Archetype:Sky Deity

Sky Deity
Uranus/Caelus (Greco-Roman Mythology) is the primordial god of the sky, father of the Titans, and king of the Protogenoi.
Archetype of:	Sky deity.

The archetype of a sky deity.

Also Called

• God/Goddess of the Skies
• Sky God/Goddess

Properties

The character is a sky deity, a deity who represents or is associated with the skies and most if not all aerial phenomena. They are a common feature in polytheistic religions, and may include characteristics of the air and weather deities.

Associated Powers

• Celestial Manipulation
  • Cosmic Manipulation
  • Stellar Manipulation
    • Solar Manipulation
• Divinity/Nature Divinity
  • Lesser/Greater/Supreme Divinity (varies)
  • Deity/Weather Soul
  • Divine Aura
  • Divine Force Manipulation
• Heaven Lordship (varies)
• Sky Embodiment (varies)
  • Sky Lordship
    • Sky Manipulation
      • Sky Energy Manipulation
  • Sky/Weather Mimicry
  • Weather Empowerment
  • Weather Manipulation
    • Esoteric Weather Manipulation
      • Divine Weather Manipulation
      • Lightning Manipulation
        • Divine Lightning Manipulation
        • Air Manipulation
          • Divine Wind Manipulation
        • Rain Manipulation
        • Storm Manipulation
      • Omni-Weather Manipulation

Variations

• Day Deity
• Heaven Deity
• Nighty Deity
• Sky Father
• Weather Deity

Relationships

• Air Deity
  • Air Embodiment
• Cosmic Weather Manipulation
• Lunar Deity
  • Lunar Embodiment
• Nature Deity
• Primordial Air Manipulation
• Primordial Lightning Manipulation
• Primordial Sky Manipulation
• Primordial Weather Manipulation
• Rain Deity
• Season Deity
• Stellar Deity
  • Solar Deity
  • Stellar Embodiment
    • Solar Embodiment
• Transcendent Physiology
• Weather Deity
  • Weather Embodiment

Flaws/Weaknesses

• May have little direct power to affect the earth and underground
• Deity Consumption/Divine Power Immunity/Elemental Immunity/Divine Power Absorption/Divine Power Negation
• Can be killed by Divine Slayers

Example Characters

Anime/Manga

• Sky Dragon of Osiris/Slifer the Sky Dragon (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Comics

• Zeus (DC Comics)
• Zeus (Marvel Comics)

Folklore/Mythology

• Anzar (Amazigh Muthology)
• Tarhun (Assyrian/Hittite Mythology)
• Heruka (Buddhism/Tibetan Mythology)
• Aether (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Astraeus (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Eos/Aurora (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Helios/Sol (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Hemera (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Iris (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Nephele (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Nyx/Nox (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Selene/Luna (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Zeus/Jupiter (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Uranus/Caelus (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Amun (Egyptian Mythology)
• Horus (Egyptian Mythology)
• Nut (Egyptian Mythology)
• Ra (Egyptian Mythology)
• Indra (Hinduism)
• Dyēus (Proto-Indo-European Mythology)
• Hyu We (Philippine Mythology)
• Sedek We (Philippine Mythology)
• Hadad (Semitic Mythology)
• Horned God (Wiccan Muthology)

Literature

• Zeus (Percy Jackson)
• Manwë (Tolkien's Legendarium)

Tabletop/Video Games

• Oranos (Age of Mythology)
• Stormbringer Cookie (Cookie Run: Kingdom)
• Gwyn, Lord of Cinders (Dark Souls)
• Kynareth/Kyne/Khenarthi (The Elder Scrolls)
• Orlanth (Glorantha)

Example Locations

• Chesed (Promethea)

Gallery

Oranos (Age of Mythology)

Stormbringer Cookie (Cookie Run: Kingdom)

Gwyn, Lord of Cinders (Dark Souls), ruler of Anor Londo and all of the gods that hold dominion there.

Zeus/Jupiter (Greco-Roman Mythology)

Zeus (Percy Jackson)

Chesed (Promethea) is a the part of the Immateria where matter begins to solidify into the material world, symbolic of the sky and where all Sky-fathers come from.

Manwë (Tolkien's Legendarium) is the King of the Valar and brother of Melkor.

Sky Dragon of Osiris/Slifer the Sky Dragon (Yu-Gi-Oh!)