St Vitus, Prague; canonized 1729; patron of bridges and against floods.
37 37 ENT_CHR_LEGION Legion Christian Possessing demons 0 1 possession; multitude "My name is Legion, for we are many" — the host of demons cast into the swine (Mark 5).
38 38 ENT_SAINT_FOURTEEN_HELPERS The Fourteen Holy Helpers Christian Saint 0 0 intercession against plague and sudden death A collective of fourteen intercessory saints invoked together against plague and afflictions; centred on the Vierzehnheiligen basilica in Bavaria; arose in the 14th-century plague era.
39 39 ENT_CHR_ABADDON Abaddon Christian/Biblical Adversarial Being 5 1 abyss; destruction; apocalypse Abyssal/destructive figure in biblical apocalyptic tradition.
40 40 ENT_CHR_APOLLYON Apollyon Christian/Biblical Adversarial Being 5 1 destroyer; abyss; apocalypse Greek name/title associated with the destroyer of the abyss.
41 41 ENT_CHR_BEAST Beast of Revelation Christian/Biblical Eschatological adversary 0 1 blasphemous empire; the number 666 The seven-headed beast from the sea, who bears the number 666 (Revelation 13).
42 42 ENT_CHR_BEHEMOTH Behemoth Christian/Biblical Monster 5 1 land monster; chaos; strength; eschatology Biblical land monster received in Christian tradition.
43 43 ENT_CHR_DRAGON_REVELATION Dragon of Revelation Christian/Biblical Monster 5 1 dragon; Satan; apocalypse; persecution Apocalyptic dragon of Revelation, associated with Satanic opposition.
44 44 ENT_CHR_FOUR_HORSEMEN Four Horsemen Christian/Biblical Eschatological riders 0 0 conquest; war; famine; death The four riders of the seals: Conquest, War, Famine and Death (Revelation 6).
45 45 ENT_CHR_LEVIATHAN Leviathan Christian/Biblical Monster 5 1 sea monster; chaos; serpent; dragon Biblical sea serpent/chaos monster received in Christian tradition.
46 46 ENT_ABYSS Abyss Cross-traditional Cosmological Realm 5 1 abyss; pit; deep; underworld; chaos depth Cross-traditional abstraction for abyss, pit, deep, or lower cosmic depth.
47 47 ENT_DARKNESS Darkness Cross-traditional Abstraction 3 1 darkness; obscurity; lower world; ignorance Cross-traditional abstraction for darkness, obscurity, lower-world condition, and ignorance.
48 48 ENT_DEAD Dead Cross-traditional Ritual Collective 5 1 dead; ancestors; deceased; afterlife subjects Collective category for the dead/deceased as subjects of judgment, ritual care, and afterlife movement.
49 49 ENT_DEATH Death Cross-traditional Mortality Abstraction 5 1 death; mortality; dying; end of life Cross-traditional abstraction for death and mortality.
50 50 ENT_DESCENT Descent Cross-traditional Abstraction 3 1 descent; katabasis; incarnation; lower-world journey Cross-traditional abstraction for descent, katabasis, and lower-world journeys.
51 51 ENT_DESTRUCTION Destruction Cross-traditional Abstraction 4 1 destruction; ruin; annihilation; destroyer power Cross-traditional abstraction for destruction and annihilating power.
52 52 ENT_DRAGON Dragon Cross-traditional Monster 4 1 dragon; serpent; chaos monster; monster combat Cross-traditional abstraction/category for dragon and serpent-monster figures.
53 53 ENT_IMMORTALITY Immortality Cross-traditional Mortality Abstraction 0 0 immortality; deathlessness; eternal life Cross-traditional abstraction for immortality and deathlessness.
54 54 ENT_MARTYRDOM Martyrdom Cross-traditional Abstraction 2 1 martyrdom; witness; sacred suffering; death for truth Cross-traditional abstraction for martyrdom and sacred witness.
55 55 ENT_OTHERWORLD Otherworld Cross-traditional Cosmological Realm 3 1 otherworld; fairy realm; divine realm; liminal world Cross-traditional abstraction for otherworldly divine or liminal realms.
56 56 ENT_UNDERWORLD Underworld Cross-traditional Abstraction 5 1 underworld; netherworld; realm of the dead; chthonic realm Cross-traditional abstraction for underworld and netherworld realms.
57 57 ENT_EGY_AFRA Af-Ra (Flesh of Ra) Egyptian Night-sun 0 1 the night journey; union of Ra and Osiris; nocturnal regeneration The ram-headed night form of the sun god — Ra united with his own corpse — who sails the barque through the Duat to be reborn at dawn. Central protagonist of the Amduat and Book of Gates.
58 58 ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_36 Ahi Egyptian Judge of the dead 0 1 judgment of the dead Assessor 36 of Maat (BD 125), "Watery one," from the abyss (Nu); the deceased denies being loud-voiced.
59 59 ENT_EGY_AKER Aker Egyptian Earth Deity 5 1 earth; horizon; underworld; protection Earth and horizon god often shown as paired lions.
60 60 ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_04 Am-khaibit Egyptian Judge of the dead 0 1 judgment of the dead Assessor 4 of Maat (BD 125), "Devourer of Shades," from the Cavern (Qernet); the deceased denies murder.
61 61 ENT_EGY_AMMIT Ammit Egyptian Underworld Being 4 1 judgment; devouring; afterlife punishment Devourer of the dead in judgment scenes.
62 62 ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_41 An-af Egyptian Judge of the dead 0 1 judgment of the dead Assessor 41 of Maat (BD 125), "Bringer of his arm," from Maati; the deceased denies despising the local god.
63 63 ENT_EGY_ANDJETY Andjety Egyptian Funerary/kingship god 0 1 kingship; the crook and flail; rebirth An ancient funerary and kingship god of Busiris (Djedu), bearer of the crook and flail and prototype of the atef-crown, largely absorbed into Osiris.
64 64 ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_28 An-hetep-f Egyptian Judge of the dead 0 1 judgment of the dead Assessor 28 of Maat (BD 125), "Bringer of his offering," from Sais (Sau); the deceased denies acts of violence.
65 65 ENT_EGY_ANUBIS Anubis Egyptian Underworld Deity 4 1 embalming; psychopomp; funerary rites Jackal god and guide of the dead.
66 66 ENT_EGY_APEP Apep Egyptian Chaos Monster 4 1 chaos; darkness; enemy of Ra; underworld Great serpent enemy of the solar god.
67 67 ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_07 Arfi-em-khet Egyptian Judge of the dead 0 1 judgment of the dead Assessor 7 of Maat (BD 125), "Fiery-eyes," from Letopolis (Khem); the deceased denies stealing the property of a god.
68 68 ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_35 Ari-em-ab-f Egyptian Judge of the dead 0 1 judgment of the dead Assessor 35 of Maat (BD 125), "Doer in his heart," from Tjebu; the deceased denies stopping a neighbour's water.
69 69 ENT_EGY_BABI Babi Egyptian Wisdom Deity 4 1 aggression; virility; underworld; judgment Fierce baboon deity associated with the afterlife.
70 70 ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_13 Basti Egyptian Judge of the dead 0 1 judgment of the dead Assessor 13 of Maat (BD 125), "Eater of entrails," from Bubastis (Bast); the deceased denies "eating the heart" (the Egyptian idiom for rapacity / hot-temperedness), not generic "foul deeds." (Distinct from the goddess Bastet.)
71 71 ENT_EGY_DUAMUTEF Duamutef Egyptian Funerary Deity 3 1 canopic protection; east; stomach One of the Four Sons of Horus.
72 72 ENT_EGY_DUAT Duat Egyptian Sacred Place 5 1 netherworld; afterlife; solar journey; judgment Egyptian netherworld, modeled as a theological/geographic entity.
73 73 ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_03 Fenti Egyptian Judge of the dead 0 1 judgment of the dead Assessor 3 of Maat (BD 125), "Nose," from Hermopolis (Khemenu); the deceased denies theft.
74 74 ENT_EGY_FOUR_SONS_OF_HORUS Four Sons of Horus Egyptian Funerary Deity 3 1 canopic protection; organs; funerary rites; Horus sons Collective of four funerary deities protecting the organs of the deceased.
75 75 ENT_EGY_HA Ha Egyptian Desert god 0 1 the western desert; protection from Libyans "Lord of the Western Desert," a protector god of the oases and the western frontier against Libyan incursion, shown with the desert-hills sign on his head. (Related to but distinct from Ash.)
76 76 ENT_EGY_HAPY_SON_OF_HORUS Hapy Son of Horus Egyptian Funerary Deity 3 1 canopic protection; north; lungs One of the Four Sons of Horus.
77 77 ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_02 Hept-khet Egyptian Judge of the dead 0 1 judgment of the dead Assessor 2 of Maat (BD 125), "Fire-embracer," from Kher-aha; the deceased denies robbery with violence.
78 78 ENT_EGY_HEREHEQENU Hereheqenu (Horus the Praiser) Egyptian Crew of Ra 0 1 the night barque; praise of the sun Horus-of-praise, a member of the crew of the solar night-barque in the Amduat.
79 79 ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_23 Her-uru Egyptian Judge of the dead 0 1 judgment of the dead Assessor 23 of Maat (BD 125), "Chief of the great ones," from Nehatu; the deceased denies inspiring terror.
80 80 ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_42 Hetch-abhu Egyptian Judge of the dead 0 1 judgment of the dead Assessor 42 of Maat (BD 125), "White of teeth," from the Faiyum (Ta-she); the deceased denies slaying the cattle of the god.
81 81 ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_12 Hraf-haf Egyptian Judge of the dead 0 1 judgment of the dead Assessor of Maat (BD 125), "Backward-facing," from the West; the deceased denies causing tears. (Budge/Ani place him at #12, Faulkner at #27 — a manuscript order variant.)
82 82 ENT_EGY_IGAI Igai Egyptian Oasis god 0 1 the western oases "Lord of the Oasis," a desert/oasis god of the Dakhla region attested from the 3rd Dynasty through the Middle Kingdom.
83 83 ENT_EGY_IMHET Imhet (Land of Sokar) Egyptian Realm of Sokar 0 1 the sandy, snake-guarded land of Sokar The barren, sandy, serpent-guarded desert-region of Sokar traversed in the Amduat's fourth hour.
84 84 ENT_EGY_IMSETY Imsety Egyptian Funerary Deity 3 1 canopic protection; south; liver One of the Four Sons of Horus.
85 85 ENT_EGY_IPY_OPET Ipy (Opet) Egyptian Hippopotamus goddess 0 1 protection; Osirian motherhood; Thebes The Theban hippopotamus goddess of protection and Osirian rebirth, honoured at the Opet temple of Karnak; related to but distinct from Taweret and Reret.
86 86 ENT_EGY_ANKHNETERU Ka-en-Ankh-Neteru (the World-Encircling Serpent) Egyptian Serpent of regeneration 0 1 nocturnal rebirth; the twelfth hour The great serpent "Ka-en-Ankh-Neteru" ("Life of the Gods") through whose body the barque is towed in the Amduat's twelfth hour, the sun entering aged and emerging reborn as Khepri. (Often shortened to Ankh-neteru.)
87 87 ENT_EGY_KAMAAT Ka-Maat (Bull of Maat) Egyptian Crew of Ra 0 1 the night barque; truth The "Bull of Maat," a member of the crew of Ra's night barque in the Amduat.
88 88 ENT_EGY_KAUKET Kauket Egyptian Primordial Deity 3 1 darkness; primordial night; obscurity Kauket (also Keket) is the female counterpart of Kek in the Hermopolis Ogdoad, personifying the feminine aspect of primordial darkness. Like the other three female Ogdoad deities (Naunet, Hauhet, Amunet), she is depicted with a serpent's head. Kauket shares the cosmological role of her male counterpart — together Kek and Kauket represent the totality of pre-creation darkness, the enveloping lightlessness before the first sunrise. Her attestation in individual religious texts is minimal; she functions primarily within the Ogdoad cosmological system as the feminine principle of darkness, ensuring the structural symmetry of the eight-member creative matrix. The serpent iconography of the female Ogdoad members may reflect the association of serpents with the underworld, regeneration, and the chthonic primordial forces that the female Ogdoad deities embody in contrast to the frog iconography of the male members (frogs being associated with the annual Nile inundation and fertility). Wilkinson (2003) p. 101.
89 89 ENT_EGY_KEK Kek Egyptian Primordial Deity 3 1 darkness; primordial night; obscurity Kek (also Kuk) is the male member of the Ogdoad pair representing primordial darkness. His name means "darkness," and he personifies the absolute darkness that preceded the first sunrise — the primal lightlessness before Ra's emergence from the primordial waters brought light into being. In Egyptian cosmological thought, Kek's darkness is not simply the absence of light but a positive primordial force, part of the creative matrix from which creation emerges. He is depicted with a frog's head (standard for male Ogdoad members), sometimes carrying torches, an iconographic inversion that expresses his function as the deity who makes possible the very concept of light by embodying its primordial absence. In the popular internet subculture of the 2010s, "Kek" became a name applied to the deity of chaos/irony (via a misidentification and wordplay), wholly divorced from and unrelated to the Hermopolitan Ogdoad figure. The ancient Kek is a serious cosmological concept — the primordial darkness as creative potential — and should not be confused with the post-2016 folk etymology. His female counterpart is Kauket. Wilkinson (2003) p. 101.
90 90 ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_27 Kenemti Egyptian Judge of the dead 0 1 judgment of the dead Assessor of Maat (BD 125), "Dark one," from Kenmet (the Faiyum); the deceased denies blasphemy. (Budge/Ani #27, Faulkner #12 — order variant.)
91 91 ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_24 Khemiu Egyptian Judge of the dead 0 1 judgment of the dead Assessor 24 of Maat (BD 125), "Destroyer," from Kaui; the deceased denies transgressing the law.
92 92 ENT_EGY_KHENTAMENTIU Khentamentiu Egyptian Necropolis god 0 1 the necropolis; "Foremost of the Westerners" The early jackal necropolis-god of Abydos, "Foremost of the Westerners," whose cult and epithet were absorbed by Osiris (and the name survives as an epithet of Osiris and Anubis).
93 93 ENT_EGY_KHENTEKHTAI Khentekhtai Egyptian Crocodile/falcon god 0 1 Athribis; kingship The local god of Athribis (10th Lower nome), originally crocodile-form and later a falcon, syncretised as Horus-Khentykhety.
94 94 ENT_EGY_KHERTY Kherty Egyptian Underworld ram god 0 1 the underworld; the ferry of the dead; tomb guardianship A ram-form earth/underworld god of Letopolis, ferryman and guardian of the dead, sometimes a menacing power the king must be protected from.
95 95 ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_22 Maa-antuf Egyptian Judge of the dead 0 1 judgment of the dead Assessor 22 of Maat (BD 125), "He who sees what he brings," comes forth from Per-Menu ("House of Min"; the equation with Xois is uncertain — Per-Menu is variously placed at Panopolis/Akhmim); the deceased denies self-pollution.
96 96 ENT_EGY_MAUAA Mau-aa (the Great Cat of Ra) Egyptian Punishing form of Ra 0 1 protection of the sun; slaying of Apophis The great tomcat, a form of the sun god who slays the serpent Apophis beneath the ished-tree; an iconic protective/punishing aspect of Ra. Litany of Re; Book of the Dead Spell 17.
97 97 ENT_EGY_MEHEN Mehen Egyptian Protective Deity 4 1 protection; solar bark; underworld Protective serpent associated with the nocturnal solar journey.
98 98 ENT_EGY_MERETSEGER Meretseger Egyptian Necropolis Deity 5 1 cobra; necropolis; protection; punishment Cobra goddess associated with the Theban necropolis.
99 99 ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_08 Neba Egyptian Judge of the dead 0 1 judgment of the dead Assessor 8 of Maat (BD 125), "Flame" / he who comes forth backwards; the deceased denies lies and stealing offerings.
100 100 ENT_EGY_ASSESSOR_32 Neb-abui Egyptian Judge of the dead 0 1 judgment of the dead Assessor 32 of Maat (BD 125), "Lord of horns," from Asyut (Sauti); the deceased denies multiplying words in strife.

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CREATE TABLE [v_public_underworld_entities] (
   [entity_id] TEXT,
   [canonical_name] TEXT,
   [tradition] TEXT,
   [category] TEXT,
   [earth_association_score] INTEGER,
   [chthonic_flag] INTEGER,
   [primary_domains] TEXT,
   [short_note] TEXT
);