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]

See also

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References

  1. ^ John Jackson, Chronological Antiquities, 1752, p. 134. Heinrich Brugsch, A History of Egypt Under the Pharaohs, J. Murray, 1881
  2. ^ Wilfred L. Guerin, A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature, Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 193.
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