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Depending on the setting, this trope may be inextricably intertwined with either or both [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]] and [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]], to the point that simply sufficient belief and/or worship may be enough to elevate a mortal to genuine godhood. (And lack of same may be enough to bring him right back down again.) |
Depending on the setting, this trope may be inextricably intertwined with either or both [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]] and [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]], to the point that simply sufficient belief and/or worship may be enough to elevate a mortal to genuine godhood. (And lack of same may be enough to bring him right back down again.) |
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See also [[God for a Day]], in which a mortal is temporarily and briefly granted the power of a god, usually as some manner of moral lesson. Contrast [[A God Am I]], when a mortal ''claims'' godhood either out of madness, hubris or from being drunk on power. Also contrast [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]], which may seem superficially similar. Compare [[Abstract Apotheosis]], in which a mortal becomes the |
See also [[God for a Day]], in which a mortal is temporarily and briefly granted the power of a god, usually as some manner of moral lesson. Contrast [[A God Am I]], when a mortal ''claims'' godhood either out of madness, hubris or from being drunk on power. Also contrast [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]], which may seem superficially similar. Compare [[Abstract Apotheosis]], in which a mortal becomes the embodiment of an abstract concept such as Love or Pain. |
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