Archetype:Divine Thief

Divine Thief
Hermes/Mercury (Greco-Roman Mythology), god of boundaries, traveling, roads, speed, trade, commerce, wealth, luck, trickery, thieves, cunning, heralds, diplomacy, eloquence, messages, communication, fertility, animal husbandry, sleep, hospitality, sports and athletes, divine messenger of the gods, and guide to the underworld.
Archetype of:	Divine thief.

The character is a divine thief. Archetype of Transcendent Physiology. Variation of Trickster Deity and Thief.

Also Called

• God/Goddess of Thievery, Swindling, Stealing, Thefts, Larceny, Looting, Raids, Parasites and Freeloading
• Godly Thief
• Thief/Thievery Deity/God/Goddess

Properties

As an archetype, a divine thief is a deity (god/goddess), angel, demon, entity or higher spirit who represents and is associated with the thievery, swindling, stealing, thefts, larceny, looting, raids, robbery, and all their aspects. This grants them absolute knowledge and power over them, their concepts and principles.

Divine thieves weren't a common feature of worship in polytheistic religions and can be found in recorded history in various forms.

Associated Powers

• Divinity
  • Dark Divinity (varies)
  • Deity Soul
  • Divine Aura
  • Divine Force Manipulation
    • Theft Nullification
  • Lesser Divinity
  • New God/Old God-Patron God
• Greed Embodiment (varies between deities)
• Imperceptibility
• Thief
  • Disguise Mastery
  • Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Stealth
  • Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Thievery
    • Absolute Concealment
    • Absolute Storage
    • Access and Occlusion
    • Beauty Thievery
    • Bone Removal
    • Characteristic Removal
    • Concept Absorption
    • Conceptual Materialization
    • Existence Theft
    • Fortitude Weakening
    • Gender Transformation (varies)
    • Health Drain
    • Identity Theft
    • Insomnia Inducement
    • Inspiration Negation
    • Intelligence Reduction
    • Limiter Removal
    • Mass Reduction
    • Omni-Absorption
    • Psionic Drain
    • Sanity Theft
    • Sense Removal
    • Skin Removal
    • Sound Nullification
    • Speed Theft
    • Talent Theft
    • Time Theft
    • Usurp Worth
    • Victory Theft
    • Voice Thievery
    • Will Theft
  • Escape Artistry
  • Lock-Picking
  • Pick-Pocketing
  • Shadow Camouflage
  • Sleight of Hand Intuition
  • Security Intuition
  • Surveillance Intuition
• Thievery Empowerment
  • Betrayal, Fraud and Greed Empowerment

Associations/Relationships

• Thief
• Transcendent Physiology
  • Divinity
    • Dark Divinity
• Trickster Deity

Flaws/Weaknesses

• Deity Consumption
• Divine Power Absorption
• Divine Power Negation/Divine Power Immunity
• Divine Slayer
• Theft Nullification if the user is a more powerful divine being.

Known/Example Characters

• Anansi (African Mythology)
• Demon Thief (Darren Shan's The Demonata)
• Mask (Dungeons & Dragons/Forgotten Realms)
• Nocturnal, Baan Dar and Rajhin (The Elder Scrolls)
• Nameless Thirteenth (Gentleman Bastard series)
• Hermes/Mercury (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Narada (Hinduism)
• Loki (Norse Mythology)
• Ghlaunder (Pathfinder)
• Laverna (Roman Mythology)
• Anagolay (Tagalog Mythology)
• Joon Yorigami (Touhou Project)

Gallery

Anansi (African Mythology)

Narada (Hinduism)

Loki (Norse Mythology)

Ghlaunder (Pathfinder)

Laverna (Roman Mythology)

Anagolay (Tagalog Mythology)

Despite being a plage god, Joon Yorigami (Touhou Project) usually uses her ability to rob anyone of their wealth, making her a godly thief.