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    6alai Lamas 4 # %onsidered re2incarnations of&valokiteDvara inTibetan $

    Inca Emperors The Inca Emperors had a status very similar to that of

    *epalese monarchs A; #1!! In *epal ' the kings of the3hah dynasty were considered

    +osthumous deification

    Main article: Apotheosis

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    Imhotep 1;!! $% &ncient Egyptian architect and physician' who twobecoming the god of medicine and healing.

    8ueen 6ido of%arthage $%

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    3iddhHrtha Cautama$uddha

    ";$%> @ $elieved a god by some5ahayana sects' and worship

    )ephaestion ";# 1$% 6eified by&le,ander the Creat

    &le,ander III of5acedon theCreat>hero cult@

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    3ome believe he implied he was ademigod by activeupon him by Egyptian priests of the god&mmon at the

    =esus J $% #J &6

    In9omans +aul the &postle described $ishop&thanasius of &le,andria wrote in defense of teachings at the

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    &lO ibn &bO Hlib "44 &6#;; &6

    &ccording to the &lawite faith'&li ibn &bi Tal ersian ) corresponding roughly to the %hristian

    second emanation ofCod by arsan and the supreme

    3ugawara no5ichiBane

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    =apanese Imperial courtier banished from the caKorshipped as TenNin' kami of scholarship.

    El2)akem bP&mr &llah 4 " &6#!1 &63i,th

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    Manichi ?tsuka 4 3hinreikyo states of its founder 7Cod became one3hinreikyo.71 0

    Ceorge Kashington A 1#A44Korshiped as a kami in )awaiian 3hinto shrines. 1 0 Ininto )eaven and becoming a god' in the famous paint

    Involuntary deification

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    EBra )a3ofer " $% EBra established3econd Temple =udaism1"0 and

    1;0 The 8uran claims that emenite =ews believed Ba

    &ntiochus II Theos 1 ;#1 ;$%

    3eleucid ruler. The younger son of&ntiochus I and 3Ionia' %ilicia and +amphylia from Egyptian dominahim the title Theos >[email protected] 0

    Rheng )e A # Korshiped by some %hinese and 3outh East &sians.1

    Ceneral =ohn *icholson 11#"A Inspired the cult of *ikal 3eyn.

    =iddu Mrishnamurti 4"#4 ; 9enounced the status of messiah and 5aitreya incarn

    )aile 3elassie I ofEthiopia

    41#4A"

    &mong most followers of the9astafari movement' )ailincarnate' the $lack 5essiah and 7EarthPs 9ightful 9that his royal titles >i.e. Ming of Mings' %on(ueringbelonging to the returned 5essiah in9evelation ":" . T

    4 ! coronation in&ddis &baba. !0 $efore his coronat

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    +rince +hilip of Creeceand 6enmark' 6uke ofEdinburgh

    41 # %onsidered a god in the village ofaohnanen' a cargo

    Mumari 2These are little girls who are worshippthe)indu Coddess 6urga >*epali"ale#u@ in *epal. Tuntil they reachpuberty. Their cult is in 3outh &sian co

    3elf2deification

    Main article:$elf%!eification

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    &ntiochus IGEpiphanes

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    3eleucid ruler >reigned A"2 ; @F the only 3eleucid k5anifest7 and *ikephoros 7$ringer of Gictory.7 *early conthe 6iadochi states.

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    Mondratii

    3elivanovA !s Mondraty 3elivanov proclaimed himself both as the late+eter

    )ong Uiu(uan #;%hinese man who claimed he was the younger brothecon(uering a large part of %hina before defeat and suicide.

    Cod on Earth@ in $ombay )ig

    +eraBa@ was the incarnat

    Lou de+alingboer

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    & divorced 6utchman named Louwrens GoorthuiNBen whof his proclaimed name 7Lou de +alingboer7. )e was a ffollowers also considered him a living Cod on a mission ag

    =im =ones 4 #4A

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    *irmala3rivastava

    41 #1!

    Curu and goddess of 3ahaNa oga' has proclaimed herselfother incarnations >e.g.' Mrishna' %hrist' etc.@ were aspec

    =ehovahKanyonyi 41 #

    7I am the one who created &dam and Eve. I made their bothrough them' like I spoke through =esus %hrist until he wconsider him Cod. 40"!0

    3athya 3ai $aba 41;#1!)indu guru that followers believed was a reincarnation of raise the dead' appear in more than one location at the sam

    5itsuo 5atayoshi 4 # In 44A he established the Korld Economic %ommunity +Cod and %hrist." 0

    %laude Gorilhon 4 ;# %laims to be5aitreya ' messenger of the 7Elohim.7

    Gissarion 4; # %laims to be =esus %hrist returned' which

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