God king
God king, or God-King, is a terminology for a ruler that is venerated as a deity. In particular, it is used to refer to:
- the Egyptian pharaohs (although most pharaohs were not considered deities)
- Devaraja
- a sacred king in any other polytheistic faith
See also
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References
- ↑ John Jackson, Chronological Antiquities, 1752, p. 134. Heinrich Brugsch, A History of Egypt Under the Pharaohs, J. Murray, 1881
- ↑ Wilfred L. Guerin, A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature, Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 193.
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