God emperor

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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, viewed as a god
• An emperor worshipped as a deity by an imperial cult
  • Imperial cult (ancient Rome)
    identified emperors with divinely sanctioned authority
• Emperor Jimmu, first Emperor of Japan according to legend
  • Emperor of Japan, called Tennō, "heavenly sovereign"

Modern popular culture

• Tisroc, the Calormene ruler in The Chronicles of Narnia
• Leto II Atreides, the title character in Frank Herbert's science fiction novel God Emperor of Dune (1981)
• The God-Emperor of Mankind, in the science fantasy universe, Warhammer 40,000
• The Emperor, the godlike character in Andreas Eschbach's The Carpet Makers (2005)
• God Emperor Doom, from Marvel's Secret Wars (2015 comic book)
• God-Emperor, character in The Last Remnant role-playing video game

See also

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• Christ Pantocrator, a specific depiction of Christ
• Caesaropapism, the idea of combining the power of secular government with the religious power
• Divine right of kings
• God king, a term for a deified ruler
• List of people who have been considered deities
• Sacred king

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