- "YES! Yes... I feel it, the power... fills me. Yes, I feel the universe within me! I am... I am a part of the cosmos! The power flows... Flows through me! Of what consequence are you now? This planet, these people. They are NOTHING to me! The universe is power! Real, unstoppable POWER! and I am that force! I am that power! KNEEL BEFORE YOUR MASTER! Fool! you are no longer my EQUAL! I am more than man! MORE THAN LIFE! I... am... a.. GOD!"
- ― Skeletor (Masters of the Universe: The Movie)
- "I have crossed the oceans of time in search of this place where I would fulfill my destiny. ...and this is where my journey ends. This is where I become a god. Welcome to Necrosha"
- ― Selene Gallio (Marvel Comics)
The circumstance of being granted godhood by the means of a specific supernatural source. Variation of Nigh-Omnipotence.
Also Called[]
- Bestowed Godhood
- Godhood Ascension
- Godhood Bestowal/Bestowment/Granting
Capabilities[]
Users can gain godhood via contact with or assimilation of a supernatural source or entity. With this event, the user can utilize the virtually limitless power and bring order or chaos to the universe itself.
Depending on the nature of whatever supernatural source or entity that grants them their powers users can gain powerful abilities based on the nature behind their power making them potential avatars representing their power and godhood by it's nature and their own.
Applications[]
- Nigh-Omnipotence/Conditional Omnipotence (Varies)
- God Form
- Transcendent Physiology
- Autopotence
- Creation-Destruction Manipulation
- Divinity/Greater Divinity/Supreme Divinity
- Ethereal Manipulation/Etherius Warping
- Omnifarious
- Science-Magic Transcendence
- Complete Arsenal/Nigh-Complete Arsenal
- Absolute Superpower Manipulation
- Physical/Psionic Godhood
- Selective Transcendence
- Ultimate Power
Associations[]
Limitations[]
- If the user is cut off or removed from their source of godhood, they will become powerless.
- Users of Divine Slayer and Transcendent Weaponry can kill the deity.
- The user's power can be stolen from them.
Known Users[]
Anime/Manga[]
- Sosuke Aizen (Bleach); via the Hogyoku
- Goku (Dragon Ball series); via Super Saiyan God transformation
- Vegeta (Dragon Ball series); via Super Saiyan God transformation
- Zeref Dragneel (Fairy Tail); via the Fairy Heart
- Father (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood); via absorbing God
- Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto); via Six Paths Chakra
- Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto); via Six Paths Chakra
- Arthur Pendragon (The Seven Deadly Sins); via becoming one with Chaos
- Rimuru Tempest (That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime); via absorbing Veldanava
Cartoons[]
- Freakshow (Danny Phantom); via the Reality Gauntlet
- Rex Salazar (Generator Rex); via Meta-Nanites
- Ben Tennyson ("Ben 10 series"); via Alien X
Comics[]
- Elaine Belloc (DC Comics)
- God of Strength, Superman (DC Comics); via Apokolips Fire Pit
- God of Death, Flash (DC Comics); via fusing with Black Racer
- God of Gods, Shazam (DC Comics); via the Old Gods
- God of Light, Hal Jordan (DC Comics); via the Mother Box
- Lord Chaos (DC Comics); via godly energies inherited from Donna Troy
- Danik (CrossGen); via Transition process
- Solusandra (CrossGen); via Transition process
- Appoloyon (CrossGen); via Transition process
- Charon (CrossGen); via Transition process
- Spawn (Image Comics); via Fruit from the Tree of Life
- Hercules (Marvel Comics); via the ingredients of full all-powerful and undeniable godhood
- Various hosts (Marvel Comics); via the Phoenix Force
- Victor von Doom/Doctor Doom (Marvel Comics); temporarily via the power stolen from the Beyonder
- Doctor Stephen Strange/Sorcerer Supreme (Marvel Comics); via Eternity and other cosmic abstracts he invokes
- Selene (Marvel Comics); temporarily via the reanimated souls of a million mutants
- Godlike Doctor Robotnik (Sonic the Comic); temporarily by absorbing the Chaos Emeralds
- Max Faraday (WildStorm); via The Creation Equation
- Eddie Brock (Marvel Comics); via slaying Knull and obtaining the power of the King in Black
Movies[]
- Bruce Nolan (Bruce Almighty); temporarily
- Lucy (Lucy); via CPH4 drug
- Skeletor (Masters of the Universe: The Movie)
Live Television[]
- Castiel (Supernatural); via all the souls from Purgatory
- Metatron (Supernatural); via connection to the Angel Tablet
Video Games[]
- Asura (Asura's Wrath); via Mantra Reactor
- Mundus (Devil May Cry); via The Qliphoth Fruit
- Urizen (Devil May Cry); via The Qliphoth Fruit
- Kratos (God of War); via Pandora's Box
- Lucia (Lunar: Eternal Blue); via Althena's powers
- Shizel (Tales of Eternia); via possession by Nereid
- Asriel Dreemurr (Undertale); via absorbing every soul in the underground.
- Frostbite (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Oracle Ascendant (Valkyrie Crusade); via the gifts of the gods.
- God Scheherazade (Valkyrie Crusade); via worship
- Divine Murakuma (Valkyrie Crusade); via Serpent Slayer and War Godess Dress
- Shulk (Xenoblade Chronicles); via the True Monado
Known Objects[]
- Hōgyoku (Bleach)
- Reality Gauntlet (Danny Phantom)
- Anti-Life Equation (DC Comics)
- Life Equation (DC Comics)
- Laurel Wreath (Ducktales 2017)
- The Qliphoth Fruit (Devil May Cry)
- Meta-Nanites (Generator Rex)
- The Oculus of the Argo (Justice League Action)
- Infinity Gauntlet (Marvel Comics)
- Cosmic Cubes (Marvel Comics)
- The Word of God (Supernatural)
- Creation Equation (Wildstorm Comics)
- Zeus’s Wreath (DuckTales 2017)
Known Locations[]
- Valley of the Gods (Forgotten Realms)