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'''Apotheosis''' is the ascension of a mortal to genuine godhood
The subject of an apotheosis doesn't always gain phenomenal cosmic power -- they may find that they are a [[Odd Job Gods|very ''minor'' god]] -- but they are now undeniably divine, probably immortal and possibly able to gain power and/or sustenance [[Gods Need Prayer Badly|from the worship of mortals]].
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* In the ''[[Harry Kipling]]'' series published in ''[[2000 AD]]'', being regarded as a god by his sort-of clone Klux actually elevates Kipling to godhood, or at least to a level where he gains the ability to kill (other) gods.
* In ''[[Lucifer (comics)|Lucifer]]'', the Prescene abdicates his throne, leaving his granddaughter, Elain Belloc, his only heir, to take the throne. After Fenris attacked the Silver City, she absorbed his power, thus making her the new God.
* In Marvel Comics, [https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Gods_(Earth-616) the Young Gods] are an obscure [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character| (and underused)]] hero team consisting of 12 former humans recruited over several thousand years and elevated to godhood as a project orchestrated by Gaia with the aid several pre-existing deities. Gaia had hoped to present these ascended mortals before the Fourth Host of Celestials as evidence that humans had potential. This seemed to have worked; the Host ruled in the Earth's favor.
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