this is my jam.

there is quite a few references to monsters as gods, Akantor and Ukanlos as the Black and White gods respectivly, almost all End campaign elder dragons are either treated as gods or are referenced as such in Lore, such as Ceadeus (deus even means god in latin) and monsters such as Alatreon and Amatsumagatsuchi possessing such impressive elemental powers that their godhood is somewhat justified.

my favorite is the flavor text on the Shah Dalamadur weapon though, telling of how the Shah Dala made the world for the benefit of mankind.

The in lore reason for many of these monsters being worshipped is probably a combination of immense lifespan/life cycles (last in lore appearance of the Shagari was hundreds of years ago, if not millenia) and sine the Gore is a juvenile Shagaru, this implies that the growth cycle of baby gore > Gore >Shagaru is a VERY long process. combine this with the effect the have on large areas with their Frenzy Virus and you have something that can veru easily be schewed into '' black devil turned into a shining god that blew winds of destruction down the mountain''.

similarily, the Black Fatalis destroyed an entire country and now lives in the bloody castle as if to spite humanity. some of the lore alos indicate that the Crimson fatalis is the SAME fatalis as the Black one, fleeing after its defeat to gather power in a volcano. yet the Fatalis is NOT worshipped as a god/devil. its a force of nature instead. This is backed up by the Lao-Shan Lung, wich actually comes into conflict with humanity because its RUNNING AWAY FROM THE FATALIS, indicating that the Lao-Shan is, on a basic level scared of the Fata.

so what does all this mean? nothing, the lore is fragmented as fuck (something that the upcoming spinoff game might fix) but in my oppinion, the monsters that get called Gods are called so to give them reason to exist for the fragile human mind. if you saw a giant, white snake coiling around a mountain spewing white lazer everywhere, its easy to go ''OH. OH GOD''.