This is a question which has been bothering me for some time. Characters like Odin, Thor, Loki are called gods. Storm is said to be a god with writers not fully committing to it. Wanda was touched by an elder god which currently resides in her. Oh and her son Wiccan is said to birth elder gods if I understand it correctly. Then there are some cosmic characters like Silver Surfer who can tangle with most gods in marvel. Then we have Franklin Richards who can create universes and canonically outlives everything else and even survives the death of the current cosmos. So what exactly is a god in marvel? Is there some criteria to it? Or can anyone sufficiently powerful be given the title? If so why characters like Silver Surfer and Franklin Richards are not considered gods when less able characters are?