Divine Delegation: Difference between revisions

In the basic version of this scenario, [[Top God|the Creator]] first makes lesser gods - or archangels, or what have you - then makes at least some parts of the universe, then tells His divine children to finish the job themselves. Mortals may be the Creator's handiwork or that of the lessers; once they show up, they might worship the Creator, the lesser beings, or both.

 

 

The Creator deity usually leaves it in the hands of [[Celestial Paragons and Archangels]] to finish the job.

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' has Din, Nayru and Farore, "The Golden Goddesses" who left the world some time after creating it. Other beings of varying degree of power are commonly described as gods through the series, generally as implicitly or explicitly having been put there by the Golden Goddesses to maintain and protect in their absence. The threat level of Hyrule generally leaves them the divine equivalent of a [[Badly-Battered Babysitter]].

** [[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]] has the goddess Hylia, implicitly the highest ranked of the delegate divinities, who {{spoiler|incarnates as the mortal Zelda, leaving her power and soul within that bloodline}}. Below her, the surface is protected by a trio of dragons: Faron the Water Dragon that guards the Woods, Lanayru the Thunder Dragon who oversees the Desert and Eldin the Fire Dragon who watches over the Volcano, while the skies are protected by the whale-like deity Levias.

** ''[[The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'' has the Deku Tree as the Spirit of Earth, the great fish Jabun as the Spirit of Water, the dragon Valoo as the Spirit of Fire, and a pair of... frog things as the Spirits of Air.

 

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