Opposite of Divine

Daitengu

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The opposite of divine is mortal/mundane.

With that in mind, there's entirely too many possibilities.

Examples:
-mutants like molecule man and Franklin Richards.
-cultivation
-psychics
-mana based wizards
-"forces" like the Phoenix or speed
-technomages based around science tech
-warlocks that have devoured their demon
-absolutely ancient vampires that learned to eat souls

Note, eldritch is still a type of divinity, just older and more chaotic.

Basically I'm saying you need to define the source, then put a name to it.
 

ModernGold7ne

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The opposite of divine is mortal/mundane.

With that in mind, there's entirely too many possibilities.

Examples:
-mutants like molecule man and Franklin Richards.
-cultivation
-psychics
-mana based wizards
-"forces" like the Phoenix or speed
-technomages based around science tech
-warlocks that have devoured their demon
-absolutely ancient vampires that learned to eat souls

Note, eldritch is still a type of divinity, just older and more chaotic.

Basically I'm saying you need to define the source, then put a name to it.
But, popeye is an eldritch.
 

Mephi

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Assume you have hundreds of "gods" who are immortal and have supernatural powers because they were worshiped by the people. They have "divine" powers. Then, all of a sudden, hundreds of "other gods" appear, and they are exactly like them, immortal and have supernatural powers, but they "accumulated" energy from other sources. How would you describe their powers, which is "divine" and yet is not?
Profane - get power from sin or fear instead of faith. Alternatively, powered by sacrifices or eating souls.
Arcane - ambient world energy
Eldritch gods - crazy powerful reality warpers that get stronger the more stuff they warp.
Cat - they're a cat, godless killing machines that look down on all other beings
 

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Assume you have hundreds of "gods" who are immortal and have supernatural powers because they were worshiped by the people. They have "divine" powers. Then, all of a sudden, hundreds of "other gods" appear, and they are exactly like them, immortal and have supernatural powers, but they "accumulated" energy from other sources. How would you describe their powers, which is "divine" and yet is not?
by your assumption you labeled the old gods as DIVINE. in your story that is the way it is. if you are looking for a synonym it is CELESTIAL
 

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Assume you have hundreds of "gods" who are immortal and have supernatural powers because they were worshiped by the people. They have "divine" powers. Then, all of a sudden, hundreds of "other gods" appear, and they are exactly like them, immortal and have supernatural powers, but they "accumulated" energy from other sources. How would you describe their powers, which is "divine" and yet is not?
I will describe it like this. The first type which comes from worship are [Deity]. The second which is the manifestation of their own being's inner power cultivated, tempered and developed to that point are called [Transcendent].

You can slowly explore the reason for their similarities but different grow power tree over time.

The very opposite of divine is not evil nor cursed but mortal, mundane.
 

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There are countless ways to explain their power and origins, and you can call em whatever you like. For me, lets saaaaaay~ The new set are freshly emerged from Chaos, making them Primordials, despite being younger than the established Faith based Gods. Each is a living aspect of a given idea, element, or what have you. And oh woops, I'm doing a Greek Myth. Just, upending the order of things. Still, the natural world given form to battle against the artificially created pantheon of humanity's Gods doesn't sound, bad, per se.
 

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Eldritch gods - crazy powerful reality warpers that get stronger the more stuff they warp.
He/she, people understand eldritch beings, they don't conform to rules, they're the logic defying cartoon classics from the 19th century.

Who is the strongest?
Well, none other than the humble sailor himself, popeye.
 

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I mean, from the original divine gods point of view, they would basically be unorthodox, deviant, anomalous etc. gods.
 

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OLD and NEW gods if you want it neutral.

FALSE, FALLEN, OUTER, HERETIC, FORBIDDEN and so on if you want to make them more negative
 

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Foreign gods: another pantheon to battle
Other paragon: someone who is of equivalent strength
Godslayer: someone who can kill a god forever
Absolute atheist: nullifies all divine influence
Eldritch gods/true gods: creator beings not supported by faith
False gods: beings that exist because we believe
Synthetic gods: constructs that logically grasp omnipotence/god tier power
Demon/evil gods: opposed to the gods
 
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