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Yes, after all records of society were erased, the poor, confused tribal humans of the future stumbled upon [[The Constant]] of their predecessors. It may have been a monument, or it may have been a pop culture icon of the past. But in their confused state, the poor tribesmen have mistaken it for an image of the gods, and have begun worshipping it in kind.
It should be noted that this is a separate trope from [[Cargo Cult]], though the two can overlap. A [[Cargo Cult]] is when an object is interpreted as a sign of the gods or a god itself.
Compare [[Future Imperfect]] and [[And Man Grew Proud]]. Not to be confused with [[Disney Owns This Trope]]. See also [[Single-Precept Religion]].
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* ''[[Motel of the Mysteries]]'' is an illustrated gag "archeological report" on relics found in a long-ago hotel room, as written up by future archeologists with a ''very'' [[Future Imperfect]] understanding of our era. One of their ongoing debates is about which "ancient altar" was the more revered: the television or the toilet.
* In the short story ''[[wikipedia:By the Waters of Babylon|By The Waters of Babylon]]'' by Stephen Vincent Benét, the protagonist visits the sacred and forbidden ruins of {{spoiler|New York City}} (which his tribe believes to be the former home of the gods) and prays to a statue of George Washington.
* Aldous Huxley's ''[[Brave New World (novel)|Brave New World]]'' has its future [[
** In issues of psychology, however, they refer to "[[All Psychology Is Freudian|Freud]]." However, [[Composite Character|they're apparently believed to have been the same person]].
* In the [[H. Beam Piper]] short story "Return," which takes place after a nuclear war, a pair of explorers discover a tribe whose religion is based on {{spoiler|the Sherlock Holmes stories.}}
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', the Kings became a gang of [[Elvis Impersonator
** Without even knowing his ''name'' - in all that memorabilia, nothing readable or functional explicitly said what the name of the person being emulated was, just that he was 'The King' (thus "The King's School of Impersonation").
* That's not the first time ''[[Fallout]]'' has misconstrued pre-war information as some kind of religion. In the ''[[Fallout 3]]'' DLC "The Pitt", your reward for [[Guide Dang It|finding all 100 ingots]] in the steelyard is [[And Your Reward Is Clothes|a suit of power armor]]. While it resembles [[Big Bad|Ashur's]] own suit, Everett mentions that some of the local tribals fashioned this power armor to resemble their "gods". Although the colors are faded, the armor is clearly decked out in the black and yellow colors of the [[American Football|Pittsburgh Steelers]]. Ashur's own armor has an identical color scheme, so it's possible he's simply exploiting local superstitions to appear as a "god".
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* This trope is often cited by archaeologists to discourage their colleagues from jumping to conclusions about the meanings or uses of artifacts and
* There is an [http://www.coltranechurch.org African American Church of St. John Coltrane]
* [http://www.drabuzzi.com/elvis_the_divine This] website.
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