'''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<ref>John Jackson, ''Chronological Antiquities'', 1752, p. 134. Heinrich Brugsch, ''A History of Egypt Under the Pharaohs'', J. Murray, 1881</ref> *Devaraja *a sacred king in any other polytheistic faith<ref>Wilfred L. Guerin, ''A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 193.</ref>
==See also== {{wiktionary|god-king}} *Divine king (disambiguation) *Devaraja *Euhemerism *Imperial cult *God emperor (disambiguation) *List of people who have been considered deities *Theocracy
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