For developers, scholars, educators

The Sacred Atlas v1 Data API.

Every parallel, theme, figure, place, and glossary term we ship is also published as a plain JSON file. No keys, no rate limits, no SDK. CC BY 4.0 — credit Sacred Atlas and link back if you build on it.

Endpoints

/data/v1/index.jsonDataset manifest with sizes and counts.
/data/v1/parallels.jsonCross-tradition comparative studies — title, summary, traditions, shared motifs, divergences, passage refs with quotes.
/data/v1/themes.jsonTopic-grouped verse collections across traditions (love, justice, mercy, the-vine, the-storm, etc.).
/data/v1/figures.jsonBiographical dossiers for prophets, sages, founders — names per tradition, dates, summary, key passage refs.
/data/v1/places.jsonSacred and named places — coordinates, traditions, summary, scriptural appearances.
/data/v1/glossary.jsonCross-tradition vocabulary — definitions, etymologies, transliterations, scripts.
/data/v1/books.jsonCatalog of corpora and books available on the site (Bible, Quran, Gita, Dhammapada, Tao, etc.).

Use it from anywhere

# curl
curl -s https://sacredatlas.org/data/v1/parallels.json | jq '.[0]'

# Python
import urllib.request, json
data = json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(
  "https://sacredatlas.org/data/v1/themes.json"))
for t in data:
  print(t["title"], "-", len(t["verses"]), "verses")

# JavaScript
const figures = await fetch(
  "https://sacredatlas.org/data/v1/figures.json"
).then(r => r.json());
const cross = figures.filter(f => f.traditions.length >= 2);

Schema

Each endpoint is a JSON array of records. The shape is whatever the site uses internally — no transformation. parallels.json entries carry slug, title, summary, traditions, shared (motifs), divergences (per-tradition notes), passages (verse refs with KJV/Pickthall/Arnold/etc. quotes), and imageSlug. themes.json entries carry slug, title, summary, and verses (an array of verse refs with quotes from across traditions). For exact shapes, hit /data/v1/index.json and read the first record from each.

License & attribution

The compilation, curation, comparative summaries, and cross-tradition mappings are Sacred Atlas’s editorial work, released under CC BY 4.0. Underlying scripture is in the public domain — KJV (Bible), Pickthall (Quran), Edwin Arnold (Gita), Müller (Vedas/Upanishads/Dhammapada), Legge (Tao/Analects), Mead (Pistis Sophia), Schaff/CCEL editions of patristic commentary.

If you use this in a paper or product, a credit line and a link to sacredatlas.org is the only ask. If you publish derivative datasets, share-alike under CC BY 4.0.

Stability

These endpoints are versioned at /data/v1/. Slugs and shape will not break without bumping to v2. Counts (number of parallels, themes, etc.) grow over time — the dataset is additive, not lossy. Mirror it locally if you need a frozen snapshot.