List of fictional deities
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This is a navigational list of deities exclusively for fictional works, organized primarily by media type then by title of the fiction work, series, franchise or author. This list does not include deities worshiped by humans in real life that appear in fictional works unless they are distinct enough to be mentioned in a Wikipedia article separate from the articles for the entities they are based on.
Literature
Dune series
- Paul Atreides – Fictional character in Dune[3]
H. P. Lovecraft works
- Azathoth – The Blind Idiot God
- Cthulhu – Fictional cosmic entity
- Nyarlathotep – Fictional Lovecraftian god
- Shub-Niggurath – Fictional deity in the Cthulhu Mythos
- Eru Ilúvatar – Creator deity of Tolkien's World
- Valar – Divine or angelic race in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium
- Melkor also known as Morgoth Bauglir – An evil fallen deity
Comics
- Ares – The Greek god of war[4][5]
- Darkseid – Apokoliptian god of evil[6][7]
- Lords of Chaos and Order – Opposed groups of divine energy beings locked in eternal struggle[8][9]
- The Presence – Comic book character
- Rao – The personification of the red sun of Krypton
- New Gods – Fictional race appearing in the New Gods comic book series
- Haruhi Suzumiya – Fictional character from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya[11]
- Hercules – Marvel Comics fictional character
- In-Betweener – An incarnation of balance
- Living Tribunal – Serves directly under the supreme being
- Lord Chaos – fictional character in Marvel Comics
- Odin – Marvel Comics character
- The Stranger – Marvel Comics fictional character
- Thanos - A supervillain, the most powerful of the Titanian Eternals
- Thor – Marvel Comics fictional character
- Zeus – Marvel Comics fictional character
- Skuld – fictional character from Oh My Goddess!
- Urd – fictional character from Oh My Goddess!
- Belldandy – Female protagonist in Oh My Goddess!
Vertigo (different continuity from DC)
- Endless (comics) – Sandman comic characters
- Lucifer (DC Comics) – Comic book character
- Elaine Belloc – DC Comics character
Television
- First Evil – Buffy the Vampire Slayer villain
- Glorificus – fictional character in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Illyria – Fictional character from the television series Angel
- Unicron – Transformers character
Games
Dungeons & Dragons series
- Bahamut – Fictional draconic deity in Dungeons & Dragons
- Corellon Larethian – Fictional character in Dungeons & Dragons
- Takhisis – fictional character from Dragonlance
- Tharizdun – Fictional deity from the Dungeons & Dragons franchise
- Tiamat – Dragon deity from Dungeons & Dragons
- Vecna – Dungeons & Dragons character
Legacy of Kain series
- Kain – Title character of the Legacy of Kain series
Mortal Kombat series
- Amaterasu – Fictional character in Ōkami video game
See also
References
- ^ Lewis, C. S. (2016). The Last Battle. Enrich Spot. p. 27. ISBN 978-988-77396-2-3.
[...] the Calormenes [...] They have a god called Tash.
- ^ Duriez, Colin (2013). The A-Z of C. S. Lewis. Lion Hudson PLC. p. 298. ISBN 9780745955865.
Tash The demon god of Calormen
- ^ Berenguel, Lorenzo; Antonio, Marcos (2021), Resizing ancient and contemporary heroism in herbert´s dune: Paul atreides as a heroic figure (Master Thesis), Universidad de Almería,
the one who arises with this title is Paul Atreides, becoming the deity that unifies both religious cults and is worshipped... Therefore, he is another hero that has divine and mortal traits, but he eventually embraces his godly powers
- ^ Moulton, Charles (1942). Wonder Woman #2. DC Comics.
Scientists may yet prove that the Greek God of War exists - Ares
- ^ Dougall, Alastair; Ridout, Cefn, eds. (2021). The DC Comic Encyclopedia - New Edition. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-24143-953-1.
Ares is the Greek God of War
- ^ Tomasi, Peter; Manapul, Francis (2016). Justice League: Darkseid War - Power of the Gods. DC Comics. ISBN 9781401269470.
The last time the evil god Darkseid attacked Earth, the Justice League was formed to drive him back to Apokolips.
- ^ Darowski, John (2012). "In a World Without Superman, What Is the American Way?". In Darowski, Joseph J. (ed.). The Ages of Superman: Essays on the Man of Steel in Changing Times. McFarland & Company. p. 209. ISBN 9780786463084.
Darkseid, DC Comics' god of evil
- ^ Wiacek, Stephen (2021). "Armageddon times". The DC Book: A Vast and Vibrant Multiverse Simply Explained. Dorling Kindersley Limited. ISBN 9780241560570.
a transformative "Godwave" that spawns countless new pantheons. [...] splintering into family pantheons [...], divinities specific to Africa, Greece, [...]. One group declare themselves to be Lords of Order and Chaos. Abandoning physicality, they engage in an eternal war of principles.
- ^ Rubin, Scott (2020). Naming Your Little Geek. Familius. p. 218. ISBN 9781641703444.
DC Comics's Lords of Chaos and Order. These deities are alway trying to one-up each other
- ^ "Dragon Ball: Beerus' Greatest Weakness Proves He Was Never Unbeatable". ScreenRant. 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
Beerus holds an immutable position as one of the most powerful beings in all of Dragon Ball due to his status as a God of Destruction
- ^ Buljan, Katharine (2017). "Spirituality-struck: anime and religio-spiritual devotional practices". Fiction, Invention and Hyper-reality. Routledge. pp. 115–132. doi:10.4324/9781315582283-15. ISBN 978-1-315-58228-3. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
The second part of the chapter focuses on Haruhiism, an anime-based religion concerning Haruhi Suzumiya, who is a god in the form of a high school girl.