Lord of the Gods

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Lord of the Gods is a lofty divine title signifying supreme authority and rulership over all other deities in a pantheon.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
King of the Gods 3
Lord of the Gods canonical 1
Lord of the Heavens 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf divine title ⓘ
religious honorific ⓘ
appliedBy priests and theologians in polytheistic systems ⓘ
worshippers of a supreme deity ⓘ
appliesTo deity regarded as highest in a pantheon ⓘ
associatedWithConcept chief god ⓘ
high god ⓘ
supreme deity ⓘ
category mythological title ⓘ
religious title ⓘ
conceptualDomain authority ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
sovereignty ⓘ
connotes cosmic sovereignty ⓘ
hierarchical superiority among gods ⓘ
ultimate divine authority ⓘ
contrastsWith lesser gods ⓘ
local or minor deities ⓘ
denotes supreme authority over other deities ⓘ
describes position of ultimate divine rulership ⓘ
implies rulership over all other deities in a pantheon ⓘ
impliesAttributes command over divine order ⓘ
omnipotence within the pantheon ⓘ
ultimate judicial authority among gods ⓘ
impliesFunction arbitration of disputes among gods ⓘ
governance of other gods ⓘ
maintenance of cosmic order ⓘ
impliesPowerOver all other gods in the same pantheon ⓘ
impliesRelationship other gods are subordinate ⓘ
linguisticType noun phrase ⓘ
oftenInterpretedAs title of the most powerful deity in a given religion ⓘ
relatedTerm king of the gods ⓘ
ruler of the gods ⓘ
supreme god ⓘ
roleInPantheon head of divine council ⓘ
supreme ruler of gods ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority all divine domains within a pantheon ⓘ
entire pantheon ⓘ
semanticField mythology ⓘ
religion ⓘ
theology ⓘ
signifies centralization of divine power ⓘ
highest rank in divine hierarchy ⓘ
ultimate source of divine law ⓘ
titleFor deity considered highest in rank ⓘ
titleIndicates preeminence over all divine beings ⓘ
usedAs honorific epithet for a chief deity ⓘ
usedInContextOf polytheistic religion ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marduk → epithet → Lord of the Gods ⓘ
Marduk → epithet → King of the Gods ⓘ
linked to: Lord of the Gods
Anu → title → Lord of the Heavens ⓘ
linked to: Lord of the Gods
Amun → epithet → King of the Gods ⓘ
linked to: Lord of the Gods
Al-Aziz → hasMeaning → The All-Mighty ⓘ
subject linked to: Al-Aziz (The Almighty)
linked to: Lord of the Gods
Jagannath → title → Lord of the Universe ⓘ
linked to: Lord of the Gods
Anu → title → King of the Gods ⓘ
subject linked to: sky god Anu
linked to: Lord of the Gods