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Elder God

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A race of Elder Gods overthrown by a present race of younger gods is a mythic theme in the Ancient Near East[citation needed] and in Indo-European mythologies of the Ancient Greeks, Ancient Germans and other early civilisations (see Titan (mythology), Titanomachy).

Other uses of this term include the following: