1 | [[quoteright:350:[[Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maria_praying_02.jpg]]]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:350:A [[TheBeautifulElite pleasing]], [[PrettyInMink pretty]], [[PurityPersonified pure]] [[PrincessClassic princess]] [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal piously prays penitently for plentiful, peaceful providence]].]] |
3 | |
4 | ->''"Well the Protestants hate the Catholics\ |
5 | And the Catholics hate the Protestants\ |
6 | And the Hindus hate the Muslims\ |
7 | And ''everybody'' hates the Jews!"'' |
8 | -->--'''Music/TomLehrer''', "National Brotherhood Week", ''Music/ThatWasTheYearThatWas'' |
9 | |
10 | Tropes about religion, non religion, spirituality, divinity, and the afterlife. |
11 | ---- |
12 | !!Tropes: |
13 | [[index]] |
14 | [[foldercontrol]] |
15 | |
16 | [[folder:Religion in general]] |
17 | [floatboxright: |
18 | '''UsefulNotes:''' |
19 | + '''UsefulNotes/{{Religion}}''' |
20 | ++ {{Mythology}} |
21 | ++ SacredLiterature |
22 | + UsefulNotes/ReligiousLeaders |
23 | |
24 | '''Religious media:''' |
25 | + ReligiousEdutainment |
26 | + ReligiousProgrammes |
27 | |
28 | '''Trope categories:''' |
29 | + AfterlifeTropes |
30 | + AngelicTropes |
31 | + ApocalypticIndex |
32 | + BiblicalMotifs |
33 | + GodTropes |
34 | + IndexOfPrayerAndMeditation |
35 | + InfernalTropes |
36 | + RebirthAndReincarnationTropes |
37 | + ResurrectionTropes |
38 | + RitualsAndCeremonies |
39 | + TropesOfTheDivine |
40 | + TropesOfTheSoul |
41 | ] |
42 | * AgainstMyReligion: Someone refuses to do something because they claim it goes against their religious beliefs. |
43 | * AllHailTheGreatGodMickey: When secular pop-culture icons become worshiped like gods. |
44 | * AncestorVeneration: The veneration, exaltation, and/or outright worship of one's ancestors. |
45 | * AngelsDevilsAndSquid: Heaven versus Hell [[MeleeATrois versus]]... [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraftian cosmic horrors]]? |
46 | * AngelUnaware: An angel, deity, or similar being masquerades as a regular mortal in order to test people's goodwill. |
47 | * AnimalReligion: When [[AnimalAnthropomorphismTropes non-human beasts]] develop religious beliefs. |
48 | * AnswerToPrayers: A character prays, and gets results |
49 | * ApocalypseCult: A religious movement which is centered around the observance of a [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt doomsday prophecy]]. |
50 | * AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: A HumanSacrifice is thrown into a volcano to appease the volcano god. |
51 | * ArtisticLicenseReligion: A work of fiction features an inaccurate portrayal of real-life religion. |
52 | * BadassPreacher: A priest who is brave or awesome. |
53 | * BadHabits: When villains disguise themselves as clergy. |
54 | * BaldMystic: Draws greatly from the practice of tonsure, so religious mystical characters are often bald. |
55 | * BeliefMakesYouStupid: A story portrays people with religious beliefs as being dumb and gullible. |
56 | * BlasphemousBoast: Someone brags about themselves in a way that insults a deity. |
57 | * BlasphemousPraise: Someone compliments another person in a way that insults a deity. |
58 | * BookBurning: The physical desecration of literature, which may be done as an act of religiously motivated censorship (or protest). |
59 | * BoringReligiousService: Religious services are presented as dull or tedious. |
60 | * BreedingCult: A religious movement which is centered around sexual procreation. |
61 | * BurnTheWitch: When (real or alleged) [[WitchesAndWizards magic users]] are persecuted by religious authorities who consider witchcraft to be an unholy sin. |
62 | * TheCardinalVirtues |
63 | * CargoCult: A religion which worships an inanimate object that is mistaken for a deity or divine artifact. |
64 | * CaughtUpInTheRapture |
65 | * CelestialParagonsAndArchangels: High-ranking biblical angels. |
66 | * TheChurch: A religious organization with centralized authority (especially, but not limited to, many various Christian denominations). |
67 | * ChurchgoingVillain: A bad guy who is devoutly religious despite their sinful lifestyle. |
68 | * ChurchLady: A female character is noted for her involvement in her local religious community. |
69 | * ChurchMilitant: Fanatical religious warriors. |
70 | * ChurchOfHappyology: A not-so-subtle parody of Scientology (a new religious movement founded by Creator/LRonHubbard). |
71 | * ChurchPolice: Religious law enforcement. |
72 | * ConfessInConfidence |
73 | * ConvertingForLove: Changing one's religious beliefs to match those of their romantic partner or spouse. |
74 | * CorruptChurch: A religious organization that is run by [[HidingBehindReligion hypocritical]], [[SinisterMinister self-serving priests]]. |
75 | * CrossMeltingAura: Some demons are so powerful that holy objects have little or no effect on them. |
76 | * {{Cult}}: A minor religious sect, often relatively new, that doesn't get along very well with nonbelievers or mainstream society. The term "cult" is usually used with a negative connotation to refer to religions that are (considered to be) morally bankrupt. |
77 | * CultColony: A religious group establishes their own settlement that is isolated from other civilizations. |
78 | * CultDefector: Someone who rebels against their brainwashing by a religious cult. |
79 | * TheDayOfReckoning |
80 | * DemonLordsAndArchdevils |
81 | * DevilInDisguise |
82 | * DirtyOldMonk: This perverted preacher is a DirtyOldMan who doesn't seem to take his own VowOfCelibacy too seriously. |
83 | * DivineRightOfKings: When monarchs claim that their political power is justified by God's will. |
84 | * {{Druid}}: An ancient Celtic pagan priest. |
85 | * DruidicSickle: Pagan priests carry sickles, often for usage in sacrifice. |
86 | * DuelingMessiahs |
87 | * EgocentricallyReligious: Someone whose religious beliefs are very fanatical and self-serving. |
88 | * EmergencyMultifaithPrayer: When their life is in danger, someone starts pleading with multiple deities of different religions to save them. |
89 | * FaithHeelTurn: Loss of religious faith leads to adopting a sinful lifestyle. |
90 | * FakeFaithHealer: A ConArtist who fools sick people into believing they can be cured through the powers of God instead of modern medicine. |
91 | * FalseProphet: They claim to be the messenger of God or the gods, but they're actually charlatans. |
92 | * FantasticNirvana: Fictional religions in which an aspirant must reach a final state of ultimate bliss/freedom while still living. |
93 | * FantasticReligiousWeirdness: Real-world religions are practiced differently in [[SpeculativeFiction fantasy or science-fiction settings]]. |
94 | * FantasyCounterpartReligion: The religious beliefs held by a [[FantasyCounterpartCulture fictional nation or ethnic group]]. |
95 | * FemaleAngelMaleDemon |
96 | * FirstChurchOfMecha |
97 | * TheFundamentalist: A super-fanatical religious person who believes everyone else should follow their strictly pious lifestyle, and derides anyone who disagrees with them. |
98 | * GiantAnimalWorship: Revering big beasts as gods. |
99 | * GiveMeASign: Someone asks for the god they believe in to show evidence that they're doing the right thing. |
100 | * GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: The forces of [[LightIsNotGood Heaven]] and [[DarkIsEvil Hell]] are ''both'' evil and antagonistic towards humanity. |
101 | * GoodFortuneFromGod |
102 | * GreedyTelevangelist: A televangelist OnlyInItForTheMoney. |
103 | * HammerOfTheHoly: Priests, paladins, and other holy or religious fighters carry hammers, maces, staves, or other blunt weapons. |
104 | * HeavenAbove |
105 | * HeavenSeeker: Someone who's trying to earn eternal salvation in {{Heaven}}. |
106 | * HeelFaithTurn: A sinner turns good after finding religion. |
107 | * HeavenVersusHell: The respective forces of {{Heaven}} ({{God}}, [[TheArmiesOfHeaven angels]]) and {{Hell}} ({{Satan}}, [[TheLegionsOfHell demons]]) are opposed to each other. |
108 | * HellHasNewManagement |
109 | * HellOfAHeaven: Heaven isn't half the paradise it's said to be. |
110 | * HellSeeker: Someone who's actually looking forward to eternal ''damnation in {{Hell}}''. |
111 | * TheHeretic: Someone who holds dissenting or unorthodox beliefs that are opposed to mainstream religious teachings. |
112 | * HidingBehindReligion: A hypocritical sinner who is outwardly religious. |
113 | * HighPriest: The top priest in charge of leading a religious organization. |
114 | * HollywoodAtheist: The stereotype that atheists either lost their belief in God because of misfortune they suffered or are close-minded jerks to everyone who has religious beliefs. |
115 | * HollywoodDreamtime: Common stereotypes associated with followers of [[Myth/AboriginalAustralianMyths Aboriginal Australian religions]]. |
116 | * HollywoodExorcism: Holy rituals that are performed by a priest to rid someone of an [[DemonicPossession invasive evil spirit]]. |
117 | * HollywoodSatanism: Common stereotypes associated with people who [[{{UsefulNotes/Satanism}} worship the Devil]]. |
118 | * HollywoodVoodoo: Common stereotypes associated with followers of {{UsefulNotes/Vo|udoun}}odoo religions. |
119 | * HolyBurnsEvil: Religious objects can protect you from demons, vampires, and other unholy sinister creatures. |
120 | * HolyCity: A city that is especially sacred to a particular religion. |
121 | * HolyGround: A place that is considered to be religiously sacred, such as the site of a temple. |
122 | * HolyHalo |
123 | * HolyHitman: A ProfessionalKiller who happens to be quite religious. |
124 | * HolyIsNotSafe: Beings/entities/objects from {{Heaven}} are just as dangerous to mortals as anything from {{Hell}} can be. |
125 | * HolyPipeOrgan |
126 | * HolyWater: Water that has been specially blessed by a priest or comes from a [[HolyGround sacred place]]. |
127 | * HotForPreacher: Someone grows attracted to a priest. Which may cause complications if said priest is (supposed to be) a [[VowOfCelibacy celibate monk or nun]]. |
128 | * HumanSacrifice: The ritualized murder of other people, done as an offering to the gods. |
129 | * IllegalReligion: A religion that is banned and persecuted by the government. |
130 | * ImprovisedCross |
131 | * IncrediblyInconvenientDeity |
132 | * InspiringSermon: A religious sermon that deeply inspires the audience, in-universe |
133 | * InterfaithSmoothie: A syncretic religion that combines the beliefs of multiple different religions. |
134 | * KnockingOnHeathensDoor |
135 | * LoveIsLikeReligion |
136 | * MachineWorship: Religious devotion to a mechanical entity. |
137 | * MartyrdomCulture: When it leads to people sacrificing themselves in the name of their god. |
138 | * MeditationPowerup |
139 | * MysteryCult: A very secretive sect which keeps their beliefs and practices hidden from nonbelievers. |
140 | * MythicalMotifs |
141 | * MythologyUpgrade |
142 | * NotAfraidOfHell: Someone who is unconcerned that their sinful behavior may earn them eternal damnation. |
143 | * OfferingsToTheGods: Religious rituals which involve appeasing a deity with some sort of "gift" (most commonly food or animal sacrifices). |
144 | * OhMyGods: When just saying "OhMyGod!" isn't sufficient if you're a polytheist. |
145 | * OneTrueFaith: Only one religion really matters in a setting. |
146 | * OutsourcingFate |
147 | * OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: A story takes place in a future where (almost) nobody is really religious anymore. |
148 | * PaintingTheFrostOnWindows: Natural phenomenon is attributed to gods or other mythic figures doing a mystical version of a mundane task. |
149 | * ParodyReligion: A satirical fake religion. |
150 | * PascalsWager: Choosing to believe in God to avoid hell just in case He exists. |
151 | * PathOfInspiration: A seemingly benevolent religious movement which secretly has far more sinister goals. |
152 | * PedophilePriest: A perverted preacher who tries to molest or rape children. Usually stereotyped as being (though not necessarily always) a Roman Catholic Christian minister. |
153 | * {{Pilgrimage}}: A trip for a religious purpose. |
154 | * PiousMonster: When creatures who are considered to be "[[AlwaysChaoticEvil evil]]" or "[[OurMonstersAreDifferent monstrous]]" (if not outright [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demonic]] and [[HolyBurnsEvil unholy]]) still respect and worship God for some reason. |
155 | * PrayerIsALastResort: When someone who's not particularly devout or pious about their faith starts praying as a desperate measure to find solutions to their problems. |
156 | * PrayerOfMalice: When a [[EgocentricallyReligious cruel and petty person]] prays to their god by asking for a divine curse on their enemies. |
157 | * PrayerPose: Common poses and gestures made while praying, which varies by religion. |
158 | * PreacherMan |
159 | * PrecursorWorship: When an ancient {{precursor|s}} civilization are revered as gods by people in the present day. |
160 | * PreApprovedSermon |
161 | * PurgatoryAndLimbo: The places where dead people who are neither good enough for {{Heaven}} nor bad enough for {{Hell}} end up going to. |
162 | * RealMenLoveJesus: A badass religious character (despite the name, not necessarily a Christian). |
163 | * ReflexiveRemarkOfReverence |
164 | * ReligionIsMagic: When prayers to your god can double as magical spells. |
165 | * ReligionIsRight |
166 | * ReligionIsWrong |
167 | * ReligionOfEvil: A religion that is [[CardCarryingVillain explicitly evil]] and worships [[GodOfEvil sinister deities or demons]]. |
168 | * ReligionRantSong: A song that attacks religion or religious figures. |
169 | * ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Naming someone or something after a deity, prophet, saint, or anyone/anything else of religious significance. |
170 | * ReligiousBruiser: A fighter who takes their faith very seriously. |
171 | * ReligiousHorror: A subgenre of (supernatural) horror fiction that relies on theological or mythological themes. |
172 | * ReligiousRobot: A [[RobotRollCall sapient machine]] with religious beliefs. |
173 | * ReligiousRussianRoulette |
174 | * ReligiousStereotype: {{Stereotype}}s associated with followers of particular religions. |
175 | * ReligiousVampire: Even [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] can choose to worship God and pray to Him. |
176 | * RobotReligion: An organized religion developed by mechanical beings. |
177 | * TheSacredDarkness |
178 | * SacredFlames: Holy fire. |
179 | * SacredLanguage: A particular language is of great religious significance. |
180 | * SacredScripture: Holy books and texts. |
181 | * SadlyMythcharacterized: Inaccurate portrayals of particular mythical/religious figures. |
182 | * SadlyMythtaken: When entire mythologies are radically altered in a fictional adaptation. |
183 | * SaintlyChurch: A religious organization that actually wants to do good and righteous deeds for the world. |
184 | * SaveYourDeity |
185 | * ScamReligion: A fake religion that is founded by its leader solely to fool gullible people out of their money. |
186 | * ScaryAmoralReligion: A religion founded on ruthless BlueAndOrangeMorality (as opposed to a {{Card Carrying|Villain}} ReligionOfEvil). |
187 | * SecretCircleOfSecrets |
188 | * SeekingSanctuary |
189 | * SentientCosmicForce |
190 | * {{Sermonette}}: A short message, usually delivered by a Christian clergyman, shown at the end of a TV station's broadcast day. |
191 | * SexyPriest: A preacher who is quite handsome or beautiful. |
192 | * ShrinesAndTemples: Buildings and places that are dedicated to the worship of a deity. |
193 | * SillyPrayer: A prayer that is comedic in some way. |
194 | * SinEater: A person who literally or metaphorically takes on people's sins to purify them. Or who claims to be doing this by targeting people they believe to be sinners. |
195 | * SinglePreceptReligion |
196 | * SinisterMinister: A corrupt, self-serving priest who may be outright evil. |
197 | * SongOfPrayer: Singing and dancing to express one's thoughts to God. |
198 | * TheSoulSaver |
199 | * SoulSavingCrusader |
200 | * StaffOfAuthority |
201 | * SternSunWorshippers: Dogmatic devotees of solar deities. |
202 | * SuspiciouslySpecificSermon |
203 | * TargetedHumanSacrifice: They can't just grab any random person to kill, they need a specific type of individual for the sacrifice. |
204 | %%* ATasteOfTheLash |
205 | * TheTeetotaler: Someone who abstains from drinking alcohol. While there can be secular motives for teetotalism, many people do so because their religious beliefs frown upon getting intoxicated. |
206 | * ThankTheMaker: A robot or A.I. worships its creator. |
207 | * TheTheocracy: A system of government run by priests who rule through religious laws, as opposed to a secular government. |
208 | * {{Theotech}} |
209 | * ThereIsAGod: Someone is happy about something they wanted to happen and sees it as proof that God does exist. |
210 | * TokenReligiousTeammate: The one member of a group who is explicitly shown to have religious beliefs. |
211 | * TribeOfPriests: A whole community of religious preachers. |
212 | * TurbulentPriest |
213 | * TurnToReligion |
214 | * UniversalChaplain: Military chaplains are priests who provide religious services to fellow soldiers, regardless of their faith. |
215 | * UnwantedFalseFaith: Someone is dismayed that people worship them under the mistaken assumption that they're divine. |
216 | * VirginSacrifice: When a HumanSacrifice (usually a young woman or girl) is required to have never had sex before. |
217 | * VirtueViceCodification |
218 | * VowOfCelibacy: Some clergy (especially monks and nuns) have sworn to never marry or have sex, and instead devote their whole lives to practicing their religion. |
219 | * WarriorMonk: An ordained priest who is also a professional soldier. |
220 | [[/folder]] |
221 | |
222 | [[folder:Divinity]] |
223 | * TheAlmightyDollar: A deity associated with money and wealth. |
224 | * AnswersToTheNameOfGod: Someone with a high opinion of themselves assumes that a person exclaiming "God" was referring to them. |
225 | * AnthropomorphicPersonification: In many polytheistic religions, each deity in the pantheon is associated with their own specific concepts related to human society or the natural world; and they are often depicted or described as being [[HumanoidAbomination very humanlike entities]]. |
226 | * BoltOfDivineRetribution: The gods punish people by having them struck with lightning. |
227 | * BorrowinSamedi: An {{expy}} of Baron Samedi, the {{UsefulNotes/Vo|udoun}}odoo god of death. |
228 | * CrossoverCosmology: In a world where AllMythsAreTrue, multiple pantheons of deities from different religious mythologies all somehow coexist together. |
229 | * DarkMessiah |
230 | * DeathOfTheOldGods |
231 | * DeityOfHumanOrigin: A god who was formerly a mortal. |
232 | * DeityOfMortalCreation: A god made by a mortal(s). |
233 | * DevilButNoGod: {{Satan}} appears in the story, but there's no sign of {{God}} being around for some reason. |
234 | * DevilComplex: Someone believes themselves to be the Devil. |
235 | * DivineDate: A mortal is ''literally'' in love with an actual god. |
236 | * DivineIntervention: A god directly gets involved in mortal affairs. |
237 | * DivinePunishment: When a god punishes someone (justified or not) for perceived transgressions. |
238 | * DivineRaceLift: A deity's physical appearance is depicted differently depending on the adaptation. |
239 | * DivineRanks: All the deities in a pantheon are classified into a hierarchy. |
240 | * DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal: Being raped by a deity isn't considered as bad as being raped by another mortal. |
241 | * EverybodyHatesHades: [[{{Psychopomp}} The god of death]] is an outcast to the other gods. |
242 | * EverybodyLovesZeus: [[TopGod The leader of the gods]] gets all the positive attention. |
243 | * FantasyPantheon: A group of deities that are worshipped in a [[FantasyCounterpartReligion fictional religion]]. |
244 | * FertilityGod: A god or goddess who can create life. |
245 | * AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Gods and spirits may assume forms that humans are accustomed to, in order to keep from [[GoMadFromTheRevelation driving the mortals buggo with how they really look]]. |
246 | * AGodAmI: Someone believes themselves to be a god. |
247 | * AGodIAmNot: A person has great power but does not believe that this makes them special or above others. |
248 | * AGodIsYou |
249 | * GodBeforeDogma |
250 | * GodCouple: When two deities fall in love or get married. |
251 | * GodEmperor: A monarch who is worshiped as a deity by their subjects. |
252 | * GodGuise: A mortal is worshiped as a "god" under false pretenses. |
253 | * GodIsEvil: God is portrayed as cruel and malevolent. |
254 | * GodIsFlawed: God is not perfect and has the same faults as humans do. |
255 | * GodIsGood: God is portrayed as kind and benevolent. |
256 | * GodIsLoveSongs |
257 | * GodKartingWithBeelzebub: {{God}} and {{Satan}} are actually quite friendly to each other. |
258 | * GodOfEvil: A god who personifies all that is bad. |
259 | * GodOfGood: A god who personifies all that is good. |
260 | * GodsHandsAreTied: God has reasons why He can't just fix everything. |
261 | * GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Gods can only exist or stay powerful [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve just as long as there are people who still believe or worship them]]. |
262 | * GodTest |
263 | * GodlySidestep |
264 | * TheGrimReaper: A personification of death in Western pop culture, who may be identified with the ArchangelAzrael. |
265 | * TheHandIsGod: God or some similar all-powerful being is depicted as a disembodied hand. |
266 | * HealerGod: A god or goddess whose specialty is healing or medicine. |
267 | * HotGod: A god or goddess who is very beautiful. |
268 | * JerkassGods: Arrogant deities who look down on mortals or cruelly abuse them. |
269 | * LoveGoddess: A goddess associated with romantic love and/or sexual lust. |
270 | * MarriageToAGod: A mortal is (figuratively) married to a deity. |
271 | * MessianicArchetype: A holy savior figure in the vein of {{UsefulNotes/Jesus}}. |
272 | * TheModernGods: Gods that suit the here and now. |
273 | * NatureSpirit: A deity associated with some aspect of the natural world. |
274 | * TheOldGods: The previous group of deities who ruled before the current pantheon came to power. |
275 | * OurGodsAreDifferent: Exactly what kind of being gets to be defined as a deity can vary greatly depending on the story. |
276 | * PantheonSitcom: The gods are up to some crazy antics. |
277 | * PatronGod: A god or goddess regularly rewards his or her followers for their devotion and piety. |
278 | * PhysicalReligion |
279 | * {{Psychopomp}}: A deity or spirit who is associated with death, responsible for killing off mortals and/or bringing their souls over to the afterlife. |
280 | * {{Shinigami}}: A spirit of death, depicted as a kind of {{youkai}} in Myth/JapaneseMythology. |
281 | * StopWorshippingMe: Not all deities are flattered by mortals praying to them. |
282 | * TricksterGod: A deity who represents trickery and deceit, often fooling and manipulating both their fellow deities and mortals alike. |
283 | * UnusualHalo |
284 | * WarGod: A deity who represents warfare and violent conflict, whom soldiers and warriors are expected to pray to for winning battles. |
285 | * YinYangClash: Undefeatable absolutes come into conflict. |
286 | [[/folder]] |
287 | |
288 | [[folder:Spirituality]] |
289 | * BargainWithHeaven: Someone gets what they want by making a deal with {{God}} or some other divine being. |
290 | * CallItKarma |
291 | * CosmicKeystone |
292 | * CrisisOfFaith: Someone begins to doubt and question their religious beliefs. |
293 | * DealWithTheDevil: Someone gets what they want by making a deal with {{Satan}} or some other demonic being. |
294 | * EvilStoleMyFaith: Someone loses their religious beliefs because of a personal tragedy, or otherwise witnessing something grossly cruel and unfair. |
295 | * FlatEarthAtheist: Someone disbelieves in deities, spirits, or other supernatural phenomena, [[ArbitrarySkepticism even though it has been proven to unambiguously exist in the setting]]. |
296 | * HenotheisticSociety: When it's the societal norm for someone or a group of people to worship one god of a FantasyPantheon far more than the others. |
297 | * MissionFromGod: When someone believes their goals were given to them by orders from God. |
298 | * TheMissionary: A traveling priest who seeks to spread their faith by proselytizing and converting other people. |
299 | * NayTheist: A person who is aware of deities' existence, but denies their existence just to spite them. |
300 | * RageAgainstTheHeavens: Someone expresses anger and blame at God (or the gods) due to their life being so miserable. |
301 | * RuleOfSymbolism: Something inserted for symbolic value. |
302 | * SanctuaryOfSolitude |
303 | * SecularHero: A hero who lacks religious beliefs. |
304 | * SmiteMeOMightySmiter |
305 | * VisionQuest |
306 | [[/folder]] |
307 | |
308 | [[folder:Christianity]] |
309 | [floatboxright: |
310 | '''Also see:''' |
311 | + ChristianFiction |
312 | + ChristmasTropes |
313 | ] |
314 | * AmbiguouslyChristian: A character is implied but not confirmed outright to follow some sort of Christianity. |
315 | * AmbivalentAnglican: A member of the Church of England who seems indifferent to Christian dogma. |
316 | * AnimeCatholicism: [[ArtisticLicenseReligion Inaccurate portrayals of Catholic Christianity]] in Japanese media. |
317 | * ArtisticLicenseTraditionalChristianity |
318 | * AsTheGoodBookSays: A character quotes verses from the Literature/TheBible. |
319 | * BiggerThanJesus |
320 | * BigRedDevil |
321 | * CaughtUpInTheRapture |
322 | * ChristianityIsCatholic: Roman Catholicism is the only Christian denomination that tends to get any depiction in most works of fiction. |
323 | * ChurchOfSaintGenericus |
324 | * CloneJesus |
325 | * {{Confessional}}: A private space in some churches where a priest listens to a parishioner confessing their sins. |
326 | * CreepyCathedral: A big, dark, and foreboding church that you probably wouldn't want to ever visit alone at night. |
327 | * CreepyCatholicism: The Roman Catholic Church depicted as being [[CorruptChurch evil]] or at least associated with scary things. |
328 | * CreepyCrosses |
329 | * CrucialCross |
330 | * CrystalDragonJesus: A [[FantasyCounterpartReligion fictional religion]] inspired by Christianity. |
331 | * CulturallyReligious: Someone who grew up religious, but no longer practices or believes it, yet their life is still influenced by it. |
332 | * DarkShepherd |
333 | * TheDescendantsOfCain |
334 | * EasterBunny |
335 | * EasyEvangelism |
336 | * EveryoneIsChristianAtChristmas: The holiday of Christmas is widely celebrated even beyond the Christian world. |
337 | * EvilJesuit: A Roman Catholic SinisterMinister. |
338 | * FallenAngel |
339 | * FantasticCatholicism: The Roman Catholic Church are [[ReligionIsMagic directly connected to the supernatural world]]. |
340 | * GoodShepherd: A priest who only wants what's best for the people he's guiding. |
341 | * HijackedByJesus |
342 | * HippieJesus |
343 | * HollywoodApocrypha: Someone [[BeamMeUpScotty erroneously quotes a fake biblical verse]]. |
344 | * HollywoodJehovahsWitness: Common stereotypes associated with members of the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanChurches Jehovah's Witnesses]] sect. |
345 | * HollywoodNuns: Common stereotypes associated with Roman Catholic nuns. |
346 | * HorsemenOfTheApocalypse |
347 | * InMysteriousWays |
348 | * IrishPriest: An Irish Catholic priest. |
349 | * JesusTaboo |
350 | * JesusTheEarlyYears |
351 | * JesusWasCrazy |
352 | * JesusWasWayCool |
353 | * KungFuJesus |
354 | * LockedAwayInAMonastery |
355 | * MadonnaArchetype |
356 | * NaughtyNuns: Sexually seductive nuns who don't take their own VowOfCelibacy too seriously. |
357 | * NewEnglandPuritan: A particular group of English Protestant settlers who migrated to colonial America, whose super-strict religious practices gave rise to the term "[[TheFundamentalist puritanical]]". |
358 | * NunsAreFunny |
359 | * NunsAreMikos |
360 | * NunsAreSpooky |
361 | * NunTooHoly: A character who looks and is treated like a nun (or a priestess, shrine maiden, etc.), but acts nothing like you'd expect. |
362 | * PassionPlay |
363 | * PatronSaint |
364 | * ReligiousRedub |
365 | * SantaClausmas: A secularized version of Christmas without any religious elements. Typically revolves around SantaClaus instead of UsefulNotes/JesusChrist. |
366 | * SevenDeadlySins |
367 | * SevenHeavenlyVirtues |
368 | * SymbolicBaptism |
369 | * TakingTheVeil |
370 | * TwistedEucharist |
371 | * TheVicar |
372 | * WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant: A stereotypical snobby American white person. |
373 | [[/folder]] |
374 | |
375 | [[folder:Judaism]] |
376 | [floatboxright: |
377 | '''Also see:''' |
378 | + JudaismAndJewishCultureInMedia |
379 | + ANiceJewishIndex |
380 | ] |
381 | * AllJewsAreAshkenazi: The inaccurate stereotype that every Jew is an ethnic Ashkenazi from Central/Eastern Europe. |
382 | * AmbiguouslyJewish: A character is implied but not confirmed outright to be a Jew or follower of Judaism. |
383 | * {{Golem}}: Clay sculptures made by rabbis in imitation of God's creation of humans. Its origins are based on the legendary tale of a clay creature that was said to have been brought to life by a rabbi in 16th century Prague. |
384 | * GratuitousUseOfTheTallit |
385 | * GreedyJew: An Antisemitic stereotype and conspiracy theory, of Jews all being {{greed}}y {{money fetish}}ists who [[CorruptCorporateExecutive control every major business industry]] ([[MorallyBankruptBanker especially finance]]), and they often [[GovernmentConspiracy secretly manipulate politics in their favor as well]]. |
386 | * InformedJudaism: A character is stated to be (religiously) Jewish, but doesn't really act much like it. |
387 | * MagicalJew: A wise Jewish person, often a rabbi or mystic. |
388 | * MosesArchetype: StockParodies of Moses. |
389 | * TzadikimNistarim: Hebrew for "The Hidden Righteous Ones", a number of people whose existence keeps the world going, usually 36. (The idea also exists in other religions, but this is the one which is most widely known.) |
390 | [[/folder]] |
391 | |
392 | [[folder:Islam]] |
393 | * AllMuslimsAreArab: The inaccurate stereotype that every Muslim is an ethnic Arab or speaks Arabic. |
394 | * {{Eurabia}}: An Islamophobic stereotype and conspiracy theory, of Muslims all being [[TheFundamentalist fanatical religious extremists]] who really wish to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over the (Western) world]] through immigration and terrorism, and then convert or destroy every single non-Muslim. |
395 | * HidingInAHijab: Wearing a headscarf, face veil, or full-body cloak in order to disguise oneself as a devoutly religious Muslim woman. |
396 | * MiddleEasternTerrorists: Although secular or even non-Muslim examples exist, the most common variation of this trope usually involves mujahideen (or jihadists) -- [[TheFundamentalist Islamist]] [[ChurchMilitant religious militants]] who commit acts of violence in hopes of spreading their fundamentalist ideology, which demands the creation of [[TheTheocracy an Islamic state governed by religious laws]]. |
397 | * MistakenForTerrorist: Most variations of this trope involve innocent Muslims (or non-Muslim people mistaken for being such, especially Sikhs) getting mistaken for violent Islamic extremists. |
398 | [[/folder]] |
399 | |
400 | [[folder:South/East Asian Religions (including Hinduism and Buddhism)]] |
401 | * AllMonksKnowKungFu: Buddhist monks are often stereotyped as being {{Warrior Monk}}s that are proficient in the martial arts ([[AllAsiansKnowMartialArts especially if]] [[AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu they're Chinese]]). |
402 | * AsianRuneChant |
403 | * AsleepNotMeditating |
404 | * FestivalEpisode |
405 | * TheFourGods: A quartet of deities associated with Myth/ChineseMythology. |
406 | * HandSeals |
407 | * LevitatingLotusPosition: Person/being levitates while in LotusPosition. |
408 | * LotusPosition: A common [[PrayerPose meditation pose]] that is often used by Hindus and Buddhists. |
409 | * MeditatingUnderAWaterfall: If one wishes to meditate in a place with nice scenery. |
410 | * {{Miko}} |
411 | * PaperTalisman |
412 | * ZigzagPaperTassel |
413 | [[/folder]] |
414 | |
415 | [[/index]] |
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