using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.IO;

using System.Linq;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main() {

        var data = 

            Environment.NewLine + // test that we skip over empty lines at start of file

            "AA" + Environment.NewLine + 

            "Origin: Egypt" + Environment.NewLine + 

            Environment.NewLine + // test that we ignore empty lines inside an entry

            "According to the Book Of The Dead, herald at the door of the Third Arit" + Environment.NewLine + 

            Environment.NewLine + 

            Environment.NewLine + // test that we can skip more than one empty line between entries

            "AABIT" + Environment.NewLine + 

            "Origin: Egypt" + Environment.NewLine + 

            "A goddess of song, voice, music and art" + Environment.NewLine 

            + Environment.NewLine; // test that we ignore empty lines at end of file

        var result = Parse(data);

        Console.WriteLine("#Deities: " + result.Count());

        foreach(var entry in result) {

            Console.WriteLine("Name: " + entry.Name + "\t Origin: " + entry.Origin + "\t Description: " + entry.Description);

        }

    }

    public static IEnumerable<Deity> Parse(string source) {

        var deities = new List<Deity>();

        var currentDeity = new Deity();

        var currentFieldIndex = 0;

        var lines = source.Split(new [] {Environment.NewLine}, StringSplitOptions.None);

        Console.WriteLine("#Lines: " + lines.Count());

        foreach (string line in lines) {

            // empty line indicates next deity

            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(line)) {

                if (currentFieldIndex > 2) {

                    deities.Add(currentDeity);

                    currentDeity = new Deity();

                    currentFieldIndex = 0;

                }

                continue;

            }

            switch(currentFieldIndex) {

                case 0: currentDeity.Name = line; currentFieldIndex++; break;

                case 1: currentDeity.Origin = line.Replace("Origin: ", string.Empty); currentFieldIndex++; break;

                case 2: currentDeity.Description = line; currentFieldIndex++; break;

                default: throw new ArgumentException("Expected 3 lines per entry.");

            }

        }

        return deities;

    }

​

}

​

public class Deity

{

    public int Id { get; set; }

    public string Name { get; set; }

    public string Origin { get; set; }

    public string Description { get; set; }

}