List of fictional deities

This is a list of deities from fictional works. They are organized by media type, then by the title of their fictional work, series, franchise, or author. This list does not include deities worshiped by humans in the real world even if they appear in fictional works. However, such deities may be included if they are considered to have been modified enough to distinguish them from their extant counterparts.

Literature

The Chronicles of Narnia

Aslan – Deity in the form of a lion in Narnia
Tash – A demon god of Calormen

The Cosmere

Adonalsium – Creator or creation force of the Cosmere, shattered into 16 shards.

Cthulhu Mythos

Azathoth – The Blind Idiot God
Cthulhu – Fictional cosmic entity
Nyarlathotep – Fictional Lovecraftian god
Shub-Niggurath – Fictional deity in the Cthulhu Mythos

Dune

Paul Atreides

J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium

Eru Ilúvatar – Creator deity of Tolkien's world
Valar – Divine or angelic race in Tolkien's writings
Maiar – Divine race from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium
Melkor, also known as Morgoth Bauglir – An evil fallen deity
Sauron – Primary antagonist in Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings"

Comics

DC Universe

Ares – The Greek god of war and member of the Olympians.
New Gods – Fictional species appearing in the New Gods comic book series
- Darkseid – Apokoliptian god of evil
Lords of Chaos and Order – Opposed groups of divine energy beings locked in eternal struggle
The Presence – Comic book character
Rao - Kryptonian sun god

Vertigo Comics

Endless (comics) – Sandman comic characters
Lucifer (DC Comics) – Comic book character
Elaine Belloc – DC Comics character

Death Note

Dragon Ball

Haruhi Suzumiya

Haruhi Suzumiya

Marvel Universe

Amatsu-Mikaboshi
Asgardians
- Balder the Brave
- Enchantress
- Executioner
- Fandral
- Frigga
- Heimdall
- Hela
- Kelda
- Loki
- Lorelai
- Magni
- Odin – King of the Asgardians and ruler of Asgard.
- Sif
- Thor
- Valkyrie
Celestials
- Arishem the Judge
- Tiamut
Cyttorak
Death
Eternals
- Ajak
- Druig
- Forgotten One
- Ikaris
- Kingo Sunen
- Kronos
- Makkari
- Mentor
- Overmind
- Phastos
- Sersi
- Sprite
- Starfox
- Thanos – A supervillain, the most powerful of the Titanian Eternals
- Thena
- Zuras
Eternity
Galactus
In-Betweener – An incarnation of balance
Knull
Living Tribunal – Serves directly under the supreme being
Lord Chaos
The Stranger
Olympians
- Ares
- Athena
- Hera
- Hermes
- Hercules
- Neptune
- Pluto
- Venus
- Zeus – King of the Olympians.

Oh My Goddess!

Film and television

Buffyverse

First Evil – Buffy the Vampire Slayer villain
Glorificus
Illyria

Ghostbusters

Gozer

Hercules and Xena

Pirates of the Caribbean

Tia Dalma

Transformers

Unicron

Games

Dragon Quest

Malroth

Dungeons & Dragons

Genshin Impact

God of War

Kratos

Hades

Legacy of Kain

Kain – Title character of the Legacy of Kain series

Mortal Kombat

Ōkami

Amaterasu

Pokémon

Arceus

Warhammer Fantasy

References

↑ Lewis, C. S. (2016). The Last Battle. Enrich Spot. p. 27. ISBN 978-988-77396-2-3. [...] the Calormenes [...] They have a god called Tash.
↑ Duriez, Colin (2013). The A-Z of C. S. Lewis. Lion Hudson PLC. p. 298. ISBN 9780745955865. Tash The demon god of Calormen
↑ Łaszkiewicz, Weronika (2018). Fantasy Literature and Christianity: A Study of the Mistborn, Coldfire, Finoavar Tapestry and Chronicles of Thomas Covenant Series. McFarland. pp. 188, 193. ISBN 978-1-4766-7170-3. the Cosmere was originally created and supervised by the ultimate divine power called Adonalsium [...] the supreme being
↑ Berenguel, Lorenzo; Antonio, Marcos (2021), Resizing ancient and contemporary heroism in herbert´s dune: Paul atreides as a heroic figure (Master Thesis), Universidad de Almería, the one who arises with this title is Paul Atreides, becoming the deity that unifies both religious cults and is worshipped... Therefore, he is another hero that has divine and mortal traits, but he eventually embraces his godly powers
↑ Moulton, Charles (1942). Wonder Woman #2. DC Comics. Scientists may yet prove that the Greek God of War exists - Ares
↑ Dougall, Alastair; Ridout, Cefn, eds. (2021). The DC Comic Encyclopedia - New Edition. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-24143-953-1. Ares is the Greek God of War
↑ Tomasi, Peter; Manapul, Francis (2016). Justice League: Darkseid War - Power of the Gods. DC Comics. ISBN 9781401269470. The last time the evil god Darkseid attacked Earth, the Justice League was formed to drive him back to Apokolips.
↑ Darowski, John (2012). "In a World Without Superman, What Is the American Way?". In Darowski, Joseph J. (ed.). The Ages of Superman: Essays on the Man of Steel in Changing Times. McFarland & Company. p. 209. ISBN 9780786463084. Darkseid, DC Comics' god of evil
↑ Wiacek, Stephen (2021). "Armageddon times". The DC Book: A Vast and Vibrant Multiverse Simply Explained. Dorling Kindersley Limited. ISBN 9780241560570. a transformative "Godwave" that spawns countless new pantheons. [...] splintering into family pantheons [...], divinities specific to Africa, Greece, [...]. One group declare themselves to be Lords of Order and Chaos. Abandoning physicality, they engage in an eternal war of principles.
↑ Rubin, Scott (2020). Naming Your Little Geek. Familius. p. 218. ISBN 9781641703444. DC Comics's Lords of Chaos and Order. These deities are alway trying to one-up each other
↑ Skelton, David A. (2023). "By(e) Rao!: Personification or Deception". In McKee, Gabriel; Abraham, Roshan (eds.). Theology and the DC Universe. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 27-50. ISBN 9781978716117.
↑ "Dragon Ball: Beerus' Greatest Weakness Proves He Was Never Unbeatable". ScreenRant. 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2022-06-20. Beerus holds an immutable position as one of the most powerful beings in all of Dragon Ball due to his status as a God of Destruction
↑ Buljan, Katharine (2017). "Spirituality-struck: anime and religio-spiritual devotional practices". Fiction, Invention and Hyper-reality. Routledge. pp. 115–132. doi:10.4324/9781315582283-15. ISBN 978-1-315-58228-3. Retrieved 2022-06-20. The second part of the chapter focuses on Haruhiism, an anime-based religion concerning Haruhi Suzumiya, who is a god in the form of a high school girl.
↑ Littman, Greg. "Sympathy for the devils." The Philosophers' Magazine 65 (2014): 46-53.
↑ Ekman, Stefan (2019). "Vitruvius, Critics, and the Architecture of Worlds: Extra-Narratival Material and Critical World-Building". Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research. 6 (1): 118–131. Retrieved 2026-06-17.

[1] Lewis, C. S. (2016). The Last Battle. Enrich Spot. p. 27. ISBN 978-988-77396-2-3. [...] the Calormenes [...] They have a god called Tash.

[2] Duriez, Colin (2013). The A-Z of C. S. Lewis. Lion Hudson PLC. p. 298. ISBN 9780745955865. Tash The demon god of Calormen

[3] Łaszkiewicz, Weronika (2018). Fantasy Literature and Christianity: A Study of the Mistborn, Coldfire, Finoavar Tapestry and Chronicles of Thomas Covenant Series. McFarland. pp. 188, 193. ISBN 978-1-4766-7170-3. the Cosmere was originally created and supervised by the ultimate divine power called Adonalsium [...] the supreme being

[4] Berenguel, Lorenzo; Antonio, Marcos (2021), Resizing ancient and contemporary heroism in herbert´s dune: Paul atreides as a heroic figure (Master Thesis), Universidad de Almería, the one who arises with this title is Paul Atreides, becoming the deity that unifies both religious cults and is worshipped... Therefore, he is another hero that has divine and mortal traits, but he eventually embraces his godly powers

[5] Moulton, Charles (1942). Wonder Woman #2. DC Comics. Scientists may yet prove that the Greek God of War exists - Ares

[6] Dougall, Alastair; Ridout, Cefn, eds. (2021). The DC Comic Encyclopedia - New Edition. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-24143-953-1. Ares is the Greek God of War

[7] Tomasi, Peter; Manapul, Francis (2016). Justice League: Darkseid War - Power of the Gods. DC Comics. ISBN 9781401269470. The last time the evil god Darkseid attacked Earth, the Justice League was formed to drive him back to Apokolips.

[8] Darowski, John (2012). "In a World Without Superman, What Is the American Way?". In Darowski, Joseph J. (ed.). The Ages of Superman: Essays on the Man of Steel in Changing Times. McFarland & Company. p. 209. ISBN 9780786463084. Darkseid, DC Comics' god of evil

[9] Wiacek, Stephen (2021). "Armageddon times". The DC Book: A Vast and Vibrant Multiverse Simply Explained. Dorling Kindersley Limited. ISBN 9780241560570. a transformative "Godwave" that spawns countless new pantheons. [...] splintering into family pantheons [...], divinities specific to Africa, Greece, [...]. One group declare themselves to be Lords of Order and Chaos. Abandoning physicality, they engage in an eternal war of principles.

[10] Rubin, Scott (2020). Naming Your Little Geek. Familius. p. 218. ISBN 9781641703444. DC Comics's Lords of Chaos and Order. These deities are alway trying to one-up each other

[11] Skelton, David A. (2023). "By(e) Rao!: Personification or Deception". In McKee, Gabriel; Abraham, Roshan (eds.). Theology and the DC Universe. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 27-50. ISBN 9781978716117.

[12] "Dragon Ball: Beerus' Greatest Weakness Proves He Was Never Unbeatable". ScreenRant. 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2022-06-20. Beerus holds an immutable position as one of the most powerful beings in all of Dragon Ball due to his status as a God of Destruction

[13] Buljan, Katharine (2017). "Spirituality-struck: anime and religio-spiritual devotional practices". Fiction, Invention and Hyper-reality. Routledge. pp. 115–132. doi:10.4324/9781315582283-15. ISBN 978-1-315-58228-3. Retrieved 2022-06-20. The second part of the chapter focuses on Haruhiism, an anime-based religion concerning Haruhi Suzumiya, who is a god in the form of a high school girl.

[14] Littman, Greg. "Sympathy for the devils." The Philosophers' Magazine 65 (2014): 46-53.

[15] Ekman, Stefan (2019). "Vitruvius, Critics, and the Architecture of Worlds: Extra-Narratival Material and Critical World-Building". Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research. 6 (1): 118–131. Retrieved 2026-06-17.