Gods. What is meant by that word? In fiction? It could mean anything. There really aren't many similarities between gods. Lots of tropes go with gods and religion. A god might be the classical God of ethical monotheism: omnipotent, omniscient and infinitely good. That's on one end of the scale. On the other end, she might be an easily embarrassed teenage girl. Or he might be a Superhero that, despite his godhood, gets beaten up by people empowered by radioactive slime.