Deity
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| [[Image:God.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Detail of [[Sistine Chapel]] fresco ''Creation of the Sun and Moon'' by [[Michelangelo]] (completed [[1512]]).]] | [[Image:God.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Detail of [[Sistine Chapel]] fresco ''Creation of the Sun and Moon'' by [[Michelangelo]] (completed [[1512]]).]] | ||
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| - | :''[[religion]], [[Concerning the surface of God]], [[loves of the gods]]'' | ||
| - | '''God''' most commonly refers to the [[deity]] [[worship]]ped by followers of [[monotheism|monotheistic]] [[religion]]s, whom they believe to be the [[Creation (theology)|creator]] and ruler of the [[universe]]. | ||
| - | [[Theology|Theologians]] have ascribed various attributes to God, including [[omniscience]], [[omnipotence]], [[omnipresence]], perfect [[Goodness and evil|goodness]], divine [[simplicity]], and eternal and necessary existence. He has been described as [[Corporeal|incorporeal]], a personal being, the source of all [[moral obligation]], and the "greatest conceivable existent". | + | A '''deity''' is a [[postulate]]d [[preternatural]] or [[supernatural]] [[immortal being]], who may be thought of as [[holy]], [[divinity|divine]], or [[sacred]], held in high regard, and respected by believers, often religiously referred to as a '''[[god]]'''. |
| - | == Namesakes == | + | Deities are depicted in a variety of forms, but are also frequently expressed as having human or animal form. Some faiths and traditions consider it [[blasphemous]] to imagine or depict the deity as having any concrete form. They are usually [[immortality|immortal]], and are commonly assumed to have personalities and to possess consciousness, intellects, desires, and emotions similar to those of humans. Such natural phenomena as lightning, floods, storms, other 'acts of God', and [[miracle]]s are attributed to them, and they may be thought to be the authorities or controllers of various aspects of human life (such as birth or the [[afterlife]]). Some deities are asserted to be the directors of time and fate itself, to be the givers of human law and morality, to be the ultimate judges of human worth and behavior, and to be the designers and creators of the [[Earth]] or the [[universe]]. Notable deities include [[Khoikhoi_mythology#Gods_and_heroes|Tsui Goab]], [[Mangar-kunjer-kunja]], [[Shiva]], [[Yuanshi Tianzun]], [[Ra]], [[Zeus]], [[Anu]], [[Ahura Mazda]], [[Vesta (mythology)|Vesta]], [[Odin]], [[Yahweh]], [[Quetzalcoatl]], [[Ika Omkara]], [[Dirawong]], [[Mars (god)|Mars]], [[Exu]], [[Jesus]], among others. |
| - | *''[[Concerning the surface of God]]'', a chapter in [[Alfred Jarry]]'s ''[[Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, pataphysician]]'' | + | |
| - | *''[[To Have Done With the Judgment of god]]'' by [[Antonin Artaud]]{{GFDL}} | + | |
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| + | ==See also== | ||
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| + | * [[List of deities]] | ||
| + | ** [[List of people considered to be deities]] | ||
| + | * [[List of Japanese deities]] | ||
| + | * [[List of love and lust deities]] | ||
| + | * [[List of war deities]] | ||
| + | * [[Æsir]] | ||
| + | * [[Chthonic|Chthonic deities]] | ||
| + | * [[Christianized myths and imagery]] | ||
| + | * [[Death deity]] | ||
| + | * [[Apotheosis|Deifying]] | ||
| + | * [[Deva (Buddhism)]] | ||
| + | * [[Deva (Hinduism)]] | ||
| + | * [[Fairy]] | ||
| + | * [[God (male deity)]] | ||
| + | * [[Goddess]] | ||
| + | * [[Hindu deities]] | ||
| + | * [[Life-death-rebirth deity]] | ||
| + | * [[Lunar deity]] | ||
| + | * [[Mother Goddess|Mother deity]] | ||
| + | * [[Misotheism]] | ||
| + | * [[Murthi]] | ||
| + | * [[Personhood]] | ||
| + | * [[Saint]] | ||
| + | * [[Solar deity]] | ||
| + | * [[Triple deity#Triple goddesses|Triad]] | ||
| + | * [[Triple deities]] | ||
| + | * [[Vaishnava Theology]] | ||
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A deity is a postulated preternatural or supernatural immortal being, who may be thought of as holy, divine, or sacred, held in high regard, and respected by believers, often religiously referred to as a god.
Deities are depicted in a variety of forms, but are also frequently expressed as having human or animal form. Some faiths and traditions consider it blasphemous to imagine or depict the deity as having any concrete form. They are usually immortal, and are commonly assumed to have personalities and to possess consciousness, intellects, desires, and emotions similar to those of humans. Such natural phenomena as lightning, floods, storms, other 'acts of God', and miracles are attributed to them, and they may be thought to be the authorities or controllers of various aspects of human life (such as birth or the afterlife). Some deities are asserted to be the directors of time and fate itself, to be the givers of human law and morality, to be the ultimate judges of human worth and behavior, and to be the designers and creators of the Earth or the universe. Notable deities include Tsui Goab, Mangar-kunjer-kunja, Shiva, Yuanshi Tianzun, Ra, Zeus, Anu, Ahura Mazda, Vesta, Odin, Yahweh, Quetzalcoatl, Ika Omkara, Dirawong, Mars, Exu, Jesus, among others.
See also
- List of deities
- List of Japanese deities
- List of love and lust deities
- List of war deities
- Æsir
- Chthonic deities
- Christianized myths and imagery
- Death deity
- Deifying
- Deva (Buddhism)
- Deva (Hinduism)
- Fairy
- God (male deity)
- Goddess
- Hindu deities
- Life-death-rebirth deity
- Lunar deity
- Mother deity
- Misotheism
- Murthi
- Personhood
- Saint
- Solar deity
- Triad
- Triple deities
- Vaishnava Theology
