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God emperor


God emperor


God-Emperor or God Emperor may refer to:

Historical and legendary

  • Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, a group of mythological rulers or deities in ancient northern China said to be god emperors
  • Sapa Inca, the Emperor of the Inca Empire, viewed as a god
  • An emperor worshipped as a deity by an imperial cult
    • Imperial cult (ancient Rome) identified emperors with divinely sanctioned authority
  • Emperor Jimmu, first Emperor of Japan according to legend
    • Emperor of Japan, called Tennō, "heavenly sovereign"

Modern popular culture

  • Tisroc, the Calormene ruler in The Chronicles of Narnia
  • Leto II Atreides, the title character in Frank Herbert's science fiction novel God Emperor of Dune (1981)
  • The God-Emperor of Mankind, in the science fantasy universe, Warhammer 40,000
  • The Emperor, the godlike character in Andreas Eschbach's The Carpet Makers (2005)
  • God Emperor Doom, from Marvel's Secret Wars (2015 comic book)
  • God-Emperor, character in The Last Remnant role-playing video game

See also

  • Christ Pantocrator, a specific depiction of Christ
  • Caesaropapism, the idea of combining the power of secular government with the religious power
  • Divine right of kings
  • God king, a term for a deified ruler
  • List of people who have been considered deities
  • Sacred king

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