Fortunately, fauns were not as priapic in nature as the god of whom they were the votaries and earthly representatives.

While God might not have turned a blind eye to Deadtown, his earthly representatives were another matter.

Being the earthly representative of God must have its perks, but not long ago his remains were tested and it seems the poor man died of lead sugar poisoning.

The Sect might be silly in detail, but the general idea of a Superior Being - and his earthly representative - was that so bad?

To the man who had declared himself "responsible before God", but not before his fellow citizens, the conclusion of an agreement with God's earthly representative had an elevated significance.

Beads adorn the ritual objects and regalia of those gods' earthly representatives: kings and queens, priests, diviners and healers.

The Conservative leader gradually took on the air of an earthly representative of some extraterrestrial agency.

The Dai serves as the earthly representative of the Imam.

Jesus was appointed God's earthly representative in order to subjugate Satan, cleanse men of original sin and free them from the power of evil.

Those who died with unfinished business become earthbound and cannot cross over, and Melinda, as their earthly representative, helps them to find peace.