History Main / CrossoverCosmology

** ** WordOfGod says some of them are related to Gods from his ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'' movie. The Aztec god, Lord Mictlan is a brother of Mayan god, Xubalba and that Aztec goddess, Lady Micte is a sister of La Muerte from folk Catholicism and Mexican Neopaganism.

** ** WordOfGod says some of them are related to Gods from his ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLifeMovie''. The Aztec god, Lord Mictlan is a brother of Mayan god, Xubalba and that Aztec goddess, Lady Micte is a sister of La Muerte from folk Catholicism and Mexican Neopaganism.

* ''Manga/ShuumatsuNoWalkureRecordOfRagnarok'' features gods from multiple different mythologies acting as a single pantheon, with [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Zeus]] as the TopGod. The series also features gods from [[Myth/NorseMythology Norse]], [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Egyptian]], [[Myth/HinduMythology Hindu]], and Myth/JapaneseMythology, while also featuring legendary figures from Literature/TheBible and UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}}.

So, it turns out that AllMythsAreTrue; you can have breakfast with the God of Thunder, [[PalsWithJesus chat it up]] with the AnthropomorphicPersonification [[ComicBook/TheSandman of Dreams]], [[DontFearTheReaper or even have a heart to heart with]] TheGrimReaper. All the while remaining totally un-conflicted about remaining faithful to the [[{{God}} Big Guy Upstairs]] or whichever major religion the characters follow; even CrystalDragonJesus can hang with the PowersThatBe and get a high five.

* ''Literature/{{Technomancer}} by MK Gibson: Despite its Judeo-Christian premise, this appears to be the case. [[spoiler: Other gods are descendants of exiled but not damned angels.]]

* ''Film/BrideOfChucky'', like all films in its series, features a killer doll with the soul of a serial killer transferred by voodoo ritual. In a locker at the film's beginning there is the [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet clawed glove of an undead serial killer who kills people in their dreams due to receiving dream demons' power]], a [[Franchise/FridayThe13th hockey mask belonging to an undead serial killer]] hinted at in ''Film/JasonGoesToHellTheFinalFriday'' at having been brought from the dead by the [[Franchise/EvilDead Necronomicon]], a [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} William Shatner mask belonging to a similar serial killer that is not undead but under an evil curse by a Druid cult]], and a [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre chainsaw belonging to a retarded cannibal that doesn't have any supernatural powers or origins at all]]. And if that is not enough, Chucky briefly refers to a [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} demon created by a box with the powers of hell]], implying he saw him there.

* ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' mostly goes up against {{Eldritch Abomination}}s of the Lovecraftian stripe (who sometimes have vaguely Babylonian names, but are eventually revealed to be part of wider pseudo-Judeo-christian mythology). However, the universe around him contains Celtic paganism (King Arthur and TheFairFolk), a Greek goddess (Hecate), African folk heroes, Norse gods, and ancient prehuman advanced cultures straight out of Theosophy. In one ''BPRD'' story, the pagan goddess Cloacina is portrayed as the patron saint of Venice, opposed by the forces of hell.

* ''Literature/TheDarkIsRising'' combines Myth/CelticMythology and Myth/KingArthur legends with touches of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek]] and Myth/EgyptianMythology.

* Alan Garner's ''Literature/TheWeirdstoneOfBrisingamen'' does this for a mixed bag of Celtic, Nordic, Irish, Welsh and English myths including The Morrigan, King Arthur, Merlin, Ragnarok and the Norse svart-alfar and lios-alfar.

* In ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', there's some theories put forth InUniverse that the "old beliefs" of gods, angels, demons, etc. were either outright fabrications or simply ancient proto-psykers getting glimpses into the Warp. Then of course there's the theory that the Immortal Emperor "popped up" now and again throughout history as particularly influential people.. Jesus, King Arthur and the like, but always either a great warrior or great philosopher (or both!)

* While ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'' is first and foremost about Greek mythology, the Infernal Arms' hidden aspects reference mythical figures from other cultures, namely King Arthur, Guan Yu, Beowulf, Rama, Gilgamesh, and Lucifer. They're acknowledged as deities that don't quite exist yet but are within the Fates' design.

** This also comes up with Astra (a deeply Catholic superhero who is eventually given a weapon by someone claiming to be the ArchangelMichael) and her love interest Kitsune (who claims to be a literal magical [[AsianFoxSpirit Kitsune]]. Astra soon realizes that [[RiddleForTheAges she's never going to find a real answer]], but the fact that a good Catholic girl is dating a foreign trickster god gets brought up more than once.

* Creator/GoreVidal's ''Literature/{{Creation}}'' is an attempt to do this realistically. It's an epic story of a single man, Cyrus Spitama, Zoroaster's grandson and a student of Pythagoras whose long life allows him to visit near-contemporaries like Vardhaman Mahavir, Gautam Buddha, Confucius and Socrates, all of them living as near-contemporaries and coming up with ideas on [[TitleDrop creation]] at near about the same time.

** Vertigo's ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' is set in the same pantheistic universe, where John Constantine might visit Hell one week and summon the Aztec god of death in the next. (Contrast with the movie adaptation ''Film/{{Constantine}}'', which uses Catholic theology exclusively.)

** One Franchise/WonderWoman [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Volume 2]] story suggested that the Greek gods discovered a small tribe in Italy that worshipped them (due to stories told by Darkseid for [[BatmanGambit reasons of his own]]), and created duplicates of themselves to watch over them. As the Romans grew more powerful and developed a culture distinct from the Greeks, the duplicate gods changed to suit them, until they were entirely separate entities.
** A ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' story, set shortly after Zeus had teamed up with the Hindu pantheon in ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|1942}}'', had Zeus inspired to set up the Interfaith Deity Council of Active Polytheistics, comprising himself, Odin, Thoth and Ale (a West African fertility goddess). They were opposed by a group of [[GodOfEvil Gods Of Evil]] comprising Baal, the Morrigan (Celtic war goddess), Izanami (Japanese death goddess), Mixcoatl, and Ahriman (the Zoroastian ultimate evil).
** Other stories portray Zeus as a member of the Quintessance -- a group consisting of himself, ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger (whose [[MultipleChoicePast generally accepted origin story]] is Judeo-Christian), Highfather of the ComicBook/NewGods, Ganthet of the [[Franchise/GreenLantern Guardians of the Universe]] and ComicBook/{{Shazam}} (who receives his own powers from a mish-mash of gods ''including Zeus'').
** ''[[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]]'' anti-hero/villain ComicBook/BlackAdam draws his powers from the Egyptian pantheon. Captain Marvel himself gets his powers from a Hebrew king, two Greek heroes, one titan, a Greek god, and a Roman god.

** ''Legend of the Amazons'', set in the backstory of the ''Comicbook/WonderWoman'' mileau, has the Greek and Norse pantheons as both existing but not interacting. Until it turns out that the Norns are the Moirae, just known by a different name. (This may or may not tie into ''The Sandman'''s implication that ''all'' examples of TheHecateSisters are actually the three witches from ''The Witching Hour'')

** In ''Film/{{The Mummy|1999}}'', Imhotep has god-like powers and is able to recreate the ten plagues, even though in the Biblical account of the Exodus story the Egyptian gods could only replicate the first two. The group of warriors who fight him, and whose ancestors gave him his power, are Muslims.

* Invoked in ''Film/OhGod'' by God himself:

* ''[[Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters]]'': Dionysus, the Greek god of wine remarks that the Christians had a god who could turn water into wine.

** The Wakandans from ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' have the Egyptian goddesses Bast and Sekhmet guide them to the afterlife but believe the Hindu god Hanuman granted the Javari tribe never-ending wood.

** ''Series/{{Moon Knight|2022}}'' features Egyptian gods but no other pantheons are mentioned. Bast is notably absent afteralready being established as a Wakandan god.

*** Some of the Egyptian gods from ''Series/MoonKnight'' cameo and an offscreen "[[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} God of Carpenters]]" is pointed out.

* The ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'':
** ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' has the [[WarGod God of War]] Ares as a villain and the Amazons generally imply the rest of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek Mythology]] to be true.
** ''[[Film/JusticeLeague2017 Justice League]]'' introduced Steppenwolf, one of the ComicBook/NewGods. A {{flashback}} shows the Greek gods fighting him when he tried to invade Earth ages ago.
*** The Greek gods fight Darkseid, the EvilOverlord of the New Gods, during said invasion in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''.
** Like in the comics, Film/{{Shazam|2019}} gets most of his powers from the Greco-Roman figures [[note]]Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury[[/note]] but gets his wisdom from the Biblical Solomon. These gods aren't otherwise relevant to the plot but Atlas' daughters Hespera and Kalypso are due to be villains in the sequel, ''Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods''.
* ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'' worships the fictional god Crom like he does in the books. But here he mentions that if he can't answer the Riddle Of Steel when he dies, then Crom will cast him out of Valhalla. The latter is from Myth/NorseMythology.

--->And Dios knew that Net was the Supreme God, and that Fon was the Supreme God, and so were Hast, Set, Bin, Sot, Io, Dhek, and Ptooie; that Herpentine Triskeles alone rules the world of the dead, and so did Syncope, and Silur the Catfish-Headed God, and Orexis-Nupt.

* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Despite always being referred to by a Japanese word, [[OurSpiritsAreDifferent ayakashi]] exist all over the world. Since many are {{tulpa}} [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve shaped by human belief]], they correspond to their native mythology. One chapter sees Snegurocha, the snow maiden of Russian folklore, coming to Japan to claim the title of King of the Ayakashi.

** Like in the comics, Film/{{Shazam|2019}} gets most of his powers from the Greek figures [[note]]Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury[[/note]] but gets his wisdom from the Biblical Solomon. These gods aren't otherwise relevant to the plot but Atlas' daughters Hespera and Kalypso are due to be villains in the sequel, ''Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods''.

* Since even the most basic of random monsters in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' universe are taken from some mythology or other, it ultimately ends up with a cast numbering in the THOUSANDS, taken from everywhere and anywhere. Inclusions range from most of the Norse, Egyptian, Roman and Chinese pantheons, to Zoroastrian gods, patron spirits of obscure, African tribes, minor demons and angels from Catholic apocrypha, and even a variety of anthropomorphic personifications. [[EverythingTryingToKillYou And most of them don't like you much, either]]. You can help them grow to like you, if you can convince them to [[{{Mon}} aid you]]. There are a couple of demons around (not counting Yamaoka from ''VideoGame/{{Persona|1}}'') who don't come from any mythology: [[CreepyChild Ali]][[OriginalGeneration ce]], Ghost Q, David, Matador, Daisoujou and Hell Biker amongst them. And even then, most of them have legit backgrounds that justify their appearance; for instance, there's an urban legend in which a girl named Alice dies and looks for children whose souls she can take to be her playmates. This is exactly what she does in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI''. It doesn't help that she's an AliceAllusion.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'''s pantheon contains [[{{Expy}} expies]] of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, Greco-Roman, Norse, Voodoo and {{Mayincatec}} gods, as well as Native American beliefs, the [[ElementalRockPaperScissors elemental]] lords and the dragon aspects. In addition, the original Warcraft game referred to the Judeo-Christian God, but that was {{retcon}}ned later into the more vague "Light". The [[CrystalDragonJesus Naaru]] were later introduced as the physical manifestations of the Light.
* The ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' games were initially based solely on Greek Myth/ClassicalMythology, but included Efreet, which are of Arabic myths, Manticores and Rocs, which are of Persian myths. Apart from these occasional monsters however, there was no real indication that any other mythologies existed during the Greek era - according to WordOfGod the original plan for the series was that after the destruction of the Greek pantheon, Kratos would join forces with his Norse equivalent to destroy the Norse pantheon, and then the two teaming up with their Egyptian equivalent to destroy the Egyptian pantheon. From there, the series would end with the three former gods going to a star in the north and witnessing the birth of Jesus. This plan was initially scrapped, but elements were brought back for the 2018 ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'', in which Kratos moves north and has dealings with the Norse gods and monsters, finally confirming that other pantheons exist in this universe. In addition, [[spoiler:it's discovered that even more gods exist such as Egyptian, Celtic, Japanese and Mesoamerican pantheons]].
* Arguably, an underlying theme throughout the Elder Scrolls series is that different, contradictory mythologies are all simultaneously true. There were some seven different endings for ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'' depending upon the final decision of the player; the succeeding games describe all the possible endings having occurred, despite the contradictions involved.
** Most religion in TES games seems to involve arguments about whose gods are actually gods, and which ones exist at all. Daedra are mostly seen as evil and equivalent to demons, but they're mostly shown as embodying a specific aspect rather than being either good or evil. There are also the Aedra, who are generally seen as good but don't seem to be objectively different from the Daedra in any way. Then there are the Nine Divines, except that non-humans tend to believe there are only eight of them and as of Skyrim, worship of Talos (a human and the first emperor who was previously believed to have become the ninth) has been banned entirely. The Orcish deity may or may not be a Daedra lord depending on who you ask. Traditional Dunmer worship their ancestors, but Imperial culture classes this as necromancy and tends to shun or ban it outright. More recently the Dunmer had mortals become {{Physical God}}s, who were no more than tolerated as a religion by other cultures. As of Morrowind and its expansions, at least three out of the four are dead anyway.
** TES games also include quite a few bits of different real world mythologies. Bloodmoon and Skyrim have various aspects of Norse mythology, Redguards vary between Arabian and more eastern, Bretons are usually portrayed with a Celtic look, and Imperials are a cross between the Roman and British empires. In addition, many of the monsters are based on various bits of folklore - most prominently vampires and werewolves.
* ''VideoGame/NamuAmidaButsuUtena'': The game is almost entirely about Buddhism, but heading the villains is a group of demonic figures from various traditions: Māra (Buddhist), Pazuzu (Mesopotamian), Satan (Christian) and Iblis (Islam).

* ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}'' is a MOBA which originally featured gods and creatures from [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greco]]-[[AncientGrome Roman]], [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Egyptian]], [[Myth/NorseMythology Norse]], [[Myth/ChineseMythology Chinese]], [[Myth/HinduMythology Hindu]] and [[Myth/MayanMythology Mayan]] pantheons. However, over time it added [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Japanese]], [[Myth/CelticMythology Celtic]], [[Myth/SlavicMythology Slavic]], [[Myth/PacificMythology Hawaiian]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Voudoun}} Voodoo]], [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Arthurian]] and [[Myth/YorubaMythology Yoruba]] pantheons. The amount of different pantheons became 15 when in 2020 the Great Old Ones of the [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu Mythos]] were included and it currently stands at 16 when the [[Myth/MesopotamianMythology Babylonian]] got added in 2021 which [[spoiler: made the universe being reset]].
* The nations of ''VideoGame/{{Dominions}}'' draw from a number of real-world mythologies and historical nations, with some modern fantasy (e.g. Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian, Creator/HPLovecraft) mixed in. The game designer is a social sciences and religion teacher, [[ShownTheirWork and it shows]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Spelunky}}'' puts Meso-American, Egyptian, Sumerian, and Chinese myths all under the roof of one single dungeon, with guest appearances by Lovecraftian and Arthurian artifacts.

* ''Franchise/FateSeries'': While most of the Heroic Spirits are historical (or at least [[LegendFadesToMyth theoretically historical]]), many of them are empowered by gods from a variety of pantheons, with no mention of any difficulties. In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', actual gods start appearing, from the Mesopotamian Ishtar and Ereshkigal to the South American Jaguar Spirit. It should be noted that the gods are far more powerful than Heroic Spirits, and have to limit themselves by borrowing the body of a human in order to participate in a Holy Grail War.
* ''VideoGame/TokyoAfterschoolSummoners'' has many different mythologies interacting in modern day Tokyo, including Shinto, Greek, Norse, and even Christianity and the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. Most of these inhabitants, referred to as transients, are the heroes, villains, and gods that originated from those myths and have adapted by gaining new jobs that help their powers, joining guilds, or even attend schools.

** ''[[Film/JusticeLeague2017 Justice League]]'' introduced Steppenwolf, one of the ComicBook/NewGods. A flashback shows the Greek gods fighting him in the {{flashback}} of a previous invasion of Earth ages ago.

** ''[[Film/WonderWoman2017 Wonder Woman]]'' has WarGod Ares as a villain and the amazons generally imply the rest of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek Mythology]] to be true.
** ''[[Film/JusticeLeague2017 Justice League]]'' introduced Steppenwolf, one of the ''ComicBook/NewGods'' sent to invade Earth for them. A flashback shows the Greeks gods fighting him in a previous invasion.
** Like in the comics, ''[[Film/Shazam2019 Shazam]]'' gets most of his powers from the Greek figures [[note]]Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury[[/note]] but gets his wisdom from the Biblical Solomon. These gods aren't otherwise relevant to the plot but Atlas' daughters Hespera and Kalypso are due to be villains in the ''Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods'' sequel.
* ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'' worships the fictional god Crom like he does in the books. But here he mentions that if he can't answer the Riddle Of Steel when he dies, then Crom will cast him out of Valhalla, which is from Myth/NorseMythology.

** A sculpture of the Greek WarGod Ares' head can be seen on the battle arena in ''Film/ThorRagnarok''.
** ''Film/{{Eternals}}'' says that legends of Greek gods were inspired by the titular immortal aliens.

*** There's no explanation to how the ''Film/{{Eternals}}'' inspired the Greek myths if the Greek gods actually exist.

** ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' has Zeus.

* In ''Anime/TheGodOfHighSchool'' all mythological figures and deities are real and a select few martial artists have the ability to use their powers to supplement their own abilities through a [[SupernaturalMartialArts technique known as Charyeok]]. At least one of the obvious contradictions this presents is addressed by Nox, an Abrahamic ApocalypseCult which views all other Charyeok users as heathens.

** In ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'', minor references are made that confirm the existence and further coexistence of the Aztec pantheon, Chinese legends, Thai deities, Celtic gods, Zoroastrianism, Babylonian deities, Hindu myths, Samnite entities, and and possible Yoruba religion [[UpToEleven on top of all the others]].

** ''Series/MoonKnight'' features Egyptian gods but no other pantheons are mentioned. Bast is notably absent afteralready being established as a Wakandan god.

** A ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' story, set shortly after Zeus had teamed up with the Hindu pantheon in ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|1942}}'', had Zeus inspired to set up the Interfaith Deity Council of Active Polytheistics, comprising himself, Odin, Thoth and Ale (a West African fertility goddess). They were opposed by a group of [[GodOfEvil Gods Of Evil]] comprising Baal, the Morrigan (Celtic war goddess), Izanami (Japanese death goddess), Mixcoatl, and Ahriman (the Zoroastian UltimateEvil).

** This also comes up with Astra (a deeply Catholic superhero who is eventually given a weapon by someone claiming to be the ArchangelMichael) and her love interest Kitsune (who claims to be a literal magical {{Kitsune}}). Astra soon realizes that [[RiddleForTheAges she's never going to find a real answer]], but the fact that a good Catholic girl is dating a foreign trickster god gets brought up more than once.

** There are also the Norse gods from the ''Film/{{Thor}}'' movies, though the setting [[ClarkesThirdLaw treats them as powerful aliens]] rather than true gods.

* ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'' worships the fictional god Crom like he does in the books. But here he mentions that if he can't answer the Riddle Of Steel when he dies, then Crom will cast him out of Valhalla which is from Myth/NorseMythology.

* ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}'' is a MOBA which originally featured gods and creatures from [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greco]]-[[AncientGrome Roman]], [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Egyptian]], [[Myth/NorseMythology Norse]], [[Myth/ChineseMythology Chinese]], [[Myth/HinduMythology Hindu]] and [[Myth/MayanMythology Mayan]] pantheons. However, over time it added [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Japanese]], [[Myth/CelticMythology Celtic]], [[Myth/SlavicMythology Slavic]], [[Myth/PacificMythology Hawaiian]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Voudoun}} Voodoo]], [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Arthurian]] and [[Myth/YorubaMythology Yoruba]] pantheons. The amount of different pantheons became 15 when in 2020 the Great Old Ones of the [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu mythos]] were included and it currently stands at 16 when the [[Myth/MesopotamianMythology Babylonian]] got added in 2021 which [[spoiler: made the universe being reset]].