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  • “Let me sleep,” was the growling thanks to wretched king-god Wotan, who, in mournful, frustrated hopes of getting back that ring in gratitude, had come sneaking up to warn him of the fearless hero approaching.

    Closing Time Joseph Heller 1994

  • Birnier had learned that according to Mungongo and the warrior, Zalu Zako had not yet been anointed king-god; therefore that

    Witch-Doctors Charles Beadle

  • Hereditary custom, which made him feel that it was incumbent upon him — a primitive sense of duty — to be king-god warred with this longing for Bakuma.

    Witch-Doctors Charles Beadle

  • The emblem adored in the central shrine of the Bayon was probably a linga but its title was _Kamrateṇ jagat ta râja_ or _Devarâja_, the king-god.

    Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

  • One by one, we were called up to the platform, where he sat enthroned in all the majesty of the Olympian king-god.

    Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Caroline Lee Hentz 1828

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