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* UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} in ''Literature/TheBible'', is believed by [[UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} Christians]] to be the Word Made Flesh, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity incarnated as a human being, both truly human and truly divine. Opinions differ between sects as to whether Jesus had his powers since birth/conception, or whether they were unlocked by his baptism.
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** Scientology is one example, considering human souls to be the reincarnations of alien souls.
** [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} Mormons]] believe that humans are the spririt children of God, and lived with Him before coming to this world; the Veil keeps you from remembering properly and the human experience is seen as developmental and helpful rather than evil.
** [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} Mormons]] believe that humans are the spririt children of God, and lived with Him before coming to this world; the Veil keeps you from remembering properly and the human experience is seen as developmental and helpful rather than evil.
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* In UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}}, the objective of enlightenment is to reach Nirvana rather than become a god; although gods are seen as beings longer-lived and more powerful than humans, they are not much better or all-knowing. In Mahayana Buddhism, Boddhisatvas (which in some traditions ''are'' effectively all-powerful and all-knowing) can manifest in human or animal form if need be. One of the main differences between Theravada and Mahayana/Vajrayana schools of Buddhism is precisely whether Gautama Buddha was born as a common mortal and attained Nirvana at some point of his life, as the Theravada believe, or if he was already enlighted in previous lives and was a Boddhisatva incarnating to show how to attain Nirvana, as Mahayana and Vajrayana believe.
* In Myth/NorseMythology, the god Odin was known to appear to mortals in the guise of an old man.
* In Myth/NorseMythology, the god Odin was known to appear to mortals in the guise of an old man.
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** [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} Mormons]] believe that humans are the spirit children of God, and lived with Him before coming to this world; the Veil keeps you from remembering properly and the human experience is seen as developmental and helpful rather than evil.
** Scientology considers human souls to be the reincarnations of alien souls.
* In UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}}, the objective of enlightenment is to reach Nirvana rather than become a god; although gods are seen as beings longer-lived and more powerful than humans, they are not much better or all-knowing. In Mahayana Buddhism, Boddhisatvas (which in some traditions ''are'' effectively all-powerful and all-knowing) can manifest in human or animal form if need be. One of the main differences between Theravada and Mahayana/Vajrayana schools of Buddhism is precisely whether Gautama Buddha was born as a common mortal and attained Nirvana at some point of his life, as the Theravada believe, or if he was alreadyenlighted enlightened in previous lives and was a Boddhisatva incarnating to show how to attain Nirvana, as Mahayana and Vajrayana believe.
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*In Myth/NorseMythology, UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} in ''Literature/TheBible'', is believed by [[UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} Christians]] to be the Word Made Flesh, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity incarnated as a human being, both truly human and truly divine. Opinions differ between sects as to whether Jesus had his powers since birth/conception, or whether they were unlocked by his baptism.
* Myth/ClassicalMythology:
** Apollo served for a year as the human-seeming shepherd to King Admetus.
** Similarly, Demeter became nursemaid to King Celeus's son Triptolemus when she was too exhausted to continue the search for her own daughter. She wanted to make Triptolemus a godOdin was known to appear to mortals by covering him in ambrosia and putting him in the guise fire, but was unable to complete the process due to his mother Metanira walking in on her and freaking out. Demeter got a little annoyed, but unlike the more vengeful gods, she understood Metanira's feelings and groomed Triptolemus to be the first priest of an old man.her Eleusinian Mysteries as consolation.
** Zeus made frequent forays to the mortal realm in human form to boink various hot chicks. And, on occasion, to test mortals, like he and Hermes did [[SacredHospitality in the myth of Baucis and Philemon]], where they disguised themselves as two weary travelers and visited a town. The rich folk living there turned them away, but the elderly couple Baucis and Philemon received them with glad hospitality. Zeus rewarded them for their hospitality by granting them their wish: that they should die at the same moment so neither of them had to live widowed. When they did die, they turned into trees, their branches forever intertwined in love.
* In Myth/EgyptianMythology, Osiris and Set are believed to have lived as physical pharaohs of Egypt.
** Scientology considers human souls to be the reincarnations of alien souls.
* In UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}}, the objective of enlightenment is to reach Nirvana rather than become a god; although gods are seen as beings longer-lived and more powerful than humans, they are not much better or all-knowing. In Mahayana Buddhism, Boddhisatvas (which in some traditions ''are'' effectively all-powerful and all-knowing) can manifest in human or animal form if need be. One of the main differences between Theravada and Mahayana/Vajrayana schools of Buddhism is precisely whether Gautama Buddha was born as a common mortal and attained Nirvana at some point of his life, as the Theravada believe, or if he was already
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* Myth/ClassicalMythology:
** Apollo served for a year as the human-seeming shepherd to King Admetus.
** Similarly, Demeter became nursemaid to King Celeus's son Triptolemus when she was too exhausted to continue the search for her own daughter. She wanted to make Triptolemus a god
** Zeus made frequent forays to the mortal realm in human form to boink various hot chicks. And, on occasion, to test mortals, like he and Hermes did [[SacredHospitality in the myth of Baucis and Philemon]], where they disguised themselves as two weary travelers and visited a town. The rich folk living there turned them away, but the elderly couple Baucis and Philemon received them with glad hospitality. Zeus rewarded them for their hospitality by granting them their wish: that they should die at the same moment so neither of them had to live widowed. When they did die, they turned into trees, their branches forever intertwined in love.
* In Myth/EgyptianMythology, Osiris and Set are believed to have lived as physical pharaohs of Egypt.
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* In Myth/JapaneseMythology, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Susanoo]] was exiled from heaven for offending his sister, [[YamatoNadeshiko Amaterasu,]] and forced to wander Japan for awhile. Eventually he killed [[OurDragonsAreDifferent the]] {{Orochi}}, [[BoyMeetsGirl found a wife]], and [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning got restored to his status as a god]]. He later became a BoyfriendBlockingDad against his daughter's suitor Okuninushi, but was eventually won over.
* In [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]], Apollo served for a year as the human-seeming shepherd to King Admetus.
** Similarly, Demeter became nursemaid to King Celeus's son Triptolemus when she was too exhausted to continue the search for her own daughter. She wanted to make Triptolemus a god by covering him in ambrosia and putting him in the fire, but was unable to complete the process due to his mother Metanira walking in on her and freaking out. Demeter got a little annoyed, but unlike the more vengeful gods, she understood Metanira's feelings and groomed Triptolemus to be the first priest of her Eleusinian Mysteries as consolation.
** Zeus made frequent forays to the mortal realm in human form to boink various hot chicks. And, on occasion, to test mortals, like he and Hermes did [[SacredHospitality in the myth of Baucis and Philemon]], where they disguised themselves as two weary travelers and visited a town. The rich folk living there turned them away, but the elderly couple Baucis and Philemon received them with glad hospitality. Zeus rewarded them for their hospitality by granting them their wish: that they should die at the same moment so neither of them had to live widowed. When they did die, they turned into trees, their branches forever intertwined in love.
* UsefulNotes/{{Islam}}
* In [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]], Apollo served for a year as the human-seeming shepherd to King Admetus.
** Similarly, Demeter became nursemaid to King Celeus's son Triptolemus when she was too exhausted to continue the search for her own daughter. She wanted to make Triptolemus a god by covering him in ambrosia and putting him in the fire, but was unable to complete the process due to his mother Metanira walking in on her and freaking out. Demeter got a little annoyed, but unlike the more vengeful gods, she understood Metanira's feelings and groomed Triptolemus to be the first priest of her Eleusinian Mysteries as consolation.
** Zeus made frequent forays to the mortal realm in human form to boink various hot chicks. And, on occasion, to test mortals, like he and Hermes did [[SacredHospitality in the myth of Baucis and Philemon]], where they disguised themselves as two weary travelers and visited a town. The rich folk living there turned them away, but the elderly couple Baucis and Philemon received them with glad hospitality. Zeus rewarded them for their hospitality by granting them their wish: that they should die at the same moment so neither of them had to live widowed. When they did die, they turned into trees, their branches forever intertwined in love.
* UsefulNotes/{{Islam}}
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* In Myth/JapaneseMythology, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Susanoo]] was exiled from heaven for offending his sister, [[YamatoNadeshiko Amaterasu,]] and forced to wander Japan for awhile. Eventually he killed [[OurDragonsAreDifferent the]] {{Orochi}}, [[BoyMeetsGirl found a wife]], and [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning got restored to his status as a god]]. He later became a BoyfriendBlockingDad against his daughter's suitor Okuninushi, but was eventually won over.
* In [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]], Apollo served for a year as the human-seeming shepherd to King Admetus.
** Similarly, Demeter became nursemaid to King Celeus's son Triptolemus when she was too exhausted to continue the search for her own daughter. She wanted to make Triptolemus a god by covering him in ambrosia and putting him in the fire, but was unable to complete the process due to his mother Metanira walking in on her and freaking out. Demeter got a little annoyed, but unlike the more vengeful gods, she understood Metanira's feelings and groomed Triptolemus to be the first priest of her Eleusinian Mysteries as consolation.
** Zeus made frequent forays to the mortal realm in human form to boink various hot chicks. And, on occasion, to test mortals, like he and Hermes did [[SacredHospitality in the myth of Baucis and Philemon]], where they disguised themselves as two weary travelers and visited a town. The rich folk living there turned them away, but the elderly couple Baucis and Philemon received them with glad hospitality. Zeus rewarded them for their hospitality by granting them their wish: that they should die at the same moment so neither of them had to live widowed. When they did die, they turned into trees, their branches forever intertwined in love.
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* In [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]], Apollo served for a year as the human-seeming shepherd to King Admetus.
** Similarly, Demeter became nursemaid to King Celeus's son Triptolemus when she was too exhausted to continue the search for her own daughter. She wanted to make Triptolemus a god by covering him in ambrosia and putting him in the fire, but was unable to complete the process due to his mother Metanira walking in on her and freaking out. Demeter got a little annoyed, but unlike the more vengeful gods, she understood Metanira's feelings and groomed Triptolemus to be the first priest of her Eleusinian Mysteries as consolation.
** Zeus made frequent forays to the mortal realm in human form to boink various hot chicks. And, on occasion, to test mortals, like he and Hermes did [[SacredHospitality in the myth of Baucis and Philemon]], where they disguised themselves as two weary travelers and visited a town. The rich folk living there turned them away, but the elderly couple Baucis and Philemon received them with glad hospitality. Zeus rewarded them for their hospitality by granting them their wish: that they should die at the same moment so neither of them had to live widowed. When they did die, they turned into trees, their branches forever intertwined in love.
* UsefulNotes/{{Islam}}
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** Some ''very'' heterodox branches of Islam, specially some Esoteric and fringe Shia sects with Eastern and Gnostic influence, '''do''' believe that God has adquire human form in the past, and that some figures like Ali or the Twelve Imams are literally Avatars of God. Of course this is heretical for mainstream Muslims, both Sunni and more mainstream Shias, which has cause a lot of intersectarian bloodshed.
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** Some ''very'' heterodox branches of Islam, specially some Esoteric and fringe Shia sects with Eastern and Gnostic influence, '''do''' believe that God has adquire acquire human form in the past, and that some figures like Ali or the Twelve Imams are literally Avatars of God. Of course this is heretical for mainstream Muslims, both Sunni and more mainstream Shias, which has cause a lot of intersectarian bloodshed. inter-sectarian bloodshed.
* In Myth/JapaneseMythology, Susanoo was exiled from heaven for offending his sister, Amaterasu, and forced to wander Japan for awhile. Eventually, he killed the {{Orochi}}, [[BoyMeetsGirl found a wife]], and [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning got restored to his status as a god]]. He later became a BoyfriendBlockingDad against his daughter's suitor Okuninushi, but was eventually won over.
* In Myth/JapaneseMythology, Susanoo was exiled from heaven for offending his sister, Amaterasu, and forced to wander Japan for awhile. Eventually, he killed the {{Orochi}}, [[BoyMeetsGirl found a wife]], and [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning got restored to his status as a god]]. He later became a BoyfriendBlockingDad against his daughter's suitor Okuninushi, but was eventually won over.
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* In Myth/EgyptianMythology, Osiris and Set are believed to have lived as physical pharaohs of Egypt.
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* In Myth/EgyptianMythology, Osiris and Set are believed Myth/NorseMythology, the god Odin was known to have lived as physical pharaohs appear to mortals in the guise of Egypt.an old man.
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* The ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' includes the Moon and Ocean Spirits, Tui and La respectively, except their physical form is a pair of koi fish.
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* ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
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* ''{{WesternAnimation/Wakfu}}'': [[spoiler:Sadlygrove]] turns out to be the [[WarGod Iop God]], who relinquished his powers to be mortal and has been reincarnating for centuries.
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* ''{{WesternAnimation/Wakfu}}'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': [[spoiler:Sadlygrove]] turns out to be the [[WarGod Iop God]], who relinquished his powers to be mortal and has been reincarnating for centuries.
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* In UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}}, the object of enlightenment is to reach Nirvana rather than become a god; although gods are seen as beings longer-lived and more powerful than humans, they are not much better or all-knowing. In Mahayana Buddhism, Boddhisatvas (which in some traditions ''are'' effectively all-powerful and all-knowing) can manifest in human or animal form if need be. One of the main differences between Theravada and Mahayana/Vajrayana schools of Buddhism is precisely whether Gautama Buddha was born as a common mortal and attained Nirvana at some point of his life, as the Theravada believe, or if he was already enlighted in previous lives and was a Boddhisatva incarnating to show how to attain Nirvana, as Mahayana and Vajrayana believe.
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* In UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}}, the object objective of enlightenment is to reach Nirvana rather than become a god; although gods are seen as beings longer-lived and more powerful than humans, they are not much better or all-knowing. In Mahayana Buddhism, Boddhisatvas (which in some traditions ''are'' effectively all-powerful and all-knowing) can manifest in human or animal form if need be. One of the main differences between Theravada and Mahayana/Vajrayana schools of Buddhism is precisely whether Gautama Buddha was born as a common mortal and attained Nirvana at some point of his life, as the Theravada believe, or if he was already enlighted in previous lives and was a Boddhisatva incarnating to show how to attain Nirvana, as Mahayana and Vajrayana believe.
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* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' reveals in the [[VideoGame/BlazBlueCentralFiction final game]] that [[spoiler:[[BigBad Yuuki Terumi]]]] is one, having cast aside his original body and much of his power [[spoiler:(the Susano'o Unit)]] to further his own goals. Originally he needed to possess an ArtificialHuman to act on the physical plane personally, but eventually through the heroes' machinations to kill finally kill him they forcibly separated him from his current host and ended up giving him the ability to manifest a human body of his own. [[spoiler:He finally returns to the Susano'o Unit at the end of the series to become [[FinalBoss Takehaya Susanoo-no-Mikoto]] once more.]]
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* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' reveals in the [[VideoGame/BlazBlueCentralFiction final game]] that [[spoiler:[[BigBad Yuuki Terumi]]]] is one, having cast aside his original body and much of his power [[spoiler:(the Susano'o Unit)]] to further his own goals. Originally he needed to possess an ArtificialHuman to act on the physical plane personally, but eventually through the heroes' machinations to kill finally kill him they forcibly separated him from his current host and ended up giving him the ability to manifest a human body of his own. [[spoiler:He finally returns to the Susano'o Unit at the end of the series to become [[FinalBoss Takehaya Susanoo-no-Mikoto]] once more.]]
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** TheReveal in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' is that not only is the elven pantheon real, at least two of its members are walking Thedas in humanoid forms: Mythal, goddess of Love and Justice, and Fen'harel the Dread Wolf. They walk Thedas [[spoiler:as Flemeth and Solas respectively. Flemeth is the FusionDance of the original mortal human Flemeth and what was left of Mythal after she was murdered. Solas's true nature is more vague. It's also unclear whether or not the elven pantheon were ever truly gods in the first place.]]
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** TheReveal in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' is that not only is the elven pantheon real, at least two of its members are walking Thedas in humanoid forms: Mythal, goddess of Love and Justice, and Fen'harel the Dread Wolf. They walk Thedas [[spoiler:as Flemeth and Solas respectively. Flemeth is the FusionDance of the original mortal human Flemeth and what was left of Mythal after she was murdered.murdered, and has survived through centuries worth of [[FamilialBodySnatcher familial body-snatching from mother to daughter.]]. Solas's true nature is more vague. It's also unclear whether or not the elven pantheon were ever truly gods in the first place.]]
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* ''Series/ThirtyRock'':
** Kenneth is increasingly implied throughout the series to be some form of this. He's [[Really700YearsOld some form if immortal]], [[TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf only sees a white haze when he looks in a mirror]], and his body is apparently merely a LivingBodysuit being used as a vessel. Of course, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight nobody pays attention to any of this.]]
** Parodied with the ShowWithinAShow ''God Cop'', which is a BuddyCopShow where God is the sidekick of another cop. The joke being that there's no explanation as to why TheOmniscient wouldn't just tell the police who the culprit is.
--->'''God''': I think Esposito lied to us.\\
'''Partner''': What do you mean, you think? You're god! I don't understand the rules of this.\\
'''God''': Let us pray.\\
'''Partner''': To whom?!
** Kenneth is increasingly implied throughout the series to be some form of this. He's [[Really700YearsOld some form if immortal]], [[TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf only sees a white haze when he looks in a mirror]], and his body is apparently merely a LivingBodysuit being used as a vessel. Of course, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight nobody pays attention to any of this.]]
** Parodied with the ShowWithinAShow ''God Cop'', which is a BuddyCopShow where God is the sidekick of another cop. The joke being that there's no explanation as to why TheOmniscient wouldn't just tell the police who the culprit is.
--->'''God''': I think Esposito lied to us.\\
'''Partner''': What do you mean, you think? You're god! I don't understand the rules of this.\\
'''God''': Let us pray.\\
'''Partner''': To whom?!
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Compare AFormYouAreComfortableWith, AngelUnaware, DeityOfHumanOrigin, and PhysicalGod. Compare and contrast HumanoidAbomination, which is very similar in practice, but are not so good about hiding their true nature. May overlap with PalsWithJesus and GodWasMyCoPilot. Contrast GodGuise, when the character is ''not'' a god but is merely pretending to be one. Also see AmnesiacGod and GodTest.
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Compare AFormYouAreComfortableWith, AngelUnaware, DeityOfHumanOrigin, and PhysicalGod. Compare and contrast HumanoidAbomination, which is very similar in practice, but are not so good about hiding their true nature. May overlap with PalsWithJesus and GodWasMyCoPilot. Contrast GodGuise, when the character is ''not'' a god but is merely pretending to be one. If the god of the setting is one of these, the setting falls in Class 4 of the SlidingScaleOfDivineIntervention. Also see AmnesiacGod and GodTest.
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* ''Literature/DaughterOfTheSun'': Aelia is the Goddess of caprice, who has human forms which she's in while down on Inthya, the mortal world. She gets stuck in one inadvertently by Orsina, and has to pretend she's a normal human.
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* In ''VideoGame/GreyArea2023'', [[spoiler:The Grey Girl who guides you through the third chapter]] turns out to be the Goddess of Ichor in disguise.
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* In ''VideoGame/DiabloIV'', [[spoiler:Mephisto]] uses the Bloodied Wolf as an avatar on Sanctuary while his true body remains in the Burning Hells. This form has only limited access to his powers, such as creating portals and bestowing his blessing.
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* ''Film/AvatarTheWayOfWater'': Kiri, the Na'vi daughter of Grace Augustine, is implied to be their goddess Eywa incarnated.
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* ''Film/AvatarTheWayOfWater'': Kiri, the Na'vi daughter of Grace Augustine, Augustine (''only'' Grace Augustine), is implied to be their goddess Eywa incarnated.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Nexomon}}'': The [[BigBad Nexolord]] and his Champions are really the Primordial Tyrants, a group of [[OlympusMons godlike Nexomon]] masquerading as superpowered humans. Their true forms aren't remotely humanoid. [[spoiler:Deena, the bumbling explorer who befriends the player character partway through the game, is another Primordial Tyrant disguised as a human.]]
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* A campaign of commercials for Hebrew National (a brand of Kosher hot dogs who claims that [[CatchPhrase "we answer to a higher authority"]] as far as quality of their products go) shows God appearing as a hot dog vendor; while the viewers cannot see His face, the other people in the commercial who He is talking to clearly can, so this Trope probably applies.
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* A campaign of commercials for Hebrew National (a brand of Kosher hot dogs who claims that [[CatchPhrase "we answer to a higher authority"]] authority" as far as quality of their products go) shows God appearing as a hot dog vendor; while the viewers cannot see His face, the other people in the commercial who He is talking to clearly can, so this Trope probably applies.
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* In ''Manga/Brave10'', [[spoiler: Isanami]] is an incarnation of Izanami, goddess of the Japanese Underworld.
* PlayedWith in ''Manga/FruitsBasket'': Akito Sohma is the "God of the Zodiac", but she's not technically a god incarnate, or even a reincarnation. [[spoiler:She's possessed by the spirit of the god (the same way the other Zodiac spirits possess people), and the other Zodiac members always feel compelled to be subservient to her and never hate her no matter how much abuse she puts them all through. Aside from those powers, though, she's an ordinary mortal]].
* ''Anime/{{Kamichu}}'' is all about [[ShrinkingViolet an unassuming schoolgirl]] who becomes one of these. [[SliceOfLife Reality ensues]].
* PlayedWith in ''Manga/FruitsBasket'': Akito Sohma is the "God of the Zodiac", but she's not technically a god incarnate, or even a reincarnation. [[spoiler:She's possessed by the spirit of the god (the same way the other Zodiac spirits possess people), and the other Zodiac members always feel compelled to be subservient to her and never hate her no matter how much abuse she puts them all through. Aside from those powers, though, she's an ordinary mortal]].
* ''Anime/{{Kamichu}}'' is all about [[ShrinkingViolet an unassuming schoolgirl]] who becomes one of these. [[SliceOfLife Reality ensues]].
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* [[spoiler:Tenchi]] of ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' turns out to be the human avatar of the god that created the Tenchi multiverse (yes, that includes Anime/DualParallelTroubleAdventure and Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld.), and who is above even the Tenchiverse's three resident ''Choushin'' (lit. "[[OurGodsAreDifferent super-deities]]"). He [[AmnesiacGod has no direct memory of this]], but has recently been told about it.
* Jesus and Buddha from ''Manga/SaintYoungMen'' are buddies who decided to spend their vacation on Earth.
* ''Anime/{{Kamichu}}!'' is all about [[ShrinkingViolet an unassuming schoolgirl]] who becomes one of these. [[SliceOfLife Reality ensues]].
* Jesus and Buddha from ''Manga/SaintYoungMen'' are buddies who decided to spend their vacation on Earth.
* ''Anime/{{Kamichu}}!'' is all about [[ShrinkingViolet an unassuming schoolgirl]] who becomes one of these. [[SliceOfLife Reality ensues]].
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* PlayedWith in ''Manga/FruitsBasket'': [[spoiler: Akito Sohma]] is the "God of the Zodiac", but [[spoiler:she's not technically a god incarnate, or even a reincarnation. She's possessed by the spirit of the god (the same way the other Zodiac spirits possess people), and the other Zodiac members always feel compelled to be subservient to her and never hate her no matter how much abuse she puts them all through. Aside from those powers, though, she's an ordinary mortal]].
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** ''Manga/SailorMoon'': In Act 10 of the manga, Queen Serenity states that the people of Earth knew her as the Goddess Selene, while in the anime, she outright says she is the ''incarnation'' of Selene.
** In Act 2 of ''Codename: Sailor V'', Artemis says Minako is "the incarnation of the Goddess of Desirability". Looks like all those times she referred to herself as the "Goddess of Love" she was telling the truth.
** A bit scarier, but in Act 15 of ''Codename: Sailor V'', Adonis refers to past!Sailor Venus, and by extension Minako, as the Goddess of ''War''; Ishtar of Mesopotamian mythology embodied both love and war.
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' ends with the goddess of hope [[spoiler:(Madoka)]] being sealed into human form with LaserGuidedAmnesia...although the result is temporary at best. Because she [[spoiler:was human before ascending]], the process is more of a reversion than an alteration.
** In Act 2 of ''Codename: Sailor V'', Artemis says Minako is "the incarnation of the Goddess of Desirability". Looks like all those times she referred to herself as the "Goddess of Love" she was telling the truth.
** A bit scarier, but in Act 15 of ''Codename: Sailor V'', Adonis refers to past!Sailor Venus, and by extension Minako, as the Goddess of ''War''; Ishtar of Mesopotamian mythology embodied both love and war.
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' ends with the goddess of hope [[spoiler:(Madoka)]] being sealed into human form with LaserGuidedAmnesia...although the result is temporary at best. Because she [[spoiler:was human before ascending]], the process is more of a reversion than an alteration.
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** ''Manga/SailorMoon'': In Act 10 of [[Manga/SailorMoon the manga, manga]], Queen Serenity states that the people of Earth knew her as the Goddess Selene, while in the anime, she outright says she is the ''incarnation'' of Selene.
** ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'':
*** In Act2 of ''Codename: Sailor V'', 2, Artemis says Minako is "the incarnation of the Goddess of Desirability". Looks like all those times she referred to herself as the "Goddess of Love" she was telling the truth.
** *** A bit scarier, but in Act 15 of ''Codename: Sailor V'', 15, Adonis refers to past!Sailor the past incarnation of Sailor Venus, and by extension Minako, as the Goddess of ''War''; Ishtar of Mesopotamian mythology Myth/MesopotamianMythology embodied both love and war.
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' ends with the goddess of hope [[spoiler:(Madoka)]] being sealed into human form with LaserGuidedAmnesia...although the result is temporary at best. Because she [[spoiler:was human before ascending]], the process is more of a reversion than an alteration.war.
** ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'':
*** In Act
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' ends with the goddess of hope [[spoiler:(Madoka)]] being sealed into human form with LaserGuidedAmnesia...although the result is temporary at best. Because she [[spoiler:was human before ascending]], the process is more of a reversion than an alteration.
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* In ''Manga/Brave10'', [[spoiler: Isanami]] is an incarnation of Izanami, goddess of the Japanese Underworld.
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* In ''Manga/Brave10'', [[spoiler: Isanami]] is an incarnation Jesus and Buddha from ''Manga/SaintYoungMen'' are buddies who decided to spend their vacation on Earth.
* [[spoiler:Tenchi]] ofIzanami, goddess ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' turns out to be the human avatar of the Japanese Underworld.god that created the Tenchi multiverse (yes, that includes Anime/DualParallelTroubleAdventure and Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld.), and who is above even the Tenchiverse's three resident ''Choushin'' (lit. "[[OurGodsAreDifferent super-deities]]"). He [[AmnesiacGod has no direct memory of this]], but has recently been told about it.
* [[spoiler:Tenchi]] of
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* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': Death does this for one day every hundred years in order to experience life and death and better understand both.
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* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': Death does this for one day every hundred years ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' has all the ComicBook/NewGods reincarnated on Earth in order to experience life and death and better understand both.human bodies (or, in some cases, artificial monstrous bodies).
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* ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' has all the ComicBook/NewGods reincarnated on Earth in human bodies (or, in some cases, artificial monstrous bodies).
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* ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' has all the ComicBook/NewGods reincarnated on Earth ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': Death does this for one day every hundred years in human bodies (or, in some cases, artificial monstrous bodies). order to experience life and death and better understand both.
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' ends with the goddess of hope [[spoiler:(Madoka)]] being sealed into human form with LaserGuidedAmnesia...although the result is temporary at best. Because she [[spoiler:was human before ascending]], the process is more of a reversion than an alteration.
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* In ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''
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* In ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':
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%%* In Creator/JohnCWright's ''Literature/ChroniclesOfChaos'', [[spoiler:the children.]]
* Emmanuel, the main character in the novel ''The Divine Invasion'' by Creator/PhilipKDick, is, in actuality, the Judeo-Christian {{God}} - and he lost his memories in a car accident.
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* Emmanuel, the main character in the novel ''The Divine Invasion'' by Creator/PhilipKDick, is, in actuality, the Judeo-Christian {{God}} - and he lost his memories in a car accident.
* ''Literature/TheHandsOfTheEmperor'': On the festival of the eclipse, the Moon herself comes down to earth, and Vou'a, the TricksterGod from the Lays, lives on the islands of the Wide Sea as a hermit and is married to Cliopher's great-uncle.
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* The various deities in ''Franchise/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' are living with humans and limit themselves to pretty much the same conditions mortals live in, such as Hephaestus not using any holy tools to create a dagger for Hestia as a present for Bell. Their abilities is limited to ''falna'' which is basically a stimulant to mortals' own powers, and the Gods actually have to earn for their own living and actually can be killed.
* All of the members of Koutarou's harem in ''Literature/InvadersOfTheRokujyouma'' appear to be avatars of the Goddess of the Dawn, who manifests when any two of the Girls join through the use of a [[FusionDance Fusion Spell]].
* All of the members of Koutarou's harem in ''Literature/InvadersOfTheRokujyouma'' appear to be avatars of the Goddess of the Dawn, who manifests when any two of the Girls join through the use of a [[FusionDance Fusion Spell]].
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* The In ''Franchise/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'', the various deities in ''Franchise/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' are living with humans and limit themselves to pretty much the same conditions mortals live in, such as Hephaestus not using any holy tools to create a dagger for Hestia as a present for Bell. Their abilities is limited to ''falna'' which is basically a stimulant to mortals' own powers, and the Gods actually have to earn for their own living and actually can be killed.
*All In ''Literature/InvadersOfTheRokujyouma'', all of the members of Koutarou's harem in ''Literature/InvadersOfTheRokujyouma'' appear to be are avatars of the Goddess of the Dawn, who manifests when any two of the Girls girls join through the use of a [[FusionDance Fusion Spell]]. Spell]].
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%%* Creator/IanMcDonald's novel ''Out on Blue Six''--[[spoiler:Kilimanjaro West turns out to be this]].
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%%* A character in the ''Literature/WellWorld'' series claimed to be this, more or less.
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* ''Literature/TheHandsOfTheEmperor'': On the festival of the eclipse, the Moon herself comes down to earth, and Vou'a, the TricksterGod from the Lays, lives on the islands of the Wide Sea as a hermit and is married to Cliopher's great-uncle.
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* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
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* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
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* Happens at least OnceAnEpisode (with a different actor every time) on Series/JoanOfArcadia.
* A mummy class enemy in ''TabletopGame/BleakWorld''. They can be good or evil, depending on how the GM wants to portray them, and are going to be opposed on the orders of [[AboveGoodAndEvil The Powers That Be]] either way. Your player character will likely come close to this, too.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'' has the gods occasionally take on human form in order to conceive the eponymous Scions. One divine power, Avatar, allows them to temporarily lower their Legend to make the job easier (the higher a god's Legend, the more power they have to expend to take on physical form).
* While not a god but the closest thing to one, ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' has [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Great Dragon Lowfyr]], CEO of [[MegaCorp Saeder-Krupp]], enjoying strolling around as "Herr Brackhaus" with only the most powerful beings in the world (other Great Dragons mainly) knowing his true identity.
* While not a god but the closest thing to one, ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' has [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Great Dragon Lowfyr]], CEO of [[MegaCorp Saeder-Krupp]], enjoying strolling around as "Herr Brackhaus" with only the most powerful beings in the world (other Great Dragons mainly) knowing his true identity.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'' has the gods occasionally take on human form in order to conceive the eponymous Scions. One divine power, Avatar, allows them to temporarily lower their Legend to make the job easier (the higher a god's Legend, the more power they have to expend to take on physical form).
* A mummy class enemy in ''TabletopGame/BleakWorld''. They can be good or evil, depending on how the GM wants to portray them, and are going to be opposed on the orders of [[AboveGoodAndEvil The Powers That Be]] either way. Your player character will likely come close to this, too.
* While not a god but the closest thing to one, ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' has [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Great Dragon Lowfyr]], CEO of [[MegaCorp Saeder-Krupp]], enjoying strolling around as "Herr Brackhaus" with only the most powerful beings in the world (other Great Dragons mainly) knowing his true identity.
* A mummy class enemy in ''TabletopGame/BleakWorld''. They can be good or evil, depending on how the GM wants to portray them, and are going to be opposed on the orders of [[AboveGoodAndEvil The Powers That Be]] either way. Your player character will likely come close to this, too.
* While not a god but the closest thing to one, ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' has [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Great Dragon Lowfyr]], CEO of [[MegaCorp Saeder-Krupp]], enjoying strolling around as "Herr Brackhaus" with only the most powerful beings in the world (other Great Dragons mainly) knowing his true identity.
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* ''VideoGame/DragonFable:'' While not quite a god, half-demon [[TheArchmage Warlic]] is cursed with a human body after defying his BloodKnight father. He's still immortal, and has gotten used to his new body to the point where he prefers it.
* ''VideoGame/TheGreatGaias'':
** A sidequest reveals that Auroria, the goddess of wind, [[spoiler:used an elven avatar, Jensralia, in order to act as the progenitor of the elves.]]
** Malviticus, the god of darkness, [[spoiler:was forced to take a human form, Grindelwald Maultor, after he tried and failed to take over the Celestial Realm. He then poses as a savior to humanity in order to manipulate them into waging war against the elves.]]
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', [[spoiler:Zelda]] is revealed to be the reincarnation of the goddess Hylia. Meanwhile at the end of the game, the [[SatanicArchetype Demon King Demise]] proclaims that an incarnation of his hatred will always follow the goddess and the hero. [[spoiler:Supplementary materials confirm this to be Ganondorf.]]
* [[spoiler:Hakuoro and Diy]] of ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}''. Technically the same person, actually, but due to being unable to die and having a huge mental breakdown some indeterminate but loooong time before, the person called 'Iceman' split into them. They tend to fight each other a lot as they embody separate aspects of his character. [[spoiler:Hakuoro seems to vastly prefer his existence as a human, being the side of him wishing for peace/to be destroyed instead of to destroy while Diy is his violent chaotic side which seems to prefer Godhood so as to blow stuff up as part of his evil darwinist philosophy.]]
* [[spoiler: Joshua aka [[PhysicalGod The Composer]]]] in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''.
* Arawn in ''VisualNovel/TearsToTiara'' is called the Great Demon God and actually hasn't really been depowered since before being killed a thousand years before. The actual problem is that he currently possesses a much more humanlike shell and that actually using that power properly will destroy his nerves and muscles, so he doesn't. [[spoiler:Except he has been the entire time, leaving him incredibly worn out and ragged by the end. Also, even before when fighting with Pwyll he was already a depowered deity-level figure from being one of the Twelve Angels, and taking that form again causes him immense damage.]]
* The [[spoiler:God of Harmony]] in ''VideoGame/LostKingdoms'' has the form of [[spoiler:the old woman Gurd]]. Or at least it's heavily implied if you find the secret room in the cathedral and read the books. But she just comes out and says it in the sequel.
* Lufia and Seena from the ''VideoGame/{{Lufia}}'' games are the God of Death who occasionally take human forms.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Lunar}}'' series, the world's patron goddess, Althena, takes the form of a human girl. In some versions of the story she incarnates regularly; in others it goes unmentioned, but either way it results in a [[MysteriousWaif heroine with mysterious powers and unknown origins.]] Lampshaded in ''[[VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar Lunar: Silver Star Story/Harmony]]'', when the hero tries to make a sculpture of Luna, and the person looking at it notices the similarity to the Goddess Althena.
* ''VideoGame/TheGreatGaias'':
** A sidequest reveals that Auroria, the goddess of wind, [[spoiler:used an elven avatar, Jensralia, in order to act as the progenitor of the elves.]]
** Malviticus, the god of darkness, [[spoiler:was forced to take a human form, Grindelwald Maultor, after he tried and failed to take over the Celestial Realm. He then poses as a savior to humanity in order to manipulate them into waging war against the elves.]]
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', [[spoiler:Zelda]] is revealed to be the reincarnation of the goddess Hylia. Meanwhile at the end of the game, the [[SatanicArchetype Demon King Demise]] proclaims that an incarnation of his hatred will always follow the goddess and the hero. [[spoiler:Supplementary materials confirm this to be Ganondorf.]]
* [[spoiler:Hakuoro and Diy]] of ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}''. Technically the same person, actually, but due to being unable to die and having a huge mental breakdown some indeterminate but loooong time before, the person called 'Iceman' split into them. They tend to fight each other a lot as they embody separate aspects of his character. [[spoiler:Hakuoro seems to vastly prefer his existence as a human, being the side of him wishing for peace/to be destroyed instead of to destroy while Diy is his violent chaotic side which seems to prefer Godhood so as to blow stuff up as part of his evil darwinist philosophy.]]
* [[spoiler: Joshua aka [[PhysicalGod The Composer]]]] in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''.
* Arawn in ''VisualNovel/TearsToTiara'' is called the Great Demon God and actually hasn't really been depowered since before being killed a thousand years before. The actual problem is that he currently possesses a much more humanlike shell and that actually using that power properly will destroy his nerves and muscles, so he doesn't. [[spoiler:Except he has been the entire time, leaving him incredibly worn out and ragged by the end. Also, even before when fighting with Pwyll he was already a depowered deity-level figure from being one of the Twelve Angels, and taking that form again causes him immense damage.]]
* The [[spoiler:God of Harmony]] in ''VideoGame/LostKingdoms'' has the form of [[spoiler:the old woman Gurd]]. Or at least it's heavily implied if you find the secret room in the cathedral and read the books. But she just comes out and says it in the sequel.
* Lufia and Seena from the ''VideoGame/{{Lufia}}'' games are the God of Death who occasionally take human forms.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Lunar}}'' series, the world's patron goddess, Althena, takes the form of a human girl. In some versions of the story she incarnates regularly; in others it goes unmentioned, but either way it results in a [[MysteriousWaif heroine with mysterious powers and unknown origins.]] Lampshaded in ''[[VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar Lunar: Silver Star Story/Harmony]]'', when the hero tries to make a sculpture of Luna, and the person looking at it notices the similarity to the Goddess Althena.
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* ''VideoGame/DragonFable:'' While not quite a god, half-demon [[TheArchmage Warlic]] ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' reveals in the [[VideoGame/BlazBlueCentralFiction final game]] that [[spoiler:[[BigBad Yuuki Terumi]]]] is cursed with one, having cast aside his original body and much of his power [[spoiler:(the Susano'o Unit)]] to further his own goals. Originally he needed to possess an ArtificialHuman to act on the physical plane personally, but eventually through the heroes' machinations to kill finally kill him they forcibly separated him from his current host and ended up giving him the ability to manifest a human body after defying of his BloodKnight father. He's still immortal, and has gotten used to his new body own. [[spoiler:He finally returns to the point where he prefers it.
* ''VideoGame/TheGreatGaias'':
** A sidequest reveals that Auroria, the goddess of wind, [[spoiler:used an elven avatar, Jensralia, in order to act as the progenitor of the elves.]]
** Malviticus, the god of darkness, [[spoiler:was forced to take a human form, Grindelwald Maultor, after he tried and failed to take over the Celestial Realm. He then poses as a savior to humanity in order to manipulate them into waging war against the elves.]]
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', [[spoiler:Zelda]] is revealed to be the reincarnation of the goddess Hylia. MeanwhileSusano'o Unit at the end of the game, the [[SatanicArchetype Demon King Demise]] proclaims that an incarnation of his hatred will always follow the goddess and the hero. [[spoiler:Supplementary materials confirm this series to be Ganondorf.]]
* [[spoiler:Hakuoro and Diy]] of ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}''. Technically the same person, actually, but due to being unable to die and having a huge mental breakdown some indeterminate but loooong time before, the person called 'Iceman' split into them. They tend to fight each other a lot as they embody separate aspects of his character. [[spoiler:Hakuoro seems to vastly prefer his existence as a human, being the side of him wishing for peace/to be destroyed instead of to destroy while Diy is his violent chaotic side which seems to prefer Godhood so as to blow stuff up as part of his evil darwinist philosophy.]]
* [[spoiler: Joshua aka [[PhysicalGod The Composer]]]] in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''.
* Arawn in ''VisualNovel/TearsToTiara'' is called the Great Demon God and actually hasn't really been depowered since before being killed a thousand years before. The actual problem is that he currently possesses a much more humanlike shell and that actually using that power properly will destroy his nerves and muscles, so he doesn't. [[spoiler:Except he has been the entire time, leaving him incredibly worn out and ragged by the end. Also, even before when fighting with Pwyll he was already a depowered deity-level figure from being one of the Twelve Angels, and taking that form again causes him immense damage.]]
* The [[spoiler:God of Harmony]] in ''VideoGame/LostKingdoms'' has the form of [[spoiler:the old woman Gurd]]. Or at least it's heavily implied if you find the secret room in the cathedral and read the books. But she just comes out and says it in the sequel.
* Lufia and Seena from the ''VideoGame/{{Lufia}}'' games are the God of Death who occasionally take human forms.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Lunar}}'' series, the world's patron goddess, Althena, takes the form of a human girl. In some versions of the story she incarnates regularly; in others it goes unmentioned, but either way it results in a [[MysteriousWaif heroine with mysterious powers and unknown origins.]] Lampshaded in ''[[VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar Lunar: Silver Star Story/Harmony]]'', when the hero tries to make a sculpture of Luna, and the person looking at it notices the similarity to the Goddess Althena.become [[FinalBoss Takehaya Susanoo-no-Mikoto]] once more.]]
* ''VideoGame/TheGreatGaias'':
** A sidequest reveals that Auroria, the goddess of wind, [[spoiler:used an elven avatar, Jensralia, in order to act as the progenitor of the elves.]]
** Malviticus, the god of darkness, [[spoiler:was forced to take a human form, Grindelwald Maultor, after he tried and failed to take over the Celestial Realm. He then poses as a savior to humanity in order to manipulate them into waging war against the elves.]]
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', [[spoiler:Zelda]] is revealed to be the reincarnation of the goddess Hylia. Meanwhile
* [[spoiler:Hakuoro and Diy]] of ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}''. Technically the same person, actually, but due to being unable to die and having a huge mental breakdown some indeterminate but loooong time before, the person called 'Iceman' split into them. They tend to fight each other a lot as they embody separate aspects of his character. [[spoiler:Hakuoro seems to vastly prefer his existence as a human, being the side of him wishing for peace/to be destroyed instead of to destroy while Diy is his violent chaotic side which seems to prefer Godhood so as to blow stuff up as part of his evil darwinist philosophy.]]
* [[spoiler: Joshua aka [[PhysicalGod The Composer]]]] in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''.
* Arawn in ''VisualNovel/TearsToTiara'' is called the Great Demon God and actually hasn't really been depowered since before being killed a thousand years before. The actual problem is that he currently possesses a much more humanlike shell and that actually using that power properly will destroy his nerves and muscles, so he doesn't. [[spoiler:Except he has been the entire time, leaving him incredibly worn out and ragged by the end. Also, even before when fighting with Pwyll he was already a depowered deity-level figure from being one of the Twelve Angels, and taking that form again causes him immense damage.]]
* The [[spoiler:God of Harmony]] in ''VideoGame/LostKingdoms'' has the form of [[spoiler:the old woman Gurd]]. Or at least it's heavily implied if you find the secret room in the cathedral and read the books. But she just comes out and says it in the sequel.
* Lufia and Seena from the ''VideoGame/{{Lufia}}'' games are the God of Death who occasionally take human forms.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Lunar}}'' series, the world's patron goddess, Althena, takes the form of a human girl. In some versions of the story she incarnates regularly; in others it goes unmentioned, but either way it results in a [[MysteriousWaif heroine with mysterious powers and unknown origins.]] Lampshaded in ''[[VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar Lunar: Silver Star Story/Harmony]]'', when the hero tries to make a sculpture of Luna, and the person looking at it notices the similarity to the Goddess Althena.
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* In ''[[VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3]]'', both halves of the Dragon-God get depowered and assume human forms as a result. Kokuryuu/the Dark Dragon had his weakened human body destroyed and his powers snatched by an enemy, although it didn't cause power loss to his {{miko}}. Hakuryuu/the White Dragon is initially found in the form of a pre-teen kid (also qualifying for the ReallySevenHundredYearsOld trope as the Dragons have been around for at least 300-400 years by that point); he partially retains the ability to cross time-space, and later regains some of his power and assumes [[{{Bishonen}} a more]] [[LongHairedPrettyBoy adult]] form. In one side game, both Dragons can be seen in both childlike and adult human forms.
** ''Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 5'' features human forms of TheFourGods. [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys Needless to say]], they're extremely pretty (especially Suzaku and Genbu).
* In ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'', [[spoiler:[[MadScientist Kang the Mad]]]] is really [[spoiler:Lord Lao, the god of machinery]] with LaserGuidedAmnesia.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'''s Raiden, thunder god and protector of Earthrealm. Originally a GodOfEvil in [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 the original game]], later {{retcon}}ned into a {{mentor}} for the good guys ([[RetCanon By way of]] [[Film/MortalKombatTheMovie the movie]]). Once an Elder God, he later took human form to assist the heroes in their defense of Earthrealm.
* ''VideoGame/OracleOfTao'', this is the basic premise behind the hero's amnesia. Things don't add up with her memories and she thinks that [[DreamApocalypse she might not exist]], but the truth is in fact she's the only one who ''does exist'', and the world is a dream.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' the Fal'cie seem to have the ability to do this. Most prominently, [[spoiler: Barthandelus uses the guise of primarch Galenth Dysley to control Cocoon while avoiding its residents' eyes.]]
** As of [[VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII the third part of the trilogy]], [[spoiler:Lightning]] and [[spoiler:Hope]] both qualify for this. [[spoiler:Lightning is a former servant of Etro and possesses both her power and Bhunivelze's light within her as a savior, and Bhunivelze has taken Hope's soul from his body to use as a pawn to get close to Lightning.]]
* The main protagonist and antagonist of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', Noctis and [[spoiler:Ardyn]] respectively, could be considered this, seeing as [[spoiler:both are of Lucian descent, and are imbued with the power of kings past.]]
* You know that [[spoiler:gas station attendant]] you meet in [[spoiler:the ''"the-first-day-you-reach-Inaba-kind-of-early"'' early beginning of]] ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''? Well, that person happens to be [[spoiler:Izanami. As in the ''Japanese Shinto Goddess'', '''Izanami'''.]] And did we mention that [[spoiler:she happens to be the [[TheManBehindTheMan true]] and {{final|Boss}} BigBad of the game]]?
** One other thing. You know your [[HelloInsertNameHere player]] [[PlayerCharacter character's]] very first Persona, Izanagi? [[spoiler:Yes, he is based on, if not ''is'', the Japanese God, Izanagi, the brother/husband of Izanami.]]
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'':
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', [[spoiler:Hikaru is a heavily depowered Lucifer. She can regain her lost powers and male body if someone agrees to fuse with her. Earlier, in ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'', he's [[AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder seen]] by the insectile Mushibito as his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Beelzebub.]]
** Across the main series, YHVH has mostly ceased to appear directly, instead sending avatars to oversee and confront threats, such as the Ancient of Days and Kagutsuchi.
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'', compared to the inhuman demons and gods present in ''IV'' and even in ''Final'' itself, Krishna, the new BigBad opposing the ones from ''IV'', looks like a dark skinned, floating human. Subverted with [[spoiler:YHVH, who, after decades, returns in full force as the Final Boss]].
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', Javik explains that the Protheans believed that certain beliefs or concepts could manifest in physical form, being found in the truly extraordinary people in the Galaxy. For his actions during the Prothean-Reaper War, Javik was identified as the Avatar of Vengeance. He later states his belief that Shepard is the current Cycle's Avatar of Victory.
** ''Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 5'' features human forms of TheFourGods. [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys Needless to say]], they're extremely pretty (especially Suzaku and Genbu).
* In ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'', [[spoiler:[[MadScientist Kang the Mad]]]] is really [[spoiler:Lord Lao, the god of machinery]] with LaserGuidedAmnesia.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'''s Raiden, thunder god and protector of Earthrealm. Originally a GodOfEvil in [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 the original game]], later {{retcon}}ned into a {{mentor}} for the good guys ([[RetCanon By way of]] [[Film/MortalKombatTheMovie the movie]]). Once an Elder God, he later took human form to assist the heroes in their defense of Earthrealm.
* ''VideoGame/OracleOfTao'', this is the basic premise behind the hero's amnesia. Things don't add up with her memories and she thinks that [[DreamApocalypse she might not exist]], but the truth is in fact she's the only one who ''does exist'', and the world is a dream.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' the Fal'cie seem to have the ability to do this. Most prominently, [[spoiler: Barthandelus uses the guise of primarch Galenth Dysley to control Cocoon while avoiding its residents' eyes.]]
** As of [[VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII the third part of the trilogy]], [[spoiler:Lightning]] and [[spoiler:Hope]] both qualify for this. [[spoiler:Lightning is a former servant of Etro and possesses both her power and Bhunivelze's light within her as a savior, and Bhunivelze has taken Hope's soul from his body to use as a pawn to get close to Lightning.]]
* The main protagonist and antagonist of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', Noctis and [[spoiler:Ardyn]] respectively, could be considered this, seeing as [[spoiler:both are of Lucian descent, and are imbued with the power of kings past.]]
* You know that [[spoiler:gas station attendant]] you meet in [[spoiler:the ''"the-first-day-you-reach-Inaba-kind-of-early"'' early beginning of]] ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''? Well, that person happens to be [[spoiler:Izanami. As in the ''Japanese Shinto Goddess'', '''Izanami'''.]] And did we mention that [[spoiler:she happens to be the [[TheManBehindTheMan true]] and {{final|Boss}} BigBad of the game]]?
** One other thing. You know your [[HelloInsertNameHere player]] [[PlayerCharacter character's]] very first Persona, Izanagi? [[spoiler:Yes, he is based on, if not ''is'', the Japanese God, Izanagi, the brother/husband of Izanami.]]
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'':
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', [[spoiler:Hikaru is a heavily depowered Lucifer. She can regain her lost powers and male body if someone agrees to fuse with her. Earlier, in ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'', he's [[AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder seen]] by the insectile Mushibito as his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Beelzebub.]]
** Across the main series, YHVH has mostly ceased to appear directly, instead sending avatars to oversee and confront threats, such as the Ancient of Days and Kagutsuchi.
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'', compared to the inhuman demons and gods present in ''IV'' and even in ''Final'' itself, Krishna, the new BigBad opposing the ones from ''IV'', looks like a dark skinned, floating human. Subverted with [[spoiler:YHVH, who, after decades, returns in full force as the Final Boss]].
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', Javik explains that the Protheans believed that certain beliefs or concepts could manifest in physical form, being found in the truly extraordinary people in the Galaxy. For his actions during the Prothean-Reaper War, Javik was identified as the Avatar of Vengeance. He later states his belief that Shepard is the current Cycle's Avatar of Victory.
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* In ''[[VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3]]'', both halves of the Dragon-God get depowered and assume human forms as ''VideoGame/DragonFable'': While not quite a result. Kokuryuu/the Dark Dragon had his weakened god, half-demon [[TheArchmage Warlic]] is cursed with a human body destroyed after defying his BloodKnight father. He's still immortal, and his powers snatched by an enemy, although it didn't cause power loss has gotten used to his {{miko}}. Hakuryuu/the White Dragon is initially found in the form of a pre-teen kid (also qualifying for the ReallySevenHundredYearsOld trope as the Dragons have been around for at least 300-400 years by that point); he partially retains the ability to cross time-space, and later regains some of his power and assumes [[{{Bishonen}} a more]] [[LongHairedPrettyBoy adult]] form. In one side game, both Dragons can be seen in both childlike and adult human forms.
** ''Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 5'' features human forms of TheFourGods. [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys Needless to say]], they're extremely pretty (especially Suzaku and Genbu).
* In ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'', [[spoiler:[[MadScientist Kang the Mad]]]] is really [[spoiler:Lord Lao, the god of machinery]] with LaserGuidedAmnesia.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'''s Raiden, thunder god and protector of Earthrealm. Originally a GodOfEvil in [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 the original game]], later {{retcon}}ned into a {{mentor}} for the good guys ([[RetCanon By way of]] [[Film/MortalKombatTheMovie the movie]]). Once an Elder God, he later took human form to assist the heroes in their defense of Earthrealm.
* ''VideoGame/OracleOfTao'', this is the basic premise behind the hero's amnesia. Things don't add up with her memories and she thinks that [[DreamApocalypse she might not exist]], but the truth is in fact she's the only one who ''does exist'', and the world is a dream.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' the Fal'cie seem to have the ability to do this. Most prominently, [[spoiler: Barthandelus uses the guise of primarch Galenth Dysley to control Cocoon while avoiding its residents' eyes.]]
** As of [[VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII the third part of the trilogy]], [[spoiler:Lightning]] and [[spoiler:Hope]] both qualify for this. [[spoiler:Lightning is a former servant of Etro and possesses both her power and Bhunivelze's light within her as a savior, and Bhunivelze has taken Hope's soul from hisnew body to use as a pawn to get close to Lightning.]]
* The main protagonist and antagonist of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', Noctis and [[spoiler:Ardyn]] respectively, could be considered this, seeing as [[spoiler:both are of Lucian descent, and are imbued withthe power of kings past.]]
* You know that [[spoiler:gas station attendant]] you meet in [[spoiler:the ''"the-first-day-you-reach-Inaba-kind-of-early"'' early beginning of]] ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''? Well, that person happens to be [[spoiler:Izanami. As in the ''Japanese Shinto Goddess'', '''Izanami'''.]] And did we mention that [[spoiler:she happens to be the [[TheManBehindTheMan true]] and {{final|Boss}} BigBad of the game]]?
** One other thing. You know your [[HelloInsertNameHere player]] [[PlayerCharacter character's]] very first Persona, Izanagi? [[spoiler:Yes,point where he is based on, if not ''is'', the Japanese God, Izanagi, the brother/husband of Izanami.]]
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'':
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', [[spoiler:Hikaru is a heavily depowered Lucifer. She can regain her lost powers and male body if someone agrees to fuse with her. Earlier, in ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'', he's [[AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder seen]] by the insectile Mushibito as his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Beelzebub.]]
** Across the main series, YHVH has mostly ceased to appear directly, instead sending avatars to oversee and confront threats, such as the Ancient of Days and Kagutsuchi.
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'', compared to the inhuman demons and gods present in ''IV'' and even in ''Final'' itself, Krishna, the new BigBad opposing the ones from ''IV'', looks like a dark skinned, floating human. Subverted with [[spoiler:YHVH, who, after decades, returns in full force as the Final Boss]].
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', Javik explains that the Protheans believed that certain beliefs or concepts could manifest in physical form, being found in the truly extraordinary people in the Galaxy. For his actions during the Prothean-Reaper War, Javik was identified as the Avatar of Vengeance. He later states his belief that Shepard is the current Cycle's Avatar of Victory.prefers it.
** ''Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 5'' features human forms of TheFourGods. [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys Needless to say]], they're extremely pretty (especially Suzaku and Genbu).
* In ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'', [[spoiler:[[MadScientist Kang the Mad]]]] is really [[spoiler:Lord Lao, the god of machinery]] with LaserGuidedAmnesia.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'''s Raiden, thunder god and protector of Earthrealm. Originally a GodOfEvil in [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 the original game]], later {{retcon}}ned into a {{mentor}} for the good guys ([[RetCanon By way of]] [[Film/MortalKombatTheMovie the movie]]). Once an Elder God, he later took human form to assist the heroes in their defense of Earthrealm.
* ''VideoGame/OracleOfTao'', this is the basic premise behind the hero's amnesia. Things don't add up with her memories and she thinks that [[DreamApocalypse she might not exist]], but the truth is in fact she's the only one who ''does exist'', and the world is a dream.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' the Fal'cie seem to have the ability to do this. Most prominently, [[spoiler: Barthandelus uses the guise of primarch Galenth Dysley to control Cocoon while avoiding its residents' eyes.]]
** As of [[VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII the third part of the trilogy]], [[spoiler:Lightning]] and [[spoiler:Hope]] both qualify for this. [[spoiler:Lightning is a former servant of Etro and possesses both her power and Bhunivelze's light within her as a savior, and Bhunivelze has taken Hope's soul from his
* The main protagonist and antagonist of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', Noctis and [[spoiler:Ardyn]] respectively, could be considered this, seeing as [[spoiler:both are of Lucian descent, and are imbued with
* You know that [[spoiler:gas station attendant]] you meet in [[spoiler:the ''"the-first-day-you-reach-Inaba-kind-of-early"'' early beginning of]] ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''? Well, that person happens to be [[spoiler:Izanami. As in the ''Japanese Shinto Goddess'', '''Izanami'''.]] And did we mention that [[spoiler:she happens to be the [[TheManBehindTheMan true]] and {{final|Boss}} BigBad of the game]]?
** One other thing. You know your [[HelloInsertNameHere player]] [[PlayerCharacter character's]] very first Persona, Izanagi? [[spoiler:Yes,
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'':
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', [[spoiler:Hikaru is a heavily depowered Lucifer. She can regain her lost powers and male body if someone agrees to fuse with her. Earlier, in ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'', he's [[AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder seen]] by the insectile Mushibito as his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Beelzebub.]]
** Across the main series, YHVH has mostly ceased to appear directly, instead sending avatars to oversee and confront threats, such as the Ancient of Days and Kagutsuchi.
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'', compared to the inhuman demons and gods present in ''IV'' and even in ''Final'' itself, Krishna, the new BigBad opposing the ones from ''IV'', looks like a dark skinned, floating human. Subverted with [[spoiler:YHVH, who, after decades, returns in full force as the Final Boss]].
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', Javik explains that the Protheans believed that certain beliefs or concepts could manifest in physical form, being found in the truly extraordinary people in the Galaxy. For his actions during the Prothean-Reaper War, Javik was identified as the Avatar of Vengeance. He later states his belief that Shepard is the current Cycle's Avatar of Victory.
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* [[spoiler:Nora,]] an Eliatrope girl [[spoiler:(who is part of the Council of Six)]] from the ''VideoGame/IslandsOfWakfu'' game could be considered an example, as she and [[spoiler:her dragon brother Efrim]] share a special relasionship with the Great Goddess Eliatrope (who along with the Great Dragon created the whole Krosmoz universe), [[spoiler:and channeled her power to destroy Organax, a Mechasm hell-bent on killing all Eliatrope, as well as all life on the planet.]]
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' has Milla Maxwell, who is ''that'' [[TopGod Maxwell]] in the form of a human woman. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Except she's not]] actually, being merely TheBait and meant to think that to draw Exodus to her. And then it's [[DoubleSubvertedTrope Double Subverted]] when she ascends to being a Spirit and ultimately takes up the duty of Maxwell after the death of the first.]]
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' reveals, via the world's [[MagicAIsMagicA physics]] and [[PureMagicBeing Lorelei]] himself, that [[spoiler: Luke, that is the "replica" version not the original,]] is this trope. Unfortunately the ramifications of this aren't addressed for various reasons; including everyone not realizing that when Lorelei called [[spoiler: Luke]] his Scion he meant it ''literally'' and not as a metaphor.
* In ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', a lot of Primal Beasts look humanoid on some level, but some of them are seen outright taking a human form and walking among the mortals. Examples include Noa, Grand Order/Zooey, Lucifer/Lucio, [[spoiler:Oneiros/Phoebe and Rose Queen/Rosetta]]. Noa is in fact never seen in any other form, probably because where most Primal Beasts govern concepts or natural phenomena, he is the "god" of shipwrights, a distinctly human activity.
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' reveals in the [[VideoGame/BlazBlueCentralFiction final game]] that [[spoiler:[[BigBad Yuuki Terumi]]]] is one, having cast aside his original body and much of his power [[spoiler:(the Susano'o Unit)]] to further his own goals. Originally he needed to possess an ArtificialHuman to act on the physical plane personally, but eventually through the heroes' machinations to kill finally kill him they forcibly separated him from his current host and ended up giving him the ability to manifest a human body of his own. [[spoiler:He finally returns to the Susano'o Unit at the end of the series to become [[FinalBoss Takehaya Susanoo-no-Mikoto]] once more.]]
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' has Milla Maxwell, who is ''that'' [[TopGod Maxwell]] in the form of a human woman. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Except she's not]] actually, being merely TheBait and meant to think that to draw Exodus to her. And then it's [[DoubleSubvertedTrope Double Subverted]] when she ascends to being a Spirit and ultimately takes up the duty of Maxwell after the death of the first.]]
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' reveals, via the world's [[MagicAIsMagicA physics]] and [[PureMagicBeing Lorelei]] himself, that [[spoiler: Luke, that is the "replica" version not the original,]] is this trope. Unfortunately the ramifications of this aren't addressed for various reasons; including everyone not realizing that when Lorelei called [[spoiler: Luke]] his Scion he meant it ''literally'' and not as a metaphor.
* In ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', a lot of Primal Beasts look humanoid on some level, but some of them are seen outright taking a human form and walking among the mortals. Examples include Noa, Grand Order/Zooey, Lucifer/Lucio, [[spoiler:Oneiros/Phoebe and Rose Queen/Rosetta]]. Noa is in fact never seen in any other form, probably because where most Primal Beasts govern concepts or natural phenomena, he is the "god" of shipwrights, a distinctly human activity.
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' reveals in the [[VideoGame/BlazBlueCentralFiction final game]] that [[spoiler:[[BigBad Yuuki Terumi]]]] is one, having cast aside his original body and much of his power [[spoiler:(the Susano'o Unit)]] to further his own goals. Originally he needed to possess an ArtificialHuman to act on the physical plane personally, but eventually through the heroes' machinations to kill finally kill him they forcibly separated him from his current host and ended up giving him the ability to manifest a human body of his own. [[spoiler:He finally returns to the Susano'o Unit at the end of the series to become [[FinalBoss Takehaya Susanoo-no-Mikoto]] once more.]]
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* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'':
** According to the [[SchrodingersCanon dubiously canon]] ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari Fun Book'' and ''Shin (True) Madou Monogatari'' novels, Arle is the reincarnation of the essence and powers of Lilith, [[spoiler:a hero to humanity and the Dark Prince's lover, who became a god-like entity during [[KillTheGod the battle against]] [[GodIsEvil The Creator]] (However, she didn't inherit Lilith's mind, as said mind AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence)]]. Arle looks identical to Lilith to the point that when she manages to communicate with her mind by accident in ''Chaotic Final Exam''[[note]]Actually, the "purple clone" of Arle doesn't have a name in that said game, so it's actually some fans' assumption.[[/note]], she mistakes her for Doppelganger Arle (who is another character entirely in ''Yon~'').
** While rarely referred to these days, early promotional material for ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoFever'' explained that Amitie was a goddess in a previous life, but is unable to use her original power because it has been dispersed through a parallel world. A slightly more mature alt of her named "Red Amitie" appears in ''20th Anniversary'' and ''Quest'', the latter game whose leader skill is called "Goddess' Prayer". This backstory is likely a parallel from her starting out as an {{Expy}} of Arle.
** According to the [[SchrodingersCanon dubiously canon]] ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari Fun Book'' and ''Shin (True) Madou Monogatari'' novels, Arle is the reincarnation of the essence and powers of Lilith, [[spoiler:a hero to humanity and the Dark Prince's lover, who became a god-like entity during [[KillTheGod the battle against]] [[GodIsEvil The Creator]] (However, she didn't inherit Lilith's mind, as said mind AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence)]]. Arle looks identical to Lilith to the point that when she manages to communicate with her mind by accident in ''Chaotic Final Exam''[[note]]Actually, the "purple clone" of Arle doesn't have a name in that said game, so it's actually some fans' assumption.[[/note]], she mistakes her for Doppelganger Arle (who is another character entirely in ''Yon~'').
** While rarely referred to these days, early promotional material for ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoFever'' explained that Amitie was a goddess in a previous life, but is unable to use her original power because it has been dispersed through a parallel world. A slightly more mature alt of her named "Red Amitie" appears in ''20th Anniversary'' and ''Quest'', the latter game whose leader skill is called "Goddess' Prayer". This backstory is likely a parallel from her starting out as an {{Expy}} of Arle.
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* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'':
''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
**According ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'':
*** The Fal'cie seem to have the[[SchrodingersCanon dubiously canon]] ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari Fun Book'' and ''Shin (True) Madou Monogatari'' novels, Arle is ability to do this. Most prominently, [[spoiler: Barthandelus uses the reincarnation guise of primarch Galenth Dysley to control Cocoon while avoiding its residents' eyes.]]
*** As of [[VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII the third part of theessence trilogy]], [[spoiler:Lightning]] and powers [[spoiler:Hope]] both qualify for this. [[spoiler:Lightning is a former servant of Lilith, [[spoiler:a hero to humanity Etro and the Dark Prince's lover, who became a god-like entity during [[KillTheGod the battle against]] [[GodIsEvil The Creator]] (However, she didn't inherit Lilith's mind, as said mind AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence)]]. Arle looks identical to Lilith to the point that when she manages to communicate with possesses both her mind by accident in ''Chaotic Final Exam''[[note]]Actually, the "purple clone" of Arle doesn't have a name in that said game, so it's actually some fans' assumption.[[/note]], she mistakes power and Bhunivelze's light within her for Doppelganger Arle (who is another character entirely in ''Yon~'').
** While rarely referred to these days, early promotional material for ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoFever'' explained that Amitie wasas a goddess in a previous life, but is unable savior, and Bhunivelze has taken Hope's soul from his body to use her original as a pawn to get close to Lightning.]]
** The main protagonist and antagonist of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', Noctis and [[spoiler:Ardyn]] respectively, could be considered this, seeing as [[spoiler:both are of Lucian descent, and are imbued with the powerbecause it has been dispersed through a parallel world. A slightly more mature alt of her named "Red Amitie" appears in ''20th Anniversary'' and ''Quest'', the latter game whose leader skill is called "Goddess' Prayer". This backstory is likely a parallel from her starting out as an {{Expy}} of Arle.kings past.]]
**
*** The Fal'cie seem to have the
*** As of [[VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII the third part of the
** While rarely referred to these days, early promotional material for ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoFever'' explained that Amitie was
** The main protagonist and antagonist of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', Noctis and [[spoiler:Ardyn]] respectively, could be considered this, seeing as [[spoiler:both are of Lucian descent, and are imbued with the power
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* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' is essentially the physical avatar of Deus, created 10,000 years before the beginning of the game, manipulating history in order to orchestrate its revival.
%%* The twin goddesses of ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' in the [[VideoGame/YsIAncientYsVanishedOmen first]] two [[VideoGame/YsIIAncientYsVanishedTheFinalChapter games]].
%%* The twin goddesses of ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' in the [[VideoGame/YsIAncientYsVanishedOmen first]] two [[VideoGame/YsIIAncientYsVanishedTheFinalChapter games]].
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* The BigBad In ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', a lot of ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' is essentially Primal Beasts look humanoid on some level, but some of them are seen outright taking a human form and walking among the physical avatar of Deus, created 10,000 years before mortals. Examples include Noa, Grand Order/Zooey, Lucifer/Lucio, [[spoiler:Oneiros/Phoebe and Rose Queen/Rosetta]]. Noa is in fact never seen in any other form, probably because where most Primal Beasts govern concepts or natural phenomena, he is the beginning "god" of shipwrights, a distinctly human activity.
* ''VideoGame/TheGreatGaias'':
** A sidequest reveals that Auroria, thegame, manipulating history goddess of wind, [[spoiler:used an elven avatar, Jensralia, in order to orchestrate its revival.
%%* The twin goddessesact as the progenitor of ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' the elves.]]
** Malviticus, the god of darkness, [[spoiler:was forced to take a human form, Grindelwald Maultor, after he tried and failed to take over the Celestial Realm. He then poses as a savior to humanity in order to manipulate them into waging war against the elves.]]
* ''VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe'':
** In the third game, both halves of the Dragon-God get depowered and assume human forms as a result. Kokuryuu/the Dark Dragon had his weakened human body destroyed and his powers snatched by an enemy, although it didn't cause power loss to his {{miko}}. Hakuryuu/the White Dragon is initially found in the[[VideoGame/YsIAncientYsVanishedOmen first]] two [[VideoGame/YsIIAncientYsVanishedTheFinalChapter games]].form of a pre-teen kid (also qualifying for the ReallySevenHundredYearsOld trope as the Dragons have been around for at least 300-400 years by that point); he partially retains the ability to cross time-space, and later regains some of his power and assumes [[{{Bishonen}} a more]] [[LongHairedPrettyBoy adult]] form. In one side game, both Dragons can be seen in both childlike and adult human forms.
** The fifth game features human forms of TheFourGods. [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys Needless to say]], they're extremely pretty (especially Suzaku and Genbu).
* [[spoiler:Nora,]] an Eliatrope girl [[spoiler:(who is part of the Council of Six)]] from the ''VideoGame/IslandsOfWakfu'' game could be considered an example, as she and [[spoiler:her dragon brother Efrim]] share a special relasionship with the Great Goddess Eliatrope (who along with the Great Dragon created the whole Krosmoz universe), [[spoiler:and channeled her power to destroy Organax, a Mechasm hell-bent on killing all Eliatrope, as well as all life on the planet.]]
* In ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'', [[spoiler:[[MadScientist Kang the Mad]]]] is really [[spoiler:Lord Lao, the god of machinery]] with LaserGuidedAmnesia.
* ''VideoGame/TheGreatGaias'':
** A sidequest reveals that Auroria, the
%%* The twin goddesses
** Malviticus, the god of darkness, [[spoiler:was forced to take a human form, Grindelwald Maultor, after he tried and failed to take over the Celestial Realm. He then poses as a savior to humanity in order to manipulate them into waging war against the elves.]]
* ''VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe'':
** In the third game, both halves of the Dragon-God get depowered and assume human forms as a result. Kokuryuu/the Dark Dragon had his weakened human body destroyed and his powers snatched by an enemy, although it didn't cause power loss to his {{miko}}. Hakuryuu/the White Dragon is initially found in the
** The fifth game features human forms of TheFourGods. [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys Needless to say]], they're extremely pretty (especially Suzaku and Genbu).
* [[spoiler:Nora,]] an Eliatrope girl [[spoiler:(who is part of the Council of Six)]] from the ''VideoGame/IslandsOfWakfu'' game could be considered an example, as she and [[spoiler:her dragon brother Efrim]] share a special relasionship with the Great Goddess Eliatrope (who along with the Great Dragon created the whole Krosmoz universe), [[spoiler:and channeled her power to destroy Organax, a Mechasm hell-bent on killing all Eliatrope, as well as all life on the planet.]]
* In ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'', [[spoiler:[[MadScientist Kang the Mad]]]] is really [[spoiler:Lord Lao, the god of machinery]] with LaserGuidedAmnesia.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', [[spoiler:Zelda]] is revealed to be the reincarnation of the goddess Hylia. Meanwhile at the end of the game, the [[SatanicArchetype Demon King Demise]] proclaims that an incarnation of his hatred will always follow the goddess and the hero. [[spoiler:Supplementary materials confirm this to be Ganondorf.]]
* The [[spoiler:God of Harmony]] in ''VideoGame/LostKingdoms'' has the form of [[spoiler:the old woman Gurd]]. Or at least it's heavily implied if you find the secret room in the cathedral and read the books. But she just comes out and says it in the sequel.
* Lufia and Seena from the ''VideoGame/{{Lufia}}'' games are the God of Death who occasionally take human forms.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Lunar}}'' series, the world's patron goddess, Althena, takes the form of a human girl. In some versions of the story she incarnates regularly; in others it goes unmentioned, but either way it results in a [[MysteriousWaif heroine with mysterious powers and unknown origins.]] Lampshaded in ''[[VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar Lunar: Silver Star Story/Harmony]]'', when the hero tries to make a sculpture of Luna, and the person looking at it notices the similarity to the Goddess Althena.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', Javik explains that the Protheans believed that certain beliefs or concepts could manifest in physical form, being found in the truly extraordinary people in the Galaxy. For his actions during the Prothean-Reaper War, Javik was identified as the Avatar of Vengeance. He later states his belief that Shepard is the current Cycle's Avatar of Victory.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': Raiden, thunder god and protector of Earthrealm. Originally a GodOfEvil in [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 the original game]], later {{retcon}}ned into a {{mentor}} for the good guys ([[RetCanon By way of]] [[Film/MortalKombatTheMovie the movie]]). Once an Elder God, he later took human form to assist the heroes in their defense of Earthrealm.
* ''VideoGame/OracleOfTao'', this is the basic premise behind the hero's amnesia. Things don't add up with her memories and she thinks that [[DreamApocalypse she might not exist]], but the truth is in fact she's the only one who ''does exist'', and the world is a dream.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', the [[spoiler:gas station attendant]] that the player meets in the ''"the-first-day-you-reach-Inaba-kind-of-early"'' happens to be [[spoiler:Izanami, the Japanese Shinto Goddess. She also happens to be the [[TheManBehindTheMan true]] and {{final|Boss}} BigBad of the game.]]
* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'':
** According to the [[SchrodingersCanon dubiously canon]] ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari Fun Book'' and ''Shin (True) Madou Monogatari'' novels, Arle is the reincarnation of the essence and powers of Lilith, [[spoiler:a hero to humanity and the Dark Prince's lover, who became a god-like entity during [[KillTheGod the battle against]] [[GodIsEvil The Creator]] (However, she didn't inherit Lilith's mind, as said mind AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence)]]. Arle looks identical to Lilith to the point that when she manages to communicate with her mind by accident in ''Chaotic Final Exam''[[note]]Actually, the "purple clone" of Arle doesn't have a name in that said game, so it's actually some fans' assumption.[[/note]], she mistakes her for Doppelganger Arle (who is another character entirely in ''Yon~'').
** While rarely referred to these days, early promotional material for ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoFever'' explained that Amitie was a goddess in a previous life, but is unable to use her original power because it has been dispersed through a parallel world. A slightly more mature alt of her named "Red Amitie" appears in ''20th Anniversary'' and ''Quest'', the latter game whose leader skill is called "Goddess' Prayer". This backstory is likely a parallel from her starting out as an {{Expy}} of Arle.
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'':
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', [[spoiler:Hikaru is a heavily depowered Lucifer. She can regain her lost powers and male body if someone agrees to fuse with her. Earlier, in ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'', he's [[AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder seen]] by the insectile Mushibito as his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Beelzebub.]]
** Across the main series, YHVH has mostly ceased to appear directly, instead sending avatars to oversee and confront threats, such as the Ancient of Days and Kagutsuchi.
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'', compared to the inhuman demons and gods present in ''IV'' and even in ''Final'' itself, Krishna, the new BigBad opposing the ones from ''IV'', looks like a dark skinned, floating human. Subverted with [[spoiler:YHVH, who, after decades, returns in full force as the Final Boss]].
* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' reveals, via the world's [[MagicAIsMagicA physics]] and [[PureMagicBeing Lorelei]] himself, that [[spoiler: Luke, that is the "replica" version not the original,]] is this trope. Unfortunately the ramifications of this aren't addressed for various reasons; including everyone not realizing that when Lorelei called [[spoiler: Luke]] his Scion he meant it ''literally'' and not as a metaphor.
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' has Milla Maxwell, who is ''that'' [[TopGod Maxwell]] in the form of a human woman. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Except she's not]] actually, being merely TheBait and meant to think that to draw Exodus to her. And then it's [[DoubleSubvertedTrope Double Subverted]] when she ascends to being a Spirit and ultimately takes up the duty of Maxwell after the death of the first.]]
* [[spoiler:Hakuoro and Diy]] of ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}''. Technically the same person, actually, but due to being unable to die and having a huge mental breakdown some indeterminate but loooong time before, the person called 'Iceman' split into them. They tend to fight each other a lot as they embody separate aspects of his character. [[spoiler:Hakuoro seems to vastly prefer his existence as a human, being the side of him wishing for peace/to be destroyed instead of to destroy while Diy is his violent chaotic side which seems to prefer Godhood so as to blow stuff up as part of his evil darwinist philosophy.]]
* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' is essentially the physical avatar of Deus, created 10,000 years before the beginning of the game, manipulating history in order to orchestrate its revival.
* The [[spoiler:God of Harmony]] in ''VideoGame/LostKingdoms'' has the form of [[spoiler:the old woman Gurd]]. Or at least it's heavily implied if you find the secret room in the cathedral and read the books. But she just comes out and says it in the sequel.
* Lufia and Seena from the ''VideoGame/{{Lufia}}'' games are the God of Death who occasionally take human forms.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Lunar}}'' series, the world's patron goddess, Althena, takes the form of a human girl. In some versions of the story she incarnates regularly; in others it goes unmentioned, but either way it results in a [[MysteriousWaif heroine with mysterious powers and unknown origins.]] Lampshaded in ''[[VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar Lunar: Silver Star Story/Harmony]]'', when the hero tries to make a sculpture of Luna, and the person looking at it notices the similarity to the Goddess Althena.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', Javik explains that the Protheans believed that certain beliefs or concepts could manifest in physical form, being found in the truly extraordinary people in the Galaxy. For his actions during the Prothean-Reaper War, Javik was identified as the Avatar of Vengeance. He later states his belief that Shepard is the current Cycle's Avatar of Victory.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': Raiden, thunder god and protector of Earthrealm. Originally a GodOfEvil in [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 the original game]], later {{retcon}}ned into a {{mentor}} for the good guys ([[RetCanon By way of]] [[Film/MortalKombatTheMovie the movie]]). Once an Elder God, he later took human form to assist the heroes in their defense of Earthrealm.
* ''VideoGame/OracleOfTao'', this is the basic premise behind the hero's amnesia. Things don't add up with her memories and she thinks that [[DreamApocalypse she might not exist]], but the truth is in fact she's the only one who ''does exist'', and the world is a dream.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', the [[spoiler:gas station attendant]] that the player meets in the ''"the-first-day-you-reach-Inaba-kind-of-early"'' happens to be [[spoiler:Izanami, the Japanese Shinto Goddess. She also happens to be the [[TheManBehindTheMan true]] and {{final|Boss}} BigBad of the game.]]
* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'':
** According to the [[SchrodingersCanon dubiously canon]] ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari Fun Book'' and ''Shin (True) Madou Monogatari'' novels, Arle is the reincarnation of the essence and powers of Lilith, [[spoiler:a hero to humanity and the Dark Prince's lover, who became a god-like entity during [[KillTheGod the battle against]] [[GodIsEvil The Creator]] (However, she didn't inherit Lilith's mind, as said mind AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence)]]. Arle looks identical to Lilith to the point that when she manages to communicate with her mind by accident in ''Chaotic Final Exam''[[note]]Actually, the "purple clone" of Arle doesn't have a name in that said game, so it's actually some fans' assumption.[[/note]], she mistakes her for Doppelganger Arle (who is another character entirely in ''Yon~'').
** While rarely referred to these days, early promotional material for ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoFever'' explained that Amitie was a goddess in a previous life, but is unable to use her original power because it has been dispersed through a parallel world. A slightly more mature alt of her named "Red Amitie" appears in ''20th Anniversary'' and ''Quest'', the latter game whose leader skill is called "Goddess' Prayer". This backstory is likely a parallel from her starting out as an {{Expy}} of Arle.
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'':
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', [[spoiler:Hikaru is a heavily depowered Lucifer. She can regain her lost powers and male body if someone agrees to fuse with her. Earlier, in ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'', he's [[AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder seen]] by the insectile Mushibito as his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Beelzebub.]]
** Across the main series, YHVH has mostly ceased to appear directly, instead sending avatars to oversee and confront threats, such as the Ancient of Days and Kagutsuchi.
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'', compared to the inhuman demons and gods present in ''IV'' and even in ''Final'' itself, Krishna, the new BigBad opposing the ones from ''IV'', looks like a dark skinned, floating human. Subverted with [[spoiler:YHVH, who, after decades, returns in full force as the Final Boss]].
* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' reveals, via the world's [[MagicAIsMagicA physics]] and [[PureMagicBeing Lorelei]] himself, that [[spoiler: Luke, that is the "replica" version not the original,]] is this trope. Unfortunately the ramifications of this aren't addressed for various reasons; including everyone not realizing that when Lorelei called [[spoiler: Luke]] his Scion he meant it ''literally'' and not as a metaphor.
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' has Milla Maxwell, who is ''that'' [[TopGod Maxwell]] in the form of a human woman. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Except she's not]] actually, being merely TheBait and meant to think that to draw Exodus to her. And then it's [[DoubleSubvertedTrope Double Subverted]] when she ascends to being a Spirit and ultimately takes up the duty of Maxwell after the death of the first.]]
* [[spoiler:Hakuoro and Diy]] of ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}''. Technically the same person, actually, but due to being unable to die and having a huge mental breakdown some indeterminate but loooong time before, the person called 'Iceman' split into them. They tend to fight each other a lot as they embody separate aspects of his character. [[spoiler:Hakuoro seems to vastly prefer his existence as a human, being the side of him wishing for peace/to be destroyed instead of to destroy while Diy is his violent chaotic side which seems to prefer Godhood so as to blow stuff up as part of his evil darwinist philosophy.]]
* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' is essentially the physical avatar of Deus, created 10,000 years before the beginning of the game, manipulating history in order to orchestrate its revival.
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* Arawn in ''VisualNovel/TearsToTiara'' is called the Great Demon God and actually hasn't really been depowered since before being killed a thousand years before. The actual problem is that he currently possesses a much more humanlike shell and that actually using that power properly will destroy his nerves and muscles, so he doesn't. [[spoiler:Except he has been the entire time, leaving him incredibly worn out and ragged by the end. Also, even before when fighting with Pwyll he was already a depowered deity-level figure from being one of the Twelve Angels, and taking that form again causes him immense damage.]]
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* Arawn in ''VisualNovel/TearsToTiara'' is called the Great Demon God and actually hasn't really been depowered since before being killed a thousand years before. The actual problem is that he currently possesses a much more humanlike shell and that actually using that power properly will destroy his nerves and muscles, so he doesn't. [[spoiler:Except he has been the entire time, leaving him incredibly worn out and ragged by the end. Also, even before when fighting with Pwyll he was already a depowered deity-level figure from being one of the Twelve Angels, and taking that form again causes him immense damage.]]
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* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'''s Raiden, thunder god and protector of Earthrealm. Originally a GodOfEvil in [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 the original game]], later {{retcon}}ned into a {{mentor}} for the good guys ([[RetCanon By way of]] [[Film/MortalKombatTheMovie the movie]]). Once an Elder God, he later took human form to assist the heroes in their defense of Earthrealm.
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* In Myth/JapaneseMythology, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Susanoo]] was exiled from heaven for offending his sister, [[YamatoNadeshiko Amaterasu,]] and forced to wander Japan for awhile. Eventually he killed [[OurDragonsAreDifferent the]] {{Orochi}}, [[BoyMeetsGirl found a wife]], and [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning got restored to his status as a god]]. He later became an OverprotectiveDad against his daughter's suitor Okuninushi, but was eventually won over.
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* In Myth/JapaneseMythology, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Susanoo]] was exiled from heaven for offending his sister, [[YamatoNadeshiko Amaterasu,]] and forced to wander Japan for awhile. Eventually he killed [[OurDragonsAreDifferent the]] {{Orochi}}, [[BoyMeetsGirl found a wife]], and [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning got restored to his status as a god]]. He later became an OverprotectiveDad a BoyfriendBlockingDad against his daughter's suitor Okuninushi, but was eventually won over.
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When some form of spiritual being, or deity, becomes [[{{Reincarnation}} encased in a mortal shell]], usually causing them to have [[DePower no or limited access to their powers]]… sometimes [[WillfullyWeak of their own design]], sometimes forced upon them. Often referred to as an "avatar" after the Hindu religious term, but [[{{Avatar}} the word has gotten a little too commonplace]] to use as a trope name.
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When some form of spiritual being, or deity, becomes [[{{Reincarnation}} encased in a mortal shell]], usually causing them to have [[DePower no or limited access to their powers]]… sometimes [[WillfullyWeak of their own design]], sometimes forced upon them. Often referred to as an "avatar" after the Hindu religious term, but [[{{Avatar}} the word has gotten a little too commonplace]] commonplace to use as a trope name.
