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{{trope}}
{{quote|''At Thebes in Egypt a woman slept in the temple of Ammon as the consort of the god, and, like the human wife of Bel at Babylon, she was said to have no commerce with a man. In Egyptian texts she is often mentioned as "the divine consort," and usually she was no less a personage than the Queen of Egypt herself.''
|''The Golden Bough'' by '''James Frazer''', Chapter 12}}
This is when two [[A God Am I|god-like]] characters (be they [[Powers That Be|actual gods]] or merely [[Physical God|extremely powerful]]) become a couple.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
* ''[[Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki]]'':
▲== Anime ==
▲* ''[[Tenchi Muyo]]'': Ryoohki {{spoiler|Washu and Sasami/Tsunami are two of the Goddesses that made the universe. And Ryoko is Washu's daughter ([[Does This Remind You of Anything?|there is no father]]). Tenchi is the avatar of the god that made the Goddesses. Apply [[Tenchi Solution]] and voila.}}
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' gives us Shinji and Kaworu. (Well, Shinji only becomes a god after Kaworu dies, but Gendo's working ever so hard to make his son into a god this whole time.) Shinji/Rei could also qualify, maybe.
* ''[[Project A-ko]]'': The title character is ''strongly'' implied to be the daughter of Superman and Wonder Woman, who are happily married and living in Japan.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Quite a few DC [[What If
** ''[[The Dark Knight Strikes Again]],'' possibly the first major example. Interesting because [[Destructo-Nookie|when Wonder Woman and Superman made love it caused earthquakes, hurricanes, twisters, tsunamis, and other fun stuff]].
** At the end of ''[[Kingdom Come]]'', not only have Supes and Diana hooked up (Lois Lane's death is a major backstory point), but she's pregnant with a [[Goo
** Act Of God has them get together, though you can argue about whether it fits this trope, since they're depowered at the time.
* In a [[Shout
* In the ''[[Cross Gen]]'' universe, pretty much every couple between the First, Secundae, Atlanteans, and Sigil-Bearers, with special nods to Altwaal/Raamia, Evinlea/God-Emperor Charon, and anything involving [[Humanoid Abomination|Miranda]] [[Ms. Fanservice|Cross]].
== [[Film]] ==▼
* ''[[Hancock]]'' deals with the aftermath, as the titular character recovers his memory and meets his ex.▼
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] short story "The Birthday of the World", the
* {{spoiler|Orb/Gaia and Parry/Satan}} in ''[[Incarnations of Immortality]]''. Also, arguably Fate's occasional affairs with Chronos or Mars.
* What seems to be the most common form religion takes in [[Heralds of Valdemar|Valdemar]] is worship of a paired God and Goddess.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==▼
▲== Film ==
** And ''another couple'' in an episode of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''.▼
▲* ''[[Hancock]]'' deals with the aftermath, as the titular character recovers his memory and meets his ex.
* ''[[Tales
▲== Live-Action TV ==
▲* Two Qs mated in an episode of ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation]]''.
▲** And ''another couple'' in an episode of ''[[Star Trek Voyager]]''.
▲* ''[[Tales From the Darkside (TV)|Tales From the Darkside]]'' episode "Let the Games Begin". An angel and a devil have a contest over who gets a dead person's soul. At the end they give into their growing attraction to each other and get together.
* [[Xena: Warrior Princess|Xena]] and [[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys|Hercules]].
* On ''[[Dollhouse]]'', this is Alpha's plan at the end of season 1. It doesn't go well.
== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
* From [[Greek Mythology]]:
** Aphrodite and Ares are often portrayed as lovers. Of course, Aphrodite was ''married'' to Hephaestus, so it became pretty funny when he would catch them in the act with an unbreakable iron net.
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* [[Hindu Mythology]] has many examples, but probably among the most well-known are Shiva and Parvati.
* Izanagi-no-Okami and his wife, Izanami-no-Okami, the creator deities of Japan according to Shintoism.
* Some varieties of modern [[Neo-Paganism]] revolve around a paired God and Goddess who enact an endless cycle emblematic of the changes of the seasons.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Given [[A God Is You|the nature of the game]], this is practically inevitable in ''[[Exalted]]''.
** Actually, it's a major part of the roles of the Exalted in the First Age. Lunars were meant to be the consorts and companions of Solars, and Solar-Lunar marriages were the norm.
* One of the more well-known pairings comes from the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' setting, Kelemvor, God of Death; and Mystra, Goddess of Magic, are a couple. An interesting example in that both deities were mortals who met and formed a relationship during the Time of Troubles, which carried over after they ascended. The relationship was public knowledge among the laity, going so far as to have joint ceremonies and rituals between their respective priesthoods. During the Trial of Cyric, though, the relationship was broken off after their competence and impartiality was brought into question: Kelemvor went out of his way to reward heroic souls who died and punish the cowardly and evil, leading to a break in the [[Balance Between Good and Evil]]; while Mystra began withholding magic from evil spellcasters, to much the same result.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Two characters in ''Antiheroes'' are the twin sons of a
* ''[[
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* After they reunite in the wake of his first reincarnation, Ozma and Salem set themselves up as the god-rulers of an empire in ancient Remnant, according to a [[Flashback (trope)|flashback]] in Volume 6 of ''[[RWBY]]''. It doesn't end well.
▲* Two characters in ''Antiheroes'' are the twin sons of a [[God Couple]], specifically a powerful fiend and an equally powerful celestial. The in-laws were not happy.
▲* ''[[Digger (Webcomic)|Digger]]'' has (in the [[Backstory]]) [[Badass Abnormal|She-Is]]/He-Is{{spoiler|-[[Beat Still My Heart|On-Dubious-Life-Support]]}}. [[Madden Into Misanthropy|It]] [[My Greatest Failure|did]] [[Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism|not]] [[My God, What Have I Done?|work]] [[I Cannot Self-Terminate|out]] [[Fate Worse Than Death|well]].
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
▲== Video Games ==
* Vestoria and Aldius of ''[[Fantasia Otome Game Series|Fantasia - Realm of Thanos]]''. Too bad Aldius is killed.
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls]] 3: [[Morrowind]]'': Vivec/Almalexia. It didn't last long...on the godly scale of time, that is.
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* In fanon, [[Touhou|Yasaka Kanako and Moriya Suwako]], ''literal'' [[Heterosexual Life Partner|goddesses]] at that. With Kochiya Sanae as their <s>daughter</s>great-great-great-...-granddaughter. Sanae really ''is'' Suwako's great-great-great-...-granddaughter, but has no known blood relation to Kanako.
* The [[Backstory]] for the ''[[Disciples]]'' series includes Gallean and Soloniel. Gallean planted the forests and populated them with [[Our Elves Are Different|elves]], while Soloniel literally cried oceans and bore [[Fish People|merfolk]]. Then they had to go and antagonize [[Norse Mythology|Wotan]], known for his temper, who rips Gallean's heart out and throws it into the sun. Soloniel jumps after it but the sun burns her, turning her into Mortis, the goddess of death. Mortis revives Gallean, at which point he tells her it's over, since she's now fleshless.
* ''[[Muramasa:
* ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'': It's implied that once upon a time, Cosmos and Chaos, despite [[Order Versus Chaos|representing inherently opposite forces of nature]], [[Beast and Beauty|were lovers and peacefully ruled over the world together.]] {{spoiler|And then came Garland, Chaos' ''own past self'', who convinced Chaos to wage war against his significant other.}} Chaos himself does not remember this until he regains his memories near endgame. {{spoiler|Considering that he just ''killed'' Cosmos moments earlier, [[My God, What Have I Done?|Chaos is mortified]]. And to twist the knife further, if you obtain all of the Cosmos and Chaos reports, you find out that Cosmos is more or less Garland/Chaos' ''[[Parental Incest|adoptive mother]]''. [[Oedipus Complex|Ew.]] Or not since they have no blood relations and gods are ageless anyways. They may as well be adoptive siblings or have no familial ties at all.}}
** Freud would have a field day with the family dynamics in Dissidia. Consider: {{spoiler|Chaos is the "son" of Cid Lufaine, his master and ultimate foe in the story. Chaos' past/future self is Garland. Cid Lufaine's wife was said look exactly like Cosmos, who is technically the adopted daughter of Cid, the love interest of Chaos and the Warrior of Light, and was created to be a mother surrogate for Chaos. Let's not forget that Cosmos bears striking resemblance, not only to Cid's wife, but also to the Princess Sarah, who was the love interest of both Garland, Chaos' future/past self, and the Warrior of Light. The Warrior of Light, for his part, is also Cid Lufaine's "son", being a perfect copy of him in all but memories. Meaning that Chaos' enemy is both his father and the man who looks just like his father, who fights his past/future self in a battle for/against the woman who resembles his mother/sister/future/past girfriend. And let's not forget that Cid's wife's memories were passed down from generation to generation, meaning that somewhere in World A exists a woman who is, at least in her mind, Cid's wife, alongside Cid's daughter/wife clone and the woman who bears more than passing resemblance to said daughter/wife clone. All this without throwing in the resemblance between Lightning and the White Mage from [[FF 1]]!}}
* ''[[
* ''[[Septerra Core]]''. Marduk and Kyra, according to the myths.
* Asura and Durga, from ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'', which is tragically cut short in episode 2.
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
* ''[[Gargoyles]]'' featured literal God Couple Oberon and Titania. It's implied they split at some point, but clearly reconciled by the time Oberon appears near the end of Season 2.
▲== Western Animation ==
* ''[[
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