This is a list of notable people who were considered
deities
A deity or god is a supernatural being who is considered divine or sacred. The ''Oxford Dictionary of English'' defines deity as a god or goddess, or anything revered as divine. C. Scott Littleton defines a deity as "a being with powers greate ...
by themselves or others.
Imperial cults and cults of personality
Posthumous deification
Involuntary deification
Self-deification
See also
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Advaita Vedanta
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Apotheosis
Apotheosis (, ), also called divinization or deification (), is the glorification of a subject to divine levels and, commonly, the treatment of a human being, any other living thing, or an abstract idea in the likeness of a deity. The term has ...
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Arahitogami
is a Japanese word meaning a ''kami'' (or deity) who is a human being. It first appears in the '' Nihon Shoki'' () as a words of Yamato Takeru saying "I am the son of an Arahitokami".'' Nihon Shoki'', Chapter 7
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Brahman
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Christ myth theory
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Cult of personality
A cult of personality, or a cult of the leader, Mudde, Cas and Kaltwasser, Cristóbal Rovira (2017) ''Populism: A Very Short Introduction''. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 63. is the result of an effort which is made to create an id ...
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Culture hero
A culture hero is a mythological hero specific to some group ( cultural, ethnic, religious, etc.) who changes the world through invention or discovery. Although many culture heroes help with the creation of the world, most culture heroes are imp ...
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Divinity#Mortals
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Divinization (Christian)
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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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Folk saint
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God complex
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God in Hinduism
The concept of God in Hinduism varies in its diverse traditions. Hinduism spans a wide range of beliefs such as henotheism, monotheism, polytheism, panentheism, pantheism, pandeism, monism, agnosticism, atheism, and nontheism.
Forms of theism ...
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Godman (Hindu ascetic)
Godman is a colloquial unisex term used in India for a type of charismatic guru that is often raised to a demigod-like figure by their cult following. They usually have a high-profile presence, and are capable of attracting attention and suppo ...
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Hero cult
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Idolatry
Idolatry is the worship of a cult image or "idol" as though it were God. In Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, the Baháʼí Faith, and Islam) idolatry connotes the worship of something or someone other than the A ...
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Imperial cult
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Incarnation
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List of avatar claimants
This is a list of notable people who have explicitly claimed and are considered by others to be the Avatars of the Supreme Being or of a more limited expansion of Ishvara or other expression of divinity. This list does not include the traditional ...
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List of Buddha claimants
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List of deities
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List of demigods
This is a list of notable offspring of a deity with a mortal, in mythology and modern fiction. Such entities are sometimes referred to as demigods, although the term "demigod" can also refer to a minor deity, or great mortal hero with god-like v ...
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List of Mahdi claimants
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List of messiah claimants
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List of people claimed to be Jesus
This is a partial list of notable people who have been claimed, either by themselves or by their followers, to be the reincarnation or incarnation of Jesus, or the Second Coming of Christ.
18th century
* Kondratiy Selivanov (c. 1730s–18 ...
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Mahāvākyas
The Mahāvākyas (''sing.:'' mahāvākyam, महावाक्यम्; ''plural:'' mahāvākyāni, महावाक्यानि) are "The Great Sayings" of the Upanishads, as characterized by the Advaita school of Vedanta with mahā ...
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Maitreya claimants
Maitreya (Sanskrit: ) or Metteyya (Pali: ), also Maitreya Buddha or Metteyya Buddha, is regarded as the future Buddha of this world in Buddhist eschatology. As the 5th and final Buddha of the current kalpa, Maitreya's teachings will be aimed at ...
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Messiah complex
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Religion in ancient Rome
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Sacred king
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Shaktyavesha Avatar
Shaktyavesh Avatar (Devanagari: , IAST: ') is a type of incarnation, Avatar of God as per Hinduism. "Whenever the Lord is present in someone by portions of His various potencies, the living entity representing the Lord is called a śaktyāveśa- ...
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Tat Tvam Asi''
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Thou Art God"
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Veneration of the dead
References
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