Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-25192437-20191229140718/@comment-25192437-20191231003408

Harasar wrote: I'm not familiar with most of these characters, but think there should be a difference between mortals who simply gained power of god (Jane Foster) and mortals who were worshiped as gods (Ororo Munroe in Wakanda).

Fair point, though being worshipped as a god is one of the ways a mortal can become a deity.

1. Attaining godhood through being worshipped as a deity -- e.g. Bast and the other Gods of Wakanda, according to

2. Wielding a divine weapon -- e.g. the various wielders of Mjolnir who were bestowed Thor's divine powers (which includes some incarnations of Ororo Munroe); Gorr courtesy of All-Black

3. Being imbued with divine or cosmic energy by a pre-existing deity or cosmic entity -- e.g. Adonis being granted divinity by Zeus; Silver Surfer being imbued with the Power Cosmic by Galactus (and Galactus himself being imbued with the Power Cosmic when he was still Galan); Brunnhilde being granted divinity by Odin; Carnage being imbued with Knull's power through the Grendel symbiote

4. Stealing the power of a pre-existing deity or cosmic entity - e.g. Emperor N'Jadaka draining Bast's powers; Doctor Doom stealing the Beyonder's and Beyonders' powers; "Bruce Banner" devouring the Sentience of the Universe to become the "Breaker-Apart"

5. Being a demigod whose divine half ascends to godhood after they die -- e.g. Hercules; Cúchulain