God-Emperor or God Emperor may refer to:

Historical and legendary

Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors According to Chinese mythology and traditional Chinese historiography, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors () were a series of sage Chinese emperors, and the first Emperors of China. Today, they are considered culture heroes, but they wer ...

, a group of mythological rulers or deities in ancient northern China said to be god emperors *

Sapa Inca The Sapa Inca (from ; ) was the monarch of the Inca Empire (''Tawantinsuyu'' "the region of the four rovinces), as well as ruler of the earlier Kingdom of Cusco and the later Neo-Inca State at Vilcabamba, Peru, Vilcabamba. While the origins ...

, the Emperor of the Inca Empire, viewed as a god *An emperor worshipped as a deity by an

imperial cult An imperial cult is a form of state religion in which an emperor or a dynasty of emperors (or rulers of another title) are worshipped as demigods or deities. "Cult (religious practice), Cult" here is used to mean "worship", not in the modern pejor ...

Imperial cult (ancient Rome) The Roman imperial cult () identified Roman emperor, emperors and some members of their families with the Divine right of kings, divinely sanctioned authority (''auctoritas'') of the Roman State. Its framework was based on Roman and Greek preced ...

identified emperors with divinely sanctioned authority *

Emperor Jimmu was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the and . His ascension is traditionally dated as 660 BC.Kelly, Charles F"Kofun Culture"Emperor of Japan The emperor of Japan is the hereditary monarch and head of state of Japan. The emperor is defined by the Constitution of Japan as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, his position deriving from "the will of ...

, called Tennō, "heavenly sovereign"

Modern popular culture

*Tisroc, the Calormene ruler in

The Chronicles of Narnia ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' is a series of seven portal fantasy novels by British author C. S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes and originally published between 1950 and 1956, the series is set in the fictional realm of Narnia (wor ...

* Leto II Atreides, the title character in Frank Herbert's science fiction novel ''God Emperor of Dune'' (1981) *The God-Emperor of Mankind, in the science fantasy universe,

Warhammer 40,000 ''Warhammer 40,000'' is a miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop. It is the most popular miniature wargame in the world, and is particularly popular in the United Kingdom. The first edition of the rulebook was published in September 1987 ...

, first published in 1987 *The Emperor, the godlike character in Andreas Eschbach's ''

The Carpet Makers ''The Carpet Makers'' (German original title: ''Die Haarteppichknüpfer''), also published under the title ''The Hair Carpet Weavers'', is a science fiction novel by German writer Andreas Eschbach, originally published in 1995. The first English ...

'' (2005) *God Emperor Doom, from Marvel's ''Secret Wars'' (2015 comic book) *God-Emperor, character in ''

The Last Remnant is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix. It was released worldwide for Xbox 360 in November 2008 and for Microsoft Windows in March 2009. A PlayStation 3 version was originally announced as well, but this version was ...

'' role-playing video game *

God Emperor Trump ''The Master Drone'' (), popularly referred to as ''God Emperor Trump'', was a papier-mâché sculpture and float depicting Donald Trump, the president of the United States, dressed as the fictional God Emperor of Mankind from the ''Warhammer ...

, a statue of, and term for, US President

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 45 ...

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Modern popular culture

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