v_public_underworld_entities: 13
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| rowid | entity_id | canonical_name | tradition | category | earth_association_score | chthonic_flag | primary_domains | short_note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |