God king
God king, or God-King, is a term for a deified ruler or a pagan deity that is venerated in the guise of a king. In particular, it is used to refer to:
- the Egyptian Pharaohs[1]
- a sacred king in any other polytheistic faith[2]
According to the letters of J.R.R. Tolkien and The Silmarillion, Lord Sauron’s project was to proclaim himself God-King if he succeeded to conquer the Earth and Valinor.
See also
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- Devaraja
- Euhemerism
- Imperial cult
- God emperor (disambiguation)
- List of people who have been considered deities
References
- John Jackson, Chronological Antiquities, 1752, p. 134. Heinrich Brugsch, A History of Egypt Under the Pharaohs, J. Murray, 1881
- Wilfred L. Guerin, A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature, Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 193.
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