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

StoryLevelMotivation
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".