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** DivineMisfile: When the celestial bureaucracy screws up the paperwork.

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** DivineMisfile: When the celestial bureaucracy screws up the paperwork.* {{Cernunnos}}: A horned deity usually associated with hunting, animals, and nature.


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* DivineMisfile: When the celestial bureaucracy screws up the paperwork.
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* DemiurgeArchetype: A false God-figure who impersonates the true God.
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* GodOfTheMoon: A god who represents or moves the moon.
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* HighTechHeaven: When deities or angels make use of modern or even sci-fi level technology.
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* ForgedByTheGods: A weapon is special because the gods made it.
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%%* AbrahamicGodArchetype: A fictional character that is modeled after the God of Abrahamic religions -- Rougue launched trope. Restore only if properly launched.
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* GodOfLight: A god who represents, the sun, the stars, light, day or dawn.
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* WorshippedForGreatDeeds: Someone who is not a god is nevertheless worshipped because of something they did.
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* GodOfFire: A god who commands fire and/or volcanoes.
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* LadyLuck: A deity associated with luck and fortune.
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* FertilityGod: A god responsible for creating and nurturing life.

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* FightingYourGod: When a person or a group decide to engage in conflict with their own figure of worship or divinity.



* FightingYourGod: When a person or a group decide to engage in conflict with their own figure of worship or divinity.
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* FightingYourGod: When a person or a group decide to engage in conflict with their own figure of worship or divinity.
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* AbrahamicGodArchetype: A fictional character that is modeled after the God of Abrahamic religions.

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* %%* AbrahamicGodArchetype: A fictional character that is modeled after the God of Abrahamic religions.religions -- Rougue launched trope. Restore only if properly launched.
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* SpiritualSports: A SubGenre combining sports with angels, gods, and/or goddesses.
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* PatronGod: When a god or goddess regularly rewards devotion and piety toward them.
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* HenotheisticSociety: When it's the societal norm for groups or individuals to favor the worship of one god of a FantasyPantheon over the others.
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* DivineInfernalFamily: God and {{Satan}} or TheAntiGod are considered relatives.
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* AbrahamicGodArchetype: A fictional character that is modeled after the God of Abrahamic religions.
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* LittleMissAlmighty: When God is depicted as female.

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* LittleMissAlmighty: When God is depicted as female.a female child/teen.

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* CrystalDragonJesus: Fantasy stand-ins for real-life religions, usually Christianity.

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* CrystalDragonJesus: Fantasy stand-ins for real-life religions, usually A fantasy religion with similarities to Christianity.


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* FantasyCounterpartReligion: A fictional religion which is explicitly based on or very similar to a real one.
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* GodOfTheDead: A deity who either oversees the process of death or judges the souls of the dead.
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* TricketerGod: Gods of trickery and deceit.

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* TricketerGod: TricksterGod: Gods of trickery and deceit.
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* TricketerGod: Gods of trickery and deceit.
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* KillTheGod
* KingOfAllCosmos
* LittleMissAlmighty

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* KillTheGod
KillTheGod: Killing deities.
* KingOfAllCosmos
KingOfAllCosmos: When God is portrayed as eccentric.
* LittleMissAlmightyLittleMissAlmighty: When God is depicted as female.



* LoserDeity
* LoveGoddess

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* LoserDeity
LoserDeity: Deities who are shunned or treated as a joke by their fellow deities.
* LoveGoddessLoveGoddess: A deity, often female, of love.



* MinorlyMentionedMythsAndMonsters: About rarely seen gods in media.
* TheMaker
* ModernizedGod

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* MinorlyMentionedMythsAndMonsters: About rarely Rarely seen gods deities in media.
* TheMaker
TheMaker: The creator(s) of a/the world/universe/multiverse/species/etc.
* ModernizedGodModernizedGod: When a god adapts their role to the modern day.



* OddJobGods
* OfferingsToTheGods
* TheOldGods
** DeathOfTheOldGods

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* OddJobGods
OddJobGods: An excessively specialized deity.
* OfferingsToTheGods
OfferingsToTheGods: Making physical offerings to deities.
* TheOldGods
TheOldGods: Entities that are above and/or came before the gods.
** DeathOfTheOldGodsDeathOfTheOldGods: When the gods that once ruled the world are dying or fading away.



* OmniscientMoralityLicense
* OurGodsAreDifferent
** OurTitansAreDifferent
* PalsWithJesus
* PantheonSitcom
* PhysicalGod
* PowerOfTheGodHand
* PowersThatBe

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* OmniscientMoralityLicense
OmniscientMoralityLicense: A deity who can do ''anything'' to the hero and still be considered one of the good guys because they know it will turn out okay.
* OurGodsAreDifferent
OurGodsAreDifferent: Common attributes and features of gods in fiction.
** OurTitansAreDifferent
OurTitansAreDifferent: The different traits and varying depictions of the Titans in fiction.
* PalsWithJesus
PalsWithJesus: A character, or characters, who has a direct line to deities.
* PantheonSitcom
PantheonSitcom: Deities in a sitcom setting.
* PhysicalGod
PhysicalGod: A corporeal entity with god-like abilities.
* PowerOfTheGodHand
PowerOfTheGodHand: When a person, item, or skill is named "god hand," which makes them seem powerful.
* PowersThatBePowersThatBe: Almighty, powerful, and invisible forces.



* {{Psychopomp}} (death deities/spirits)
** TheGrimReaper
** DeathIsALoser
** DontFearTheReaper
** RelievingTheReaper
** {{Shinigami}}
* ReasoningWithGod
* SemiDivine

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* {{Psychopomp}} (death deities/spirits)
{{Psychopomp}}: Deities or spirits of death.
** TheGrimReaper
TheGrimReaper: The AnthropomorphicPersonification of death.
** DeathIsALoser
DeathIsALoser: When TheGrimReaper or another deity of death is unintimidating or a ButtMonkey.
** DontFearTheReaper
DontFearTheReaper: A friendly personification of death.
** RelievingTheReaper
RelievingTheReaper: When someone temporarily takes over Death's job.
** {{Shinigami}}
{{Shinigami}}: The Japanese version of TheGrimReaper.
* ReasoningWithGod
ReasoningWithGod: When a mortal convinces higher powers to help, or at least not to harm.
* SemiDivineSemiDivine: A part normal, part supernatural being. Or in between them, in general.



* StockGods
* SuperHeroGods

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* StockGods
StockGods: Certain god archetypes.
* SuperHeroGodsSuperHeroGods: A mythological deity depicted as a superhero.



* TopGod
* WarGod
* WhatIfGodWasOneOfUs

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* TopGod
TopGod: A deity above the rest by their authority or very nature.
* WarGod
WarGod: A deity associated with warfare.
* WhatIfGodWasOneOfUsWhatIfGodWasOneOfUs: When God is a human living among humans.
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Tropes that deal with gods.

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Tropes that deal with gods.
gods and/or goddesses.



* AboveTheGods
* AbstractApotheosis
* TheAlmightyDollar

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* AboveTheGods
AboveTheGods: A setting that features entities even more powerful than its gods.
* AbstractApotheosis
AbstractApotheosis: When a character becomes an abstract concept or an idea.
* TheAlmightyDollarTheAlmightyDollar: God(s) of wealth, money, trade, prosperity/abundance, or fortune/luck.



* AmnesiacGod

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* AmnesiacGodAmnesiacGod: A deity with LaserGuidedAmnesia at the beginning of a story.



* TheAntiGod
* BargainWithHeaven
* BeingGodIsHard

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* TheAntiGod
TheAntiGod: Another, often opposing deity who's on par with the one true {{God}}.
* BargainWithHeaven
BargainWithHeaven: Making deals with gods or goddesses.
* BeingGodIsHardBeingGodIsHard: When it sucks to be a deity.



* CosmicEgg

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* CosmicEggCosmicEgg: The universe starting from an egg or something similar.



* DestroyerDeity
* DisabledDeity
* DivineDate
* DivineDelegation
* DivineIntervention
* DivineParentage
* DivineRanks

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* DestroyerDeity
DestroyerDeity: A deity associated with destruction.
* DisabledDeity
DisabledDeity: A deity or other divine being who has a disability.
* DivineDate
DivineDate: A mortal romancing a deity.
* DivineDelegation
DivineDelegation: A pantheon consisting of a TopGod and several lesser gods serving them.
* DivineIntervention
DivineIntervention: When God (or a divine equivalent in the story) takes an active role in a non-divine character's conflict.
* DivineParentage
DivineParentage: When one or both of a person's parents happens to be a deity.
* DivineRanksDivineRanks: A pecking order among deities.



* DragonsAreDivine
* EarthMother

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* DragonsAreDivine
DragonsAreDivine: Dragons depicted as holy or sacred.
* EarthMotherEarthMother: A hearty, smiling lady who is invariably portrayed as heavily pregnant and holding a brimming cornucopia, or nursing a baby, while children play at her feet.



* EmissaryFromTheDivine

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* EmissaryFromTheDivineEmissaryFromTheDivine: An old fashioned prophet from God, or a mortal or angel chosen for a certain role by the divine.



* EverybodyLovesZeus

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* EverybodyLovesZeusEverybodyLovesZeus: The god of light and the heavens is portrayed as good and pure even if they weren't in the original mythology.



* FantasyPantheon
* FoodGod
* {{God}}

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* FantasyPantheon
FantasyPantheon: When writers invent fictional deities to populate their world.
* FoodGod
FoodGod: God of whatever food is the basis for a culture's survival.
* {{God}}{{God}}: Singular almighty being who's often the creator of the universe along with all that's in it and the focus of many religions.



* GodCouple
* GodEating
* GodEmperor

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* GodCouple
GodCouple: When two deities become a couple.
* GodEating
GodEating: Gods eating each other, or being eaten by a non-deity.
* GodEmperorGodEmperor: A ruler depicted as a deity.



* GodInHumanForm
* GodIsDead
* GodIsDispleased

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* GodInHumanForm
GodInHumanForm: When a deity takes on a human form.
* GodIsDead
GodIsDead: When the creator of the universe is revealed to be dead.
* GodIsDispleasedGodIsDispleased: When deities withdraw their protection over a slight.



* GodIsGood
* GodIsInept
* GodIsNeutral
* GodJob

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* GodIsGood
GodIsGood: When God, or the setting's equivalent, is portrayed positively.
* GodIsInept
GodIsInept: Cases in which the Lord Almighty is—quite literally—not suited for his job.
* GodIsNeutral
GodIsNeutral: When God is neither benevolent nor malevolent.
* GodJobGodJob: A job that requires one to be a deity.



* GodOfThunder
* GodlySidestep

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* GodOfThunder
GodOfThunder: A deity who embodies electricity and/or storms.
* GodlySidestepGodlySidestep: When deities refuse to answer humanity's biggest questions.



* TheGodsMustBeLazy

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* TheGodsMustBeLazyTheGodsMustBeLazy: Gods who are either incapable or unwilling to resolve conflicts.



* GodWasMyCopilot

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* GodWasMyCopilotGodWasMyCopilot: A deity in disguise.



* {{Gotterdammerung}}

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* {{Gotterdammerung}}{{Gotterdammerung}}: A sudden, large-scale event that causes the gods to die or be sealed away forever.



* HaveYouSeenMyGod
* HealerGod

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* HaveYouSeenMyGod
HaveYouSeenMyGod: When God is currently unavailable. He may be coming back, He may not.
* HealerGodHealerGod: Deities of healing and/or medicine.



* HomeOfTheGods
* HotGod
* IncrediblyInconvenientDeity

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* HomeOfTheGods
HomeOfTheGods: The place where deities reside.
* HotGod
HotGod: Beautiful deities.
* IncrediblyInconvenientDeityIncrediblyInconvenientDeity: When deities hassle their helpers.
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* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: Gods or goddesses with gold and white color schemes to emphasize their divinity.
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* {{Precursors}}: Deities whose culture came before that of humans.

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