God (Title)

*"We are not gods! We're born, we live, we die, just as humans do."*
―Odin to Loki[[Unnatural World|[src]]]
**Gods**, also known as **The Creators**, are usually individuals who are extremely powerful, seen as the rulers of the Universe/Multiverse, and source of all moral authority. They're also seen as the **Supreme Beings**, a **Superhuman Being** or a spirit worshipped as having power over nature or human fortunes, or simply a **Deity**.

## Overview

The definition of a god within the Universe/Multiverse is murky to say the least. Odin admonished Loki for believing the Aesir were gods saying "We are not gods! We're born, we live, we die, just as humans do." However, he later asked a rhetorical question, asking what kind of God Thor was. There's a blurred line between the advanced alien species and the gods, but because the Aesir were worshipped as gods and used technology that is so advanced that it may as well be Magic, it's fine to consider the beings of the Norse Pantheon as "true" gods. Regardless of how the Aesir are viewed by the people outside of Earth such as the Guardians of the Galaxy. With all that being said, let's being with the Norse Pantheon.

Of course, this includes the Aesir, more commonly known as the Asgardians who resides on Asgard and ruled over the Nine Realms, those realms being: Midgard, Alfheim, Asgard, Vanaheim, Niflheim, Muspelheim, Helheim, Svartalfheim, and Jotunheim. The oldest member of the Aesir we know of currently is Búri, the father of Borr who in terms is the father of Odin. Borr fought back against the Dark Elves thousands of years before Thor's birth, and once Odin rose to become the King of Asgard, he and his niece Hel conquered the other eight realms and united them under Odin's violent banner, but after Odin saw an inevitable future by Hel, he banished her along with tampering with time, changing the origin of Loki and then fathered his first child Thor, defeating the Frost Giants and adopting his newly found second "son" Loki. Here is when the Aesir began to leave their imprint on Midgard becoming Deities to the Mortals on Earth. Humankind seeing the Aesir as gods began worshipping them and telling stories about Odin the All-Father, Thor the God of Thunder, Týr the God of War and Justice, Lady Sif, the Warriors Three, the Valkyries, Heimdall the Watchmen of the Gods, as well as Baldur the God of Light, and many various other Aesir.

While the various gods of the Nine Realms were popular amongst the North Germanic peoples. Across the globe another pantheon was another pantheon was being adored by their loyal followers. Those gods being the Ennead worshipped by both the Egyptians and Wakandans. A lot less is known about the true history of those gods or why they were worshipped by two different groups but what we do know is that after the meteorite of vibranium hundreds of years ago, a warrior shaman known as Bashenga was visited by the panther goddess Bast who led him to the heart-shaped herb which gave him the power to become the first Black Panther and protector of Wakanda. We also know that the Wakandans worshipped Sekhmet the lioness goddess of healing who alongside Bast guides the Wakandan Souls to the Green Valley or the Astral Dimension.

According to Arthur Harrow, Khonshu was apparently banished by the other Ennead for his legendary temper tantrums, but this may be end up being in accurate but only time will tell. Additionally, Ammit was established to be working through Arthur Harrow to cleanse the world of Sin via judgement. She nearly accomplished this goal in 2025 but was betrayed by her fellow gods as well as her previous Avatar and apparently killed. Speaking of Avatars, Marc Spector is the Avatar of Khonshu and Arthur Harrow used to be Khonshu's Avatar and became Ammit's Avatar before being murdered by Jake Lockley. So, following this logic, it seems to me that the Black Panther could possibly be the Avatar of Bast.

Speaking of Eternals, their creators might be the closest thing to like "true" gods those being the Celestials. Celestials existed before the dawn of Creation and the Six Singularities that became known as the Infinity Stones. The prime Celestial Arishem created the first Sun on the behalf of the God of Israel and gave light to the Universe/Multiverse. Arishem's main function within the Universe/Multiverse is to aid in the birth of new Celestial beings that will in turn bring about new life in the Universe/Multiverse, an endless cycle of destruction and creation. However, Celestials are not immortal, all-powerful beings. A Celestial was killed by an unknown entity who many assume is another god that exists as a part of the Multiversal hive mind of Symbiotes that was mentioned by Venom, that being Knull the Primordial Demiurge, God of Darkness, and the creator of the Symbiote.

Ego the Living Planet was seemingly killed by the Guardians of the Galaxy and Tiamut was transmuted into Adamantium by Sersi during the emergence. The only known Celestials are Eson the Searcher, Jemiah the Analyzer, Nezarr the Calculator, Hargen the Measurer and the One Above All. Another certified god within the Multiverse is the cosmic conqueror the destroyer of worlds, Dormammu. Dormammu is a primordial being who existed before time itself. He's the ruler of the Dark Dimension who yearns to merge the Earthly Plane with his Dark Dimension and his never-ending quest to rule the Multiverse. I'd consider Dormammu a god due to his immense power over the Dark Dimension as well as the fact that he has literal worshippers. Kaecilius and his group of Zealots who would eventually become Mindless Ones thralls to the Dark King. But the cosmic deities don't end there, we must also mention the Darkness, the Mischief, Entropy, Infinity and Eternity. The cosmic entities which created the Infinity Stones. Other more minor or speculative gods I'd like to mention as well come from various names given to spells, artifacts and relics as seen throughout Doctor Strange's appearances. First is the Living Tribunal, there is a staff named after him that is wielded by Karl Mordo and contains some of their power. You can see a statue of the Living Tribunal in the Void. The Vaulting Boots of Valtorr, the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak, the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth, and Wand of Watoomb are all named after various god-like, demonic or otherwise extremely powerful beings/entities.

The next god I'll simply mention is the deity worshipped by millions, the Judeo-Christian God who is believed in by at least both Matt Murdock and Steve Rogers. Sort of related to this is the Spirit of Vengeance who is said to be a demon from the "literal" Hell, although in this instance is in actuality the Dark Dimension.

The Watcher is another interesting case. Doctor Strange refers to him as a god but he denies that he is which is true by definition. He's not a creator or arbiter of morality. He isn't worshipped and doesn't have any control over any fundamental part of reality or nature eighter, but to that end I suppose anyone with every Infinity Stone even briefly could be considered at least God-like such as Thanos. Finally, I'd like to mention He Who Remains who despite being a human has more power than any other being we've mentioned thus far (excluding the Judeo-Christian God) wielding Alioth and the Time Variance Authority, He Who Remains controlled everything within the Sacred Timeline, including the primordial entities, every pantheon of gods, the Celestials - everything. So, while not technically like a God-like being he might be the closest thing to a god that exists in the Universe/Multiverse.