History Main / WarGod

* Myth/NorseMythology: Óðinn, Týr, and you can make a case for several of the others, such as Þór and Freyja. There are also all the Valkyries, whose names relate to war in one way or another. E.g. Hildr (battle), Hlökk, (battle), and Gunnr (war). Basically the Norse Gods are practically a War ''Pantheon''.

%%* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'': Guan Yu.

* There's a web browser game on Facebook called ''VideoGame/CastleAge''. A character from there, called Malekus, would qualify.

** ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'':

** ComicBook/WonderWoman has a recurring foe in ComicBook/{{Ares|DC}} who often combines the BloodKnight aspects of Ares with the tactics of Mars. Whether or not the two are one and the same, and the details of his history with Wonder Woman, depend on the continuity. He was her original ArchEnemy in the Golden Age, acting as the driving force behind the horrors of World War II. In the ComicBook/New52, Wonder Woman herself was temporarily tricked into believing she was the newest Olympian God of War.

** In the old [[HornyVikings Nordic]] pantheon, Shor (their version of [[IHaveManyNAmes Lorkhan/Shezarr]], the "[[GodIsDead dead]]" god who convinced the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Aedra]] to create Mundus, the mortal realm) was a bloodthirsty warrior king and was also their TopGod, fitting for a {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}}. After his "death", his spirit was forced to wander Mundus, occasionally [[GodInHumanForm taking form]] as a "[[EternalHero Shezarrine]]", who would typically act as [[HumansAreSpecial great champions to mankind]] while slaughtering many, many [[OurElvesAreDifferent Elves]]. Even though most modern Nords have adopted the Imperial [[SaintlyChurch Nine Divines]] pantheon, many still hold Shor in high regard.

* in''Literature/{{Victoria}}'': Invoked tongue-in-cheek by Captain John Rumford. When the question of proposing to his {{Love Interest|s}} Maria comes up, he argues that due to his demanding (and sometimes dangerous) military work, he is [[MarriedToTheJob already married]] to [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Bellona]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'': Xivu Arath is the Hive's god of war, meaning she perfectly embodies their OmnicidalManiac philosophy. She doesn't have her sister Savathûn's cunning or her brother Oryx's knowledge, meaning she's often considered the [[DumbMuscle least intelligent]] of the Hive's three gods, but she does have discipline, strategic acumen, and incredible, bloody-minded tenacity. She's described as having elevated regular attrition warfare into a new form of war that attacks "the enemy’s very fundamental modes of being and knowing", forcing her enemies to fight battle after endless battle until they simply lose the will to resist. Worse, she draws power from battle and carnage no matter who's doing the dying, meaning she grows stronger even when she's defeated.

** After crossing into Myth/NorseMythology territory, we are introduced to Týr, though he has not been seen in ''VideoGame/GodOfWar2018'' and is presumed dead. Unlike typical examples of War Gods, he's described as an AllLovingHero who advocated for peace and traveled across the realms learning of other cultures. He shows up in ''Videogame/GodOfWarRagnarok'' where Kratos and Atreus rescue him from imprisonment... [[spoiler:or to be more specific, they end up "rescuing" Odin disguising himself as Tyr. The real Tyr is rescued in a post-game questline]].

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* Here's a ''list'' of war god/dessess for ya: http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/godsmyth/a/102110-War-Gods-And-Goddesses.htm.

** After crossing into Myth/NorseMythology territory, we are introduced to Týr, though he has not been seen in ''VideoGame/GodOfWar2018'' and is presumed dead.

*** The human nations have Ulric and Myrmidia, the first being the [[GrimUpNorth Generic]] {{Barbarian|Hero}} war god and a GoodCounterpart of sorts to Khorne and the other an {{Expy}} of Athena. Ulric is about honorable combat and manly butchering of the enemy, Myrmidia is a strategist par excellence and is a ruthless CombatPragmatist, while Sigmar is fine with his followers doing whatever, he himself very much loved to take his hammer to enemy skulls in life and is just as belligerent and fighty in divinity.

** Khaine, the Bloody-Handed God, serves in the pantheon of the Elves and the Eldar as god of rage, murder, and war.

*** It should be noted that Ares was considered the patron of Sparta, while Athena was the patron their [[AthensAndSparta rival]] Athens - who are also responsible for [[WriterOnBoard most of]] the [[DependingOnTheAuthor surviving]] [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation stories]]. In their telling, Athena basically represents the glorious aspects of war and Ares represents the brutality.

* ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'': Of the three Hive gods, Xivu Arath is specifically identified as the god of war, which is saying something considering the Hive are already a species of {{Blood Knight}}s who consider war a moral imperative. She doesn't have her sister Savathûn's cunning or her brother Oryx's knowledge, meaning she's often considered the [[DumbMuscle least intelligent]] of the three, but she does have discipline, strategic acumen, and incredible, bloody-minded tenacity. She's described as having elevated regular attrition warfare into a new form of war that attacks "the enemy’s very fundamental modes of being and knowing", forcing her enemies to fight battle after endless battle until they simply lose the will to resist.

* ''ComicBook/{{Hound|2014}}'': Morrigan, the Irish goddess of war, sets her sight on Setanta and manipulates people into fighting each other to regain power for herself after peace has weakened her.

** Tabletopgame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'': As a mortal elf, Tyrion was one of greatest warriors the elven nations ever produces. As the god of light, he's taken that to its logical conclusion; those elves of Hysh who follow his teachings are known for being more martial and militaristic then those who follow his brother Teclis, the Mage-God. This makes sense, as the siblings were a famous SwordAndSorcerer duo as mortals.

* ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'': Of the three Hive gods, Xivu Arath is specifically identified as the god of war, which is saying something considering the Hive are already a species of {{Blood Knight}}s who consider war a moral imperative. She doesn't have her sister Savathûn's cunning or her brother Oryx's knowledge, meaning she's often considered the [[DumbMuscle least intelligent]] of the three, but she does have discipline, strategic acumen, and incredible, bloody-minded tenacity. She's described as having elevated regular attrition warfare into a new form of war that attacks "the enemy’s very fundamental modes of being and knowing", which seems to mean that her relentless assaults gradually turn other civilizations as brutal and warlike as the Hive (which they consider a win, war being a moral imperative and all).

** Among Eorzea's pantheon of gods, the Twelve, Halone the Fury, is the goddess of ice and war. Fittingly, she is the guardian deity of the Holy Sea of Ishgard, who have [[ForeverWar been at war with the Dravanian Horde]] for a ''thousand years'' by the time the player pays them a visit.

** Though Halone is the official war goddess, [[DestroyerDiety Rhalgr the Destroyer]] is also frequently associated with war as the patron god of [[ProudWarriorRace Ala Mhigo]]. In Eorzean myth, Rhalgr was Halone's mentor in combat.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''[='=]s pantheon of gods, the Twelve, includes Halone the Fury, who is the setting's resident goddess of ice and war. Fittingly, she is the guardian deity of the Holy Sea of Ishgard, who have [[ForeverWar been at war with the Dravanian Horde]] for a ''thousand years'' by the time the player pays them a visit.

* The Babylonian Ishtar (also known as Astarte) was a goddess of love ''and'' war. Cynics might argue that those aren't all that inappropriate together, though; and as Shakespeare and a number of others would say, "All's fair in love and war."

** God is believed by some scholars to be a CompositeCharacter of the TopGod El of Canaanite religion, and the actual Semitic War God Yahweh (though ''other'' scholars say they were '''one and the same''' to begin with). This may explain some of his more... morally ambiguous acts, though Anat and Tanit (AKA Tank) were the more popular war goddesses to most Semites.