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Gods are typically expected to have defined roles, characteristics, and relations to one another. However, various circumstances can result in some of them being combined into one, perhaps even with a deity from a different pantheon. This can happen for various reasons: The religion that the gods were a part of died out and later generations don't know that some of those gods were supposed to be separate from one another. One sect of a religion gains prominence over the others and elevates their god or gods over the others, often fusing their Top God with the previous one. The religion is descended from an older mythology and several gods have since been divided into multiple ones. A religion practiced by one society influences the one of a nearby society, with that society's gods being (or becoming) Expies of the other. Different religions, and their gods, are syncretised to assert an underlying unity and allow for an inclusive approach to other faiths. Related to All Myths Are True, Hijacked by Jesus, and One Myth to Explain Them All. See also Amalgamated Individual. |
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The Mighty Thor: Frigga/Freyja, Thor's foster mother, is primarily based on the Norse Goddess Frigg, but also contains many elements of the goddess Freya, creating much confusion. The matter was eventually settled when Word of God confirmed that they were the same person. Freyja's relation to Freyr has also received quite an overhaul. In Norse mythology, they are the children of Njord. However, in the comics, Freyr is instead Freyja's father and his sister is Idunn, who is unrelated to them in the myths and is instead said to be the youngest daughter of the Elf Ivaldi's eldest set of children, and is thus of Elfin kin. Similarly, Freyja instead has a sister, Gullveig, who is also never specified in the myths to be related to her, aside from also being a Vanir. However, this could be seen as a Mythology Gag, as some scholars have proposed that the mythological Freya and Gullveig might be the same person. Thanks to the Ragnarok Cycle, which saw the constant destruction and revival of the gods in a variety of forms and names, Amora the Enchantress has been known as both Freya and Idunn in past lives. In the current universe, both of those goddesses exist as separate entities, but she still poses as them or fulfills their divine functions at times. Gaea, who is the mother of the Greek Titans, is also the Mother Goddess in most other pantheons, resulting in most of the gods being related to one another. |
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Dragon Age: Thanks to the questionable existence of various forms of gods, there is a lot of in-universe confusion about the exact nature of many deities. For example, the Elven gods were the first to be worshipped, but over time, many of their legends or stories became misunderstood or appropriated by various other cultures, which we are given a hint at when we learn that a constellation that is named after one of the Old Gods worshiped by the Tevinter Imperium was originally named after one of said Elven gods. Another possible example is the Black City, a large structure within The Fade which in Andrastian faith was once the seat of The Maker until human sin corrupted it, but was also something else in Elven mythology. Not helping the confusion is the later revelation that the Elven "gods" were not gods at all and that at one point, the Fade and the mortal world were the same thing until forcibly separated by one of those "gods" to rebel against the others. | |
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In his Commentaries on the Gallic War, Caesar conflates the Celtic god Lugh as well as the Norse god Odin with Mercury, given their mutual reputations as gods of commerce and skillsets as Jack of All Trades. | |
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Wonder Woman: In general the Erotes never number more than two and their portfolios cover the whole range of love, lust, seduction, and romance which was split among the various members in the original mythology. Hermaphroditus however does remain intersex and Eros keeps his arrows of love, sometimes modified into other projectiles to fit the time period. | |
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Most spirits in No Evil are Composite Characters of figures from various North American myths and folktales; for instance, Calamity is both the Aztec goddess Chalchiuhtlicue and Calamity Jane. | |
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In Supernatural, the Trickster that Sam and Dean had encountered is eventually revealed to be the Archangel Gabriel. However, among the pagan gods he is known as Loki. It's later clarified that Loki is a separate person from Gabriel and had allowed the latter to use his identity as a form of "witness protection". | |
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In Discworld, this is the case with Blind Io, the Chief God of the Disc's pantheon. It's explicitly stated that Io literally is the "Thunder God" in any given religion on the Disc, having either supplanted or outright absorbed any other thunder gods so that all belief in such beings serves to empower him. This also applies to some of the other gods; Small Gods states that Tuvelpit, the Ephebian god of wine, is the same entity as Smimto, the Tsortean god of wine (although it's never specifically stated if he's also Bibulous, the god of wine in Hogfather). | |
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In Wonder Woman (Rebirth), Atlantiades/Hermaphroditus keeps both his names despite Aphrodite being made his Truly Single Parent even though both of his names refer to his father. The confusion seems to come from Hermes' mother being a daughter of Atlas (hence his intersex offspring's name "Atlantiades"); while Aphrodite's mother Dione is not a daughter of Atlas, she shares a name with one, and was thereby conflated with her. | |
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Fate/Grand Order: Minamoto-no-Raikou is the daughter of the Japanese Buddhist deity Gozu-Tennou. Fate syncretizes him with the Vedic Indra (technically the Buddhist equivalent, Shakra/Shakudai-kan'in), and the game takes the connection all the way, giving Raikou access to Indra's vajra and treating Arjuna as her half-brother. This interpretation is apparently original to Fate: in the real world, Gozu-Tennou is syncretized with Susanoo, a Japanese god of Shinto. You can still argue an Indian connection (although no academics seem to have pushed this comparison directly): Gozu-Tennou is believed to be an import to Japan from the Southeast Asian mainland, and Susanoo and Indra are both storm gods who participate in a Chaoskampf myth. It all certainly ties into Fate's discourse on the mytheme in The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II, where it's specifically defined as "bull versus serpent". Due to them being counterparts of each other in their respective myths, Kama of Hindu mythology and Mara of Buddhist myth are one and the same, acting akin to Split Personalities. |
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Campione!: Heretic Gods are born from human myths and as a result will transition into new forms as their worship and myth is changed by humans. However, they can still draw on the powers from older myths which are no longer part of their modern character. Discerning the origin of a god's myth is both important for identifying weaknesses and for empowering Godou's Warrior Authority, which is only effective when he understands the origin of an enemy's Authority. Heretic God Rama is the origin of the King Arthur myth. Centuries after he fell into dormancy, Guinevere attempted to revive Rama by reigniting interest in Arthur's legend. She was killed before Rama could be awakened and the incomplete attempt instead birthed a separate Heretic God, King Arthur. |
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In The Eternals, the titular beings have been mistaken for gods many times over the centuries and have generally decided to roll with it, because letting the mortals think that they're gods has allowed the Eternals a lot of room to conduct their various works. | |
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In Valkyrie Profile, Freya is a Composite Character of her mythological counterpart and Frigg, Odin's wife. As such, Freya and Odin are portrayed as caring very deeply for one another, with Freya experiencing a Despair Event Horizon during the first two games when having to deal with Odin's death/disappearance. | |
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One of the clearest examples comes from Skyrim, where an in-universe text discusses the dichotomy between dragon gods Akatosh and Alduin. Akatosh is the Top God of the Imperial Divines cult, and there is in-universe confusion over whether or not the Nord god Alduin (a draconic Destroyer Deity) is the same entity. The Nords argue that they are two separate beings, and as the events of Skyrim play out, it becomes apparent that the latter interpretation is true. | |
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A Man of Iron: The Seven Gods worshipped throughout most of the Seven Kingdoms are ultimately revealed to be the Norse gods, who are otherwise identical to their mythological counterparts. The people of Westeros seriously missed their mark when they interpreted the gods. Odin and Frigga are "The Father" and "The Mother" respectively, they're the only ones who were interpreted well enough. They gave Balder Mjölnir and Heimdell's beard, and he's known as "The Smith". Sif is known as "The Maiden", which she strongly dislikes. Since she would be quite conspicuous if she showed herself an Action Girl every time she went to Midgard, she occasionally (and begrudgingly) had to play the Proper Lady. Thor was correctly identified as "The Warrior", but was believed to wield a sword instead of a hammer. Thor also revealed that he is the Storm God the Ironborn fear. The Drowned God is actually a friend of Thor named Aegir, and he got the nickname after Sif dropped him in a puddle for trying to bed her at one of his famous parties. Ser Davos Seaworth is eventually revealed to be Loki Odinson in disguise. |
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In The Gods of Arr-Kelaan some of the old gods of Earth are shown to have been pulling double-duty, with the Greek and Norse pantheons specifically combined into one superpantheon and Odin and Zeus being different aspects of the same god. And the Christian angels are actually a conspiracy of gods from different pantheons who created a fake God to pool worship while also imprisoning and stealing power from gods not in the conspiracy. | |
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Valhalla: In The Wall, Frey's messenger and servant Skirnir is in fact Tjalfe, operating under an assumed name. Freyja and Sol are combined into a single goddess, as are Frigg and Jord. But this also reflects some actual theories about these goddesses. Røskva is revealed to be the same as the titular völva of Völuspa. |
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The Elder Scrolls: Because Elder Scrolls lore is extremely nebulous and unclear, its large assembly of gods can appear in multiple pantheons as various different names note such as Lorkhan aka Shor aka Shezarr aka Sep aka Lorkhaj), and there can be confusion over whether or not two gods are actually the same or different aspects of each other or related by some other means note Such as Auri-El, Akatosh and Alduin, and there can be confusion about how a mortal (or several different mortals) transcended into godhood note Such as with Tiber Septim becoming the god Talos, or the Hero of Kvatch becoming Sheogorath. Part of the mystique of the series is trying to piece together which of these stories are true, or even how they could ALL be true at the same time. One of the clearest examples comes from Skyrim, where an in-universe text discusses the dichotomy between dragon gods Akatosh and Alduin. Akatosh is the Top God of the Imperial Divines cult, and there is in-universe confusion over whether or not the Nord god Alduin (a draconic Destroyer Deity) is the same entity. The Nords argue that they are two separate beings, and as the events of Skyrim play out, it becomes apparent that the latter interpretation is true. |
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In A Song of Ice and Fire, the Faceless Men worship the Many-Faced God, the God of Death. They believe that Death is unknowingly worshiped by devotees of all the religions in the world, with every religion's god of death simply being a different aspect, or "face", through which Death had revealed himself to humanity. | |
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The Bible: The Apostles Barnabas and Paul were mistaken for the Greek gods Zeus and Hermes after performing miracles, with even the priest of Zeus coming out of the city to sacrifice a bull to them. The Apostles were naturally less than happy at the Unwanted False Faith. |
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The Incredible Hercules: Hercules has this trope applied to his own name: He's associated with the Greek pantheon, but his name is from the Roman mythology. His corresponding name from the Greek mythology is Herakles (or Heracles, depending on the transliteration). He gave an In-Universe explanation that his name was originally the Greek one, which is etymologically related to Hera. After his stepmother became his enemy, he adopted the Roman variant to cut the etymological ties. In the past, a member of The Eternals named Gilgamesh was mistaken for Hercules on a number of occasions, due to both men being roughly equal in strength. When the two came face-to-face at last, Gilgamesh was furious at Hercules for receiving credit for his feats, but the two men later became close friends and even roommates. Hercules has also been confused for Thor, including one storyline where he intentionally donned the traditional costume of the Asgardian to defeat Alfyse, queen of the Dark Elves, who would only cede to Thor himself. However, after mutual flirting between the two, Alfyse and "Thor" went to bed together and she used the encounter to proclaim herself "Thor's" wife and thus rightful queen of Asgard. This led to the real Thor (now dressed as Hercules) fighting Hercules (dressed as Thor) putting on a fake fight to thwart Alfyse's scheme. |
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Doctor Who: The Doctor himself has been confused/conflated with numerous gods and wizards throughout his adventures. This was lampshaded by River: The First Doctor was once mistaken for Zeus posing as an old man by the Greek warrior Achilles in circa 1200 BCE. He went along with it until the unconvinced Agamemnon spoiled the Doctor's ruse. The Seventh Doctor and his companion Ace were similarly mistaken for the Mesopotamian deities Ea, god of wisdom, and Aya, goddess of the dawn, by Gilgamesh, they decided to go along with it. In "Pyramids of Mars", the Doctor confronts a being named Sutekh, a member of a race of Sufficiently Advanced Aliens called Osirans and worshipped as gods. During their confrontation, the Doctor gives us this example: "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit" have the Doctor go up against the Beast, a.k.a. the Devil. Not something that just looks like the Devil or just calls itself the Devil, the actual Devil. The Doctor takes it in stride when the Beast introduces itself and points out that virtually every religion has such a being in it and, to know what he's up against, asks "Which devil are you?" The Beast's response is "All of them." |
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Hades has a comedic subplot about origin of the Orphic Dionysus and how Zagreus came to be conflated with him. Dionysus and Zagreus (entirely distinct entities in this game) decide to mess with Orpheus a little and tell him that they're actually the same god, fabricating an elaborate backstory about being rent by Titans and reborn to explain their current separate states. Zagreus comes to regret the joke when he learns that the Super Gullible Hero-Worshipper has started composing hymns based around it and prostelytizing in Zagreus-Dionysus's name, praying that It Will Never Catch On. (It catches on.) | |
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In The Sandman (1989), when Dream visits Emperor Augustus in, well, a dream, Augustus initially believes Dream to be the god Apollo. Dream notes that there is some overlap between him and certain of Apollo's functions, (Apollo being a god of music, art, and poetry, and in the Sandman verse creativity comes in large part from Dream's domain) so they've been mistaken for each before. Dream is a whole other level of being, however. It's also quite common for Dream to be called "Morpheus", after a Greco-Roman god associated with dreams. Another story establishes Dream as the father of Orpheus by Calliope. In myth, Orpheus's father is sometimes said to be Apollo. | |
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Deliberately invoked in The Camp Half-Blood Series with the Greek/Roman gods. Due to the fact that the Romans saw them differently than the Greeks, the gods have a case of Split Personality between their Greek and Roman sides. How bad it is tends to vary, some of the major gods are so incapacitated they have to lay low in order to not inconvenience the world. Other gods, such as Aphrodite and Nemesis, are hardly affected because of their "universal" domains. | |
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Assassin's Creed: The Isu, a race of Abusive Precursors who have long since died out, had influenced religions across the world, with many of them eventually becoming revered by humanity as gods. A number of Isu were worshipped in multiple regions, resulting in different names. Minerva was known as Mera, the Etruscan goddess Merva and the Greek goddess Athena. However, she was additionally known as Saraswati to the Hindus, Sulis to the Celts, and Vor to the Norse. Juno was also known as the Greek goddess Hera and Etruscan goddess Uni. Jupiter was also known as the Etruscan god Tinia. However, the Fate of Atlantis DLC seems to suggest that Zeus is a separate character, as he and Tinia have separate archives in Atlantis. Subverted with Aita and Hades, who are explicitly depicted as separate characters. Consus was also known as the Greek Titan Prometheus. An rather unusual case with Hermes Trismegistus, who is depicted as a Composite Character of the Greek god Hermes and Hermes Trismegistus, the purported author of the Hermetic Corpus, a series of sacred texts that are the basis of Hermeticism. |
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