Deity

**Deities**, or simply **Gods** and sometimes known as **Elohim**, are powerful individuals that wield divine power and are worshipped through various religions. Despite being prominent figures throughout history they are relatively minor characters in the *Divine Comedy*.

## Description

Deities were said to have been created by Goddess to help fill in certain positions, or aspects in this case, within the universe's management areas. In short, they are the CFOs beneath Heaven and the Angels whom are the CEOs. It is undetermined what roles they played in the *Divine Comedy* though it is safe to assume that whatever events they were involved coincides with the one in canon mythology.

Gods are stated to not possess souls like mortals and monsters as they are beyond them but instead possess an immortal spiritual-like essence called eidolons. Eidolons resemble golden orbs of light though many are shown to drastically contrast each other in appearance and aura depending on the kind of god and their respective domain.

Similar to their ancestors, the gods were humanoid in shape but possessed fantastic and godly qualities that greatly distinguished them from humans while others were more "down to earth" and were more human than most other gods. One example is Zeus himself whose appearance consists of having grey-colored "skin" that looks as though he is encompassed by lightly stormy sky with his hair and beard emulating the clouds of his heavenly domain. The gods of the Greek domain would have portions of their beings actually be the elements they hold dominion over while gods of the Mesoamerican domain resemble vibrantly colorful alebrijes.

## History

### Background

The 'first' gods were called Giants who were akin to "proto-gods" and the first to inhabit the Earth. In fact, they actually decorated the planet's landmasses and terrains by Goddess's order. The Giants would eventually have children of their own, becoming a new breed dubbed as "gods" with a lower 'g'. However, it was prophesied that these gods would usurp the reign of their parents and overtaking their dominions on aspects of the Earth. To prevent this, Cronus the Giant King, devoured his children whilst others took to other measures such as dropping them in ditches or abandoning them in mountains.

Unfortunately for the Giants, their actions only made the gods' war against them all the more justified as they simply accelerated the prophecy. Most of the gods were saved or sheltered by the more sympathetic Giants such as Gaia who shielded them from the eyes of their malicious parents. Many of them were raised by Auðumbla, a primordial cow that lived in the Garden of Eden, and fed from her milk.

As they came of age, the gods were instilled with the determination and ambition to save their own by taking down their parents and bringing forth a new age of the Earth with them as its new tenants. The gods, led by Zeus, plotted to first take down some of the more powerful Giants such as Ouranos the Sky Giant then later Cronus himself. Zeus would ally himself alongside Typhon to kill Ouranos though the two had different goals as to why they would kill him as Typhon's motives were to avenge the death of his son Lotan while Zeus was mainly using him to remove him off the board.

### Gigantomachy

Zeus then led his siblings and the other gods against the Giants, taking charge of the house. The war between the Giants and the gods lasted for many years with their battles nearly taking Adam, Eve, and their children along with them. Finally, the Giants were defeated, most of them were slain like Cronus who was sliced into pieces by Zeus using his own sickle while others were forced to flee from the Earth or hide from the gods. Pieces of Ouranus's body, which was torn apart by Typhon and Kur, were used to fashion their abode and offices that exists on a level below Heaven itself.

Though gods attained victory over the Giants, they had other matters to concerned of such as Typhon and his ilk. Typhon's display of power against Ouranos made Zeus paranoid and saw that Typhon would be a far bigger threat to him and the gods in the future. After the Giants were disposed of, the gods then turned their attention towards Typhon but none were brave enough to stand up to him or even "politely" ask him to leave. Seeing the threat they posed to his children, as well as realizing their betrayal in letting them be, Typhon made his way towards the gods to destroy them, greatly frightening and chasing them off. Zeus was the only one bold enough to confront Typhon, personally battling and defeating the primordial monster by throwing him down a hole and plugging it up with a mountain.

### New Rulers

Their reign was now secure although they were berated and scolded by Heaven who returned to check what all the commotion was about and were furious to see that these new tenants made a planetary mess of things just by evicting the old ones out. Though the angels and the gods had ambivalent feelings towards one another they managed to find common ground and create a professional relationship. Their first task was to clean up the mess they made on Earth during their war with the Giants.

Next step was to find a consolidary agreement between themselves as to who gets to rule what and where on or under the planet itself. The angels gave them a specialized tablet that was intended for them which infers that the gods are allowed to rule over certain regions of the Earth and aspects of nature but that there was a term limit for how long they would govern over humanity while the angels repair Heaven from Lucifer's war. This tablet was essentially a legal document that the gods would sign and confer their authority over Earth's regions and its aspects but were iffy about the term limit. Nevertheless, they signed the tablet and went about their ways, traveling to different parts of the world where they would be worshipped by the humans who migrated to said parts. They made their mark when they created a realm out of the severed parts of the dead Giants and fashioned it into what would be known as Cosmopolis, a divine city situated at the middle of the Tree of Life's canopy.

Meanwhile the chthonic deities; the gods associated with the underworlds, were said to have reached a consolidarity agreement with the seven emperors - signing the Equity of Sin and Damnation Act - whereby any human that dies with faiths based around the particular deity said human will be given to them rather than Hell. The gods, however, discovered that even their reign would not be eternal as they learned over the years that they too would be destroyed by powerful godly beasts revealed to be hybrids between a Giant and Typhon's monstrous child who would break free from their bonds and destroy the gods in the future. In response the gods took many measures to ensure this does not happen (following in their parents' footsteps) such as tossing these children into uncharted depths, imprisoning them in unbreakable bonds, or even killing them by producing powerful demigod children to do their works for them.

## Trivia

* According to Apollyon, the gods made up several versions on how the world and the universe was made which was in accordance to their culture and myth just to "be in the game" next to God.
* Lucifer is mentioned to have made a wager with Osiris, and Minos makes a reference to Aztec judges who may misinterpret piercings as a bribe.
* Several figures who hail from mythology are revealed to be the children of fallen angels; Dionysus and Baal are Satan's children while Artemis and Apollo are Gadreel's.
	+ The offspring of a god and an angel or fallen angel are referred to as "daimons".
* Chernobog, a god from Slavic mythology, is often the subject of a running gag where the characters mistake him for the demon in Disney's *Fantasia*.
* Minos himself is from Greek mythology alongside his fellow judges Rhadamanthus and Aeacus.
	+ The Furies also stem from Greek mythology but in this version are the children of Abaddon and Nyx who is also from Greek myth.