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
Pharaoh
Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian: ''pr ꜥꜣ''; cop, , Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') is the vernacular term often used by modern authors for the kings of ancient Egypt who ruled as monarchs from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BC) until the an ...
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sacred king
In many historical societies, the position of kingship carries a sacral meaning; that is, it is identical with that of a high priest
The term "high priest" usually refers either to an individual who holds the office of ruler-priest, or to one ...
in any other polytheistic faith
[Wilfred L. Guerin, ''A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 193.]
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Devaraja
"Devarāja" was the religious order of the "god-king," or Divinity, deified monarch in medieval Southeast Asia. The devarāja order grew out of both Hinduism and separate local traditions depending on the area. It taught that the monarch, king ...
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Euhemerism
Euhemerism () is an approach to the interpretation of mythology in which mythological accounts are presumed to have originated from real historical events or personages. Euhemerism supposes that historical accounts become myths as they are exagge ...
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Imperial cult
An imperial cult is a form of state religion in which an emperor or a dynasty of emperors (or rulers of another title) are worshipped as demigods or deities. "Cult" here is used to mean "worship", not in the modern pejorative sense. The cult may ...
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God emperor (disambiguation)
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, view ...
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List of people who have been considered deities
This is a list of notable people who were considered deities by themselves or others.
Imperial cults and cults of personality
Posthumous deification
Involuntary deification
Self-deification
See also
* Advaita Vedanta
* Apotheosis
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