God and Buddha

**Gods** (神, *Kami*) and **Buddhas** (仏, *Butsu*) are one of the various races in *High School D×D* and are a principal object of faith and worship in religions.

## Summary

Gods are major figures among the many mythologies. Some, most notably Christianity, are monotheistic, revolving around a single God. Other pantheistic mythologies can have several. Within these mythologies, Gods can rule over various phenomena. The head God of a mythology is known as a **Chief-God** (主神, *Shushin*).

There are also **Benevolent Gods** and **Evil Gods** (悪神, *Akushin*), the latter of whom serve as antagonistic forces among their mythologies. However, Gods are considered more honest with their feelings than humans, Indra and even Gods who are not considered "evil" can be prone to easily getting jealous and tend to harbor grudges for eternity. The Olympian Gods are said to be notably fickle, lively, and irrational among Gods.

There are beings such as Humans and Youkai who were not born as Gods or Buddhas, but are able to ascend into that status through completing various tasks for Gods. Examples of this being Sun Wukong, the First Generation's Sha Wujing, Zhu Bajie, and Nezha, the first three being Youkai and the latter being a Human. There also exist **Half-Gods** (半神, *Hanshin*) such as Valkyries, and Grim Reapers are a sub-species of Gods serving under Hades.

## Appearance

Similar to other supernatural beings such as Devils and Angels, most Gods and Buddhas appear a lot like normal humans to where they cannot be distinguished from them aside from giving off an almost divine presence. Some Gods appear much younger than they actually are such as Shiva, who appears between fourteen to fifteen.

Although, there are other Gods who have either more animalistic or inhuman appearances, such as Sun Wukong who bears a strong resemblance to a monkey, being a former monkey Youkai who was turned into a Buddha. Hades, one of the Greek Gods, appears more like an actual walking skeleton nearly impossible to be alive. Angra Mainyu appears more like a human phantom that emits a far more chaotic aura. Tartarus appears to be the most inhuman among the other Gods thus far, being a black sphere with multiple eyes and tentacles.

## Powers and Abilities

Gods are considered among the two strongest beings in Draconic Deus, most having power surpassing that of Satan-Class Devils. A powerful one, in particular, the Chief Gods could manage their own religion (or faction), gathering the faith of those who believe in them over a long period for varied purposes. However, there are the ones who focuses on commerce and farming, whereas others focus on combat, making them capable of also changing an entire terrain from their attacks alone. This aside, these beings can withstand attacks that no normal being could, as shown when Loki, despite focusing on Magic, could withstand attacks from Durandal, Hyoudou Issei and Vali Lucifer without being deterred.

As per their status, Gods have a wide range of abilities either unique to their status or their particular religions. Such ones can be considered nothing more than unexplained miracles impossible for other beings. Aside from it, those such as Fire and Storm Gods are capable of manipulating flames and the weather without restrictions. As divine beings, Gods can bless other beings, Humans, in particular, bestowing onto them a wide range of different advantages against supernatural beings. As part of their religion, Gods have access to the Magic related to their particular faction, i.e. Norse and Hindu Magic. As a result of their divine status, this makes it possible for them to wield powerful weapons, such as Mjölnir and Gungnir, something beings of equivalent couldn't.

In addition to this, Gods are long-lived beings as well, capable of living more than a millennia, with most of them being much older than the original Seven Great Satans, founding members of the Grigori and the First Generation Devils. Although it's possible for them to die, Gods could resurrect depending on the amount of belief in them. However, such a thing hasn't been shown and instead mentioned.

## Weaknesses

Despite their immense power and being divine beings, Gods aren't without their weaknesses, such as being susceptible to old age and eventually weakening. As shown when the Norse Chief God, Odin is noted as being weaker compared to his "prime". In addition to this, Gods can be killed by either powerful weapons meant to kill them or other beings of equivalent or superior power. Among thus weapons, Top-Tier Sacred Gears, such as the Longinus if mastered, can deal significant damage to them.

For whatever reason, Gods can be weakened as the belief in them begins fading, which became a major issue as Christianity begun spreading into others.

## Religions

* Christian Mythology - Christianity & Judaism
* Hindu Mythology - Hinduism
* Norse Mythology - Germanic Paganism
* Greek Mythology - Greco-Roman Paganism
* Japanese Mythology - Shinto
* Irish Mythology - Irish-Celtic Paganism
* Chinese Mythology - Chinese Folk Religions, Taoism
* Egyptian Mythology - Ancient Egyptian Religion
* Celtic Mythology - Celtic Paganism
* Persian Mythology - Zoroastrianism
* Buddhism

## Trivia

* The Four Totsuka-no-Tsurugi such as Ame-no-Ohabari are swords who were able to gain divinity, thus becoming Gods in the form of swords.
* Keito is another name for Ketu, a mythical being associated with eclipses and is the tail that corresponds to Rahu (or Ragou), which is the head of the same being. Tenkai, which could roughly translate to "sky ocean", is the name of a renowned Japanese Buddhist monk.
* Depending on a person's religion, the place where they would go after death also differs. Both Buddhism and Hinduism have their own variations.