The gods of the Marvel Comics universe are a group of extra-dimensional superhuman beings that have been detrimental, responsible and indirectly influential toward the development of human civilization. There are well over a dozen apparently separate tribes or races of extra-dimensional superhuman beings known to humanity who claim to be gods, none of whom is God, the religious concept of the unique creator-force and guiding spirit in the universe prevalent in Judeo-Christian and Muslim faith. Gods appear to be a class of superhuman beings unto themselves. Because their origins and true natures are shrouded in myth and controversy, the gods remain difficult entities to readily define.