God king explained

God king, or God-King, is a term for a deified ruler or a pagan deity that is venerated in the guise of a king. In particular, it is used to refer to:

• the Egyptian pharaohs^[1]
• Devaraja
• a sacred king in any other polytheistic faith^[2]

See also

• Divine king (disambiguation)
• Devaraja
• Euhemerism
• Imperial cult
• God emperor (disambiguation)
• List of people who have been considered deities
• Theocracy

Notes and References

1. John Jackson, Chronological Antiquities, 1752, p. 134. Heinrich Brugsch, A History of Egypt Under the Pharaohs, J. Murray, 1881
2. Wilfred L. Guerin, A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature, Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 193.