People Who Have Been Considered Deities

8/10/2019 People Who Have Been Considered Deities

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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


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

second emanation ofCod by arsan and the supreme

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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


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

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&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

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3elf2deification

Main article:$elf%!eification

Further information:Maitreya claimants, &u!!ha claimants an! Messiah claimants


&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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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.

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*irmala3rivastava

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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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