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Gods were beings of immense power in the religions and mythologies of many species. The powers, abilities and appearances of the gods varied from culture to culture. Some considered transcendental beings gods, due to their power.

The Tenth Doctor claimed that he didn't believe in any specific god, but had met a number of beings who claimed to be gods. (TV: The Satan Pit) The Second Doctor once offered a silent prayer to "the gods of his own people". (PROSE: The Murder Game)

Human gods

The humans of Earth and their colonies had many gods from their many cultures. Most of these gods turned out to be aliens or other advanced beings.

Cessair was worshiped as Cailleach for thousands of years. (TV: The Stones of Blood)
The Dæmons supposedly inspired various horned gods, including Pan and Khnum. (TV: The Dæmons)
The Immortals were many of the gods worshiped around the world. (PROSE: Deadly Reunion)
Kronos was regarded as a deity by the Greeks and Atlanteans. (TV: The Time Monster, PROSE: The Quantum Archangel)
The Latter-Day Pantheon was a group worshiped in New York in 1965. (PROSE: Salvation)
Light was worshiped as the Burning One by Nimrod's tribe. (TV: Ghost Light)
The Osirians were most of the Egyptian gods (TV: Pyramids of Mars), not including Scaroth, Field Major Styx ("Sontar"), and possibly Khnum. (TV: City of Death, COMIC: The Gods Walk Among Us, TV: The Dæmons)
A werewolf was worshiped by the Brethren as a god. (TV: Tooth and Claw)
Xoanon was worshiped by the Sevateem and the Tesh. (TV: The Face of Evil)
In the year 100,000 BC, Earth's sun Sol was worshiped by a tribe of cavemen who called it Orb. (TV: An Unearthly Child)
In the year 1500 BC in ancient Greece, the Hangle-Wang Branch of the Slitheen Family from the 347th century were mistaken for gods by the Greeks. (PROSE: The Slitheen Excursion)

Other gods and goddesses

Many other races had gods of some kind, many of them living beings.

The Doctor was referred to as "the lonely god" in the legend of the Face of Boe's final prophecy, (TV: New Earth) and was worshipped in absentia as "the god of time" by a Roman family after rescuing them from the destruction of Pompeii. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii)
The Time Lords were originally thought to be gods by Minyos, Klist and Plastrodus 14, but they later fell out of favour. (TV: Underworld, PROSE: The Quantum Archangel) Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen considered TARDISes to be "the technology of the gods". The Ninth Doctor responded, "Don't worship me. I'd make a very bad god." (TV: Boom Town)
The Dalek Emperor, sincerely believing himself to be a god, was worshipped by the Dalek survivors of the Last Great Time War. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)
The Optera believed the Menoptera to be gods. (TV: The Web Planet)
Aggedor was thought to be a god by the Peladonians. (TV: The Curse of Peladon)
The Deons believed in Ti and thought the Dodecahedron was his gift. (TV: Meglos)
The Worldsphere God was a machine who watched over the People. (PROSE: The Also People)

Swampie dance — The Swampies worship Kroll. (TV: *The Power of Kroll*)

Kroll was worshipped by the Swampies. (TV: The Power of Kroll)
The Nimon were worshipped by species, including many of the inhabitants of Crinoth and Skonnos. (TV: The Horns of Nimon) A related Minotaur-like species also set themselves up as the gods of many races, feeding on faith and worship. On one world, the natives expelled a Minotaur they had formerly worshipped when they realised that it was a fraud. (TV: The God Complex)
The Kaleds had a god of war. (TV: The Satan Pit)
Ancient Gallifreyans worshipped their moon Pazithi Gallifreya as a virgin Goddess. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)
The line of Pepins ruled as gods. Pepin VII abdicated, leaving Frobisher as a god in his place. (AUDIO: The Holy Terror)
The Sisters of Plenitude had a goddess named Santori, and invoked her during bad times. (TV: New Earth, Gridlock)
Thoueris was mistaken by the Egyptians for a god. (COMIC: The Power of Thoueris!)
Balor was worshipped as a god by the Cynrog. (PROSE: The Nightmare of Black Island)
The Jaftee sequentially worshipped a number of gods, including Donna Noble who they called the "Ginger Goddess". They made a habit of trading in old religions for new ones. (PROSE: Shining Darkness)
The Tenth Doctor told Jack Harkness that if a Time Lord took on the Bad Wolf entity, they could become "a vengeful God". (TV: Utopia)
The inhabitants of Sto worshipped a god known as Vot. (TV: Voyage of the Damned)
After K9 Mark I liberated the Anubians from the Huduct, the Anubians worshipped him as a god. (TV: Curse of Anubis)
Akhaten was a celestial object that was described as a "parasite god" by the Eleventh Doctor, represented by the Grandfather mummy. (TV: The Rings of Akhaten)
The people of Ribos believed that their planet was a battleground to a war between Ice Gods and Sun Gods, producing the turnover of the seasons. (TV: The Ribos Operation)
The people of the volcanic planet Sarn worshipped the fire-god Logar, actually Trion volcanologists in a thermal protection suit. (TV: Planet of Fire)

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-'''Gods''' were beings of immense power in the [[mythology|mythologies]] of many species. The powers, abilities and appearances of the gods varied from culture to culture. Some considered [[Transcendental Being]]s gods, due to their power.
+'''Gods''' were beings of immense power in the [[Religion|religions]] and [[mythology|mythologies]] of many species. The powers, abilities and appearances of the gods varied from culture to culture. Some considered [[transcendental being]]s gods, due to their power.
+The [[Tenth Doctor]] claimed that he didn't believe in any specific god, but had met a number of beings who claimed to be gods. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit]]'') The [[Second Doctor]] once offered a silent prayer to "the gods of [[Time Lord|his own people]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Murder Game]]'')
-[[File:St--5h53egyptianscroll.jpg|thumb|[[Countess Scarlioni]] studies a scroll depicting [[Egypt]]ian gods, including [[Scaroth]] ([[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]'')]]
+== Human gods ==
-The [[Tenth Doctor]] claimed that he didn't believe in any specific god, but had met a number of beings who claimed to be gods. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Satan Pit]]'') The [[Second Doctor]] once offered a silent prayer to 'the gods of [[Time Lord|his own people]]'. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Murder Game]]'') When [[Amy Pond]] asked the [[Eleventh Doctor]] what [[Time Lords]] pray to, he did not answer the question. (DW: [[The God Complex]])
+The [[human]]s of [[Earth]] and their colonies had many gods from their many cultures. Most of these gods turned out to be [[alien]]s or other advanced beings.
+* [[Cessair]] was worshiped as Cailleach for thousands of years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood]]'')
-== [[human]] gods ==
+* The [[Dæmon]]s supposedly inspired various horned gods, including [[Pan]] and [[Khnum]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'')
-The [[human]]s of [[Earth]] and their colonies had many gods from their many cultures. Most, if not all, of these gods turned out to be [[alien]]s or other advanced beings.
+* The [[Immortal]]s were many of the gods worshiped around the world. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion]]'')
+* [[Kronos]] was regarded as a deity by the [[Greek]]s and [[Atlantis|Atlanteans]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'')
+* The [[Latter-Day Pantheon]] was a group worshiped in [[New York City|New York]] in [[1965]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]'')
+* [[Light]] was worshiped as the Burning One by [[Nimrod]]'s tribe. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light]]'')
+* The [[Osirian]]s were most of the [[Egypt]]ian gods ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]''), not including [[Scaroth]], Field Major [[Styx]] ("Sontar"), and possibly [[Khnum]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Gods Walk Among Us (comic story)|The Gods Walk Among Us]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'')
+* A [[Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform|werewolf]] was worshiped by the [[Brethren]] as a god. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'')
+* [[Xoanon]] was worshiped by the [[Sevateem]] and the [[Tesh]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil]]'')
+* In the year 100,000 BC, Earth's sun [[Sol]] was worshiped by a [[Tribe of Gum|tribe of cavemen]] who called it [[Orb (An Unearthly Child)|Orb]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'')
+* In the year 1500 [[BC]] in [[Greece|ancient Greece]], the [[Hangle-Wang Branch]] of the [[Slitheen|Slitheen Family]] from the [[347th century]] were mistaken for gods by the Greeks. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Slitheen Excursion]]'')
+== Other gods and goddesses ==
-* [[Cessair]] was worshipped as '''Cailleach''' for thousands of years. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood]]'')
+Many other races had gods of some kind, many of them living beings.
-* The [[Dæmon]]s supposedly inspired various horned gods, including [[Pan]] and [[Khnum]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'')
-* The [[Immortal]]s were many of the gods worshipped around the world. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion]]'')
-* [[Kronos]] was regarded as a deity by the [[Greek]]s and [[Atlantis|Atlanteans]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]'', [[PDA]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'')
-* The [[Latter-Day Pantheon]] was a group worshipped in [[New York City|New York]] in [[1965]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]'')
-* [[Light]] was worshipped as '''The Burning One''' by [[Nimrod]]'s tribe. ([[DW]]: ''[[Ghost Light]]'')
-* The [[Osirian]]s were most of the [[Egypt]]ian gods ([[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]''), not including [[Scaroth]], Field Major [[Styx]] ("Sontar"), and possibly [[Khnum]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]'', [[DWM]]: ''[[The Gods Walk Among Us]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'')
-* A [[Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform|werewolf]] was worshipped by the [[Brethren]] as a god. ([[DW]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'')
-* [[Xoanon]] was worshipped by the [[Sevateem]] and [[Tesh]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Face of Evil]]'')
-* In the year 100,000 BC, Earth's Sun [[Sol]] was worshipped by a [[Tribe of Gum|Tribe of Cavemen]] who called it [[Orb (An Unearthly Child)|Orb]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'')
-* In the year 1500 [[BC]] in [[Greece|Ancient Greece]], the [[Hangle-Wang Branch]] of the [[Slitheen|Slitheen Family]] from the [[347th century]] were mistaken for gods by the Greeks. ([[NSA]]: ''[[The Slitheen Excursion]]'')
+* [[The Doctor]] was referred to as "the lonely god" in the legend of the [[Face of Boe]]'s final prophecy, ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'') and was worshipped in absentia as "the god of time" by a Roman family after rescuing them from the destruction of Pompeii. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'')
-== Other Gods and Goddesses ==
+* The [[Time Lord]]s were originally thought to be gods by [[Minyos]], [[Klist]] and [[Plastrodus 14]], but they later fell out of favour. ([[TV]]: ''[[Underworld]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]] considered [[TARDIS]]es to be "the technology of the gods". The [[Ninth Doctor]] responded, "Don't worship me. I'd make a very bad god." ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'')
-Many other races have had gods of some kind, many of them living beings.
+* The [[Dalek Emperor]], sincerely believing himself to be a god, was worshipped by the [[Dalek]] survivors of the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'')
+* The [[Optera]] believed the [[Menoptera]] to be gods. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web Planet]]'')
+* [[Aggedor]] was thought to be a god by the [[Peladonian]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'')
+* The [[Tigellan|Deons]] believed in [[Ti]] and thought the [[Dodecahedron]] was his gift. ([[TV]]: ''[[Meglos (TV story)|Meglos]]'')
+* The Worldsphere [[God (The Also People)|God]] was a machine who watched over [[the People]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People]]'')
+[[File:Swampie dance.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Swampie]]s worship [[Kroll]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll]]'')]]
+* [[Kroll]] was worshipped by the [[Swampie]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll]]'')
+* The [[Nimon]] were worshipped by species, including many of the inhabitants of [[Crinoth]] and [[Skonnos]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon]]'') A [[Minotaur (The God Complex)|related Minotaur-like species]] also set themselves up as the gods of many races, feeding on faith and worship. On one world, the natives expelled a [[Minotaur (The God Complex)|Minotaur]] they had formerly worshipped when they realised that it was a fraud. ([[TV]]: ''[[The God Complex]]'')
+* The [[Kaled]]s had a god of war. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'')
+* Ancient [[Gallifreyan]]s worshipped their moon [[Pazithi Gallifreya]] as a virgin Goddess. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'')
+* The line of Pepins ruled as gods. [[Pepin VII]] abdicated, leaving [[Frobisher]] as a god in his place. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Holy Terror]]'')
+* The [[Sisters of Plenitude]] had a goddess named [[Santori]], and invoked her during bad times. ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[Gridlock]]'')
+* [[Thoueris]] was mistaken by the Egyptians for a god. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Power of Thoueris! (comic story)|The Power of Thoueris!]]'')
+* [[Balor]] was worshipped as a god by the [[Cynrog]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nightmare of Black Island]]'')
+* The [[Jaftee]] sequentially worshipped a number of gods, including [[Donna Noble]] who they called the "[[Ginger (trait)|Ginger]] Goddess". They made a habit of trading in old religions for new ones. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shining Darkness]]'')
+* The [[Tenth Doctor]] told [[Jack Harkness]] that if a Time Lord took on the [[Bad Wolf (entity)|Bad Wolf entity]], they could become "a vengeful God". ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
+* The inhabitants of [[Sto]] worshipped a god known as [[Vot]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'')
+* After [[K9 Mark I]] liberated the [[Anubian]]s from the [[Huduct]], the Anubians worshipped him as a god. ([[TV]]: ''[[Curse of Anubis]]'')
+* [[Akhaten]] was a celestial object that was described as a "parasite god" by the [[Eleventh Doctor]], represented by the [[Grandfather]] mummy. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten]]'')
+* The people of [[Ribos]] believed that their planet was a battleground to a war between [[Ice God]]s and [[Sun God]]s, producing the turnover of the seasons. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]'')
+* The people of the volcanic planet [[Sarn (planet)|Sarn]] worshipped the fire-god [[Logar]], actually [[Trion (planet)|Trion]] volcanologists in a thermal protection suit. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'')
-* [[The Doctor]] was referred to as "the lonely god" in the legend of the [[Face of Boe]]'s final prophecy ([[DW]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]''), and was worshipped in absentia as "the god of time" by a Roman family after rescuing them from the destruction of Pompeii ([[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'').
-* The [[Time Lord]]s were originally thought to be gods by [[Minyos]], [[Klist]] and [[Plastrodus 14]], but they later fell out of favour. ([[DW]]: ''[[Underworld]]'', [[PDA]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'')
-* The [[Dalek Emperor]], sincerely believing himself to be a god, was worshipped by the [[Dalek]] survivors of the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'')
-* The [[Optera]] believed the [[Menoptera]] to be gods. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Web Planet]]'')
-* [[Aggedor]] was thought to be a god by the [[Peladonian]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'')
-* The [[Tigellan|Deons]] believed in [[Ti]] and thought the [[Dodecahedron]] was his gift. ([[DW]]: ''[[Meglos (TV story)|Meglos]]'')
-* The Worldsphere [[God (Worldsphere)|God]] was a machine who watched over [[the People]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Also People]]'')[[File:Swampie dance.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Swampie]]s worship [[Kroll]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll]]'')]]
-* [[Kroll]] was worshipped by the [[Swampie]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll]]'')
-* The [[Nimon]] were worshipped by species, including many of the inhabitants of [[Crinoth]] and [[Skonnos]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon]]'') A [[Minotaur (The God Complex)|related species]] also set themselves up as the gods of many races. ([[DW]]: ''[[The God Complex]]'')
-* The [[Dæmon]]s, [[Kaled]]s and [[Draconian]]s, among countless other peoples, venerated and/or dreaded [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|the Beast]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet]]'' / [[The Satan Pit]])
-* Ancient [[Gallifreyan]]s worshipped their moon [[Pazithi Gallifreya]] as a virgin Goddess. ([[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'')
-* The line of Pepins ruled as gods. [[Pepin VII]] abdicated, leaving [[Frobisher]] as a god in his place. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Holy Terror]]'')
-* The [[Sisters of Plenitude]] had a goddess [[Santori]] they spoke of her during bad times ([[DW]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[Gridlock]]'')
-* [[Thoueris]] was mistaken by the Egyptians for a god. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Power of Thoueris!]]'')
-* [[Balor]] was worshipped as a god by the [[Cynrog]]. ([[NSA]]: ''[[The Nightmare of Black Island]]'')
-* The [[Jaftee]] sequentially worshipped a number of gods, including [[Donna Noble]] who they called the 'Ginger Goddess'. They made a habit of trading in old religions for new ones. ([[NSA]]: ''[[Shining Darkness]]'')
-* The Doctor told Jack Harkness that if a Time Lord took on the [[Bad Wolf (entity)|Bad Wolf entity]], they could become "a vengeful God". ([[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
-* The inhabitants of [[Sto]] worshipped a god known as [[Vot]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'')
-* After [[K9 Mark I]] liberated the [[Anubian]]s from the [[Huduct]], the Anubians worshipped him as a god. ([[K9TV]]: ''[[Curse of Anubis]]'')
-* [[Minotaur (species)|The Minotaurs]] fed on the faith of other life forms and survived by descending on primitive planets and setting themselves up as gods, feeding on the worship of the natives. Once the species became advanced, they expelled them when they realised that the Minotaurs were frauds. ([[DW]]: ''[[The God Complex]]'')
-== See also ==
-* [[Religion]]
 {{wikipediainfo}}
 {{NameSort}}
-[[Category:Supposed deities| ]]
+[[Category:Supposed deities]]
 [[Category:Mythological creatures]]
 [[Category:Mythological figures]]
 [[Category:Earth myths and legends]]
+[[es:Dios]]
+[[ro:Zei]]