The gods are the system administrators of the PerlMonks web site. There is very little they can't do. For example:

• they have full access to the site's code, database, and logs.
• they perform site maintenance and development tasks.
• they can run statistics on database records, e.g. to look at usage patterns.

Even so, the gods operate according to an ethic which reflects the site's tradition of voluntary self-restraint and mutual respect.

The gods are your court of last appeal: send a message to the gods.
(Note: if you are not logged in, you will only be able to send a message to the gods via the form on the Retrieving a forgotten username or password page.)

The gods group is invitation-only, you can't apply to join it like you can with other orders.

Some of these gods have separate accounts for their non-godly activities; those "mortal" accounts are linked to near the top of each godly account's home node.