God

God, as in small g "god" is a word used by an individual "mortal" to signify another person whose capacity to defend against any and all attacks the "mortal" might launch against them.

Thus, to the Aztecs, Cortez and his crew were "gods", in that the aztecs had ZERO chance of prevailing against them in warfare.

It's actually not a disincarnate, hyper powerful, intangible being. That is another meaning but it is not the primary meaning, since everyone would recognise that "godlike" and "mortal" are antonyms.

Though they do not have words for it, our inbred, weakened servant animals, dogs, cows, sheep, horses, to them, humans are like gods, because we can contain them and defeat any rebellion they might mount.

Cats are a unique animal in that they do not recognise this and irrespective of their size and capacity for violence, they always use their option to flee and thus shortcut the power relation between them and us.