Deified male monarchs
18 entries in the Deified Male Monarchs compendium.
AlaungsithuPeripatetic king of Pagan who built monuments, nurtured Buddhism, and became a nat.Anawrahta of LaunggyetAva-appointed king of Arakan overthrown by Hanthawaddy.Antiochus II TheosThe Seleucid king who was called 'God' by the Milesians.Antiochus IV EpiphanesSeleucid king whose actions sparked the Maccabean revolt.Bazi (king)Legendary deified king of Mari, known from Sumerian King List and myth.Kʼinich Janaabʼ PakalMaya ajaw of Palenque who reigned 68 years.Kunhsaw KyaunghpyuKing of Pagan, father of Anawrahta, later a nat spirit.Kyawswa I of PinyaKing of Pinya who became a revered nat spirit.KyisoKing of Pagan who died in a hunting accident.LugalbandaDeified Sumerian king, father of Gilgamesh, and epic hero.Naram-Sin of AkkadFirst Mesopotamian king to claim divinity and expand Akkad to its peak.Obodas INabataean king who defeated invaders and was possibly deified.Sapa IncaAbsolute ruler of the Inca Empire, son of IntiShulgiSecond king of Ur's Third Dynasty, god-king and reformer.Shwe NawrahtaMerged spirit of two historic Nawrahtas in the Burmese nat pantheon.Songtsen Gampo33rd King of Tibet, founder of the Tibetan Empire.Tarabya of AvaKing of Ava for seven months, later venerated as a nat spirit.TsarebozhiyeRadical Russian Orthodox doctrine deifying Tsar Nicholas II as redeemer.
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