History Main / FantasyPantheon

*** And Banjo the Clown, God of Puppets.

* ''SuperSentai'' has done this a few times as well. In KyoryuSentaiZyuranger, the HumongousMecha Daizyujin is in fact an avatar of god, while MahouSentaiMagiranger features both the [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Heavenly Saints]] of [[FluffyCloudHeaven Magitopia]] and the [[GodOfEvil Infershia Pantheon]] which serves under the [[EldirtchAbomination Absolute God N Ma.]]

* ''PowerRangers'' doesn't feature gods too much, but ''PowerRangersWildForce'' had Animus as the supreme nature spirit (at least to the Animarian civilization, and implying that the Power Animals were lesser deities), ''PowerRangersMysticForce'' showed a High Council governing magic, and ''PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' gave Thor and Loki a brief appearance.

** Even if one ignores the Trrestrial Gods (who represent and protect individual things) and sticks to the Celetial Gods (who represent and protect universal conceptions), there are still enough of them to inhabit a city the size of a continent.

* [[OlympusMons Legendary]] {{Pokemon}} have always been powerful, but thanks to SequelEscalation newer ones can be positively godlike. ''PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' had Groudon and Kyogre, who formed the land and the seas; and Rayquaza, a sky Pokemon that kept them in balance. The games after that, ''PokemonDiamondAndPearl'', included Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina, Pokemon that controlled ''time, space, and antimatter'', and Arceus who ''created the world''. ''PokemonBlackAndWhite'' thankfully seem to be dialing this back, as their strongest are Zekrom and Reshiram, the embodiments of Yin and Yang.

* The Passions in FASA's ''Earthdawn''

* The "Gawds" of Garweeze World in ''Hackmaster'', as described in ''Gawds and Demi-Gawds''

* This was a ''huge'' aspect of {{LEGO}}'s ''{{Bionicle}}'' line, originally. The "Legend of the Great Spirit" has been beaten into our heads over and over again, and many characters and prophecies referenced "The Heavens", "Spirit Brothers", and all kinds of borderline-religious mumbo-jumbo. Turns out not only was most of it a lie that the elders made up so that the wouldn't have to tell the islanders their terrible forgotten history, the whole Legends was based on a total misunderstanding. Everyone (save for [[BrokenBase some fans]]) seems to have gotten over it with ease, and they still continue to respect their former "god".

* TheLegendOfZelda has the three creator goddesses (Din, Farore and Nayru), plus a rather large supporting pantheon.

* Troper LooneyToons' long-standing multi-system campaign world [[http://home.eclipse.net/~rms/narth.shtml Narth]] has a [[http://home.eclipse.net/~rms/gods.shtml pantheon of nearly 60 active gods]], as well as good number of [[DivineRanks quasigods and metagods]].

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* ''{{Pokemon}}'': Almost all of the [[OlympusMons Legendary Pokemon]] are more or less gods, or at least powerful nature spirits. It's not always easy to tell the difference, but we'll try:
** For nature spirits, which perhaps are races instead of singular entities, there's the "legendary birds" Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres and "lengendary beasts" Raikou, Entei, and Suicune; Celebi (forest spirits with time powers); the "Regi" golems Regirock, Regice, and Registeel; Jirachi (sort of a wishing-star spirit); Manaphy and Phione (sea spirits); Heatran (volcano spirits); Shaymin (flower spirits); storm djinn Borotorosu, Torunerosu, and Randorosu; and Meroetta (a music spirit). Latios and Latias also seem to be at this level, though we're not sure what they're spirits ''of''; same goes for a set of ''ThreeMusketeers''-inspired Legendaries in ''Black and White''.
** For full-fledged, one-of-a-kind gods (we think), we have Mew (ancestor to all Pokemon, apparently...); Lugia (god of balance, the only one who can stop the legendary birds when they fight); Ho-oh (god of rebirth, who (re?)created a set of legendary beasts); Groudon and Kyogre (gods of land and sea, who created each respectively), Rayquaza (god of the sky who keeps Groudon and Kyogre in balance); Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf (gods of knowledge, emotion, and willpower); Dialga and Palkia (gods of time and space); Giratina (god of the anti-world); Cresselia and Darkrai (gods of dreams and nightmares); Regigigas (leader of the Regi golems); Arceus (the Creator); Zekrom and Reshiram (embodiments of Yin and Yang); and Kyurem (unknown, but assumed to be connected to Zekrom and Reshiram).
** And just to finish the list, three who have sci-fi origins but might be justified in saying AGodAmI: Mewtwo and Genosect ({{Super Soldier}}s GoneHorriblyRight) and Deoxys (a mutant space virus).

** ''DarkSun'' was another exception. It's implied that in the distant past, the people of Athas worshiped various gods, but at present, they've all been forgotten. In their place, the powerful--but mortal--Sorcerer-Kings are worshiped as gods in the city-states, while most non-city dwellers are nature worshipers.

** For nature spirits, which perhaps are races instead of singular entities, there's the "legendary birds" Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres and "lengendary beasts" Raikou, Entei, and Suicune; Celebi (forest spirits with time powers); the "Regi" golems Regirock, Regice, and Registeel; Jirachi (sort of a wishing-star spirit); Manaphy and Phione (sea spirits); Heatran (volcano spirits); and Shaymin (flower spirits). Latios and Latias also seem to be at this level, though we're not sure what they're spirits ''of''.
** For full-fledged, one-of-a-kind gods (we think), we have Mew (ancestor to all Pokemon, apparently...); Lugia (god of balance, the only one who can stop the legendary birds when they fight); Ho-oh (god of rebirth, who (re?)created a set of legendary beasts); Groudon and Kyogre (gods of land and sea, who created each respectively), Rayquaza (god of the sky who keeps Groudon and Kyogre in balance); Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf (gods of knowledge, emotion, and willpower); Dialga and Palkia (gods of time and space); Giratina (god of the anti-world); Cresselia and Darkrai (gods of dreams and nightmares); Regigigas (leader of the Regi golems); and Arceus (the Creator). Upcoming titles are promising Reshiram and Zekrom, who just by appearances could easily be gods of light and darkness.
** And just to finish the list, two who have sci-fi origins but might be justified in saying AGodAmI: Mewtwo (a SuperSoldier GoneHorriblyRight) and Deoxys (a mutant space virus).

* ''The {{Belgariad}}'' is a good example of a fantasy series with a very well-characterized pantheon of gods.

* ''GodOfWar'' uses the Greek pantheon of course, as well as the [[spoiler:Titans]].

** The MarvelUniverse also features a larger "pantheon" of [[CosmicEntity cosmic entities]] greater than any gods, who control reality: At the top is [[{{God}} The One Above All]] (actually JackKirby), next comes the three-faced [[GuardianOfTheMultiverse Living Tribunal]], and then several AnthropomorphicPersonifications (usually in trios, such as Eternity (who represents life) Death (ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin) and Galactus the PlanetEater, who serves as a balance between them. Note that this pantheon was put together [[TheMoorcockEffect in hindsight]], so its structure is not always clear.

Compare CrossoverCosmology, AllMythsAreTrue, CrystalDragonJesus. May overlapse with OriginalGeneration, if they co-exist with pantheon from actual mythology.