Divine Council
The assembly of the gods in session, debating the fates of mortals as one court of heaven.
Core Themes
- Destiny deliberated: what the council grants, no single god easily overrules.
- Politics among gods — factions, rivalries and precedents — mirrored from human courts.
Notable Examples
- The opening of the Book of Job, the Apsû council of the Enuma Elish, the assemblies of the Iliad.
- The Anunnaki in session in Sumerian myth, and the Norse Æsir's feasts and judgments.
Related Concepts & Sources
Pantheism, Divine Justice, Enuma Elish
Wikidata Authority Record
- Canonical Label
- Divine Council
- Verified Description
- assembly of deities over which a higher-level god presides
Identified as: assembly of deities over which a higher-level god presides. Source: Wikidata Q5284081.