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This compilation of lists is organized primarily by media type then by title of the fiction work, series, franchise or author. At the end there is a miscellaneous list.

Multiple media franchises

Pokémon

  • The Universal Pokémon:
    • Arceus: The creator of the universe; created Dialga, Palkia and Giratina, as well as Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf, and, supposedly, the entire Pokémon world. It is capable of manipulating spacetime and all forms of matter.
    • Dialga: The Pokémon which began the flow of time in Sinnoh-region mythology. Possesses the ability to manipulate time.
    • Palkia: The Pokémon which began the expansion of space in Sinnoh-region mythology. Possesses the ability to manipulate the four dimensional space.
    • Giratina: The Pokémon which created an alternate dimension to balance the world of which Dialga and Palkia have shaped. It possesses the ability to warp physical reality, gravity, and supposedly antimatter. It has two forms; Altered Form (introduced in Diamond and Pearl), and Origin Form (introduced in Platinum), . The creators of the Pokémon franchise have described Giratina and its home world as being personifications of antimatter.
    • Uxie: The "Being of Knowledge"; gave beings the gift of intelligence. Possesses the ability to wipe away memories from any living being, but this only happens if it opens its eyes.
    • Mesprit: The "Being of Emotion"; gave beings the gift of emotion. Possesses the ability to remove emotions from any living being, rendering them zombielike.
    • Azelf: The "Being of Willpower"; gave beings gift of willpower. Possesses the ability to petrify any living being if said being has harmed it.
  • The Tao trio:
  • The Legendary Birds, or the Winged Mirages:
  • Lugia: Guardian of the Sea, and protector of the winged mirages.
  • The Legendary Beasts:
  • Ho-Oh: Guardian of the Sky, and protector of the legendary beasts.
  • The Geographic Pokémon:
    • Kyogre: The creator of the sea. Opposes Groudon.
    • Groudon: The creator of the land. Opposes Kyogre.
    • Rayquaza: Makes its home in the ozone layer, and is the only one who can quell Groudon and Kyogre.
  • The Legendary Golems:
    • Regirock: A golem composed of a conglomerate of rocks.
    • Regice: A golem composed of frigid ice.
    • Registeel: A golem composed of an unknown metal.
    • Regigigas: The creator of the other golems, a colossal being able to pull whole continents with ropes.
  • The Lunar Pokémon:
    • Cresselia: Benevolent symbol of the moon and guardian of dreams, and counterpart of Darkrai. It has the power to dispel nightmares, and is the Sandman of the Pokémon universe.
    • Darkrai: Malevolent symbol of darkness and oblivion and counterpart of Cresselia. It has the power to induce and trap people in nightmares, and is most active during the new moon.
  • The Kami Pokémon:
  • The Lati Twins:
    • Latias and Latios: Twin dragons that guard Altomare, a city modeled after Venice, Italy. Generally friendly to humans (at least those they trust), and capable of understanding human speech. Latias is female, whereas Latios is male.
  • The Kalos Trio:
    • Xerneas: The Legendary Deer of Life. It can bestow eternal life when the horns on its head glow seven different colors. It is also a benevolent force in nature, as it can create forests at will. It is the counterpart to Yveltal.
    • Yveltal: The Legendary Bird of Destruction. It can absorb life energy whenever it spreads its appendages, from whomever it pleases. It is the counterpart to Xerneas.
    • Zygarde: The Legendary Snake of Order. It is able to take many different forms. These forms are the Cell Form, which, as their name implies, are simply the cells of the creature, Core Form, the mind of Zygarde and monitor of the ecosystem, Zygarde 10% Form, a fast doglike creature, Zygarde 50% Form, who, unlike its Core Form, will actually do something about any danger the environment falls into, and, finally, Zygarde Complete Form, appearing only when the situation is too dire for any other form to stop. In its 50% form, it can also cancel out Xerneas' and Yveltal's special ability to enhance certain attacks.
  • Other Pokémon Deities:
    • Heatran: The embodiment of the Stark Mountain volcano in the Sinnoh region. Unique among legendary Pokémon in that it has 50/50 chance of being either gender.

Transformers

  • Primus - Known as the Lord of Light and Order, the creator of the Transformers (Autobot and Decepticon) race in order to combat his evil sibling, Unicron.
  • Unicron - Known as the Cybertronian God of Darkness and Chaos, Chaos-Bringer, and Universal Dominator, Unicron is the evil sibling of Primus.

Dragon Ball

  • Akira
  • Anat
  • Angel
  • Annin
  • Arack
  • Attendant (position)
  • Awamo
  • Baragon
  • Beerus
  • Belmod
  • Black Smoke Shenron
  • Broly God
  • Bubbles
  • Campari
  • Caretakers (Sugoroku Space)
  • Champa
  • Chronoa
  • Cognac
  • Cukatail
  • Cus
  • Dabura
  • Daikaioh
  • Dark Shenron
  • Darkness
  • Demigra
  • Demigra (alternate timeline)
  • Demigra's Mirage
  • Demon God
  • Demon Kai
  • Demon Supreme Kai
  • Den-Goku
  • Dende
  • Dende: Xeno
  • Divine Language
  • Ea
  • East Kai
  • Enma (Hell Guardian)
  • Eternal Dragon
  • Fen
  • Fused Zamasu
  • Future Beerus

Literature

American Gods

Old gods

Discworld novel series

Main article: Discworld gods

Robert E. Howard works

Stephen King works

H. P. Lovecraft works

Main article: Cthulhu Mythos deities

Melniboné

Main article: Deities in the Elric series

Middle-earth

  • Melkor also known as Morgoth Bauglir – an evil fallen deity.
  • Various Maiar.

The Chronicles of Narnia

  • The Emperor-Over-the-Sea: Aslan's father, who rules over all worlds.
  • Aslan: the son of the Emperor, and the creator of Narnia, who was executed by Jadis.
  • Tash: a demon god of Calormen.
  • Azaroth: deity (presumbly female) of night and unmarried maidens.
  • Zardeenah: another goddess of night and virgins.
  • Bacchus: god of wine and ecstasy, a friend of Silenus and the maenads.
  • Silenus: fat god riding on a donkey, tutor of Bacchus.
  • Maenads: nymph goddesses that follow Bacchus.
  • Satyrs, Fauns, and Centaurs: godlike beings that live in Narnia, relatives of the nymphs and others.
  • Tashlan: a fake god created by Shift (Antichrist), said to mean that Tash and Aslan are one, represented by Puzzle the donkey.

Television programs

Buffyverse

Supernatural

Many deities have appeared in Supernatural, and some other characters have been deified, such as Lucifer. The angel Castiel also became a deity when absorbing the souls of monsters from Purgatory. The gods in the show include:

  • God, the main deity, known as "God" "Dad" or as Chuck Shurly in his human incarnation, is the creator of the shows universe. He is a representation of the Juedeo-Christan God.
  • Death is an entity of equal rank to God
  • Castiel, the ex-angel who ate a million souls and became god
  • Eve, a creature who spawned every monster in existence, making her "the Mother" "of All" (Monsters)
  • Tricksters, who are powerful demi-gods with the ability to manipulate reality
  • Baron Samedi
  • Zeus
  • Anansi (mentioned only by Bobby Singer)
  • Prometheus
  • Artemis, the god of hunters
  • Veritas
  • Odin
  • Baldur
  • Ganesh
  • Kali
  • Mercury
  • Zao Shen
  • Hold Nickur, the Pagan gods of the Winter Solstice

Charmed

  • The Avatars - Beings with tremendous power, they exist outside of time and space
  • Barbas - The Demon Of Fear
  • Cole Turner - Once a high level half-demon, he became The Source of All Evil, then turned indestructable with a multitude of powers and then an Avatar with infinite powers. After he was finally vanquished, he was sent to "the Void between life and death" as punishment for all his past evil deeds.
  • The Elders - Leaders of Whitelighters, Cupids and the forces of Good.
  • Gideon - One of the most powerful of the Elders
  • The Hollow - An entity considered to be the ultimate power, which consumes all magic, good or bad.
  • The Source Of All Evil - Ruler of the underworld and the forces of Evil.
  • Shax - An evil personification of air and the Source's assassin
  • The Triad - They were one of the most powerful of the upper-level demons
  • Zankou - A demon whose power was a threat to The Source

Greek deities, Hindu deities, and many other mythological beings have been adapted into the Charmed version of them. One example of this would be; thousands of years before the main storyline, the Titans once ruled the world, but were abusive of their powers. Seeking to entomb them, the Elders of that time created the Greek gods by infusing mortals with a mystical power beyond their own. Ironically, the self-declared Gods of Mount Olympus would later force the world to worship them too for many years.

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess

  • Aphrodite - Goddess of Love
  • Ares - God of War
  • Callisto - a vengeful warrior who became an immortal, a goddess, a demon, and an angel
  • Dahak - an evil and demonic god
  • Hercules - the legendary hero, son of Zeus
  • Hera - Queen of the Olympian Deities, Goddess of Women and Marriage and sister/wife of Zeus
  • Hope - daughter of Dahak and Gabrielle
  • Zeus - King of the Olympian Deities, god of Sky and Thunder and brother/husband of Hera
  • Gods & Goddesses

Metal Hero Series

Power Rangers

  • Dark Spector: The Grand Monarch of Evil, and the ruler over those of the United Alliance of Evil.
  • Animus: Ancestor of the Wild Force Megazord, and Lord of the Wildzords.
  • Loki: Ancient god of mischief and mayhem. Causes the Power Rangers to doubt their allies and turn them against each other.

Super Sentai

Comics

DC Universe

The DC Universe simultaneously adapts every aspect of theology into its mythos, from Greek to Norse to even atheism and various fictional religions. Examples of gods featured in its narrative include:

Marvel Universe

Oh My Goddess!

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Video and tabletop games

Dungeons & Dragons game series

Main Setting

Main article: List of Dungeons & Dragons deities

Dragonlance

Main article: List of Dragonlance deities

Forgotten Realms

Main article: List of Forgotten Realms deities

Greyhawk

Main article: List of Greyhawk deities

The Elder Scrolls

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

Legacy of Kain

  • The Elder God - The main antagonist of the Legacy of Kain series. Immortal, omnipresent and omniscient this ancient being claims to be the power behind the "Wheel of Fate"; a cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
  • Kain - as the Scion of Balance Kain is the only being capable of harming the Elder God. After having gained and evolved numerous powers and abilities over the centuries, as well as adding that with his role as Balance guardian, which provides all the magic that the position grants; Kain is one of the most powerful beings in Nosgoth; having far surpassed the power of any ordinary Vampire.
  • Raziel - is a wraith; champion to the Hylden & Vampire races and destined to be the spirit of the Soul Reaver sword. His ability of Free Will makes him completely unpredictable by all beings who can observe time; even the Elder God can't see or anticipate what his next move will be. His other ability makes him virtually indestructible/ immortal and keeps him from returning to the cycle of the Wheel of Fate. Nosgoths destiny hangs largely on the choices Raziel makes, constantly making him the focus of most, if not all of the forces around him.

The Legend of Zelda

Various characters are described as gods or deities in The Legend of Zelda series. While the three primary gods of Hyrule are its three creator goddesses (Din, Farore and Nayru) as worshipped by Hylians, Dekus, Gorons and Zoras alike, there are other guardian spirits on Earth such as The Great Deku Tree, Lord Jabu-Jabu (or Jabun) and Valoo who act in a divine, planetary guardian role and are worshiped as deities. Operating in a similar protective role of the planet are the Light Spirits, Ordona, Faron, Eldin, and Lanayru. Other characters such as Zephos and Cyclos, while clearly demonstrating godlike abilities, have not had their place in the pantheon of Hylian gods and spirits clearly established. The major gods are channeled through various sages and oracles, the oracles carrying names in likeness of their gods. Separate from the rest of the species and races of Hyrule, the Gerudo worship a fourth sand goddess, although it is unclear whether or not she actually exists.

Alternate worlds such as Termina seem to carry their own pantheon of gods, such as its creator gods, The Four Giants and "The Fierce Deity". Foreign lands seem to also have gods or spirits protecting them separately, such as the Maku Tree of Labrynna and Maku Tree of Holodrum. The Wind Fish is another deity of power enough to create an entire living world within his sleeping mind. In addition to these, several central villains of the series who did not start life as gods have either achieved the status, power or at least belief in themselves as such later in their character histories, including Ganondorf, Vaati and Majora.

Little Big Adventure

Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim

Mortal Kombat

Okami

  • Amaterasu Goddess of the Sun, creator and mother to all deities in the Japanese mythology, is the main playable character in the game.

RuneQuest

The world of RuneQuest, created by Greg Stafford, was one of the first to bring myths, cults and religions to become major plot themes, rather than plot devices, in a fantasy setting. It is also very diverse in that it features 13 main pantheons and "arrays" of deities, and numbers some 250 single or small groups of divine aspects.

Main article: Glorantha

Sonic the Hedgehog

Soul

  • Ares - Greek God of War. He wants the sword Soul Edge for himself and has sent his servant to retrieve it

Tekken

  • Ogre - God of Fighting

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Warhammer Fantasy

Main article: List of Warhammer Fantasy deities

Warhammer 40,000

Miscellaneous

See also

References

Other World

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