#deification

• Antinous — The Romanian variant of the historical name Antinous; a young Greek from Bithynia who became the favorite and companion of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, deified after his mysterious death in the Nile River in 130 AD. His cult spread massively throughout the Roman Empire, generating a distinct artistic iconography and numerous statues of exceptional aesthetic value, which defined the ideal of masculine beauty in classical art.
• Anthropolater female — A woman who idolizes or excessively worships man or human nature; a follower of anthropolatry. As an adjective, it describes a person, belief, or doctrine that practices the cult of man or attributes divine qualities to a human being, a phenomenon historically encountered in the deification of monarchs or in certain radical philosophical currents.
• Anthropolatry — The ritualistic or conceptual adoration, deification, or worship of man, a human being, or human nature in general; the cult of man. In theology, the term often denotes a heresy or dogmatic deviation consisting of rendering divine honors to an earthly creature, whereas in modern philosophy, it defines radical forms of secular humanism.
• Anthropolater — A person or follower of a doctrine who idealizes, adores, or excessively worships man or human nature. As an adjective, it refers to practices, beliefs, or currents of thought that place human qualities on a sacred plane, deifying earthly leaders or elevating civilization's achievements to the rank of a cult.
• Astrolatry — An ancient form of religion, cult, or mystical practice characterized by the deification and adoration of celestial bodies, such as the Sun, Moon, planets, and constellations, considered to be direct manifestations or abodes of supreme deities. This belief system laid the religious and calendar groundwork for many ancient civilizations (such as the Babylonians, Egyptians, or Mayans), directly influencing the transition from ritual sky observation to astrology and astronomy.
• Self-deification — The act of self-deifying and its result; the psychological, cultural, or political process by which an individual elevates themselves to the status of a deity or arrogates the attributes of divinity, manifested through immeasurable pride and the denial of one's own human limitations.