History Main / FantasyPantheon

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' the Elves and the Empire both have pantheons composed of various gods. These gods tend to be anthropomorphic personifications of various concepts (Isha is the Elven goddess of life, Ulric is the Empire's god of winter, battle and wolves, Khaine is the Elven war god, etc.), although the Empire also has Sigmar who isn't really a personification of anything but a human who ascended to godhood (or a PhysicalGod, or possibly a FolkHero whose legend has gotten out of hand, depending on who you ask).
** Then there's the four great Gods of Chaos created from the psyche of mortals: Khorne, god of rage and war; Slaanesh, god of lust and excess; Nurgle, god of disease and despair; and Tzeentch, god of schemes, magic, and ambition. It's worth mentioning that Khorne is sort of like an evil version of Odin, minus the magic. There were a number of lesser Chaos Gods, but they were minor gods and their canonicity is questionable (see below).
*** Since Chaos uses the symbol of eight arrows arranged into a star, the devs made a group of lesser Chaos gods to round out the number to eight. They have existed on and off under dubious canonicity due to unimportance or real world legal complications. There was Hashut, god of Chaos Dwarves; Malal, renegade Chaos god that represents Chaos's [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder inherent instability]]; Necoho, god of atheism ([[MindScrew no, really!]]); and Zuvassin the Undoer, who simply meddles with the plans of other gods. There was also Be'lakor, whose [[ContinuitySnarl something of a puzzle]] at this point, but exists and a Daemon Prince who's subordinate to each of the big four; and also the Great Horned Rat, the god of the [[RatMen Skaven]].

** Interestingly, the ogres, who worship the Great Maw, seem to be the only truly monotheistic race.
** The Skaven have only one ''official'' god as well: the Horned Rat. It was a deity strongly associated with Chaos, though it wasn't part of the "true" pantheon, possibly existing only as a minor Chaos god. This until Slaanesh disappeared, and the Horned Rat took over the vacancy. Some Skaven worship the other Chaos gods, but this is considered blasphemous and anyone caught doing so is destined for an excruciatingly painful death.
* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'': In the new Mortal Realms, there are implied to be countless gods, but the ones most powerful and relevant were Sigmar's Pantheon Of Order -- ''were'' because the alliance between them fell apart at the end of the Age of Myth, and each went their own separate ways -- comprised of eight survivors of the World-That-Was, some of whom were already gods, and others who ascended to godhood as a result of the massive magical energies released during it; each one embodied one of the Eight Winds of Magic and its associated properties, and since those Winds had coalesced into the Mortal Realms, they became the de-facto rulers of each:

** Gorkamorka, who embodied Ghur, the wind of Beasts; in the Old World, he had been the god of the orcs, and he was now worshipped by them, as well as other "savage" races like the Ogors and the Grots. He hunted the various godbeasts that plagued the Mortal Realms, channeling his BloodKnight nature into something positive for once.
** Tyrion and Teclis, the former of whom embodied Hysh, the wind of light, while the latter, called the Mage God, was a satelite deity who embodied knowledge and magic; mortal elf heroes of the World-That-Was who wanted to recreate their kin in the new world and protect them.
** Allarielle, who embodied Ghyran, the wind of life; another formerly-mortal elf who was now the goddess of nature and all growing things.
** Grimnir, who embodied Aqshy, the wind of Fire; the Dwarven War God, who joined Sigmar after he and his brother are implied to have had a falling out with the rest of the dwarven pantheon that ended with them imprisoned, he served the Pantheon by founding the warrior lodges that would eventually become the Fyreslayers.
** Grungi, Grimnir's brother, who embodied Chamon, the wind of Metal, and the dwarf god of blacksmithing, crafting, and engineering; like his brother, he left (or was possibly cast out by) the rest of the Dwarf pantheon to join Sigmar's new pantheon, and top the mortal races the arts of metalworking, and engineering.
** Maelrion, who embodied Ulgu, the wind of Shadow; once the elf warlord Malekith, also known the Witch King, and leader of the Dark Elves in the World That Was, he became a god of deception, darkness, and conspiracy, but willingly worked alongside his former nemesis Tyrion for the renewal of the elven race, but always with his own agenda in the back.
** And Nagaash, who embodied SHysih, the wind of Death; once a mortal mage, turned undead necromancer, turned Death God himself, Nagaash was Sigmar's ArchEnemy in the world that Was, but was persuaded to set aside old grievances to help shepherd the souls of the mortal races, and ruler of their many afterlives Despite being the least trusted member of the Pantheon (with good reason) he was ironically the last to abandon Sigmar.

* ''VideoGame/{{Incursion}}'''s pantheon subverts many of the traditional aspects of the tabletop game pantheon. The EldritchAbomination (Kysul) is LawfulGood, the god of Justice (Semirath) is a zany KarmicTrickster rather than a stern judge, the gods of Art (Maeve), Animals (Zurvash), Chivalry (Erich), and Fertility (Xel) are all evil while the god of Purity (Immotian) isn't far from it, the Good gods include a [[WhipItGood whip-wielding]] seductress (Essiah), the goddess of TheUndead (Mara), and the guy with TheIlluminati trappings (Xavias), and so on.

* VideoGame/TreasureOfTheRudra has the Majestic Four. [[spoiler:Mitra, Meifa, Hausen, and Saizou]]

** Anu and Padomay. "Twin brothers" who are the {{Anthropomorphic Personifications}} of the primordial forces of [[OrderVersusChaos "stasis/order/light" and "change/chaos/darkness"]], respectively. The series' primary CreationMyth states that their interplay in the great "void" of pre-creation led to creation itself. Creation, sometimes anthropomorphized as the female entity "Nir", favored Anu, [[DrivenByEnvy which angered Padomay]]. Padomay killed Nir and [[EarthShatteringKaboom shattered the twelve worlds]] she gave birth to. Anu then wounded Padomay, presuming him dead. Anu salvaged the pieces of the twelve worlds to create one world: Nirn. Padomay returned and wounded Anu, seeking to destroy Nirn. Anu then [[TakingYouWithMe pulled Padomay and himself outside of time]], ending Padomay's threat to creation "forever". From the [[PiecesOfGod intermingling of their spilled blood]] came the "et'Ada", or "original spirits", who would go on to become either the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Aedra or the Daedra]] depending on their actions during creation. (Some myths state that the Aedra come from the mixed blood of Anu and Padomay, while the Daedra come purely from the blood of Padomay).

** [[TimeMaster Althyk, the Keeper]]

* The ''VideoGame/{{Lunar}}'' series has the Goddess Althena, a PhysicalGod with a HundredPercentAdorationRating. She is the the only deity worshipped on Lunar, but she has a support network: she created Four Dragons to govern the world's magic and select the Dragonmaster, a human hero that acts in Althena's name. Later games add variation, like Lucia, an apparent counterpart of Althena from another world, and Zophar, god of destruction.

* Literature/{{Discworld}}: GodsNeedPrayerBadly produces swarms of small gods and OddJobGods. Most regions have their own deities or local pantheons, most notably Djelibeybi, whose gods are strongly based on the Egyptian ones, Ephebe, based on the Greek, and Tsort, who know the Ephebian gods by different names in a similar way to the Romans. However, they're all jockeying for space in Dunmanifestin, home of the gods, and in cosmopolitan areas like Ankh-Morpork the most prominent deities like Blind Io (Ephebian Thunder God) and Offler the Crocodile God (primary deity of Klatch) form a sort of "default" pantheon. ''Literature/SmallGods'' provides a rare monotheistic example in the Great God Om, but believing Om is the only god doesn't actually make it so, and Om has to deal with the pantheon somehow. There is also a pantheon of troll gods, all of whom bless their followers by hitting them on the head with a rock.

* Literature/{{Discworld}}:
** While GodsNeedPrayerBadly produces swarms of small gods and OddJobGods, the most prominent deities like Blind Io and Offler the Crocodile God form a recognizable pantheon. ''Literature/SmallGods'' provides a rare monotheistic example in the Great God Om, but believing Om is the only god doesn't actually make it so, and Om has to deal with the pantheon somehow. There's also a Bast, a cat headed god, but the only difference with the Egyptian cat goddess appears to be the gender.
** Dwarfs all claim they aren't religious. It doesn't take long for an outside observe to see that they have a class of dwarfs (grags) who decree what is and isn't dwarfish, try to have as little contact with the non-dwarven world as possible, and study and interpret the texts left by their ancestors (differences in interpretation leading to more than one underground war). In further books it becomes ever more blatant as the grags become a parallel to extremist fundamentalists of the Islamic variety (murdering those who disagree with them, declaring war on non-dwarfs who sympathize with their victims, destroying their own texts that they don't agree with, etc.).

** [[SuperOCD Rigidel]] makes sugar lumps ripen slightly earlier if your total number of buildings is divisible by 10.

* '' {{ComicBook/DIE}} '': Being a dark parody and full deconstruction of classical fantasy worlds and role-playing games, there is of course a pantheon of gods - twenty in total, to match the twenty realms of the world of DIE (based on a d20 die). As suggested by their actions in the comic, and as explained in detail by Kieron Gillen in bonus material, these gods were designed to subvert and twist the [[StockGods archetypal deities of role-playing games ]]: the local nature god is not a "flower-loving hippie" but a giant ferocious bear, the "God of Light" is the sinister Mourner who loves so much the world she constantly weeps for its inevitable doom, and the goddess of fate is Mistress Woe, a goddess always ready to help adventurers and interfere with the world... because she is the goddess of bad luck, misery and the "natural 1": anyone who gets her "help" soon regrets it.

** Nymeia, the Spinner

* In the ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' Universe there are several cults that worship their own gods, such as The Church of the Broken God, the Sarkic Cults and the faith of the Second Hytoth, some of these anomalous religions have their own fictitious pantheons (it is debatable if they are real gods or just entities of enormous power worshiped by human beings, although in the Foundation universe there really is not much difference between the two cases)

** It's worth noting that most of the gods in the series are in fact expies of actual deities, although this isn't obvious to most -- especially Western -- audiences, as ZUN appears to have a preference for drawing inspiration from [[MinorlyMentionedMythsAndMonsters very obscure myths]]. The aforementioned Kanako is a CompositeCharacter of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeminakata Takeminakata-no-Mikoto]] and his wife Yasakatome-no-Kami, while Suwako is based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moreya Moreya]], a local deity from the same region where Takeminakata and Yasakatome are enshrined. [[Manga/TouhouBougetsushou The Watatsuki sisters]] are named after daughters of the sea dragon Watatsumi and ancestors of the Japanese imperial dynasty. [[DivineBirds Utsuho Reiuji]] of ''[[VideoGame/TouhouChireidenSubterraneanAnimism Subterranean Animism]]'', while herself an original creation, received her powers by eating the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-legged_crow Yatagarasu]], messenger of Amaterasu. [[VideoGame/TouhouSeirensenUndefinedFantasticObject Shou Toramaru]] is an avatar of Bishamonten, the Japanese version of the boddhisattva [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaiśravaṇa Vaiśravaṇa]] and one of the Seven Lucky Gods. From ''[[VideoGame/TouhouKanjudenLegacyOfLunaticKingdom Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom]]'', Sagume Kishin is based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanozako Amanozako]] ([[IHaveManyNames also called Ame no Sagume]]), a [[JerkassGods wicked goddess]], daughter of Susanoo, and [[MonsterProgenitor ancestor]] of [[{{Youkai}} amanojaku]] and {{tengu}}, while Hecatia Lapislazuli is obviously [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hecate]]. [[VideoGame/TouhouTenkuushouHiddenStarInFourSeasons Okina Matara]] is apparently based on Matara-jin, an extremely obscure deity who, in Tendai Buddhism, was syncretised with several dozen more or less obscure figures from India, China, and Japan. From ''[[VideoGame/TouhouKikeijuuWilyBeastAndWeakestCreature Wily Beast and Weakest Creature]]'', Eika Ebisu is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebisu_(mythology) Ebisu]], another one of the Seven Lucky Gods, Kutaka Niwatari is the folk god Niwatari-jin, and Keiki Haniyasushin is most likely a reference to Haniyasuhime no Kami, a goddess of soil and pottery mentioned in ''Kojiki'' as one of the kami born when Izanagi cleaned himself from the filth of Yomi.

* '' ComicBook/DIE '': Being a dark parody and full deconstruction of classical fantasy worlds and role-playing games, there is of course a pantheon of gods - twenty in total, to match the twenty realms of the world of DIE (based on a d20 die). As suggested by their actions in the comic, and as explained in detail by Kieron Gillen in bonus material, these gods were designed to subvert and twist the [[StockGods archetypal deities of role-playing games ]]: the local nature god is not a "flower-loving hippie" but a giant ferocious bear, the "God of Light" is the sinister Mourner who loves so much the world she constantly weeps for its inevitable doom, and the goddess of fate is Mistress Woe, a goddess always ready to help adventurers and interfere with the world... because she is the goddess of bad luck, misery and the "natural 1": anyone who gets her "help" soon regrets it.

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' has Gods vs Mazoku (demons). And the Lord of Nightmares though she usually likes sitting around not interfering in anything.

* In ''LightNovel/TheFarawayPaladin'', multiple gods are known to exist in the new world, each offering their blessing and protection to their followers. While Gus explains to Will that describing the gods as good or evil is somewhat arbritrary, they're generally divided into two groups: the benevolent gods ([[GodOfOrder Volt]], [[EarthMother Mater]], [[UltimateBlacksmith Blaze]], [[TheAlmightyDollar Whirl]], [[NatureSpirit Rhea Silvia]], Enlight, and [[DontFearTheReaper Gracefeel]]) and the malicious (Illtreat, Dyrhygma, and Stagnate). There was also the original creator deity who spoke the world into being, but their name is lost to history (and they might be dead).

* The ''VideoGame/SwordOfDamocles'' mod for ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade'' has a (sadly somewhat rudimentary) religion system which affects which fiefdoms are friendly (or unfriendly) towards you, the contentment of the people in your kingdom, and the development of some of your late-game units and some unique buildings. The Temple of The One is centred on a CrystalDragonJesus figure and the official cult of the Empire of Antara, a proud aristocratic nation resembling the late Western Roman Empire. The Zerrikanian Sultanate, which borrows cues from the Ottoman Empire, is dedicated to a truly bizarre religion which worships... ''something'' referred to as only [[UltimateEvil "The Void"]] - The Void supposedly grants powers to the its followers, basically making it an {{Expy}} of [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Chaos]]. In the Duchy of Villian, an idyllic kingdom based on medieval Scotland, TheOldGods still hold sway. And in the Republic of Marina, a nation which combines renaissance Venice with ancient Greece, gods and religion have been thrown aside entirely in favour of a scientific agnosticism called Natural Philosophy.

* ''Literature/TheCrewOfTheCopperColoredCupids'' prominently features [[AllMythsAreTrue deities from classic mythologies]], but it also has the three Embodiments of the Void, [[EldritchAbomination (not-so-)]][[AnthropomorphicPersonification Anthropomorphic Personifications]] of the fundamental concepts of reality: Lord Thymon (the Embodiment of Time), Lady Spatium (the Embodiment of Space), and Squire Psykha (the Embodiment of Thought). Some characters are shown to worship one or all three of them, such as the Collective of the Retconning Crocodiles, who worship Thymon (or at any rate, used to until they [[BrokenPedestal met him in person]] and he turned out to be less than sympathetic to their [[TakeOverTheWorld aims]]).

* Many UrbanFantasy works combine a Fantasy Pantheon with AllMythsAreTrue, drawing on mythological gods of all stripes. Creator/NeilGaiman's ''Literature/AmericanGods'' is probably the most obvious example; ''Literature/AnansiBoys'', also by Gaiman and in the same continuity, does this too. American Gods goes further as the conflict is shown to be between the "old gods" (from old pagan beliefs) and "new gods" (embodiments of modern constructs, such as The Technical Boy, god of the internet.)

** In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, both the Greek/Roman and Norse gods are real. The Greek and Norse ones are the most prominent, but it's shown that AllMythsAreTrue and every major and possible minor pantheon is shown. There is even a council for all the "Sky-Fathers" (the Council of Godheads) to meet up as the heads of the Pantheons. This includes YHWH himself though he seldom if ever appears in these meetings. Buddha is included as well.
** In addition to the various different pantheons based on real-life ones, there is also of course the Panther God that Wakanda worships and whose high priest is none other than ComicBook/BlackPanther, when Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby presented the Black Panther in ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' #52, it showed that the hero and the Wakandans worshiped the Panther God, with no relation to worshiped gods in life, only with the stories of the Black Panther by writer Creator/ChristopherPriestComics in late 90s, revealed that Panther God was actually the black cat goddess Bast of the Egyptian pantheon, other authors started to find other explanations, the evil Lion God became the lioness goddess Sekmeth, Bast's sister, Sobek, the Crocodile God is another Egyptian deity from an ancient and forgotten cult in Wakanda. The gorilla god worshiped by M'Baku and the Jabari was identified as Ghekre, which is originally a Baoulé deity, recently, Creator/TaNehisiCoates created the Pantheon of Wakanda, known as Orishas (name given to spirits and deities in the Yoruba language, one of the languages spoken in Wakanda) composed of Egyptian gods as the aforementioned goddess Bast, Toth and Ptah and gods of other origins: Kokou (from Benin) and Mujaji (from South Africa), David Lapham recounted the story of Gorilla-Man (character created by Stan Lee in 1954) and the associated with the Jabari, it was revealed that before the tribe was known as Jabari, there was a cult of a gorilla deity called Ngi (originating in Cameroon). Another is a totemic spider entity that works across the multiverse that Spider-Man has interacted with from time to time.

* ''ComicBook/DIE'': Being a dark parody and full deconstruction of classical fantasy worlds and role-playing games, there is of course a pantheon of gods - twenty in total, to match the twenty realms of the world of DIE (based on a d20 die). As suggested by their actions in the comic, and as explained in detail by Kieron Gillen in bonus material, these gods were designed to subvert and twist the [[StockGods archetypal deities of role-playing games ]]: the local nature god is not a "flower-loving hippie" but a giant ferocious bear, the "God of Light" is the sinister Mourner who loves so much the world she constantly weeps for its inevitable doom, and the goddess of fate is Mistress Woe, a goddess always ready to help adventurers and interfere with the world... because she is the goddess of bad luck, misery and the "natural 1": anyone who gets her "help" soon regrets it.

* ''Franchise/DragonBall'': ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' reveals that Earth's "God" introduced in the original ''Manga/DragonBall'' is one of many {{sufficiently advanced alien}}s and in fact has partial amnesia and lacks full access to that technology. He's still godlike by human standards, having a room that lets one visit the past, a chamber that accelerates time, a spaceship capable of faster than light travel and was himself [[DetonationMoon stronger than a man who reduced the moon to a cloud of ashes]] without technological aid but "Kami" was getting old and also used up some of his power [[EnemyWithout splitting himself in two]]. Above "planetary gods", are King Yemma who judges the dead and kai, who use mass interstellar telepathy to watch over creation. The ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' movie centered around the awakening of a destroyer god who destroys planets to recycle material for the creation of new ones and is capable [[UpToEleven of ending galaxies]]. The creation of new worlds, which the kai will watch, fall into the realm of the "Kaioshin", introduced right before the god of destruction and don't get along with him. The two Kaioshin revealed also had {{fusion d|ance}}evices that allowed them to gain the abilities of {{super empowering}} and [[{{Teleportation}} instantaneous movement]] from other beings that existed in their realms. The destruction god also has [[DreamingOfThingsToCome prophetic visions]], which he shares with a "retainer" who is able to put him to sleep with a tap and [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong turn time back when things go wrong]]. [[spoiler:And that's just touching on the gods introduced in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' that neatly fit into the hierarchy of Universe Seven. There's an entire multiversial hierarchy with several other gods and comparative creatures that operate apart from the rest!]]

Roughly 9 times out of 10 [[note]][[LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics and remember, 68% of all statistics are made up on the spot]][[/note]], the Fantasy Pantheon will be polytheistic and each god and goddess will have an AnthropomorphicPersonification. Being a FlatEarthAtheist is a potentially dangerous prospect. Non-godly spirits, demons and ordinary magical beings don't count, but various lesser gods, demigods and OddJobGods do. Note that while the title says "pantheon", single Gods count too, but they are rarer.

Of course it's also plausible that a work's fantasy pantheon is never even encountered, or perhaps they [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane may or not be real.]]

The gods might also not even be the most powerful beings in their universe. {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, the PowersThatBe, or perhaps even the occasional mortal can be [[AboveTheGods more powerful than them.]]

* ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' has Eywa, a [[MotherNature Mother Goddess]] worshiped by the [[SpaceElves Na'vi]]. She is believed to be made of all life on Pandora (and is even implied to be [[GeniusLoci Pandora itself]]), and when Na'vi and other Pandoran wildlife die, they are believed to [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence merge with Eywa's essence.]] Being a nature goddess, Eywa usually does not take sides in conflict. The only [[SentientCosmicForce exception she will make]], is if [[GaiasVengeance all her children are threatened by a foreign enemy.]]

* The Rankan and Ilsig pantheons of the ''Literature/ThievesWorld'' stories. [[spoiler: They're later joined by the Beysib, because Sanctuary obviously needed more divine squabbling and turf-wars...]]

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

** And Zendikar has a pantheon of three gods [[spoiler: that turn out to be based on the three Eldrazi titans.]]

* ''Literature/SplitHeirs'': There are at least 172 Gorgarian and Hydrangean gods, thouhg only a few get mentioned specifically.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', many gods are worshipped such as [[MotherGoddess Hydaelyn]] and the Primals. In Eorzea, the Twelve are a pantheon of gods worshiped since ancient times. The city states of Eorzea, past and present, [[HenotheisticScoiety worship one of the Twelve as a patron]]. They are:

* There are many gods worshiped in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' from [[MotherGoddess Hydaelyn]] to the Primals, but the one pantheon of gods is the Twelve worshiped by the nation of Eorzea. The Twelve are worshiped separately or as a collective, with many of its members serving as a PatronGod of an entire people or a city-state. They are:

** [[GodOfLight Azeyma, the Warder]]

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** The universe also features a larger "pantheon" of [[CosmicEntity cosmic entities]] greater than any gods, who control reality: At the top are [[{{God}} The One Above All]] (actually Creator/JackKirby) and their opposite number [[TheAntiGod The One Below All]], next comes the three-faced [[GuardianOfTheMultiverse Living Tribunal]], and then several {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s (usually in trios, such as Eternity (who represents life) Death (ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin) and ComicBook/{{Galactus}} the PlanetEater, who serves as a balance between them. Note that this pantheon was put together [[CanonWelding in hindsight]], so its structure is not always clear.
* Franchise/TheDCU and Creator/{{Vertigo|Comics}} sub-universe (don't ask, it's complicated) have pretty much everything. Christian God? Check, and at least three superheroes are actual angels. Egyptian Pantheon? Meet their champion, Comicbook/BlackAdam. Greek Gods? Meet [[Franchise/WonderWoman the Amazons]], who exist by the grace of said deities, not to mention they also provide the powers of the Marvel family. There are also original divinities such as the Comicbook/NewGods and their nemesis, Comicbook/{{Darkseid}}, and [[ComicBook/DoomPatrol Ahl, the literal god of superheroes]], as well as the [[ComicBook/TheSandman Endless]] who are above mere gods in terms of universal relevance, with Death herself being more or less the top of her siblings and possibly all of existence (though how her power compares to The Presence... is unknown). The ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' books have established an "emotional spectrum", where the white light of creation split into seven colors/emotions, each with its own AnthropomorphicPersonification {{Energy Being|s}}: the Butcher for red rage, Ophidian for orange avarice, Parallax for yellow fear, Ion for green willpower, Adara for blue hope, Proselyte for indigo compassion, and the Predator for violet love; plus Nekron for black lifelessness (as in the absence of life rather than death) and [[NoNameGiven "The Entity"]] for white life.