History Main / AnimalReligion

** Though downplayed, the lions in the films themselves do seem to have a concept of the afterlife. At minimum, the previous kings watch over everyone after they die.

** "The Great Spirit" is referenced in licensed comics. He is the Prideland lions' God and is depicted as an elderly lion with white eyes.

* The PartiallyCivilizedAnimal gryphons of ''The Summer King Chronicles'' worship the sun god Tyr [[spoiler:and the moon goddess Tor, whose importance to the Vanir kingdom was erased by their night-fearing Aesir conquerors.]]

** What happens to kittypets and loners is not specified, nor what occurs to cats that live far from the Clans. Jake, a kittypet, was allowed into [=StarClan=] because he befriended (or [[OfficialCouple more]], according to the writers) Tallstar in his life. Ravenpaw initially refuses to join [=StarClan=] because his friend Barley can't come with him, but he's told that both he and Barley can be together in [=StarClan=].

* ''Fanfic/TheirBond': It's mentioned that wolfos (a wolf-like enemy from ''The Legend of Zelda'') believe in the Great Wolf.

** Princess Luna and and Princess Celestia are deemed gods by {{fanon}}. The cartoon itself doesn't imply it besides characters sometimes using their names in vain, such as "As Celestia is my witness..." and "Thank Celestia". For two seasons they were the only alicorns (and according to Creator/LaurenFaust were meant to be the only ones), and even compared to Twilight and Cadance they're unusual. They're over [[Really700YearsOld 1000 years old]] (though some ExpandedUniverse material implies they're long-lived and slow-aging, rather than immortal), are taller than other alicorns, and have flowing, ethereal manes. {{Fanon}} has assumed they're naturally born alicorns and thus are functionally immortal gods, while "ascended alicorns" age normally and die of old age. Cadance (who is canonically ascended) is occasionally dubbed a "goddess of love", though, and many fanworks portray her as similarly immortal.

** Dogs personify nature. The sun is the Sun-Dog, earth is the Earth-Dog, dogs that exist in the heavens are the Sky-Dogs. The Sky-Dogs act similarly to gods (with dogs even saying such things as "[[OhMyGods Thank the Sky-Dogs]]"), while the Earth-Dog is the one reverend when dogs die. There are also various mythical characters, such as Lightning, a legendary dog so fast that he can escape death, that create natural occurrences.

* ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'':

** In the comic ''Why Stories Are Told About Anansi'', an ancient god known as the "Sky God" is discussed. He was a god towards all animals, not just lions. He fall out of favor after a spider named Anansi eclipsed his fame.

** Dogs have some religious rituals. For example, dogs turning before they sleep is called a "sleep-ritual" (but it's only a ''proper'' sleep-ritual if you turn exactly three times).

** What happens to kittypets and loners is not specified, nor what occurs to cats that live far from the Clans. Jake, a kittypet, was allowed into [=StarClan=] because he befriended (or [[OfficialCouple more]], according to the writers) Tallstar in his life.

** Literature/{{Discworld}}'':

* The Educated Rodents in ''Discworld/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents'' have developed the idea that if a rat is a good rat, then when they die the [[TheGrimReaper Bone Rat]] will take them to the Big Rat Underground, whose tunnels are filled with food. It's not an idea they're all that sure about, though, since the ones who get philosophical about things are constantly questioning it and the ones who don't think it's not worth worrying about one way or the other.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': In ''Literature/TheTruth'', a translator reveals that elderly, beloved dog Wuffles refers to his owner as "God". The translator (a dog himself) calls it old-fashioned.

** Dogs have some religious rituals. For example, dogs turning before they sleep is called a "sleep-ritual".

* In ''Literature/{{Survivor|Dogs}}s'', dogs personify nature. The sun is the Sun-Dog, earth is the Earth-Dog, dogs that exist in the heavens are the Sky-Dogs. The Sky-Dogs act similarly to gods, while the Earth-Dog is the one reverend when dogs die. There are also various mythical characters, such as Lightning, a legendary dog so fast that he can escape death, that create natural occurrences.

* In ''Literature/{{Bravelands}}'' almost all animals worship the Great Spirit. Only a few species, such as lions, do not believe in the Great Spirit. It is believed that one animal, known as either the "Great Mother" or "Great Father" depending on their gender, embodies the Great Spirit. This Great Parent is respected by almost all other animals due to their wisdom and special ability to read bones. Little has been noted about what afterlife the animals believe in, but it is implied to be a paradise in the stars. Animals bury their dead, however it's not a complete burial as scavenging is an important part of their culture and spirituality.

* Lemurs in ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' believe in "sky spirits".
* ''WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien'' expands on the lemurs' Sky Gods with a whole pantheon of gods responsible for individual things, their chief god being named Frank, and all their other gods having similarly normal-sounding names like Kevin and Gladys. Similarly, aye-aye are said to worship a pantheon of bells that live deep underground.

* Creator/RichardAdams' book ''Literature/WatershipDown'' details the belief system of rabbits. Frith, the sun, made the all the stars and the Earth, and all the animals thereon. Frith's second-in-command is Inle, the moon, tasked with collecting the dead and meting out punishments. The first rabbit angered Frith with his arrogance, and was punished by becoming prey to oodles of predators, which made him El-ahrairah, the Prince With A Thousand Enemies. In the lapine world, El-ahrairah functions like a combination Adam and Hercules, and those rabbits that excel at survival skills are welcomed in the afterlife to El-ahrairah's inner circle. Much of this is [[WesternAnimation/WatershipDown depicted]] in the 1978 AnimatedAdaptation by Nepenthe Studios.

* ''Literature/FireBringer'' has Herne, the God of Deer (or Herla as they call themselves) and Star Buck, the mythological hero of Deer. Herne Himself even summons [[Rannoch to join Him]] as the hero is last legs at the end.

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* In ''Literature/{{Bravelands}}'' almost all animals worship the Great Spirit. Only a few species, such as lions, do not believe in the Great Spirit. It is believed that one animal, known as either the "Great Mother" or "Great Father" depending on their gender, embodies the Great Spirit. This Great Parent is respected by almost all other animals due to their wisdom and special ability to read bones. Little has been noted about what afterlife the animals believe in, but it is implied to be a paradise in the stars.

* In the original ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes'' series of films, the apes believe that God created the Ape in his own image, and the apes have a set of Sacred Scrolls, which contain stories and proverbs, including a story about an ape named Proteus chaining a man to a rock, and a verse warning the apes to "beware the beast man".

* Inklings in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' are [[ApparentlyHumanMerfolk evolved versions]] of squids who worship a fax machine. This is due to an AlternateCharacterReading for "God" being "paper".

* In ''Literature/{{Bravelands}}'' almost all animals worship the Great Spirit. Only a few species, such as lions, do not believe in the Great Spirit.