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Historical and legendary

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Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were two groups of mythological rulers in ancient north China. The Three Sovereigns supposedly lived long before The Five Emperors, who have been assigned dates in a period from 3162 BC to 2070 BC. Today ...
, a group of mythological rulers or deities in ancient northern China said to be god emperors *
Sapa Inca The Sapa Inca (from Quechua ''Sapa Inka'' "the only Inca") was the monarch of the Inca Empire (''Tawantinsuyu''), as well as ruler of the earlier Kingdom of Cusco and the later Neo-Inca State. While the origins of the position are mythical and o ...
, the Emperor of the Inca Empire, viewed as a god *An emperor worshipped as a deity by an
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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Imperial cult (ancient Rome) The Roman imperial cult identified Roman emperor, emperors and some members of their families with the Divine right of kings, divinely sanctioned authority (''auctoritas'') of the Roman State. Its framework was based on Roman and Greek precedents ...
identified emperors with divinely sanctioned authority *
Emperor Jimmu was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the '' Nihon Shoki'' and '' Kojiki''. His ascension is traditionally dated as 660 BC.Kelly, Charles F"Kofun Culture"Emperor of Japan The Emperor of Japan is the monarch and the head of the Imperial House of Japan, Imperial Family of Japan. Under the Constitution of Japan, he is defined as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, and his positio ...
, called Tennō, "heavenly sovereign"


Modern popular culture

*Tisroc, the Calormene ruler in
The Chronicles of Narnia ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' is a series of seven high fantasy novels by British author C. S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes and originally published between 1950 and 1956, ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' has been adapted for radio, telev ...
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Leto II Atreides Leto II Atreides ()Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine is a fictional character from the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. Born at the end of ''Dune Messiah'' (1969), Leto is a central character in ''Children of Dune'' (1976) ...
, the title character in Frank Herbert's science fiction novel ''God Emperor of Dune'' (1981) *The God-Emperor of Mankind, in the fictional Imperium ''(Warhammer 40,000)'' *The Emperor, the godlike character in Andreas Eschbach's ''
The Carpet Makers ''The Carpet Makers'' (German original title: ''Die Haarteppichknüpfer''), also published under the title ''The Hair Carpet Weavers'', is a science fiction novel by German writer Andreas Eschbach, originally published in 1995. The first English ...
'' (2005) *God Emperor Doom, from Marvel's ''Secret Wars'' (2015 comic book) *God-Emperor, character in ''
The Last Remnant is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix. It was released worldwide for Xbox 360 in November 2008 and for Microsoft Windows in March 2009. A PlayStation 3 version was originally announced as well, but this version was ...
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Donald J. Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
, 45th president of the United States, humorously referred to as such.


See also

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Christ Pantocrator In Christian iconography, Christ Pantocrator ( grc-gre, Χριστὸς Παντοκράτωρ) is a specific depiction of Christ. ''Pantocrator'' or ''Pantokrator'', literally ''ruler of all'', but usually translated as "Almighty" or "all-po ...
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Caesaropapism Caesaropapism is the idea of combining the social and political power of secular government with religious power, or of making secular authority superior to the spiritual authority of the Church; especially concerning the connection of the Chur ...
, the idea of combining the power of secular government with the religious power *
Divine right of kings In European Christianity, the divine right of kings, divine right, or God's mandation is a political and religious doctrine of political legitimacy of a monarchy. It stems from a specific metaphysical framework in which a monarch is, before b ...
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God king 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 *a sacred king in any other polytheistic faithWilfred L. Guerin, ''A Handbo ...
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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 * A ...
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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 ...
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