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* Literature/BetweenTheRivers: The cities are ruled by gods. These gods posses a variety of divine powers and posses somewhat humanoid physical forms whose exact sizes and anatomy vary by the occasion. They seem to be ageless and are extremely difficult to kill.
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* In Creator/RobertEHoward's Literature/ConanTheBarbarian story "Literature/ShadowsInTheMoonlight" [[DreamingOfTimesGoneBy Olivia dreams]] that the statues were TakenForGranite at the hands of a Physical God, after they had [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured to death]] his [[HalfHumanHybrid demigod son]].
* Creator/BrandonSanderson's ''[[Literature/TheCosmere Cosmere]]'':
* Creator/BrandonSanderson's ''[[Literature/TheCosmere Cosmere]]'':
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* In Creator/RobertEHoward's Literature/ConanTheBarbarian story "Literature/ShadowsInTheMoonlight" [[DreamingOfTimesGoneBy Olivia dreams]] that the statues were TakenForGranite at the hands of a Physical God, after they had [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured to death]] his [[HalfHumanHybrid demigod son]].
* Creator/BrandonSanderson's ''[[Literature/TheCosmere Cosmere]]'':''Literature/TheCosmere'':
* Creator/BrandonSanderson's ''[[Literature/TheCosmere Cosmere]]'':
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* ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'': The Dragaeran gods' main power is to be physically present in many places -- learned through training, but also through a deep physical change. This power implies others, including immortality: if a god is killed in one place (by a sentient blade), they're still in other places. Beyond that, the gods have varied powers and forms: Creator/StevenBrust shows a dragon, a storm cloud, a black void, a female humanoid, and others. One more aspect of godhood is you can't control or summon a god. They'll help you if it suits them.\\
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More precisely, the Dragaeran word translated in the books into "divinity" really means "to simultaneously live in multiple forms or aspects of reality", as opposed to, say, mortals, who can only live in one physical plane or be in one after- or between-life at once. (Normal death in this verse is simply moving a soul from one place to another, which can't be done if the soul is already at the destination.) It's explicitly stated the ''only'' difference between a "god" and "demon" is that somebody's figured out a theoretical way to bind or coerce the latter, so those classes are more changeable. (It also explains the title of "Verra, the Demon Goddess" -- a former slave of the Jenoine.)
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More precisely, the Dragaeran word translated in the books into "divinity" really means "to simultaneously live in multiple forms or aspects of reality", as opposed to, say, mortals, who can only live in one physical plane or be in one after- or between-life at once. (Normal death in this verse is simply moving a soul from one place to another, which can't be done if the soul is already at the destination.) It's explicitly stated the ''only'' difference between a "god" and "demon" is that somebody's figured out a theoretical way to bind or coerce the latter, so those classes are more changeable. (It also explains the title of "Verra, the Demon Goddess" -- a former slave of the Jenoine.)
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* ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'': The Dragaeran gods' main power is to be physically present in many places -- learned through training, but also through a deep physical change. This power implies others, including immortality: if a god is killed in one place (by a sentient blade), they're still in other places. Beyond that, the gods have varied powers and forms: Creator/StevenBrust shows a dragon, a storm cloud, a black void, a female humanoid, and others. One more aspect of godhood is you can't control or summon a god. They'll help you if it suits them.\\
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More precisely, the Dragaeran word translated in the books into "divinity" really means "to simultaneously live in multiple forms or aspects of reality", as opposed to, say, mortals, who can only live in one physical plane or be in one after- or between-life at once. (Normal death in this verse is simply moving a soul from one place to another, which can't be done if the soul is already at the destination.) It's explicitly stated the ''only'' difference between a "god" and "demon" is that somebody's figured out a theoretical way to bind or coerce the latter, so those classes are more changeable. (It also explains the title of "Verra, the Demon Goddess" -- a former slave of the Jenoine.)
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* In "Literature/IronShadowsInTheMoon", [[DreamingOfTimesGoneBy Olivia dreams]] that the statues were TakenForGranite at the hands of a Physical God, after they had [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured to death]] his [[HalfHumanHybrid demigod son]].
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* ''Literature/NightsDawn'': The Naked God, an artificial construct with godlike powers and a benevolent personality.
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* ''Literature/NightsDawn'': ''Literature/TheNightsDawnTrilogy'': The Naked God, an artificial construct with godlike powers and a benevolent personality.
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** ''Literature/YumiAndTheNightmarePainter'': The yoki-hijo, officially, are considered spirits in human flesh, and their word is law. Their wardens get around the fact that it's forbidden to even contradict a yoki-hijo by being ''very'' good at passive-aggressive "suggesting" that ''obviously'' they would never do this thing or that thing. Design scans Yumi and discovers that the "god" part is closer to the truth than anyone thought; she has as much Investiture as an [[Literature/{{Elantris}} Elantrian]]. [[spoiler:In fact, when [[AIIsACrapshoot the Machine]] killed everyone, the fourteen yoki-hijo just ''brought themselves back to life'', refusing to be consumed. The Machine had to trap all of them in their own [[GroundhogDayLoop loops]], [[AmnesiaLoop forgetting the same day over and over]], to keep them contained. When Yumi accepts this and goes out into the shroud, she conquers the nightmares sent after her with barely a thought]].
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* ''Literature/YumiAndTheNightmarePainter'': The yoki-hijo, officially, are considered spirits in human flesh, and their word is law. Their wardens get around the fact that it's forbidden to even contradict a yoki-hijo by being ''very'' good at passive-aggressive "suggesting" that ''obviously'' they would never do this thing or that thing. Design scans Yumi and discovers that the "god" part is closer to the truth than anyone thought; she has as much Investiture as an [[Literature/{{Elantris}} Elantrian]]. [[spoiler:In fact, when [[AIIsACrapshoot the Machine]] killed everyone, the fourteen yoki-hijo just ''brought themselves back to life'', refusing to be consumed. The Machine had to trap all of them in their own [[GroundhogDayLoop loops]], [[AmnesiaLoop forgetting the same day over and over]], to keep them contained. When Yumi accepts this and goes out into the shroud, she conquers the nightmares sent after her with barely a thought]].
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* ''Literature/YumiAndTheNightmarePainter'': The yoki-hijo, officially, are considered spirits in human flesh, and their word is law. Their wardens get around the fact that it's forbidden to even contradict a yoki-hijo by being ''very'' good at passive-aggressive "suggesting" that ''obviously'' they would never do this thing or that thing. Design scans Yumi and discovers that the "god" part is closer to the truth than anyone thought; she has as much Investiture as an [[Literature/{{Elantris}} Elantrian]]. [[spoiler:In fact, when the Machine killed everyone, the fourteen yoki-hijo just ''brought themselves back to life'', refusing to be consumed. The Machine had to trap all of them in their own [[GroundhogDayLoop loops]], [[AmnesiaLoop forgetting the same day over and over]], to keep them contained. When Yumi goes out into the shroud, she conquers the nightmares sent after her with barely a thought]].
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* ''Literature/YumiAndTheNightmarePainter'': The yoki-hijo, officially, are considered spirits in human flesh, and their word is law. Their wardens get around the fact that it's forbidden to even contradict a yoki-hijo by being ''very'' good at passive-aggressive "suggesting" that ''obviously'' they would never do this thing or that thing. Design scans Yumi and discovers that the "god" part is closer to the truth than anyone thought; she has as much Investiture as an [[Literature/{{Elantris}} Elantrian]]. [[spoiler:In fact, when [[AIIsACrapshoot the Machine Machine]] killed everyone, the fourteen yoki-hijo just ''brought themselves back to life'', refusing to be consumed. The Machine had to trap all of them in their own [[GroundhogDayLoop loops]], [[AmnesiaLoop forgetting the same day over and over]], to keep them contained. When Yumi accepts this and goes out into the shroud, she conquers the nightmares sent after her with barely a thought]].
