Several of the first humans were considered to have ascended upon their deaths and become minor deities.
All the minor deities were called upon in this hour of crisis, and every man prayed for his own survival.
Finally the confusion included the Penates (other minor deities) as well.
Johnson read off the names of fourteen minor Greek deities.
And that order had had a close, personal relationship with a very minor deity.
"You certainly don't talk to me as if you really believed I was a minor deity."
As if we were expecting some minor deity or sompin.
"I am not without influence with the local minor deities," said the Rose loftily.
He is no longer considered a minor deity in Zambia.
Neiterkob is a minor deity, known as the mediator between God and man.