Deity

:This article is about deities or gods from a non-monotheistic perspective. See God for information about the monotheistic entity.

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A deity or a god, is a postulated preternatural being, usually, but not always, of significant power, worshipped, thought holy, divine, or sacred, held in high regard, or respected by human beings. They assume a variety of forms, but are frequently depicted as having human or animal form. Sometimes it is considered blasphemous to imagine the deity as having any concrete form. They are usually immortal. They are commonly assumed to have personalities and to possess consciousness, intellects, desires, and emotions much like humans. Such natural phenomena as lightning, floods, storms, other "acts of God”, and miracles are attributed to them, and they may be thought to be the authorities or controllers of every aspect of human life (such as birth or the afterlife). Some deities are asserted to be the directors of time and fate itself, to be the givers of human law and morality, to be the ultimate judges of human worth and behavior, and to be the designers and creators of the Earth or the universe. Some of these "gods" have no power at all-they are simply worshipped.

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Preternatural: The preternatural or praeternatural labels things or events which appear outside (Latin praeter) the bounds of nature as currently understood. One could consider that such matters belong in science's "too-difficult" basket....

Worship: Worship usually refers to specific acts of religious praise, honour, or devotion, typically directed to a supernatural being such as a god or goddess. It is the informal term in English for what sociologists of religion call cultus, the body of practices and traditions that correspond to theology....

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Deity related Images and Photos (experimental)

Algonquin Deity Glooskap (The Liar) Working His Magic	Tayutama Kiss on my Deity Red Izumida Mashiro Statue	Tayutama Kiss on my Deity White Izumida Mashiro Statue	The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V as the Deity Fudo Myoo Rescuing Ichikawa Danjuro VIII c.1850
Francois I as a Composite Deity	An Egyptian Wood Figure of a Jackal-Headed Deity New Kingdom 1550-1070 BC	Succoth Benoth a Hen is the Deity	Mayan Indian Wears a Mask That Reflects a Deity