Archetype:War Deity

War Deity
Cariocecus (Iberian/Hispanian Mythology)
Archetype of:	War deity.

"All the gods are dead except the god of war"

― Eldridge Cleaver

"Imagine a god whose sole mission is to propagate terror, to incite eternal war and fan the flames of hate. A god who won't stop until the Earth's populace, Amazon and outsider alike, lies murdered in a battlefield grave."

― Diana/Wonder Woman describing Ares (Wonder Woman, 2009)

"She is a war goddess who uses the vulture as her symbol. While the other gods promise happiness in a vaguely defined afterlife, she is a ‘physical goddess’ who actually fought on Earth and protected her people from their enemies. She is specifically said to have defended the ancient city of Thebes from an outside enemy."

― Aradia describes Mut Thebes (Toaru Majutsu no Index)

The archetype of a god or goddess of war. Variation of Deity. Opposite of Peace Deity.

Also Called

• Battle/War/Warrior Deity/God/Goddess
• God/Goddess of War, Battle, Combat, Conflict, Battlefields, and Weaponry

Properties

Characters are either, or can transform into, a War Deity, a god/goddess who represents or is associated with war and the terms to achieve it. It is a common cult characteristic of polytheistic religions.

Associated Powers

• (Dark) Divinity (Varies)
  • Deity Soul
  • Divine Aura/Energetic Pressure
  • Divine Force Manipulation
    • Domino Effect
    • Inhibition Release
    • Object Manipulation
      • Armor Manipulation
      • Weapon Manipulation
    • Strategy Manipulation
  • Divine Psionics
    • Killing Mastery
    • Opportunity Sense
  • Supernatural Condition
    • Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Strength
  • New/Old/Patron Deity
• Path to Victory
• Riders Aptitude
• Supernatural Wisdom
• Tactical Analysis/Genius
• War Embodiment (varies)
  • Anger/Bloodlust/Combat/Conquest/Danger/Death (in battle)/Destruction/Hatred/Violence Empowerment (Varies)
  • Anger Manipulation (Varies)
    • Anger Inducement
  • Combat Embodiment
    • Combat Specialism
      • Combat Perception
    • Divine Combat
      • Absolute Combat Mastery
      • Absolute Weapon Proficiency
      • Combative Transcendence
      • Fighting Instinct
      • One Hit Kill
      • Solo Army
  • Transcendent Warrior
  • Violence Embodiment
    • Absolute Violence
  • War & Peace Manipulation
  • War Cry
  • War Magic
  • War Manipulation
    • Anger Manipulation
    • Army Manipulation
      • Absolute Army Manipulation
        • Army Annihilation
    • Battlefield Manipulation
    • Combat Manipulation
    • Crime Manipulation (War crimes)
    • Discord Manipulation
      • Anarchy Inducement
    • Victory Manipulation
    • Violence Manipulation
    • War Inducement

Variations

• Victory Deity

Associations

• Divine Strategist
• Four Horsemen
• Immortality
• Knowledge Deity
• Masculinity Deity
  • Masculinity Aspect Manifestation
• Protector Deity (Defense focused version)
  • Protection Embodiment The gods of war usually represent national protection
• Transcendent Physiology
• War Derivation
• War Embodiment

Flaws/Weaknesses

• Deity Consumption/Imprisonment/Divine Banishment/Slayer
• Divine Power Absorption/Immunity/Negation
• Divinity Nullification/Mortalization

Example Characters

Also See: War God.

Anime/Manga/Manhua

• Marsmon (Digimon)
• Minervamon (Digimon)
• Yakuma Eighteen War Gods (Fairy Tail)
  • Ikusa-Tsunagi
  • Yagdo Rigora
• Seiryu (Fushigi Yuugi)
• Bishamonten (Noragami)
• Yato (Noragami)
• Athena (Saint Seiya)
• Black Star (Soul Eater)
  • Saori Kido; her current incarnation
• Mut Thebes (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
• Talagbusao (Trese)
• Darago and Darranga ("trese")
• seth ("Ennead")
• Adenela ("Cautious Hero")
• Zet ("Cautious Hero")

Cartoons

• Ares (Blood of Zeus)
• Ares (Clash of the Titans)
• Ares (Disney's Hercules)
• Athena (Disney's Hercules)
• Mictlan (Maya and the Three)

Comics/Graphic Novels

• Ares (DC Comics)
• Athena (DC Comics)
• Batman The Merciless (DC Comics)
• Orion (DC Comics)
• Ares (Marvel Comics)
• Athena (Marvel Comics)
• Odin Borson (Marvel Comics)
• Tyr Odinson (Marvel Comics)
• Sekhmet (The Wicked + The Divine)
• Morrigan (The Wicked + The Divine)
• Nergal (The Wicked + The Divine)

Folklores/Mythologies

See: List of War Deities

• Michael (Abrahamic Mythology)
• Uncle Sam (American Folklore)
• Gurzil (Amazigh Mythology)
• Ifrit (Amazigh Mythology)
• Huitzilopochtli (Aztec Mythology)
• Nergal (Babylonian Mythology)
• Inanna/Ishtar (Babylonian Mythology)
• Candamius (Celtiberian Mythology)
• Morrigan (Celtic Mythology)
• Ogma/Oghma (Celtic Mythology)
• Jiutian Xuannü (Chinese Mythology)
• War/Red Horseman (Christianity)
• Set (Egyptian Mythology)
• Anhur (Egyptian Mythology)
• Maahes (Egyptian Mythology)
• Menhit (Egyptian Mythology)
• Montu (Egyptian Mythology)
• Sekhmet (Egyptian Mythology)
• Laran (Etruscan Mythology)
• Minrva (Etruscan Mythology)
• Ares/Mars (Greco-Roman mythology)
• Enyo/Bellona (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Athena (Greek Mythology)
• Durga (Hinduism)
• Indra (Hinduism)
• Kartikeya (Hinduism)
• Cariocecus (Iberian/Hispanisn Mythology)
• Hachiman (Japanese Mythology)
• Ōtakemaru (Japanese Mythology)
• Winalais (Kwakiutl Mythology)
• Tohi (Mayan Mythology)
• Odin (Nordic Mythology)
• Týr (Nordic Mythology)
• Ku (Oceanic Mythology)
• Maru (Oceanic Mythology)
• Tūmatauenga (Oceanic Mythology)
• Anat (Semitic Mythology)
• Heru-ra-ha (Thelema)

Literatures

• Ares/Mars (Percy Jackson)
• Athena (Percy Jackson)
• Bellona (Percy Jackson)
• Odin (Percy Jackson)
• Tyr (Percy Jackson)
• Guan Yu (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
• Tulkas (Tolkienverse)

Live Television/Movies

• Ares (Clash of Titans)
• Ares (DC Extended Universe)
• Ares (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys)
• Ares (Immortals)
• Athena (Immortals)
• Odin Borson (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Tyr Odinson (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• War (Supernatural)
• Ares (Xena)
• Athena (Xena)

Tabletop Games

• War domain Gods (Forgotten Realms)
  • Angharradh
  • Anhur
  • Arvoreen
  • Bahamut
  • Bane
  • Baphomet
  • Gaerdal Ironhand
  • Garagos
  • Gorm Gulthyn
  • Haela Brightaxe
  • Hanseath
  • Heimdall
  • Hoar
  • Hruggek
  • Ilneval
  • Kurtulmak
  • Lolth
  • Maglubiyet
  • Odin
  • Parrafaire
  • Ramman
  • Red Knight
  • Sekolah
  • Selvetarm
  • Shevarash
  • Solonor Thelandira
  • Stronmaus
  • Surtur
  • Tchazzar
  • Tethrin Veraldé
  • Tharmekhûl
  • Thrym
  • Torm
  • Tyr
  • Uthgar
  • Valkur
  • Vandria Gilmadrith
  • Vhaeraun
  • Gruumsh
  • Tempus
• Gork (Warhammer)
• Kaine (Warhammer)
• Khorne (Warhammer)
• Mork (Warhammer)

Video Games

• Lewis (Dislyte); as the Esper of Ares
• Leora (Dislyte); as the Esper of Athena
• Zelmer (Dislyte); as the Esper of Sekhmet
• Talos (The Elder Scrolls)
• Athena (God of War)
• Greek God of Wars (God of War)
  • Ares
  • Kratos
• Odin (God of War)
• Týr (God of War)
• Ares (Injustice)
• Anhur (SMITE)
• Ares (SMITE)
• Bellona (SMITE)
• Hachiman (SMITE)
• Ares (TYPE-MOON)
• Artemisa (Valkirie Crusade)
• Morrigan (Valkirie Crusade)
• Azazil (The Argentum Project)
• Odin (Valkirie Crusade)
• Sekhmet (Valkirie Crusade)

Web Comics

• Beryum (The Gods of Arr-Kelan)
• Krushnor (The Gods of Arr-Kelan)
• Pankrator Jagganoth (Kill Six Billion Demons)

Web novel/light novel

• Illtreat ("The Faraway paradin")
• Jiang Chen (" Dragon-Marked War God")

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

Marsmon (Digimon), the God Man Digimon who holds authority over war.

Minervamon (Digimon), the God Man Digimon who holds authority of strategic warfare.

Seiryu (Fushigi Yuugi)

Yato (Noragami) is a god of war and calamity born from a man's desire to kill all gods.

Athena (Saint Seiya), the previous incarnation of Saori Kido.

Mut Thebes (Toaru Majutsu no Index) is a mother goddess of protection and war whose symbol is the vulture, which devours unclean dead flesh. Unlike other deities, which may grant happiness in the afterlife, Mut is said to have visited Thebes and physically fought to protect the city and her people from enemies.

seth (ennead) God of War, and God of the Desert, formerly the supreme god of Egypt and considered the strongest god, later losing his powers and reduced to a demigod

Talagbusao (trese), a god of war who intended to sink the world in war

Cartoons

Ares (Blood of Zeus)

Ares (Class of the Titans)

Athena (Disney's Hercules)

Bonzo/Comics

Athena (DC Comics), the Olympian goddess of war.

Ares (DC Comics), the Olympian god of war.

Athena (Marvel Comics), the Olympian goddess of war.

Orion (DC Comics)

Ares (Marvel Comics), the Olympian god of war.

Odin Borson (Marvel Comics), one of the Asgardian war gods.

Tyr Odinson (Marvel Comics), one of the Asgardian war gods.

Morrigan (The Wicked + The Divine)

Sakhmet (The Wicked+The Divine)

Folklore/Mythology

Archangel Michael (Abrahamic Religions) while not a god is the Archangel of War.

Death/The Red Horseman (Christianity), the Christian personification of war.

Huitzilopchli (Aztec Mythology), the Aztec god of war.

Ares/Mars (Greco-Roman Mythology), the Greeco-Roman god of war.

Athena (Greek Mythology), the Greek goddess of war strategy.

Belona (Roman Mythology)

Anhur (Egyptian Mythlogy)

Maahes (Egyptian Mythology)

Montu (Egyptian Mythology)

Sekhmet (Egyptian Mythology)

Laran (Etruscan Mythology)

Durga (Hinduism)

Kartikeya/Murugan (Hinduism)

Freyja (Nordic Mythology), the Nordic goddess of war.

Odin (Nordic Mythology), one of the Nordic war gods.

Týr (Nordic Mythology), one of the Nordic war gods.

Ogun (African Mythology) the Orisha of warriors.

Literature

Ares (Percy Jackson)

Mars (Percy Jackson)

Athena (Percy Jackson)

Odin (Percy Jackson)

Live Television/Films

Ares (Clash of the Titans)

Ares (DC Extended Universe)

Ares (Hercules: the Legendary Journeys)

Odin Borson (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Tyr Odinson (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

War (Supernatural)

Tabletop Games

Gruumsh (Forgotten Realms), the Orc God of War

Tempus (Forgotten Realms)

Khaine (Warhammer)

Khorne (Warhammer)

Video Games

Lewis (Dislyte) as the Esper of Ares

Leora (Dislyte) as the Esper of Athena

Zelmer (Dislyte) as the Esper of Sekhmet

Athena (God of War), the Greek Goddess of War Strategy.

Ares (God of War), the original and first Greek God of War,...

...which Kratos (God of War) took the title by killing his predecessor.

Freya (God of War), the Nordic Goddess of War.

Odin (God of War), one of the Nordic war gods.

Týr (God of War), one of the Nordic war gods.

Athena (SMITE)

Ares (SMITE)

Bellona (SMITE)

Freya (SMITE)

Hachiman (SMITE)

Morrigan (SMITE)

Odin (SMITE)