Physical Religion: Difference between revisions

== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==

* The Sage of Six Paths from ''[[Naruto]]'' fits this description, as his religion was jutsu, something that all ninja can do; except that he could do it better than anyone else, which is why they worshipped him. Surprisingly, Nagato also has a Religion in which followers pray to him because of his god-like strength and Dōjutsu. It seems as though all people with the Rinnegan are hailed as Physical Gods.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* [[David Eddings]] tends to rely on this trope for his plots. [[The Belgariad]] universe has eight gods and two godlike consciousnesses of the universe, and [[The Elenium]] has more deities than anyone can count.

* Regarding ''The [[Wheel of Time]]'', Robert Jordan has used the following quote to explain the lack of organized religion: "This is a world where what might be called the proofs of religion are self-evident all the time. It seemed to me there was no necessity for the trappings of religion, which by and large are to reinforce us in our faith and to convince others. If your beliefs are made concrete and manifest around you at any given time there is not the need for that".

* [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s ''[[Chalion]]'' series, with its four or five Gods, depending on which sect you belong to. (There is no doubt about the ''existence'' of the Bastard, the fifth God. The argument is over whether or not he should be ranked up with the other four.)

* The Valar for the peoples of [[The Silmarillion|Middle Earth]]: the Elves are on first-name basis with them. The Númenoreans don't have any organized religion either, until Sauron introduces it for his own purposes.

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' shows us the Prophets, incorporeal beings that exist outside of linear time, worshiped by the [[Space Jews|Bajorans]]. Several times in the series, Bajoran prophecies are brought up but doubted by skeptical characters while others (who may not even worship the Prophets) will point out that these prophecies have a way of coming true (just not always the way people expect them to, being written in metaphor and imagery) because the wormhole aliens/Prophets really do exist outside linear time and thus see the past, present, and future all at once (to the point of knowing what can be changed and what can't and what the consequences will be).

 

== [[Mythology]] and [[Religion]] ==

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

** Also from [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]: Sigmar, god of [[The Empire]]'s religion.

** In the setting of ''[[Eberron]]'', the [[Physical God]] trope is averted. The true gods, if they exist, do not manifest themselves physically. There are tales of them doing it, but that's nothing more that myths and legends. However this trope still applies, as ''faith'' powers divine magic, so someone believing in the divinity of a mortal can still have divine magic. This leads to certain mortal beings having become the "God" of their churches.

*** The Lord of Blades is the Warforged Messiah of The Blades, who worship him as a divine entity. His teachings are how Warforged are a superior race and fit to inherit the world.

* In ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' people worship Goddess of Harvest. Not only is she very real: you can screw her.

* [[Arcanum]] gives us interesting example. Most mainstream religion in a world is worshiping a powerful elven wizard called Nasrudin, who lived long ago. They got most of the events right, except the fact that {{spoiler|Nasrudin didn't die}}

* The entire Greek pantheon is real in [[God of War]].

* ''[[Touhou Project]]'' has a pair of goddesses (and their [[Shrine Maiden]]) who are trying to spread their worship in the mystical land of Gensokyo because [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]]. Backstory also shows that several other Shinto gods also existed.

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