List of fictional deities explained

This is a navigational list of deities exclusively from fictional works, organized primarily by media type then by title of the fiction work, series, franchise or author. This list does not include deities worshipped by humans in real life that appear in fictional works unless they are distinct enough to be mentioned in a Wikipedia article separate from the articles for the entities they are based on.

Literature

The Chronicles of Narnia

• • Tash – A demon god of Calormen^{[1] [2]}

Dune series

• Paul Atreides

H. P. Lovecraft works

See main article: Cthulhu Mythos deities.

• Azathoth – The Blind Idiot God

J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium

• Eru Ilúvatar – Creator deity of Tolkien's World
  • • Melkor also known as Morgoth Bauglir – An evil fallen deity

Comics

DC Universe

• Ares – The Greek god of war^{[3] [4]} & member of the Olympians.
  • • Darkseid – Apokoliptian god of evil^{[5] [6]}
• Lords of Chaos and Order – Opposed groups of divine energy beings locked in eternal struggle^{[7] [8]}
  • Rao – The personification of the red sun of Krypton

Dragon Ball

• Beerus^[9]

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

• Haruhi Suzumiya^[10]

Marvel Universe

• Hercules
• In-Betweener – An incarnation of balance
• Living Tribunal – Serves directly under the supreme being
• Lord Chaos
• Odin - King of the Asgardians & ruler of Asgard.
• The Stranger}
• Thanos - A supervillain, the most powerful of the Titanian Eternals
• Thor
• Zeus - King of the Olympians.
• One-Above-All
• One Below All
• Celestials

Oh My Goddess!

• Skuld
• Urd
• Belldandy

Vertigo (different continuity from DC)

Television

Buffyverse

• • Glorificus
• Illyria

Transformers

• Unicron

Games

Dungeons & Dragons series

See main article: List of Greyhawk deities.

• Bahamut
• Corellon Larethian
• Mystra
• Takhisis
• Tharizdun
• Tiamat
• Vecna

Mortal Kombat series

• • Raiden

Ōkami

• Amaterasu

Tekken

• Ogre

The Legend of Zelda series

• Din – Goddess of Power in the creation myth of Hyrule
• Nayru – Goddess of Wisdom in the creation myth of Hyrule
• Farore – Goddess of Courage in the creation myth of Hyrule
• Hylia – Goddess.^[11]

Warhammer Fantasy

See also

• Fictional religion
• Lists of deities
• List of demigods in popular fiction

Notes and References

1. Book: Lewis, C. S. . C. S. Lewis . 2016 . The Last Battle . Enrich Spot . 27 . 978-988-77396-2-3 . [...] the Calormenes [...] They have a god called Tash..
2. Book: Duriez, Colin . Colin Duriez . 2013 . The A-Z of C. S. Lewis . Lion Hudson PLC . 298 . 9780745955865 . Tash The demon god of Calormen.
3. Book: Moulton, Charles . William Moulton Marston . 1942 . Wonder Woman #2 . . Scientists may yet prove that the Greek God of War exists - Ares.
4. Book: Dougall . Alastair . Ridout . Cefn . 2021 . The DC Comic Encyclopedia - New Edition . . 978-0-24143-953-1 . Ares is the Greek God of War.
5. Book: Tomasi . Peter . Peter Tomasi . Manapul . Francis . Francis Manapul . 2016 . Justice League: Darkseid War - Power of the Gods . . 9781401269470 . The last time the evil god Darkseid attacked Earth, the Justice League was formed to drive him back to Apokolips..
6. Book: Darowski, John . Darowski . Joseph J. . 2012 . The Ages of Superman: Essays on the Man of Steel in Changing Times . . 209 . In a World Without Superman, What Is the American Way? . 9780786463084 . Darkseid, DC Comics' god of evil.
7. Book: Wiacek, Stephen . 2021 . The DC Book: A Vast and Vibrant Multiverse Simply Explained . . Armageddon times . 9780241560570 . a transformative "Godwave" that spawns countless new pantheons. [...] splintering into family pantheons [...], divinities specific to Africa, Greece, [...]. One group declare themselves to be Lords of Order and Chaos. Abandoning physicality, they engage in an eternal war of principles..
8. Book: Rubin, Scott . 2020 . Naming Your Little Geek . Familius . 218 . 9781641703444 . DC Comics's Lords of Chaos and Order. These deities are alway trying to one-up each other.
9. Web site: 2022-03-23 . Dragon Ball: Beerus' Greatest Weakness Proves He Was Never Unbeatable . 2022-06-20 . ScreenRant . en-US . Beerus holds an immutable position as one of the most powerful beings in all of Dragon Ball due to his status as a God of Destruction.
10. Book: Buljan, Katharine . Spirituality-struck: anime and religio-spiritual devotional practices . 2017 . https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315582283-15/spirituality-struck-anime-religio-spiritual-devotional-practices-katharine-buljan . Fiction, Invention and Hyper-reality . 115–132 . Routledge . 10.4324/9781315582283-15 . 978-1-315-58228-3 . 2022-06-20. The second part of the chapter focuses on Haruhiism, an anime-based religion concerning Haruhi Suzumiya, who is a god in the form of a high school girl..
11. Web site: Greenbaum . Aaron . 2022-09-29 . The Legend of Zelda: Who Created the Triforce? . 2023-10-24 . Den of Geek . en-US.