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5	[[caption-width-right:350:A rare shot of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Zeus and Hera]] not at each other's throats.]]
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7	->''"I sing of golden-throned Hera whom Rhea bare. Queen of the Immortals is she, surpassing all in beauty: she is the sister and wife of loud-thundering Zeus,--the glorious one whom all the blessed throughout high Olympos reverence and honour even as Zeus who delights in thunder."''
8	-->-- '''Homeric Hymn 12 to Hera''' (translation: Evelyn-White)
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10	This is when two god-like characters (be they [[PowersThatBe actual gods]] or merely extremely powerful) become a couple.
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12	If the two are related (and being gods, they likely are), there's the subtrope DivineIncest.
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14	Might be a BattleCouple. Very likely experiences EternalLove. For the other type of "couple," see SuperCouple. A subtrope of DivineDate, which may only involve one actual god.
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17	!!Examples:
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21	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
22	* ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'': [[{{Satan}} Hild]] and [[{{God}} Kami-sama]] were one in the past until [[spoiler:they were [[StarCrossedLovers forcefully separated]] by the Judgement Gate]]. Kami-sama and his current wife Ansuz are a straighter version.
23	* ''Manga/FutureDiary'': In the end [[spoiler:Second World Yukki becomes his world's [[PhysicalGod Deus (God of Space and Time)]], and then Third World Yuno is given First World Yuno's memories and becomes her own world's Deus so that he doesn't have to spend any more time alone in an empty void, after he has already spent 10,000 years ([[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld without aging a day]]) moping over not being able to save First World Yuno.]]
24	* ''Anime/{{Kyousogiga}}'': Lady Koto and [[spoiler:Inari]] can be considered this as Lady Koto borrowed the form of a Bodhisattva and [[spoiler:Inari]] is [[spoiler:the god in charge of life/creation.]]
25	* Promotional materials for ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' depict [[spoiler:Devil!Homura]] and [[spoiler:Goddess!Madoka]] as this. [[TrailersAlwaysLie The truth is more... complicated]], as neither knows what the other is and the [[StoryBreakerPower plot]] [[RuleOfDrama requires]] that they don't hold power simultaneously.
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29	* Throughout the Art/MarieDeMediciCycle, Zeus and Hera (contrary to their usual depiction in the Greek myths) put on a harmonious display of approval of Marie's wedded life from Olympus, and Henry and Marie are consistently equated to Jupiter and Juno as a display of a ruling couple with a prosperous marriage. (In real life, their marriage was not quite as happy.)
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32	[[folder:Comic Books]]
33	* Quite a few DC {{What If}}s pair Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/WonderWoman. For example:
34	** ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain,'' possibly the first major example. Interesting because [[DestructoNookie when Wonder Woman and Superman made love, it caused earthquakes, hurricanes, twisters, tsunamis, and other fun stuff]].
35	** At the end of ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', not only have Supes and Diana hooked up (ComicBook/LoisLane's death is a major backstory point), but she's pregnant with a [[GooGooGodlike baby reality warper]]. (Or, at least, a baby. The RealityWarper thing is mostly in the sequel.)
36	** ComicBook/JLAActOfGod has them get together, though you can argue about whether it fits this trope since they're depowered at the time.
37	** ''ComicBook/SupermanDistantFires'' also sees them get together and have a kid, though [[spoiler:Diana doesn't actually make it to the end of the story]].
38	** During the ''Comicbook/{{New52}}'' it became canon until the next reboot retconned it away.
39	* [[Characters/SupermanConnerKent Conner Kent]]/ComicBook/{{Superboy}} and [[Characters/WonderGirlCassieSandsmark Cassie Sandsmark]]/ComicBook/WonderGirl are, more often than not, together. Due to their heritages--half-Kryptonian and Amazon, respectively--they are two of the most powerful heroes of Franchise/TheDCU.
40	* In a ShoutOut to the above examples, ''ComicBook/PS238'' revolves around the son of {{exp\|y}}ies of Superman and Wonder Woman, with the twist that he has no powers. His parents are deep in denial.
41	* On Marvel's side, there was a What If/alternate universe story where Thor and Storm hooked up. God of thunder and goddess of the storms; their love [[DestructoNookie literally cracked the world.]]
42	* In the Creator/CrossGen universe, every couple between the First, Secundae, Atlanteans, and Sigil-Bearers, with special nods to Altwaal/Raamia, Evinlea/God-Emperor Charon, and anything involving [[HumanoidAbomination Miranda]] [[MsFanservice Cross]].
43	* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules'' ReallyGetsAround in general, so it's no surprise that several paramours have been of divine origin. He's been confirmed to have bedded Snowbird (divine servant of Inuit gods), Queen Alflyse of Svartheim (dark elf of Norse legend, and certainly well beyond mortal power level), and his wife Hebe (daughter of Zeus and Hera, Greek goddess of youth). It's strongly suggested that he's been with several female jotuns (Norse giants) simultaneously, and he has hit on other female divinities when the opportunity presented itself (including Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele... while the world was being consumed by the Chaos King).
44	* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
45	** ComicBook/HerculesUnbound and Hippolyta tried dating briefly before he betrayed her and enslaved her and her people. Despite this, centuries later she still finds herself attracted to him after he's begged forgiveness in some continuities.
46	** While Mars and Aphrodite were each other's enemies in the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 original comics]] they each were far more comfortable around each other than anyone else and would lounge together and flirt while arguing and setting their champions against each other. Starting in [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 volume 2]] the fact that they're in a somewhat strangled and antagonistic relationship but still love each other and have had children together is made explicit.
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49	[[folder:Fan Works]]
50	* ''Fanfic/BlindCourage'': Gerudo tradition states that their patron goddess, the Goddess of the Sand, is the ChildOfForbiddenLove of the gods Hylia and Demise. The Golden Goddesses disliked their union and [[StarcrossedLovers forcibly split the couple apart]].
51	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30204699/chapters/74424912 a brief history of everything]]'': The kwamis of Creation and Destruction fall in love with each other...eventually. Because of their immortality and preoccupation with improving the universe, their courtship is measured in ''eons''.
52	* ''Fanfic/CallMeKara'': [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry Allen]] and [[Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Danvers]] are two of the most powerful beings in the multiverse, but that doesn't mean that there's nothing that can threaten them...
53	* ''Fanfic/CodexEquus'': Prince Stoltur Skjöldur, the Bogolenya Deer-Draconequus god of Pride, and his long-time friend and the Alicorn god of Humility, Blue Suede Heartstrings, eventually become this. At first, Blue Suede didn't like the idea of a god who encourages excessive pride due to bad experiences with arrogant people, but he gradually accepted it after Stoltur showed him [[PayEvilUntoEvil exactly why he does it]], causing them to become friends. However, [[spoiler:after a particularly brutal TraumaCongaLine that leads to Blue Suede having a spectacular breakdown and coming out of the entire ordeal an extremely broken stallion, he finally comes to understand the beneficial aspects of pride, and accepts Stoltur as his coltfriend. After becoming Prince Caerulus Melodia and joining the Equestrian Pantheon, Caerulus and Stoltur would marry as husbands in a small ceremony. This has caused many puristic deities and mortals to [[MalignedMixedMarriage try to separate them in disgust towards a god of Humility marrying an 'evil' god of Pride]], but everyone else is otherwise fine with it. And because Caerulus is much older and taller than Stoltur, he's mistaken to be the dominant partner in their marriage, when it's actually Stoltur who's dominant while Caerulus is submissive. That being said, Stoltur has been helping Caerulus build up his self-confidence by encouraging him to take the lead, and taking turns in being dominant/submissive during sex]].
54	%%* ''Fanfic/TheFirstSaniwa'': Susabi and Miketsu are married.
55	* ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'': ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} hooks up with Dev-Em, another Kryptonian hero just as powerful as her.
56	* ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters'': ComicBook/MaryMarvel and Captain Marvel, Jr., two of the most powerful beings in their parallel Earth, have been dating for years and want to get married.
57	* In the ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fandom, it's ''very'' common to see the [[AnthropomorphicPersonifications Nations]] paired up together.
58	* ''Fanfic/HopeSpringsEternal'': The plot centers around how Persephone (the goddess of spring) and Hades (the god of the underworld) fell in love, Disney musical style. It also features a few other god couples, such as Hera and Zeus, and Hephaestus and Aphrodite. Apollo ''tries'' to become this with Persephone, but she's unimpressed.
59	* ''Fanfic/NobledarkImperium'': The Imperium is ruled jointly by Oscar, the last Man of the Gold and thus last survivor of the race of transhuman demigods created to rule over the ancient human empire, and Isha, the Eldar's mother goddess and one of the only three deities of the pantheon to survive Slaanesh's birth. Their marriage was originally a politically-minded move necessary to bring the scattered societies of humanity and the Eldar under a single banner but has since become the cultural cornerstone of Imperial society. How well this fits the "god" part of the trope depends on who you're asking; Oscar is very strongly of the opinion that he is not, in fact, a god, while Isha thinks he's just fooling himself.
60	* ''Fanfic/TheNonBronyverse'': TD and Celestia eventually strike one up in ''TD the Alicorn Princess'', after he accidentally ends up taking Twilight's place and ascends as an alicorn.
61	* ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'': Strife, the Draconequus of Conflict and Natural Selection, and Mortis, the Alicorn of Death and Rebirth, fell in love and got married. Apparently Ponythulhu was the ring bearer at their wedding.
62	* ''Fanfic/SupermanOf2499TheGreatConfrontation'': Alan Kent, descendant of the first Superman, and Katherine de Ka'an, descendant of the first ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, get together.
63	* ''Franchise/{{Tron}}: Endgame Scenario'': [[spoiler: Alan and Lora-[[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh Ma3a]]]] end up as a RulingCouple over much of the Program world after [[IChooseToStay choosing to stay there.]] [[spoiler: Lora isn't able to go back to the human world without dying. Alan would rather be with his wife in the system than a "widower" outside it.]] And they both plan to reform the whole Program religion so that humans and Programs are on more equal terms.
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67	* ''WesternAnimation/AllStarSuperman'' featured Bar-El and Lilo who both have the same powers as Supes when they arrived on Earth.
68	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'': Xibalba and La Muerte swing in and out of this; they both love to make bets and Xibalba always cheats, leading to them becoming estranged until La Muerte takes him back.
69	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' depicts Zeus and Hera as a far more stable couple than their incarnations from the traditional Greek mythologies.
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72	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
73	* ''Film/{{Hancock}}'' deals with the titular character recovering his memory and being reintroduced to his ex-wife, who also has superpowers.
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76	[[folder:Literature]]
77	* ''Literature/CraftSequence'': Kos and Seril. After Seril's apparent death and decades of separation, they have a heartwarming reunion at the end of ''Literature/ThreePartsDead''... which becomes a plot-driving problem in ''Literature/FourRoadsCross'', as most of Kos' worshippers either don't believe in Seril or don't trust her, and [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly this lack of worship makes Seril very weak]], which attracts challenges from opportunistic sorcerers who see her as a liability to Kos.
78	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': War of the HorsemenOfTheApocalypse and the former {{Valkyrie\|s}} Mrs War. Despite the fact AnthropomorphicPersonifications don't age, marriage seems to have resulted in War shifting from a BoisterousBruiser to something more like a comfortably retired general, who maybe used to be a BoisterousBruiser in his distant youth. It's probably psychological.[[note]]Or else, as modernisation spreads and the influence of Vetinari and Vimes spreads out further, the incidence of actual all-out war on the Discworld is diminishing. even Borogravia and Zlobenia are forced into an uneasy ceasefire, ending a centuries-old war. On the As Above, So Below principle -- maybe with less war there is less need for War, and he's diminishing - the "retired General" analogy may be perfect here. [[/note]]
79	* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': The Summer Lady [[spoiler:Lily]] and her Knight [[spoiler:Fix]] become lovers. As [[OurFairiesAreDifferent living representations of the season]], their power is vital to the continued function of the world.
80	* ''Literature/EndoAndKobayashiLive The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte'': The lore involves the ''Magikoi'' world's CreationMyth: it's similar to the one used in Abrahamic religions, with the exception that TheMaker divides into the god Kuon and the goddess Lirenna when descending. [[spoiler:And it goes downhill from there. Specifically, Kuon develops a MadLove with ''Eve'', Lirenna gets corrupted into a demon and wants to {{murder\|thehypotenuse}} Eve's reincarnates for it, and Kuon wanders into ''our'' Earth and attempts to "take" Eve back]]. Yes, this novel ''deconstructs'' the concept.
81	* ''Literature/TheFarawayPaladin'': TopGod Volt, god of lightning and rulership, is married to the EarthMother deity Mater. They have two daughters: Gracefeel, goddess of flux and reincarnation, and [[spoiler:Stagnate, goddess of undeath, who became estranged from her family out of [[WellIntentionedExtremist her desire to rid the world of grief by making everyone undead]]]].
82	* ''Literature/IncarnationsOfImmortality'': [[spoiler:Orb/Gaia and Parry/Satan]]. Also, arguably Fate's occasional affairs with Chronos or Mars.
83	* ''Literature/TheKharkanasTrilogy'': Draconus and Mother Dark become a couple with godly powers, after he gifted the Terondai to her, making her the effective Goddess of Darkness, instead of ''just'' the ruler of the Tiste peoples.
84	* ''Literature/TairenSoul'': Truemates are always equal in power to their other half, so this happens comparatively often. One example is Shan and Elfeya -- an incredibly talented warrior and healer, respectively -- who were [[spoiler:and are]] beloved heroes of the Fey. Their daughter, [[spoiler:Ellysetta]], was also this trope with her truemate.
85	* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Per [[WordOfGod Word Of Brandon]], Tanavast and Koravari (the Vessels of [[GodOfGood Honor]] and [[MotherNature Cultivation]] respectively), were romantically involved. They even had at least one child, [[OurPhlebotinumChild the unique "godspren" known as the Sibling]].
86	* ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'': Almost all of the [[FantasyPantheon Valar]] are part of couples, Manwë/Varda and Aulë/Yavanna being the most significant. Out of the fourteen Valar, only Ulmo and Niënna are single. The fallen god [[GodOfEvil Melkor]] also never had a spouse.
87	* ''Literature/TheUnexploredSummonBloodSign'' ends with this trope, the White Queen ("Material" of perfection) finally reconciling with [[spoiler:Kyousuke (the newly-ascended Material of resurrection)]]. Not long after, the worlds of Material and human merge, enabling several LiminalBeing[=s=] to get happy endings.
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91	* Two Qs mated in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. They were in human form at the time, so their baby was also human (but matured into a Q as she aged)
92	** And ''another couple'' in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. In this case it was, in fact, as Qs and their creation of a fully Q offspring was considered a ''much'' bigger deal.
93	* ''Series/TalesFromTheDarkside'' episode "Let the Games Begin". An angel and a devil have a contest over who gets a dead person's soul. In the end, they give in to their growing attraction to each other and get together.
94	* On ''{{Series/Dollhouse}}'', this is Alpha's plan at the end of season 1. It doesn't go well.
95	* ''Series/TheAlmightyJohnsons'', a show about Norse gods secretly living in New Zealand, features several examples. Relationships between gods and goddesses tend to be volatile, though, so many of the pairings are brief.
96	** The main premise of the story is that Axl (Odin) is searching for his Frigg so that they can become one. And, not incidentally, restore the gods to their former power.
97	** Anders (Bragi) is a notorious womanizer until he meets Helen, who is Idun, his destined wife. But things aren't destined to end well for her.
98	** Ty (who is Hod, god of cold and dark) marries Eva (Hel, goddess of the underworld). It doesn't end well either.
99	** Colin (Loki) hooks up with Michele (Sjöfn, a minor goddess with a major chip on her shoulder about it) for a while, till she gets sick of his antics and says goodbye with a [[GroinAttack knee to the groin]].
100	** Mike (Ullr), whose mortal wife has left him, and Michele, who has just dumped Colin, end up forming one of the more stable god couples in the show. Possibly because there's no destiny involved--they just like each other.
101	** Olaf (Baldr, god of rebirth) and Ingrid (Snotra, goddess of wisdom) seem to be heading towards a loose, stoner version of a relationship, but it doesn't work out, and Olaf ends up in an equally loose relationship with Stacey (Fulla, handmaiden of Frigg).
102	* ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' had Rosyuo and his queen, who obtained the power of the [[MacGuffin Golden Fruit]] and thus achieved godlike power. [[spoiler:By the end of the series, protagonist Kouta and his LoveInterest Mai have done the same, and left Earth in the finale.]]
103	* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "Ye Gods", Cupid and Megaera were a couple in the late 19th or early 20th century until he cheated on her with a mortal woman named Drusilla. After Cupid convinced Jupiter to turn Drusilla into a demigod, Megaera [[{{Animorphism}} turned her into a tree frog]]. Todd Ettinger realizes that the only way that he can either meet the woman with whom Cupid has made him fall in love or have his intense love for her lifted is to help Cupid and Megaera patch up their differences. When he lures the two of them into his office and traps them there with a smell given to him by Bacchus, Cupid apologizes and they resume their relationship. As a reward, Cupid arranges for Todd to run into the woman once again.
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106	[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
107	* From Myth/{{Greek myth\|ology}}:
108	** Before he married Hera, Zeus had a succession of relationships, some of which sometimes were described as marriages, with various goddesses: Metis, Themis, Eurynome, Demeter (another sister of his), Mnemosyne, and Leto. But often the marriage to Hera was seen as the only 'proper' one (Hera being the goddess of marriage, among other things), and it certainly was the most enduring and was treated by the Greeks as the archetype humans should aspire to. According to myth, when Zeus and Hera married all other gods assembled to reverence them and give them presents. By all accounts, it was an impressive affair. As George [=O'Connor=] recounts it in the GraphicNovel ''Hera: The Goddess and Her Glory'':
109	--->''The wedding night of Zeus and Hera lasted three hundred years. For what meaning does time have to those who are both ageless and deathless? Those three hundred years were the happiest time for all who dwelled on the entire Earth. For when the gods are happy, all are happy.''
110	** Zeus and [[PrettyBoy Gany]][[EvenTheGuysWantHim mede]] were often given offerings together by the Greeks. The relationship had more staying power than most of Zeus' innumerable other conquests, given Ganymede's ascension to godhood, his set place in Olympus and his evading a horrific end by [[ClingyJealousGirl Hera]], so it's safe to say that they count.
111	** Another of Zeus' mortal lovers who achieved godhood was Semele; here however it was largely because of the intervention of her son Dionysus who went down to Hades to bring her back. As an immortal her name became Thyone. Semele's sister Ino, who had acted as Dionysus' nurse, also became a goddess under the name Leucothea.
112	** Hades and Persephone. Despite the common myth of Hades abducting her, Hades and Persephone have one of the happiest and most loving relationships in the Pantheon. Hades in fact was one of the only Gods who did not cheat on his wife.
113	** Poseidon and Amphitrite (a Niriis, daughter of Nireus).
114	** The story of Apollo and Hyacinthus may have been this originally. While generally referred to as simply a prince of Sparta, scholars believe Hyacinthus originally was a minor nature deity of an early pagan religion that was replaced by the Greek religion.
115	** Aphrodite and Ares are often portrayed as lovers but sometimes termed man and wife. However, more usually it was said that Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus, so it became pretty funny when he would catch them in the act with an unbreakable iron net.
116	** Typhon and Echidna, as children of [[MotherNature Gaia]] and [[{{Hell}} Tartarus]], are a monstrous take on this.
117	* [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Roman Mythology]] as usual largely oriented itself after the Greek myths, thus Zeus' equivalent Jupiter is married to Juno, Pluto to Proserpina, and Neptune to Salacia. Mars, the Roman god of war and agriculture, however, was somewhat different from his Greek counterpart Ares and was usually paired with the war-goddess Bellona, who [[DependingOnTheAuthor is variously described]] as his wife, sister, or daughter.
118	* In Myth/PacificMythology, Pala-Mao and Kumi-Kahi, [[BoysLove both of whom are male]], as well as many others.
119	* Myth/EgyptianMythology actually had each god and goddess being partnered up with a deity compatible to them. You don't find many single gods in Egypt.
120	** Isis and Osiris were married, and their cults were based around the story of how Isis rescued Osiris's mutilated body parts after Set murdered him. Their son Horus was one of the {{Top God}}s of the pantheon.
121	** Set, the god of desert, [[OppositesAttract is married to]] Nephthys, the goddess of water. Also notable since Nephthys is probably the sweetest deity of the Egyptian pantheon, and she's paired with, [[GodOfEvil well, Set]].
122	** Another [[MasculineGirlFeminineBoy odd couple]] consists of Ptah (the wise god of creators, craftsmen, and architects) and Sekhmet (the bloodthirsty goddess of war and slaughter).
123	** Ra was sometimes said to be married to Hathor (who was also portrayed as his mother or daughter in other contexts).
124	* Myth/NorseMythology: Óðinn and Frigg, Þór and Sif, Loki and Angrboða (this is God on Giant action technically[[note]]or even ''Giant'' on Giant action -- Loki is a Giant who is a God because he got adopted as a brother by Óðinn. As one might guess, the differences between Gods and Giants weren't always all that clear in Norse mythology.[[/note]]). The giantess Skaði marries Njörðr (and seems to be placed in the role of goddess of hunting, skiing, and mountains), but some stories indicate this does not last -- at which point she instead becomes a consort of Óðinn.
125	* Myth/HinduMythology has many examples, but the best-known three are:
126	** Shiva (the God of Destruction) and Parvati (the Goddess of Strength and Family)
127	** Vishnu (the God of Protection) and Lakshmi (the Goddess of Wealth and Fortune). Oftentimes, devotees will make a request to Vishnu through Lakshmi, because it is said that he will not refuse a request from her.
128	** Brahma (the God of Creation) and Saraswati (the Goddess of Knowledge). In this case, ''Saraswati'' is the more popular one to invoke (especially for students and academics) compared to her husband, whom people revere but almost never directly pray to.
129	* Izanagi and his wife, Izanami, the creator deities of Japan according to Shintoism in Myth/JapaneseMythology. Amaterasu was also initially married (or at least betrothed) to her brother Tsukuyomi until his murder of food deity Ukemochi drove her away from him in disgust.
130	* Fu Xi and Nu Wa are the brother-sister and husband-wife deities in the Myth/ChineseMythology that sired humanity.
131	* [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]: One belief of the church pertains to the wife of God, a maternal deity often referred to as [[https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng Heavenly Mother]]. The church's core beliefs on family and the nature/origins of God serve to support this concept.
132	* Some Buddhist Tantric deities come in pairs, often represented in very sexually explicit iconography.
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135	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
136	* Given [[AGodIsYou the nature of the game]], this is practically inevitable in ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''.
137	** It's also a major part of the roles of the Exalted in the First Age. Lunars were meant to be the consorts and companions of Solars, and Solar-Lunar marriages were the norm.
138	** There is also a divine couple with Plot Device-level significance, namely [[spoiler:[[BigBad The Ebon Dragon]] and the Scarlet Empress]]. Depending on what kind of Exalt you are, you might want to stop their nuptial or prevent others from doing so.
139	* One of the more well-known pairings comes from the TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms setting, Kelemvor, God of Death; and Mystra, Goddess of Magic, are a couple. An interesting example in that both deities were mortals who met and formed a relationship during the Time of Troubles, which carried over after they ascended. The relationship was public knowledge among the laity, going so far as to have joint ceremonies and rituals between their respective priesthoods. During the Trial of Cyric, though, the relationship was broken off after their competence and impartiality was brought into question: Kelemvor went out of his way to reward heroic souls who died and punish the cowardly and evil, leading to a break in the BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil; while Mystra began withholding magic from evil spellcasters, to much the same result.
140	* While several of the classic mythological pairings are featured in ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'', it's taken for granted that they're willing to overlook the occasional dalliances with mortals that lead to the title characters. In one case, however (that of Vishnu and Lakshmi), the book actually lists a few ways to produce Scions of either that ''don't'' require infidelity. (Shiva and Parvati... well, let's just say Parvati isn't thrilled about her husband's "yoga classes" in the World.)
141	* ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest'' details many gods, but the most popular are Orlanth (god of storms) and Ernalda (goddess of earth), leaders of the Orlanthi pantheon. She grows the wheat to feed everyone, he fertilizes it with his rains and protects her from enemy gods. Conflict between their masculine/feminine philosophies forms a lot of Orlanthi myths and culture, though that has never stopped the gods themselves from maintaining a happy marriage.
142	-->'''Orlanth:''' Violence is always an option.\
143	'''Ernalda:''' There is always another way.
144	* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'':
145	** Most famously, the goddesses Shelyn (love and beauty), Sarenrae (the sun and healing), and Desna (travel and freedom) are canonically a [[{{Polyamory}} thruple]]. Second Edition has a cult called the Prismatic Ray that worships them as a trinity.
146	** Pharasma, goddess of birth and death, is in a relationship with the minor deity Mrtyu, the psychopomp usher responsible for fallen soldiers and victims of murder and suicide. Mrtyu is said to have been [[DeityOfHumanOrigin the first mortal ever to die with love on his lips]], which intrigued her enough to try wooing his soul when it reached the Boneyard; their relationship has helped her to understand the emotions of mortals better.
147	** Erastil, the god of hunting, agriculture, and community, is ''very'' family-oriented and is HappilyMarried to the minor agriculture goddess Jaidi, with whom he has two children. He frequently tries to set other Good-aligned deities up with partners and considers LoveGoddess Shelyn a friend for her support for marriage and family.
148	** The Tien deities Shizuru, goddess of the sun, and Tsukiyo, god of the moon, are StarCrossedLovers who are only able to be together during a solar eclipse after he was [[CainAndAbel murdered by his brother Fumeiyoshi]] and then brought back to life.
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152	* Two characters in ''Webcomic/{{Antiheroes}}'' are the twin sons of a GodCouple, specifically a powerful fiend and an equally powerful celestial. The in-laws were not happy.
153	* ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'' has (in the {{Backstory}}) She-Is and He-Is, parents of the hyena species. It did not turn out well, which is one reason male hyenas are unfairly treated.
154	* ''Webcomic/{{Kubera}}'': Sagara, who used to be an item with Vasuki, as both are sura. It has been stated that many sura have had relationships with each other.
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158	* Vestoria and Aldius of ''[[VisualNovel/FantasiaOtomeGameSeries Fantasia - Realm of Thanos]]''. Too bad Aldius is killed.
159	* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
160	** In the series' mythology, the [[GodIsDead "dead" creator god]], Lorkhan, was a couple with the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Divines]] Kynareth and/or Mara depending on the religion. [[{{Polyamory}} Sometimes both]]. This is most prominent in their old [[HornyVikings Nordic]] aspects as Shor and Kyne. Shor was a "bloodthirsty warrior king" (which was considered a good thing to the ProudWarriorRace Nords) and Kyne was his warrior-wife shield maiden.
161	** Mara also gets paired with [[TopGod Akatosh/Auri-El]] and, in the [[ScaryBlackMan Yokudan/Redguard]] tradition, Ruptga. In some tellings, Mara is the ''concubine'' to one of them instead.
162	** Sithis, referred to as a "[[PowerOfTheVoid great void]]", is a force representing chaos, change, and limitation. He is coupled with the [[OneBadMother Night Mother]] in the religion of the [[MurderInc Dark]] [[BrotherhoodOfEvil Brotherhood]]. There is evidence that the Night Mother may be an aspect of the Daedric Prince Mephala, who has strong connections to Sithis in the religion of the [[OurElvesAreDifferent Dunmer]]. (The [[ProfessionalKiller Morag Tong]], off of whom the Brotherhood originally split, has Mephala as a patron deity while also having special reverence for Sithis.)
163	** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'': Almalexia spent time coupled with each of her fellow PhysicalGod members of the Tribunal. Neither coupling lasted all that long (at least, on the godly scale of time), with her relationship with Sotha Sil lasting slightly longer (though more intermittent due to his MadScientist nature). Almalexia did a lot of coupling but considered Nerevar to be her lover long after his death. And Nerevar/Almalexia were a political God Couple while they were still mortal.
164	* In fanon, [[Franchise/TouhouProject Yasaka Kanako and Moriya Suwako]], ''literal'' [[HeterosexualLifePartner goddesses]] at that. With Kochiya Sanae as their [[strike:daughter]]great-great-great-...-granddaughter. Sanae really ''is'' Suwako's great-great-great-...-granddaughter, but has no known blood relation to Kanako.
165	* The {{backstory}} for the ''VideoGame/{{Disciples}}'' series includes Gallean and Soloniel. Gallean planted the forests and populated them with [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]], while Soloniel cried oceans and bore [[FishPeople merfolk]]. Then they had to go and antagonize [[Myth/NorseMythology Wotan]], known for his temper, who rips Gallean's heart out and throws it into the sun. Soloniel jumps after it but the sun burns her, turning her into Mortis, the goddess of death. Mortis revives Gallean, at which point he tells her it's over since she's now fleshless.
166	* ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade'' gives the TinyGuyHugeGirl couple of [[BlowYouAway Fuujin]] and [[ShockAndAwe Raijin]]. [[BeastMan Raijin]] is a [[AmazonianBeauty visibly and hugely muscular woman]] (seriously, she'd put any and all [[UsefulNotes/{{Bodybuilding}} female bodybuilders]] to shame) [[LargeAndInCharge about 3.5 times larger than the player]] [[{{Stripperiffic}} with little in terms of clothing]], a large chest, and [[HartmanHips monstrous thighs]] (think "tree trunk-sized") that'd make [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-Li]] look like a twig. She's still [[CuteMonsterGirl very beautiful]], especially when her [[{{Tsundere}} "dere" side finally comes to the surface]]. Fuujin, [[RedOniBlueOni by contrast]], is a very mellow, very adorable little imp, usually calming down the thunder goddess in her less rational moments. He also states ([[{{Bowdlerise}} in the original Japanese version]] and [[PolishedPort in the Aksys retranslation]]) that he loves her fat ass.
167	* ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'': It's implied that once upon a time, Cosmos and Chaos, despite [[OrderVersusChaos representing inherently opposite forces of nature]], [[BeastAndBeauty were lovers and peacefully ruled over the world together]]. [[spoiler:And then came Garland, Chaos' ''own past self'', who convinced Chaos to wage war against his significant other.]] Chaos himself does not remember this until he regains his memories near endgame. [[spoiler:Considering that he just ''killed'' Cosmos moments earlier, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Chaos is mortified]]]]. And to twist the knife further, if you obtain all of the Cosmos and Chaos reports, you find out that [[spoiler:Cosmos is more or less Garland/Chaos' ''[[ParentalIncest adoptive mother]]''. Then again, since they have no blood relations and gods are ageless, they may as well be adoptive siblings or even have no familial ties at all.]]
168	* ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' has Queen Jaydes, ruler of the lower part of the afterlife, [[TheUnderworld The Underwhere]], [[spoiler:married to King Grambi, ruler of the upper part of the afterlife, [[FluffyCloudHeaven The Overthere]].]] They even have a child, [[spoiler:Luvbi, though she [[MacGuffinTurnedHuman isn't exactly their biological daughter]].]]
169	* ''VideoGame/SepterraCore'': Marduk and Kyra, according to the myths.
170	* Asura and Durga, from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', which is tragically cut short in Episode 2.
171	* Inarius and Lilith, the [[FemaleAngelMaleDemon angel and demon]] [[InterspeciesRomance coupling]] that led to the birth of the Nephalem in the ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' universe. The Nephalem were far more powerful than the angels and demons combined and were eventually de-powered into [[HumansAreSpecial humans]].
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175	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' featured literal GodCouple Oberon and Titania. It's implied they split at some point but clearly reconciled by the time Oberon appears near the end of Season 2.
176	* ''WesternAnimation/MummiesAlive'' has an example in the form of Geb and Net. The spirits of the earth and sky respectively. In the show, they are a married couple rather than [[BrotherSisterIncest brother and sister.]] There's also a clear case of UglyGuyHotWife going on.
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