God emperor

God-Emperor or God Emperor may refer to:

Historical

• Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, a group of mythological rulers or deities in ancient northern China said to be god emperors
• Sapa Inca, the Emperor of the Inca Empire, viewed as a god
• An emperor worshipped as a deity by an imperial cult
  • Imperial cult (ancient Rome) identified emperors with divinely sanctioned authority
• Emperor Jimmu, first Emperor of Japan according to legend
  • Emperor of Japan, called Tennō, "heavenly sovereign"

Modern popular culture

• Leto II Atreides, the title character in Frank Herbert's science fiction novel God Emperor of Dune (1981)
• The God-Emperor of Mankind, in the fictional Imperium (Warhammer 40,000)
• The Emperor, the godlike character in Andreas Eschbach's The Carpet Makers (2005)
• God Emperor Doom, from Marvel's Secret Wars (2015 comic book)
• God-Emperor Jal-Nish Hlar, character in The Song of the Tears novel trilogy by Ian Irvine
• God-Emperor, character in The Last Remnant role-playing video game
• Donald Trump is per an internet meme.

See also

• God king, a term for a deified ruler
• Christ Pantocrator, a specific depiction of Christ
• Caesaropapism, the idea of combining the power of secular government with the religious power
• List of people who have been considered deities
• Sacred king
• Divine right of kings