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* Happens in the campaign in ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'': After Bob's character Knuckles III dies, his next character (Knuckles IV) manages to get Knuckles III promoted to [[Phantasy Spelling|gawdhood]]. The promotion appears genuine, and temples to Knu-Kyle-Ra are now a recurring feature in the comic.
* 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.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
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* This happens -- on a temporary basis! -- to mortals chosen to take up the various offices of the Incarnations in [[Piers Anthony]]'s ''[[Incarnations of Immortality]]'' series -- especially in the case of God (Good) and Devil (Evil).
* The late Duchess of Borogravia is elevated to a minor deity by the prayers made to her instead of to Borogravia's "official" god Nuggan in the ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[Monstrous Regiment]]''.
* ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' has Magic Gods, people who have mastered magic to the point where they can bend reality without exception through it. To obtain such godhood, a magician needs to master a path (such as a theology based in Shinto, Voodoo, Hindu, Buddhism, Norse, Greek, etc.) to the end and perform a special ritual. There is also the possibility of becoming an impure Magic god due to a magician's stopping their growth.
** On the Science Side, Level 6 Espers are comparable to Magic Gods, which is why Academy City was created. They are trying to achieve this to gain knowledge about the world's truth, which even the Magic Side has been trying to gain. Many experiments have involved getting Espers to level up, especially with the Level 5s. There has been success, but only temporarily.
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* [[Mormonism]] includes among its tenets a belief called "exaltation", in which the faithful will ascend to heaven and eventually become lesser gods subordinate to God while dwelling with Him through eternity. They believe that one purpose for Christ's mission and atonement was to allow the deification of mortal men, which will (eventually) happen in the afterlife to those who properly embraced Mormon beliefs before the final judgment.
* Unlike the subjects of most of the "hero cults" of [[Ancient Greece]] (which resembled ancestor worship more than anything else), [[Classical Mythology/Characters#Mortals and Demigods|Heracles]] and [[w:Asclepius|Asclepius]] were (at least sometimes) venerated as mortals who had ascended to become true gods.
** Dionysus was the son of Zeus and a mortal woman. Depending on the version, he became a god by being born as
* While different branches of [[Taoism]] often venerate entirely different pantheons of gods, most include historical figures who are believed to have become [[w:Xian (Taoism)|immortals]] and thus are worthy of worship and reverence.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Ōban Star-Racers]]'': {{spoiler|The prize of the Great Race is becoming the Avatar, a god-like being whose duty is to be the guardian of the galaxy fo 10,000 years, though they are limited.}}
* ''[[Amphibia (TV series)|Amphibia]]'': {{spoiler| In the finale, Anne is given the opportunity for this, [[Big Good| the Guardian]] wanting her to be its successor. Anne, however, refuses, claiming her successes have been marred by numerous mistakes, and she doesn’t want them to mar up all of existence. The Guardian sees her point, but implies it will make the offer again in 78 years.}}
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