Parodied in Warbreaker. The people of Hallandren do not swear by their gods, but by the Iridescent Tones (the force they believe empowers their gods). However, Lightsong, one of the main POV characters, who is a god, finds this annoying, mostly because he thinks "Lightsong the Bold!" would make a really awesome curse. After rambling at length on the topic to his (also divine) Love Interest Blushweaver, she finally demands to know "what in the name of You are are you talking about?" In TTS Special 3: The Slaaneshmas Special, Ahriman sees a malformed clone of himself and shouts " WHAT IN TZEENTCH'S BLUE BALLS IS THAT?" Even though many churches really don't want us to use the Lord's name in vain, many people, especially in fiction, will end up saying "Goddammit" or "Oh my God" for one reason or another. note Technically, "God" isn't His name; even the words it's translated from ("El", "Eloah", and "Elohim") are more like describing what He is rather than a name. And the commandment in The Bible was originally about making false oaths anyway. However, a writer can't invoke a god in a fantasy environment because monotheism is rare, so where we say "Oh My God", characters in the fantasy universe will say "Oh My Gods!"

In one book it explains that this is an important function of gods: it takes a very dedicated atheist to shout "Random fluctuations in the space-time continuum!" or " Outmoded superstition on a crutch!" after hitting his thumb with a hammer. Dwarf gods especially have no other reason for existing, and the dwarves claim to have no religion. On two occasions, this was in the form of a Shout-Out to Gone with the Wind: with Rarity in

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Turians believe in that groups or areas have spirits which go beyond the individual. Garrus will occasionally mutter, "Spirits!" as an oath.

Many novels have phrases such as "Golden Throne!" or "By the Throne," references to the Golden Throne of the God-Emperor of Man. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Disa occasionally shouts "Aulë's beard!!!" when she gets frustrated. Lyn and other Sacaeans (a nomadic people) in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade sometimes swore to Father Earth and Mother Sky. The Heartstrikers: Downplayed. Not only do humans still swear normally, but dragons, who have been pretending to be humans for a thousand years, do the same. Very rarely, they swear "by fire," the magic at the core of every dragon. Likewise, in the sequel series DFZ everyone still swears by God despite there being many, many more gods around now. Broker does at one point swear "blessed city," referencing the Genius Loci he lives in. Romulan "Elements!" Originally appeared in the Rihannsu novels, in reference to a Romulan animistic belief in the four elements dating to their schism from the Vulcans.

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Most of the other characters just say "Oh my gods." (Or "great elven gods".) Though for some reason, they usually use the singular when followed by "damn it!"