History Main / TheAlmightyDollar

* ''VideoGame/ZeusMasterOfOlympus'': When '''Hades''' agrees to become a city's patron god, he creates silver deposits for minting coins, doubles the money produced by tax collectors, and occasionally blesses the city directly with wealth. {{Justified|Trope}} in that he's god both of TheUnderworld and of all wealth beneath the earth.

** One of the enemy factions, the Corpus, is something between a {{Megacorp}} and theocratic society that worships money. They do everything in their power to obtain it, selling weapons and enslaving entire planets to get their fix. Their desire to obtain money is so strong that it overwhelms their self-preservation instincts.

** A former Corpus scientist-merchant, a man named Alad V, had his own territory in the Corpus landscape carved out for himself, part of which was conducting a war on both the [[PlayerCharacter Tenno]], and later on the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Grineer]]. He was eventually ousted and expelled from the Corpus, not for the lives he was wasting, but for the high cost in {{credit}}s for his actions over the years.

* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'' introduced the god Handrich, who is the god of trade and wealth. Handrich gets kind of a bad rap, being easily confused for certain aspects of the trickster god Ranald, and not necessarily being opposed to shady business dealings. The two deities also sharing a pool of worshippers to some extent (outright thieves worship Ranald, honest merchants worship Handrich, but smugglers, fences and the like can go either way). However, to those in the know, the cults of Handrich and Ranald are at each others´' throats, and while outright violence is rare, one-upmanship, screw-overs and con-jobs are everyday fare between them.

-->-- '''Quark''' praying during Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS07E12TheEmperorsNewCloak

* Inverted and PlayedWith in ''Manga/BinbogamiGa'': As in Myth/JapaneseMythology, the goddess Binbogami (here called as Momiji) is known as the goddess of poverty and bad fortune, who's the {{foil}} of Ichiko Sakura, a young girl who was born with an excess of good luck and fortune at the point to compete with gods, in fact, Momiji was sent to Earth to absorb Ichiko's fortune to balance the world. Also, in further chapters of the manga appears Konjikihime, who's the goddess of fortune, but was overshadowed by Ichiko, joining Momiji in her mission.

* An Main/OlderThanFeudalism example can be seen in {{Creator/Aristophanes}}'s ''Plutus'', or ''Wealth''. Plutus, the god of wealth is cured of his blindness and now can identify those who deserve his gift. [[HilarityEnsues Economic chaos ensues]].

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* Franchise/TheElderScrolls: Wealth, commerce, labor, and communication all fall under the domain of the Aedra Zenithar, and thus he is considered the patron deity of merchants and middle nobility. Like all the Aedra, he's actually quite benevolent, and out of all the Aedra, he interacts with mortals the most, teaching them that the best path to prosperity and peace is earning an honest profit; which is why being one of his worshippers is implied to be incredibly rewarding. And, rather uniquely, he's also sometimes associated with agriculture and depicted as a warrior god as well.

** A former Corpus scientist-merchant, a man named Alad V, had his own territory in the Corpus landscape carved out for himself, part of which was conducting a war on both the [[PlayerCharacter Tenno]], and later on the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Grineer]]. He was eventually ousted and expelled from the Corpus, not for the lives he was wasting, but for the high cost in {{credits}} for his actions over the years.

* TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms - [[Characters/ForgottenRealms Gods]]

* TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening - [[Characters/MageTheAwakening Supernatural Entities]]
** "The Chancellor" is an evil example, a DeityOfHumanOrigin who seeks to [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans control the world]] through greed and scarcity, encouraging humans to see each other as commodities rather than people. Its greatest success to date is said to be the global rise of capitalism.
* TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}} - [[Pantheon/{{Pathfinder}} Pantheon]]
** Golarion setting: Abadar is a LawfulNeutral god of cities, commerce, law, and money, believing those things to hold the key to prosperity and happiness for any disciplined person. His clergy commonly act as bankers and are expected to invest in their communities.

Mixed morality around money is also reflected in that some [[GreatGazoo tricksters]] are also wealth gods, such as the [[AncientGreece Greek]] god Hermes. The infamous Loki's help for the Norse pantheon was primarily financial. Sometimes a LoveGoddess is also the wealth deity, since she makes people happy and the jewels look so good on her. Since ThePowerOfTheSun is symbolized by the metal gold, a solar deity is sometimes a wealth deity, like [[Characters/EgyptianMythology sun god Ra's daughter Hathor]].

* AncientGreece - Myth/ClassicalMythology

* Franchise/TheElderScrolls: Wealth, commerce, labor, and communication all fall under the domain of the Aedra Zenithar, and thus he is considered the patron deity of merchants and middle nobility. Like all the Aedra, he's actually quite benevolent, and out of all the Aedra, he interacts with mortals the most, teaching them that the best path to prosperity and peace is earning an honest profit; which is why being one of his worshippers is implied to be incredibly rewarding. And, rather uniquely, he's also sometimes associated with agriculture and depicted as warrior god as well.

* VideoGame/TheElderScrolls: Wealth, commerce, labor, and communication all fall under the domain of the Aedra Zenithar, and thus he is considered the patron deity of merchants and middle nobility. Like all the Aedra, he's actually quite benevolent, and out of all the Aedra, he interacts with mortals the most, teaching them that the best path to prosperity and peace is earning an honest profit; which is why being one of his worshippers is implied to be incredibly rewarding. And, rather uniquely, he's also sometimes associated with agriculture and depicted as warrior god as well.

Mixed morality around money is also reflected in that some [[GreatGazoo tricksters]] are also wealth gods, such as the [[AncientGreece Greek]] god Hermes. The infamous Loki's help for the Norse pantheon was primarily financial. Sometimes a LoveGoddess is also the wealth deity, since she makes people happy and the jewels look so good on her. Since ThePowerOfTheSun is symbolized by the metal gold, a solar deity is sometimes a wealth deity, like [[Characters/EgyptianMythology Horus/Hathor]].

Mixed morality around money is also reflected in that some [[GreatGazoo tricksters]] are also wealth gods, such as the [[AncientGreece Greek]] god Hermes. The infamous Loki's help for the Norse pantheon was primarily financial.

** '''Hathor''' was a major goddess connected to mineral wealth (semi-precious stones, copper, gold), cattle wealth, and abundance festivals. She first appears with a cattle head during fourth to second millennium BC. Like India, ancient Egypt saw cows as sacred sources of food. Cattle is an OlderThanDirt currency. Later, she was associated with Horus and the sun metal gold. From the Middle Kingdom period until Ptolemaic and Roman times, Hathor was associated with various joyful (and drunken) festivals celebrating abundance.

* AncientEgypt

* AncientGreece

* AncientRome

* The Greek god Plutus appears in the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS08E02WhatsUpTigerMommy What's Up, Tiger Mommy?]]. Plutus runs an AuctionOfEvil selling off supernatural items to monsters and demons, with bids including tons of gold, dismembered virgins, and half the moon. From his short appearance, this money god believes he's AboveGoodAndEvil, showing no interest in anyone's welfare.

Wealth gods are OlderThanDirt if you count food as currency. For Stone Age cultures, a FoodGod was also the wealth god who brought forth plentiful grain and flocks of livestock. Hungry people value food over other currencies. Analysis of fossilized skeletons shows that malnutrition was common during ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and amongst pre-Roman European tribes. Modern ideas about wealth and currency solidify during OlderThanFeudalism period.

A deity whose power is wealth or money-related. Named "Almighty" by UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} when he warned money had an allure or power which could distract people from the life-giving priorities of the almighty {{God}}. Modern money/wealth powers begin during OlderThanFeudalism.

But wealth gods are OlderThanDirt if you count food as currency. For Stone Age cultures, a FoodGod was also the wealth god who brought forth plentiful grain and flocks of livestock. Hungry people value food over other currencies. Analysis of fossilized skeletons shows that malnutrition was common during ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and amongst pre-Roman European tribes.

But wealth gods are OlderThanDirt if you count food as currency. For Stone Age cultures, a FoodGod was also the wealth god who brought forth plentiful grain and flocks of livestock. Analysis of fossilized skeletons shows that malnutrition was common during ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and amongst pre-Roman European tribes.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'', the Corpus worship money and do everything in their power to obtain it, selling weapons and enslaving entire planets to get their fix. Their desire to obtain money is so strong that it overwhelms their self-preservation instincts. Nef Anyo, one of the most influential Corpus, dresses and speaks like a televangelist and promises wealth by giving money to his "Temple of Profit" while treating charity and generosity as mortal sins.

Fantasy humans or [[Series/{{StarTrekDeepSpaceNine}} alien's like DS9's Ferengi]] might worship money directly, a case of BlueAndOrangeMorality. But in real life, humans "worship" money by ignoring all gods/values to pursue money. Money itself as a god is an Administrivia/InternalSubtrope of the wealth god trope. Characters who experience money itself as a god are seen in tropes like: TheScrooge, GoldFever, LovesOnlyGold, MiserAdvisor, MoneyFetish, EveryManHasHisPrice, ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney, MoneyIsNotPower, or DeathByMaterialism.

But wealth gods are OlderThanDirt if you count food as currency. For Stone Age cultures, a FoodGod was also the wealth god who brought forth plentiful grain and flocks of livestock. Analysis of fossilized skeletons show that malnutrition was common during ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and amongst pre-Roman European tribes.

Real life wealth gods often fit the mold of "healthy, wealthy, and wise", where a model of virtue drew abundance or reliable "daily bread". Sometime a family's wealth has a protective spirit, or a livelihood such as merchants and shopkeepers have a PatronSaint. Historical evil gods/spirits related to money had domains like poverty, famine, bad luck, ill luck, or {{Greed}}. Such evil gods or demons of greed, poverty, or misfortune are an InvertedTrope.

Strangely, wealth deities are more common in real life than fiction. Even fantasy worlds where GodsNeedPrayerBadly might lack a wealth deity despite all the potential worshippers looking for divine help with their finances. Probably fantasy wealth gods suffer from the BoringButPractical trope, since they're more likely to be encountered at an everyday store than a battle. But wealth deities can be a balance-shifting WildCard since their power of money is TrueNeutral. Good, evil, chaos, and law all use the same currency.

* Inverted and PlayedWith in ''Manga/BinbogamiGa'': As in Myth/JapaneseMythology, the goddess Binbogami (here called as Momiji) is known as the goddess of poverty and bad fortune, who's the {{foil}} of Ichiko Sakura, a young girl who was born with an excess of good luck and fortune at the point to compete with gods, in fact Momiji was sent to Earth to absorve Ichiko's fortune to balance the world. Also, in further chapters of the manga appears Konjikihime, who's the goddess of fortune, but was overshadowd by Ichiko, joining Momiji in her mission.

* Given the premise of ''Literature/TheDarkProfitSaga'' is "fantasy adventuring meets capitalism" it's not surprising that there's multiple [[https://www.jzacharypike.com/blog/2019/04/the-gods-of-trade/ gods of trade and wealth]].
* [[Creator/{{DanteAlighieri}} Dante's]] epic ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' makes '''Plutus''' into a demon of wealth who tortures "Hoarders and the Wasters" within the forth circe of hell.

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' has a money religion PlayedForLaughs and perhaps social commentary on the greed of the TheNineties and TheEighties. An alien race named the [[Characters/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineQuarksBar Ferengi]] practically worship money. The Ferengi afterlife version of heaven is called the Divine Treasury; their version of hell is the "Vault of Eternal Destitution." A "Blessed Exchequer" overseas their afterlife, reviews each soul's profit and loss statements, and accepts a bribe which allows deceased Ferengi to bid for a new life from the Celestial Auctioneers.

** '''White Jambhala''' is a manifestation of Guan Yin, bodhisattva of compassion (or goddess of mercy). Her wealth power is healing poverty, eliminating sicknesses, curses, and bad karma. Sometimes associated with the Four Heavenly Kings of China, specifically the compassionate King of the East whose color is white.

** ''Red Jambhala''' is known for prosperity related to harmonious marriages, and is married to a mother of wealth. Sometimes thought to be the Hindu wealth god Ganesh.

** '''Hades''' was the Greek god of wealth.
** '''Tyche''' was the Greek goddess of fortune, both good and bad. Tyche was also associated with a Greek city's prosperity and destiny. The Roman version of Tyche was named Fortuna.

* In the Old World of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', Handrich and all local variants is the [[Pantheon/{{Warhammer}} God of merchants and wealth]], priests are often leading traders, temples are managed by the local Traders' Guild and the holy days are the major trading days.

* VideoGame/TheElderScrolls: Wealth, commerce, labor, and communication all fall under the domain of the Aedra Zenithar, and thus he is considered the patron deity of merchants and middle nobility. Like all the Aedra, he's actually quite benevolent, and out of all the Aedra, he interacts with mortals the most, teaching them that the best path to prosperity and peace is earning an honest profit; which is why being one of his worshippers is implied to be incredibly rewarding. And, rather uniquely, he's also sometimes associated with agriculture, and depicted as warrior god as well.
* ''VideoGame/ZeusMasterOfOlympus'': When '''Hades''' agrees to become a city's patron god, he creates silver deposits for minting coin, doubles the money produced by tax collectors, and occasionally blesses the city directly with wealth. {{Justified|Trope}} in that he's god both of TheUnderworld and of all wealth beneath the earth.

A deity whose power is wealth or money-related. Modern money/wealth gods begin during OlderThanFeudalism. UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} warned that money had an allure or power which could distract people from {{God}} and cause people to prioritize it above Him.

Wealth gods are OlderThanDirt if you count food as currency. For Stone Age cultures, a FoodGod was also the wealth god who brought forth plentiful grain and flocks of livestock. Analysis of fossilized skeletons show that malnutrition was common during ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and amongst pre-Roman European tribes.

A deity whose power is wealth or money-related. Modern money/wealth gods begin during OlderThanFeudalism. UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} warned that money had an allure or power which could rival the Almighty {{God}}.

But wealth gods are OlderThanDirt if you count food as currency. For Stone Age cultures, a FoodGod was also the wealth god who brought forth plentiful grain and flocks of livestock. Analysis of fossilized skeletons show that malnutrition was common during ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and amongst pre-Roman European tribes.

Fantasy humans or Ferengi might worship money directly, a case of BlueAndOrangeMorality. But in real life, humans "worship" money by ignoring all gods/values to pursue money. Money itself as a god is an Administrivia/InternalSubtrope of the wealth god trope. Characters who experience money itself as a god are seen in tropes like: TheScrooge, GoldFever, LovesOnlyGold, MiserAdvisor, MoneyFetish, EveryManHasHisPrice, ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney, MoneyIsNotPower, or DeathByMaterialism.

** Not much is known about Thor's wife '''Sif''' except she had luxuriant golden hair, but this motif marks her as related to wealth deities. Agricultural goddesses of good harvest had hair the color of golden wheat, and gold metal was another sort of wealth.

** Loki is a case where [[GreatGazoo the trickster god]] is also that pantheon's financial adviser. Loki helped the Aesir out of financial jams, such as when the Aesir couldn't pay for the fortification of Asgard.