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Such lists ordinarily rank statues and paintings in a canonical hierarchy, beginning with icons of the Buddha class, followed by bodhisattva, deva , and other lesser deities.
In the god, or deva , realm one is more ‘blissed-out,’ and the pleasure here is more of a sense of meditative absorption, a self-consciousness, a mental state of swelling on one's own ego.
Similarly, it is typical for bodhisattva statues and those of deva or lesser deities to be polychromed.
You have different names for them; elementals, fairies, and devas for example.
The asuras demanded their share of the prize, but the devas reneged on their agreement, realizing that if their wicked rivals drank the nectar they would be eternally unbeatable.
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