Line #63 Main/GodTropes


1	Tropes that deal with gods and/or goddesses.
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3	Compare with AngelicTropes and TropesOfTheDivine.
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6	!!Tropes
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8	'''Also see:'''
9	* DeityFiction
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11	* AboveTheGods: A setting that features entities even more powerful than its gods.
12	* AbstractApotheosis: When a character becomes an abstract concept or an idea.
13	* TheAlmightyDollar: God(s) of wealth, money, trade, prosperity/abundance, or fortune/luck.
14	* AlmightyIdiot: A being of great power who lacks intelligence and self-awareness.
15	* AmnesiacGod: A deity with LaserGuidedAmnesia at the beginning of a story.
16	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: A deity who represents an abstract concept related to human society or the natural world.
17	* TheAntiGod: Another, often opposing deity who's on par with the one true {{God}}.
18	* AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: Being sacrificed to a volcano god.
19	* BargainWithHeaven: Making deals with gods or goddesses.
20	* BeingGodIsHard: When it sucks to be a deity.
21	* {{Blessing}}: A supernatural gift can be bestowed by deities or by a holy man through proxy.
22	* CelestialBureaucracy: A bureaucracy who determine where people are supposed to go after they die.
23	* {{Cernunnos}}: A horned deity usually associated with hunting, animals, and nature.
24	* CosmicEgg: The universe starting from an egg or something similar.
25	* CrystalDragonJesus: A fantasy religion with similarities to Christianity.
26	* DeathIsALoser: When TheGrimReaper or another deity of death is unintimidating or a ButtMonkey.
27	* DeathOfTheOldGods: When the gods that once ruled the world are dying or fading away.
28	* DeityOfHumanOrigin: A human or human-level being who becomes a god.
29	* DeityOfMortalCreation: A god is created by humans, or their equivalent.
30	* DemiurgeArchetype: A false God-figure who impersonates the true God.
31	* DestroyerDeity: A deity associated with destruction.
32	* DeusEstMachina: An A.I. that's practically a god and thus benevolent.
33	* DisabledDeity: A deity or other divine being who has a disability.
34	* DividedDeity: A deity who becomes split into two or more distinct and lesser deities.
35	* DivineConflict: Deities fighting each other.
36	* DivineDate: A mortal romancing a deity.
37	* DivineDelegation: A pantheon consisting of a TopGod and several lesser gods serving them.
38	* DivineIncest: Incest amongst the gods in mythology.
39	* DivineInfernalFamily: God and {{Satan}} or TheAntiGod are considered relatives.
40	* DivineIntervention: When God (or a divine equivalent in the story) takes an active role in a non-divine character's conflict.
41	* DivineMisfile: When the celestial bureaucracy screws up the paperwork.
42	* DivineParentage: When one or both of a person's parents happens to be a deity.
43	* DivinePunishment: When a god punishes someone (justified or not) for perceived transgressions.
44	* DivineRaceLift: A deity or other mythological figure has an appearance that differs from their usual depiction.
45	* DivineRanks: A pecking order among deities.
46	* DontFearTheReaper: A friendly personification of death.
47	* DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal: Getting raped by a deity isn't considered as bad as getting raped by another mortal.
48	* DragonsAreDivine: Dragons depicted as holy or sacred.
49	* EarthMother: A hearty, smiling lady who is invariably portrayed as heavily pregnant and holding a brimming cornucopia, or nursing a baby, while children play at her feet.
50	* EldritchAbomination: An ancient otherwordly being of unfathomable power.
51	* EmissaryFromTheDivine: An old fashioned prophet from God, or a mortal or angel chosen for a certain role by the divine.
52	* EnergyBeings: Gods and goddesses are sometimes portrayed as this.
53	* EthnicGod: The god of a specific tribe, nation, species or similar group.
54	* EverybodyHatesHades: No one likes the god of death.
55	* EverybodyLovesZeus: The god of light and the heavens is portrayed as good and pure even if they weren't in the original mythology.
56	* EvilStoleMyFaith: It's established that a villain used to be religious, but lost their faith because of a serious misfortune they suffered.
57	* FantasyCounterpartMyth: A fictional myth, or mythical being, clearly modeled after one from RealLife.
58	* FantasyCounterpartReligion: A fictional religion which is explicitly based on or very similar to a real one.
59	* FantasyPantheon: When writers invent fictional deities to populate their world.
60	* FertilityGod: A god responsible for creating and nurturing life.
61	* FightingYourGod: When a person or a group decide to engage in conflict with their own figure of worship or divinity.
62	* FireStolenFromTheGods: A myth that argues that knowledge now held by mortals was taken from the gods by force or trickery.
63	* FoodGod: God of whatever food is the basis for a culture's survival.
64	* ForgedByTheGods: A weapon is special because the gods made it.
65	* {{God}}: Singular almighty being who's often the creator of the universe along with all that's in it and the focus of many religions.
66	* AGodAmI: A person believes themselves to be a god.
67	* AGodIAmNot: A person has amazing godlike powers but does not believe this makes them special or above others.
68	* AGodIsYou: The main character of the game is a god.
69	* GodCouple: When two deities become a couple.
70	* GodEating: Gods eating each other or being eaten by a non-deity.
71	* GodEmperor: A ruler depicted as a deity.
72	* GodGuise: Someone pretends to be a god.
73	* GodInHumanForm: When a deity takes on a human form.
74	* GodIsDead: When the creator of the universe is revealed to be dead.
75	* GodIsDispleased: When deities withdraw their protection over a slight.
76	* GodIsEvil: God is not benevolent in the least.
77	* GodIsFlawed: God isn't perfect and has the same faults as humans do.
78	* GodIsGood: When God, or the setting's equivalent, is portrayed positively.
79	* GodIsInept: Cases in which the Lord Almighty is not suited for his job.
80	* GodIsNeutral: When God is neither benevolent nor malevolent.
81	* GodJob: A job that requires one to be a deity.
82	* GodOfChaos: A god who represents chaos and disorder.
83	* GodOfDarkness: A deity who reigns over shadows, darkness, and the night.
84	* GodOfEvil: A god who represents all that is evil.
85	* GodOfFire: A god who commands fire and/or volcanoes.
86	* GodOfGood: A god who represents all that is good.
87	* GodOfKnowledge: A god who represents knowledge, learning, or wisdom.
88	* GodOfLight: A god who represents the sun, the stars, light, day or dawn.
89	* GodOfOrder: A god who represents order and law.
90	* GodOfTheDead: A deity who either oversees the process of death or judges the souls of the dead.
91	* GodOfTheMoon: A god who represents or moves the moon.
92	* GodOfThunder: A deity who embodies electricity and/or storms.
93	* GodhoodSeeker: Someone wants to be a god.
94	* GodlySidestep: When deities refuse to answer humanity's biggest questions.
95	* GodsHandsAreTied: There are reasons why God can't just fix everything on a whim.
96	* TheGodsMustBeLazy: Gods who are either incapable or unwilling to resolve conflicts.
97	* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Gods will cease to exist if people stop believing in them.
98	* GodWasMyCopilot: A deity in disguise.
99	* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: Gods or goddesses with gold and white color schemes to emphasize their divinity.
100	* {{Gotterdammerung}}: A sudden, large-scale event that causes the gods to die or be sealed away forever.
101	* GrandpaGod: God's usual depiction as a bearded, elderly man.
102	* TheGrimReaper: The AnthropomorphicPersonification of death.
103	* HaveYouSeenMyGod: When God is currently unavailable. He may be coming back, He may not.
104	* HealerGod: Deities of healing and/or medicine.
105	* HeavenAbove: Heaven, where the afterlife and the gods are, represented as being literally in the sky over our heads.
106	* HenotheisticSociety: When it's the societal norm for groups or individuals to favor the worship of one god of a FantasyPantheon over the others.
107	* HighTechHeaven: When deities or angels make use of modern or even sci-fi level technology.
108	* HomeOfTheGods: The place where deities reside.
109	* HotGod: Beautiful deities.
110	* IncrediblyInconvenientDeity: When deities hassle their helpers.
111	* InhumanlyBeautifulRace: Deities often possess beauty far beyond normal human standards.
112	* JerkassGods: Gods who tend to screw over mortals.
113	* JudgementOfParis: A depiction of Paris deciding which goddess (Aphrodite, Hera, or Athena) should receive the AppleOfDiscord.
114	* KillTheGod: Killing deities.
115	* KingOfAllCosmos: When God is portrayed as eccentric.
116	* LadyLuck: A deity associated with luck and fortune.
117	* LittleMissAlmighty: When God is depicted as a female child/teen.
118	* LordOfTheOcean: A mercurial ocean deity, usually based on Poseidon.
119	* LoserDeity: Deities who are shunned or treated as a joke by their fellow deities.
120	* LoveGoddess: A deity, often female, of love.
121	* MadGod: A deity who is insane.
122	* TheMaker: The creator(s) of a/the world/universe/multiverse/species/etc.
123	* ManyFacedDivinity: Multiple masks or faces as divine symbolism.
124	* TheModernGods: A god that embodies modern concepts.
125	* ModernizedGod: When a god adapts their role to the modern day.
126	* NotQuiteTheAlmighty: Even God has limits to His power.
127	* OddJobGods: An excessively specialized deity.
128	* OfferingsToTheGods: Making physical offerings to deities.
129	* TheOldGods: Entities that are above and/or came before the gods.
130	* OlympusMons: A powerful creature you can capture and make fight for you and which also happens to be a divine being.
131	* OmniscientMoralityLicense: A deity who can do ''anything'' to the hero and still be considered one of the good guys because they know it will turn out okay.
132	* OurGodsAreDifferent: Common attributes and features of gods in fiction.
133	* OurTitansAreDifferent: The different traits and varying depictions of the Titans in fiction.
134	* PalsWithJesus: A character, or characters, who has a direct line to deities.
135	* PantheonSitcom: Deities in a sitcom setting.
136	* PatronGod: When a god or goddess regularly rewards devotion and piety toward them.
137	* PhysicalGod: A corporeal entity with god-like abilities.
138	* PiecesOfGod: God got broken into many pieces; this is the result of what happened.
139	* PowerOfTheGodHand: When a person, item, or skill is named "god hand," which makes them seem powerful.
140	* PowersThatBe: Almighty, powerful, and invisible forces.
141	* {{Precursors}}: Deities whose culture came before that of humans.
142	* {{Psychopomp}}: Deities or spirits of death.
143	* ReasoningWithGod: When a mortal convinces higher powers to help, or at least not to harm.
144	* RelievingTheReaper: When someone temporarily takes over Death's job.
145	* SemiDivine: A part normal, part supernatural being. Or in between them, in general.
146	* {{Shinigami}}: The Japanese version of TheGrimReaper.
147	* StockGods: Certain god archetypes.
148	* SuperHeroGods: A mythological deity depicted as a superhero.
149	* ThereIsAGod: A character is happy about something they wanted to happen and considers their good fortune proof that God must exist.
150	* TitanomachyRoundTwo: Someone's trying to free the Titans of Greek Mythology to take out the Gods.
151	* TopGod: A deity above the rest by their authority or very nature.
152	* TricksterGod: Gods of trickery and deceit.
153	* WarGod: A deity associated with warfare.
154	* WhatIfGodWasOneOfUs: When God is a human living among humans.
155	* WorshippedForGreatDeeds: Someone who is not a god is nevertheless worshipped because of something they did.

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