Template:Infobox being

{{{name}}}

Usage

Use {{Infobox being}} to display summary information about any being -- human or spirit.

Only |name is required. All other parameters are optional. Rows for omitted or empty parameters are not displayed.

Blank template

{{Infobox being
|name=
|image=
|caption=
|other_names=
|name_corruptions=
|gender=
|type=
|classification=
|affiliation=
|associations=
|roles=
|watcher_teachings=
|titles=
|traits=
|symbols=
|preferred_offerings=
|associated_places=
|textual_mentions=
|traditions=
|ancestors=
|descendants=
|associated_beings=
|equivalents=
}}

Basic usage

{{Infobox being
|name=Kokabiel
|gender=Male
|type=[[Immortal spiritual being]]
|classification=[[Watcher]]
|affiliation=[[Watchers]]
|associations=Stars; astronomy; celestial knowledge
|roles=Teacher of celestial knowledge
|watcher_teachings=Astronomy and the interpretation of celestial signs
|associated_places=[[Mount Hermon]]
|textual_mentions=''[[The Book of the Watchers and the Acts of Enoch]]''
|traditions=Satano-Grigorism; Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity; ancient Judaism
}}

Parameters

|name: The being’s primary name. This parameter is required.

|image: The filename of an illustration or other relevant image. Enter only the filename, without File: or any other image code (the template fills in the image coding automatically).

|caption: The caption for the image, a few brief words. This should be left blank unless an image is used.

|other_names: Legitimate alternative names, spellings, transliterations, translated forms, or names used in other traditions.

|name_corruptions: Corrupted, distorted, mistransmitted, folk-etymologized, or otherwise secondary forms of the being’s name.

|gender: The gender attributed to the being in the relevant sources or traditions.

|type: The broad kind of being, such as angel, deity, primordial being, monster, or divine personification.

|classification: A more specific class, rank, order, species, or taxonomic group.

|affiliation: A faction, court, host, divine household, council, or other collective to which the being belongs.

|associations: Concepts, forces, activities, celestial bodies, animals, objects, professions, or domains conventionally associated with the being.

|roles: Functions, duties, offices, narrative roles, or characteristic activities attributed to the being.

|watcher_teachings: Knowledge, arts, sciences, technologies, or practices taught by a Watcher. Although the parameter is named |watcher_teachings, its visible label is Teachings.

|titles: Formal titles, honorifics, offices, throne names, or recurring descriptive epithets.

|traits: Characteristic qualities, behaviors, temperaments, appearances, or physical features.

|symbols: Objects, creatures, colors, signs, weapons, plants, or iconographic motifs used to represent the being.

|preferred_offerings: Offerings considered particularly appropriate for or preferred by the being.

|associated_places: Geographical, sacred, mythological, or cosmological locations strongly connected with the being.

|textual_mentions: Major scriptures, myths, hymns, inscriptions, ritual works, grimoires, or other texts in which the being is mentioned.

|traditions: Religious, mythological, literary, magical, folkloric, or doctrinal traditions in which the being appears.

|ancestors: Parents, forebears, progenitors, creators, remote ancestral beings, or originating lineages.

|descendants: Children, offspring, created lineages, dynastic descendants, or classes of beings descended from the subject.

|associated_beings: Other beings connected through alliance, rivalry, kinship, companionship, service, rulership, instruction, opposition, or shared group membership.

|equivalents: Beings explicitly identified as the same entity, direct cultural counterparts, or recognized equivalents in another tradition.

Notes

Separate multiple short values with semicolons, bullet lists, or {{Plainlist}}, depending on the amount of information.

Use |equivalents only for actual identifications or recognized counterparts. Loose comparisons should ordinarily be discussed in article prose.

The |watcher_teachings parameter is intended primarily for Watchers and should be omitted for beings to whom it does not apply.

Categories added

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Template type

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ℹ️ Infobox template