Deity Fiction

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This is an index page for works of fiction revolving around gods and demigods. To qualify, the story must have a god or demigod as the main protagonist or Deuteragonist. They can also be a major presence within the story either as the heroes' allies and mentors or as the Big Bad. If the protagonist is a Deity of Human Origin, they also count. Characters whose powers are comparable to gods but are not explicitly stated to be gods or stories that only mention gods do not count.

Examples of Religion, Mythology, and Sacred Literature need not be listed here, as those all deal with gods (not to mention they weren't intended to be works of fiction by the people who believed and propagated them).

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The Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice

Anime & Manga

Ah! My Goddess: The story revolves around the relationship between the human Keiichi Morisato and the goddess Belldandy.
Cat God
Child of Kamiari Month
Dragon Ball Super: Gods become a major factor within the series. While there were deities in Dragon Ball Z, they become a bigger focus here with God of Destruction Beerus, the new Super Saiyan God form and its successors, Zamasu, and gods of other universes.
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods: Before Super, Beerus's story was told through a movie with him as the main focus on his journey to find a Super Saiyan God which he achieves when Goku gets the help of the other Saiyans to acquire the form.
Gan Kon
Good Luck Girl!: An extremely fortunate girl develops a vitriolic friendship with the goddess of misfortune sent to strip her from her excess of good luck. Several other gods get involved in their misadventures.
The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace
Kamichama Karin: The eponymous character can transform into a goddess using a Ring of Power.
Kamichu!
Kamikami Kaeshi
KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World
Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama: The main characters are gods that represent various physical objects, based on the concept of Shinto and Christianity.
Kami-sama no Ekohiiki: Much of the plot's events are kicked off by a mischievous, nameless Shinto god with a lot of time on his hands, and he continues to watch over the main characters as the story goes on.
Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens: The plot revolves around Nagi, a goddess who wakes up after the main character carves a sculpture of her from a sacred tree, who aims to cleanse the town of impurities.
Magu-chan: God of Destruction
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Lucoa is my xx: The female lead is a Gender Flip of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl.
Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok: The Norse God of Mischief Loki is stripped of his powers as punishment for his misdeeds. He opens a detective agency as part of a plan to restore his status.
Noragami: The main protagonist is a stray god named Yato.
Oh, Suddenly Egyptian God
Record of Ragnarok: Humans from across history engage in 1-on-1 fights to the death against gods and demigods to determine the fate of humanity.
RG Veda: The story takes inspiration from Vedic mythology and several characters are gods, including main characters Ashura and Yasha.
Saint Seiya: Five friends serve the reincarnation of the goddess Athena in her quest to reclaim her place as ruler of the Saints.
Saint Young Men: Jesus and Buddha share an apartment in Japan.
Ulysses 31: The major male gods of Olympus torment Ulysses throughout his journey and even send minor deities against him.
Unico: Venus is the Big Bad with her actions towards the protagonist being integral to the series. Psyche also has a minor role as the protagonist's first friend.
- Unico: Black Cloud and White Feather: Both Venus and Psyche make a brief non-speaking appearance during a sequence showing Unico's origins.
- Saving our Fragile Earth: Unico Special Chapter: An unnamed goddess appears in the short's prologue where she laments earth becoming uninhabitable. Her tears ends up bringing life to Tsubasa, a wood creature that Unico befriends in the short.
- Unico: Awakening: Venus is the Greater-Scope Villain of the series and given a much threatening appearance.
Yaiba: The main protagonist's Cool Sword belongs to Raijin, while his Arch-Enemy's belongs to Fuujin. The Hero would later gain access to Ryuujin's.

Art

The Apotheosis of Washington illustrates President Washington ascending into godhood.
Bacchus, the God of Wine, is the main character of some artworks:
- Drinking Bacchus, by Guido Reni
- Young Sick Bacchus, by Caravaggio
Psyche and Cupid (Bouguereau): The paintings are inspired by the myth of Cupid And Psyche. Respectively, a Love God and a Deity of Human Origin.
The Last Supper, by Leonardo da Vinci, has Jesus, the son of God (and an alternate person of said god) as the focal figure.
Primavera, by Sandro Botticelli, reunites several deities from Greek Mythology. On the left, Zephyrus, god of the western winds, is abducting the nymph Chloris. As a result, she'll turn into Flora, the goddess of flowers. In the center, there are the love deities Venus and Cupid. On the right, there's Mercury, the god of speed.
Goddess of Spring Proserpina's abduction by Pluto, the god of the Underworld is the subject of a painting, The Rape of Proserpina (Rubens) (here, other deities either support Pluto or help free Proserpina), and a sculpture, The Rape of Proserpina (Bernini).
Thor's Fight with the Giants features Thor, the God of Thunder, beating the Etins, which are anti-gods.
Venus is the subject of several paintings. Her birth, in particular:
- Aphrodite of Menophantos
- The Birth of Venus, by Sandro Botticelli
- The Birth of Venus, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
- The Birth of Venus, by Alexandre Cabanel
- The Birth of Venus by Eduard Steinbrück
- The Planet Venus, by Falero
- Venus de Milo
Venus and her son Cupid are deities of different aspects of love. As such, they are commonly depicted together in art pieces:
- Venus and Cupid by Artemisia Gentileschi
- Venus and Cupid by Lorenzo Lotto
- Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time by Agnolo Bronzino (here, they are accompanied by the deities of foolishness and time)
Witches' Sabbath (1798), by Franchise De Goya: The goat-like Satan is being worshipped as a god by a group of impoverished women.

Comic Books

DC Comics:
- Arak: Son of Thunder: The titular character is a demigod and the son of a Native American thunder god.
- Aztek
- Lobo A Contract On Gawd
- Lucifer: The book includes the Abrahamic God as a supporting character. Lucifer explicitly says he is not a god, but Elaine is technically God's granddaughter and becomes God by the end.
- New Gods: The series focuses on gods from outer space.
  - Mister Miracle (2017): The book focuses on the New God Scott Free, AKA Mister Miracle, and his wife Big Barda.
- The Sandman (1989): A borderline example. The story focuses on a family of fantastic Anthropomorphic Personifications of cosmic powers known as The Endless. They are viewed as gods by some but are stated to be Above the Gods. Several deities from various religions show up as supporting characters.
- Shazam!: His powers are derived from six archetypal figures: the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles, and the speed of Mercury. His name (well, not originally) is even an acronym of said gods and figures.
- Wonder Woman: The gods have been prominent characters since the beginning and the New 52 run retconned Diana into a demigoddess. Even before this, Diana was considered Semi-Divine due to being created by the gods and blessed with their powers.
Democracy: The goddess Athena comes to the hero's aid whenever he needs it.
God Is Dead: The story focuses on a war between various pantheons.
Heathen (2017)
Marvel Comics:
- Carnage (2022): The comic primarily focuses on the Carnage symbiote's pursuit and attainment of godhood.
- Carnage (2023): The apotheosized Carnage is the Villain Protagonist.
- The Incredible Hercules: The comic is based on Classical Mythology and stars Hercules.
  - Chaos War: The Japanese evil god Amatsu-Mikaboshi, who has taken control hold on many enslaved alien gods, goes on a rampage across the universe intending to destroy the entire creation and return everything to primordial chaos. Hercules assembles a team of gods to stop him.
  - Hercules (2015)
- Journey into Mystery: The comic was Thor's debut.
  - The Mighty Thor: The comic is a loose adaptation of Norse Mythology and focuses on Thor, the Norse God of Thunder. His adopted brother Loki is the God of Mischief and has starred in his own spinoff titles.
  - Thor
  - Journey into Mystery (Gillen)
  - Journey into Mystery (Immonen)
  - Thor: God of Thunder (2012)
  - Thor (2014)
  - Thor: Vikings
  - The Surtur Saga
  - Thunderstrike
  - War of the Realms
  - Loki
  - Loki: Agent of Asgard
  - Thors
  - Vote Loki
  - King Thor
  - The Immortal Thor
- Silver Surfer: Black: The Silver Surfer faces off against the dark god Knull from Venom.
- Venom:
  - Venom (Donny Cates): The Big Bad of the first and final arcs is Knull, an Elder God who predates the universe and created the symbiotes.
  - King in Black
  - Venom (2021): Al Ewing's half of the narrative deals with Eddie Brock's tribulations as the new King in Black.
  - Death of the Venomverse: The apotheosized Carnage is the Big Bad and Villain Protagonist, and is seeking to become even stronger.
Nelvana of the Northern Lights
The Olympians: The comic deals with the Greek pantheon.
Pantheon: The True Story of the Egyptian Deities: A comic book about the Egyptian gods.
Patriotika
Spawn: Both God and Satan are recurring antagonists, non-Christian deities and entities exist, and Spawn at one point becomes an an Ascended Demon.
Schindelschwinger
Valhalla
The Wicked + The Divine: Every ninety years, twelve gods are reincarnated as young people.

Fan Works

Dungeon Keeper Ami: The plot is about protecting worlds from evil gods who serve as antagonists.
The Infinite Loops: The Administrators - more commonly called Admins - are deities from various mythologies who try to fix the damage done to Yggdrasil. Rather than being a background element, Admins are known to directly interfered in the branches they manage, and there are even snips labelled "Admin Shenanigans" that focus on their interactions with each other.
For the Love of the Gods
Hope Springs Eternal: A retelling of the myth of Hades and Persephone in the style of Disney's Hercules.
Infinity Train: Seeker of Crocus: The Infinity Train hosts denizens that are collectively called Numinae and are the inspiration for gods in many myths.
The Night Unfurls: Celestine Lucross, also known as the Goddess Incarnate, is a major P.O.V. character in the story.

Films — Animation

Fantasia: Two of the segments feature gods from two different mythologies.
- "Pastoral Symphony" is set in Ancient Greece, and heavily features the Olympian Gods, particularly Bacchus, Zeus and Hephaestus.
- "Night on Bald Mountain" has the Slavic Black God Chernabog as the main character.
Hercules: The film is a loose adaptation of the Greek myth of Heracles.
Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus
Moana: The Oceanic demigod Maui is the Deuteragonist, and much of the story is about his character development.
Thor: Tales of Asgard
Wonder Woman (2009)

Films — Live-Action

Almighty Thor, made by The Asylum and ripping off another more well-known Thor film the same year.
Bruce Almighty: God Himself gives omnipotent powers to a human and intervenes several times in the story.
Clash of the Titans (1981): Both the original and the remake focus on the Greek demigod Perseus and the Olympian gods are the primary drivers of the plot.
- Clash of the Titans (2010)
DC Extended Universe
Gods of Egypt
Hercules in New York
Hercules (2014): Hercules is the main hero.
Immortals: Theseus is chosen by the gods to fight evil and they frequently come to his aid throughout the story.
Jason and the Argonauts: Greek hero Jason gets help from the Gods of Olympus in his quest to find the Golden Fleece.
The Legend of Hercules: Hercules is the main protagonist.
Mara and the Firebringer: The main protagonist is a seer who must stop the Trickster God Loki from escaping his prison.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Thor: The films are an adaptation of the stories by Marvel Comics (see the comic books section).
- Thor: The Dark World
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Eternals
- Thor: Love and Thunder
Oh, God!
Parking (1985)
Shredder Orpheus
Vikingdom: Eirick, a recently-murdered Norse king who was brought back to life by the goddess Freyja, is tasked with stopping Thor's evil plot from succeeding.
War God, where Guan Yu staves off an Alien Invasion. Nope, not making this up.

Literature

The Advent of Death's Daughter
American Gods
- Anansi Boys
The Aristocrat's Otherworldly Adventure
Beyond Reality: The series features various deities and entities across The Multiverse, one of which plays a role as a supporting character in all three novels.
The Camp Half-Blood Series
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians
- The Heroes of Olympus
- The Trials of Apollo
Campione!: The main character and six others gained powers by slaying a god. More gods show up as villains.
Cassandra Palmer
Chasing the Moon
- "Pizza Madness"
The Chronicles of Narnia
Cthulhu Mythos
Cretan Chronicles
Cupid And Psyche
The Dark Hunters
Discworld
- Hogfather
- The Last Hero
- Small Gods
Divine Misfortune
- "My Dinner with Ares"
Everworld: The series is about four teenagers with opposing personalities Trapped in Another World, where all of the classical polytheistic gods, demons and legendary heroes from various mythologies fled when people stopped worshiping them in the "Old World."
The Fallen Gods Trilogy
Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers
The Gospel of Loki
Heaven Official’s Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu: The main character is a dishonoured god who manages to ascend to Heaven for the third time. A lot of the novel is spent showcasing that becoming a god actually doesn't rid you from all your problems.
The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious: The main heroine is Ristarte, a novice goddess of healing.
Inheritance Trilogy
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
Izure Shinwa No Ragnarok: The protagonist becomes Balor's host for a war between Gods.
The Kane Chronicles
KonoSuba: The secondary protagonist is the water goddess Aqua, whom male lead Kazuma drags with him into the new world as his New Life in Another World Bonus.
Level Up Hero Various gods exist in that world and human descendents have superpowers. Sam Sheppard's mentor is Chiron.
The Long Dark Teatime Of The Soul
Magika Swordsman and Summoner: Gods are the main source of power in verse, and evil gods like Loki serve as antagonists.
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
Odd And The Frost Giants
On a Godless Planet
The One Who Eats Monsters: The protagonist is a goddess of darkness and other gods are present in the story.
Pantheon Series: A series of standalone Urban Fantasy novels that each deals with the various pantheons of world mythology existing in the modern world.
The Raven Tower
The Reunion With Twelve Fascinating Goddesses: The main protagonist is an Ordinary High-School Student who must battle twelve goddesses who are wreaking havoc in another world.
Runemarks
The Saga of Tanya the Evil: The main antagonist is God.
The Silmarillion: The first two sections focus on the gods of Middle-Earth known as the Valar. The first section details their origin story and role in creating the world, while the second section gives an overview of each Valar, their personality, their domain, and notable events they participated in.
Spice and Wolf: One of the two main characters is Holo, a wolf goddess who's associated with the harvest.
Whateley Universe: A number of characters are either incarnations of deities (e.g., the New Olympians, Carmilla), or Avatars who have made a Paladin bond with a deity (Miyet is bound to Bast, Inaba with The Rabbit of the Moon, Okami with Amaterasu, etc.).
Zeus Is Dead

Live-Action TV

The Almighty Johnsons: The series is a New Zealand Urban Fantasy Dramedy about a family of four brothers and their cousin who turn out to be incarnations of the Norse gods.
American Gods (2017)
Encantadia: Deities are prominent fixtures in the series. The Goddess Ether, in particular, is True Final Boss of the entire series.
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: The show and its spinoff primarily feature the Greek gods, and gods from other pantheons, such as the Norse, Celtic, and Egyptian.
- Xena: Warrior Princess
Loki (2021)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Sauron is the deuteragonist of the show.
Lucifer (2016)
Mahou Sentai Magiranger
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023)
Ragnarok (2020): The main protagonist is the Reincarnation of the Norse Thunder God Thor. Reincarnations of other Norse gods show up in the series.
The Sandman (2022)
Victor Magtanggol

Manhwa

The Bride of the Water God

Tabletop Games

Exalted: Players are Exalted, demigods empowered by different god patrons.
Godbound
Gods of the Fall: Players take the role of young gods working through their early years as they struggle to form a pantheon in a post-apocalyptic fantasy world.
Mythender: The goal is to hunt down and destroy gods and monsters across the world.
Scion: Demigods are the player characters.

Theatre

Video Games

Actraiser: The Player Character is a god, and its their job to drive demons out of the world and make it suitable for human habitation. As more settlements are built and more human worshippers populate the land, the god grows stronger thanks to God Needs Prayer Badly.
Age of Mythology
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla: The main protagonist is the female reincarnation of Odin and one of the characters is a reincarnation of Loki. In addition, there are flashbacks to Asgard and Valhalla.
Asura's Wrath: Asura is one of the 8 Guardian Generals, demigods who have been assigned to protect earth from corrupted monsters called Gohma. The other Guardian Generals eventually betray him, frame him for the murder of the emperor and enact a plan to rid the world of Gohma once and for all, re-christening themselves the Seven Deities in the process.
The Battle of Olympus
Black & White: The player character is a minor god.
''DanMachi:
- Memoria Freese
- Battle Chronicle
Dark Romance: Kingdom of Death revolves around Persephone working to escape Hades and Poseidon.
Dislyte: The game is based around the Espers, who were granted the powers of mythological figures by the Miracle. From their transformation, their appearance changed to reflect whoever they represent (for example, Drew took on a humanoid jackal body after his Esper transformation to match his host, the Egyptian death god Anubis who has a jackal head).
Eldest Souls
Eternal Senia: As revealed in Eternal Senia: Hydrangea After The Rain, the Big Bad is a god, not a demon.
Fate/Grand Order: A very large number of characters are Semi-Divine, and some are even actual gods. There are such characters on both the hero and villain sides; for example, in Singularity 7 you team up with some of the Babylonian gods, while in Lostbelt 5 the villains are the Olympian Pantheon. This also has an effect in gameplay; people with divine lineage has the "Divinity" passive skill, which enables them to do extra damage, and the "Goddess' Essence" passive that's reserved for those who are born full-blown goddesses. There are also specialized "God's Essence" passive skills which reflect the identity of few servants ^Examples and grant various effects on top of the damage bonus. There are also several ways to specifically boost or target characters with the [Divine] trait.
Fishing Vacation: It's revealed that the main antagonist and the one responsible for the strange events is Senua, the Inuit ocean goddess.
Genshin Impact: The game features gods called the Seven Archons who are integral to the Traveler's journey in Teyvat.
God of War: The main protagonist is the Greek demigod warrior Kratos who for a time was also a War God. The original games focus on Kratos's conflict with the Greek Pantheon. God of War (2018) has Kratos dealing with the Norse gods.
Gods Of Rome
Godus: The player is the governing deity (benevolent or otherwise) of a primitive tribe of people.
Hades: The game follows Zagreus, the son of the Underworld God, Hades. Other gods from Greek myth are present as well.
- Hades II
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice: The game is based on Celtic and Norse Mythology and features gods from the latter. Hela is the Final Boss.
Herc's Adventures
Hercules
Immortals Fenyx Rising: The Greek Pantheon features prominently as supporting characters, with the Big Bad being Typhon and Fenyx being revealed to be a deity themselves.
Kamigami no Asobi: The protagonist is an agent of the Hell and Earth Relations Agency - more commonly known as H.E.R.A. - an organization which manages the activities of the gods and godly monsters of Classical Mythology in the modern world.
Kid Icarus
- Kid Icarus (1986)
- Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
- Kid Icarus: Uprising
Little Medusa
Lunar: The Silver Star
Lunar: Eternal Blue
Master Detective Archives: Rain Code: Shinigami is a death god and the game's deuteragonist.
Mortal Kombat: Raiden, the Earth's God of Thunder, is a playable character and the Big Good for most of the games. Shinnok, the Fallen Elder God, is the Big Bad of Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero, Mortal Kombat 4 and Mortal Kombat X. Kronika, the Titaness of Time, is the Big Bad of Mortal Kombat 11. The Elder Gods are also recurring elements throughout the games. Taven, an Edenian demigod, is the main hero of Mortal Kombat: Armageddon.
Neptunia: The main characters, including the protagonist, Neptune, are goddesses that represent the Moe Anthromorphication of video game consoles.
Ōkami: The player takes control of Amaterasu the Japanese sun goddess who has been reincarnated in the form of a white wolf.
Populous: The player character is a deity.
Prince of Persia (2008): Ahriman, the Zoroastrian god of darkness, is the main antagonist. His conflict with Ormazd, the God of Light, is integral to the plot.
Red Goddess: Inner World: The Player Character is a goddess exploring her inner world to recover her memories and powers.
Sacrifice: Five Gods - Persephone, James, Stratos, Pyro and Charnel - are prominent forces in the story.
Sakuna Of Rice And Ruin: The Player Character is a rice goddess.
Shin Megami Tensei
Smite: Gods, demigods, and divine monsters from various mythologies and religions are playable characters.
Stray Gods
Touhou Fuujinroku ~ Mountain of Faith puts particular emphasis on gods despite the franchise mainly focusing on youkai; most of the bosses are gods of some kind, including the Final Boss.
WitchSpring: The background involves the deities and how humanity once revered them before taking their power for themselves and demonizing them as witches. The protagonists are the titular "witches" in question.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2: The main characters' motivation is to travel to Elysium, home of The Architect, and lead a migration for the people of their dying world.
Zeus: Master of Olympus