The Gods



The term "God(s)" or "Godess(es)" applies to any Witch, Warlock or other being that has gained divine or godlike powers. In The Elders's domain an ancient amphorae is kept as a vessel to contain an acient vapour, similar in nature to The Hollow and The Shadow. Like the Hollow, when released the vapour will seek out and occupy the body of whomever the releaser intended the vapour to occupy.

Once occupying a host the vapour turns the host into the Human embodiement or "God/Godess" of a certain theme by giving the host certain powers, changes in appearance and even knowledge to make it fit. For example one may become the Goddess of Love and therefore gain the power of Enchanting and (In the case of Phoebe Halliwell) blonde hair. Anoher may become the Goddess of War and gain a trident from which one can shoot lightning, knowledge of battle tactics and the ability to create holograms for "war games". The theme that one embodies when they take in the vapour depends on their history and personality. A good example of this would be how Phoebe became the Goddess of Love because of her immensely turbulent love life which she has come back from over and over again and because she alwaysbeen the one most concerned with being in a relationships. She even writes an advice column that frequently deals wit realtionship issues. Paige had been consumed with becoming a stronger witch ever since halfway through Season Four and has a strong cofident personailty so became the Goddess of War.

Unfortunately, whilst the vapour is non-sentient and can be controlled by the host, there is a large chance (as there always is when one gains great power) that one will be swayed to use the power for personal gain, such as forming love cults and armies. This chance is aided by the fact that to release one's full power as a God one must declare themselves as such.

Many millenia ago, around the time of the Ancient Greeks, this vapour was awakened and possessed a dozen or so Greek humans. Soon enough they started to use the powers gained from the vapour for personal gain by attracting or forcing followers into cults worshipping them which soon developed into a collective religion among the ancients greeks and they quickly declared themselves as good. These beings were what are known known as the Greek Gods i.e. Aphrodite was actually a woman who became the Goddess of Love.

Before these humans became the Greek Gods however, there were The Titans. It is unknown where and how The Titans gained their powers but it is known that they rivalled those of The Gods, whilst at the same time being separate from them. The Titans wished to kill the Greek Gods in order to attain their powers and, after a great battle, were imprisoned by The Gods until 2003 AD when they were released by a demon.

In the Season 5 episodes Oh My Goddess! Part 1 and Oh My Goddess! Part 2, Piper, Phoebe and Paige were turned into Greek Goddesses by Leo in order to stop The Titans who had killed most of the Elders after being unfrozen, and left the magical world in chaos, hoping to destroy the Earth. Chris pursuaded Leo to turn The Charmed Ones into these goddesses.

When the vapour was released;
 * Piper was the goddess of Earth (Gaia)
 * Phoebe was the goddess of Love (Aphrodite)
 * Paige was the goddess of War (Athena)

The Charmed Ones eventually stopped the Titans and the Goddess's powers were returned. N.B One must make a conscious decision to return the powers and can hold on to them if they so wish.

Other Gods

 * Zankou once mentioned Anubis, who in mythology was egyptian God but in Charmed was also an ancient mage. It may be that he was the latter and became a "God" by inhaling the vapour.'
 * Piper and Leo were turned into Shakti and Shiva, a Hindu Goddess and God, respectively in the episode Call To Arms.