Talk:List of fictional deities

message: I suggest this be merged into List of deities, since that page seens to serve the same purpose, listing fictional deities.
:Support. In all seriousness. All deities were "created" by someone. Having a list of fictional deities implies that there are other real deities. And, as I think we all know, there is absolutely no way to prove that a deity exists. At the very least, this article should be retitled to something that doesn't inherently assume the existence of what is impossible to prove. 71.122.65.34 (talk) 14:46, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Rename Perhaps to "List of deities in fiction" or similar. Merging with List of deities would just be confusing for most readers. While all deities are fictional their worship in the real world isn't. --Boreas Talk 15:43, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

text: Rename seconded I agree, rename the section as a "list of deities in fiction", since we all know that all deities are fictional anyway (so the "Fictional Deities" title is misleading), whether or not they were made up in the real world or exist in a fictional story.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.130.119.129 (talk) 07:35, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Can someone who knows what he/she is doing please rename this article to "List of Deities in Fiction"?  The cognitive dissonance is hurting my eyes, but I don't know how to create the pages or the redirects.173.8.220.209 (talk) 23:08, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Abdullais4u (talk) 08:46, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger 

message: Why do some of these deities have their own pages and others do not? It seems many pages, especially those on TES, are being deleted and others are being ignored.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brinlong (talk • contribs) 20:56, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Individual Pages 

message: What about Dragonball Z? They've had The North Kai, South Kai, East Kai, West Kai, Grand Kai, Supream Kai and Elder Supream Kai. If this counts, there also were Guardians of earth like, Kami and Dendai(Dendai might be spelled wrong)and also the Eternal Dragon that grants a certain number of wishes to anyone that summons him. If a diety is counted as just a magical being, then every good and evil character from the entire series should be counted as well.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.73.54.199 (talk) 21:39, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  I Can't Believe No One Mentioned This Yet...... 

message: latias/latios and mewtwo 24.226.77.23 (talk) 12:34, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  pokemon missing 

message: Surely all deities are fictional. Why aren't Yaweh, Allah, etc. included in this list?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pappa (talk • contribs) 17:36, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yaweh? Allah? 

message: and Shaman king entries got mixed up. [2012-05-19, truncate heading -P64]
"There are also Five Grand Elemental Spirits[15] that formed from the Great Spirit itself. Each are controlled by their respective Elemental Warriors (or Shamans of great power). These spirits are:
    * Spirit of Fire
    * Spirit of Rain
    * Spirit of Earth
    * Spirit of Wind
    * Spirit of Thunder
"
I'm fairly sure this bit of the Dwarf Fortress entry belongs under the Shaman king one. Particularly considering that [15] links to the Shaman king wikia.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by DeimosTheOdd (talk • contribs) 18:39, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slaves to Armok II: Dwarf Fortress 

message: Though I suppose this could be better described as deities appearing in fiction and/or fictionalized deities?
Maybe 'List of deities APPEARING (or mentioned, etc.) in fiction'? ((Wait, are you saying the written works in which Yahweh (for example) appears is non-fiction?))
The list of purely make-believe deities that people were never 'supposed to' take seriously... but ended up having 'followers' anyway is getting sort of long, too.
Of course, pretty much all deities appear in fiction, even discounting 'holy books' as works of fiction.
On a related stream of consciousness.... Should Stephen Colbert appear on the list of fictional deities, since he had his 'minions' edit the Conservapedia 'Conservuhtive Bible' and insert him in it (however briefly), or appear in the 'Real Deity' section for being IN a bible, or should he be in the 'Imperial Cult' category?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Evildave (talk • contribs) 05:32, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Irony... A separate section for 'fictional' deities. 

message: In the Elder Scrolls section Nerevar is listed as a god, but he is never worshipped as a god, only as a saint. The three Tribunal are actually worshipped as gods. Nerevar is counted amongst the other saints (St. Rilm, St. Felms, St. Veloth, etc)and is not considered a god. 86.132.6.156 (talk) 13:04, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Nerevar a God?

message: I think some of the characters on this page deviate from what its all about. A list of deities in fiction; not a list of deity-like and/or deity-level beings in fiction, just those who were seen and/or worshipped as such, as well as those who actually were. Does anyone agree or is the page fine as it is?
Most of the Comic characters aren't dieties, it's just a list of the most impressive and powerful characters. I can't speak on most of the list because I'm not familiar with the mythos. 173.73.159.61 (talk) 06:19, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seperation Issue 

message: Cleaned up some vandalism and created links to some historical deities (where there is obvious 1:1 correspondence). BTW, many of the historical deities have sections such as "In popular culture" in which connections can be discussed. Kortoso (talk) 17:43, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Robert E. Howard works 

message: WTF?? I spent ages listing the gods from the palladium fantasy rpg only to have the whole lot deleted! I realize I didnt do it perfectly as Im new at this but couldnt it just have been fixed instead of removing the whole thing?! Nothing on this page has sources sited yet mine gets singled out. Im surprised you didnt just delete the whole Palladium section while youre at it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by LoraineWilliams (talk • contribs) 11:23, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Lists should contain notable examples, as indicated by items on the list having already established articles, which are supposed to contain reliable sources. Deleting the Palladium entries was the way of fixing it, since none of the entries had cited articles. Palladium has not been single out - the page history will show that other sections have also been deleted in whole or in part because there was no indication the individual items on the list were notable. D&D does have its own section, which links to existing articles. Edward321 (talk) 14:11, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Palladium Fantasy Roleplaying game 

message: Few fictional godes that have articles: Beerus... anyone? :) Also, maybe Paul Atreides? And Haruhi Suzumiya (character). Things frankly get weird with sf etc., when some characters are described as godlike, etc. The difference between some OP superpowered entities (superheroes, supervillains) and "gods" is in the eye of the beholder... Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:28, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Paul Atreides is worshiped as a god by the Fremen, so goes there.  They are based on the Arab Muslims, and their holy prophet.  Beerus is the god of destruction.  Haruhi is also a fictional god.  Dream Focus 13:50, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  To add?