messiah theme
A religious savior or liberator of a group of believers, similar to a holy prophet but usually a notch higher in the divine pecking order.
Examples
Kahless the Unforgettable, the Klingon messiah, was resurrected by cloning by Klingon monks in tng6x23 "Rightful Heir".
12 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 6 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| voy7x14 | choice | B'Elanna's unborn daughter was believed to be the Klingon messiah |
| ldr2019e4x06 | major | The story posits that a dolphin who had perished in an oil spill, then risen from the dead, was the Messiah to a cephalopod-like race of aliens. |
| movie: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) | major | Superman was depicted, and described explicitly as a messiah figure. This was in contrast with Batman the vigilante figure. Lex Luthor made several references to Superman being a god and wished to destroy him. |
| movie: The End of the World (1931) | major | Jean Novalic fancies he will become the shepherd of humanity after cometary impact event and Genevieve sees a vision of Jean as Christ. |
| nightgallery2x13a | major | There was a lot of talk about the Messiah coming to save grandpa Goldman. |
| tng6x23 | major | Kahless :: Kahless |
| ds94x09 | minor | Kahless was discussed |
| ic1976e09 | minor | Caligula asserted that he was the messiah of Jewish prophesy. |
| ic1976e11 | minor | Claudius discussed the coming of the Jewish Messiah with his advisors. |
| movie: Flatland (2007) | minor | A Sphere and other Spacelanders groomed A Square to become a messiah figure who would return to Flatland to preach "The Gospel of Three Dimensions". |