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== Oral Tradition, Folklore, Myths and Legends ==
* In [[Chinese Mythology]], humans were frequently promoted to godhood in the [[Celestial Bureaucracy]].
** It also happened in [[Japanese Mythology]], one reasonably famous example being the kami of scholars, [[wikipedia:Sugawara no Michizane|Sugawara no Michizane]].
* Many Inuit gods and spirits were once humans. Malina became sun goddess when she escaped to the sky from her brother Igaluk, who tried to rape her. He continued his chase and turned into the moon spirit. The goddess of the sea, Sedna, was a mortal who changed when her father tried to sacrifice her to calm down a storm. As she clung to the boat he cut off all of her fingers, creating seal from the severed parts.
* [[Classical Mythology|Greek and Roman gods]] included some who were apotheosized from mortal origins, most famously Herakles (Hercules) who became a god upon his death, according to his worshippers.
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