A mighty stegadon carrying an engine of the gods engines of the gods are powerful relics of the old ones mounted upon ancient stegadons by the lizardmen during war being first used by the prophet of sotek tehenhauin only the most revered of ancient stegadons are judged to have sufficient strength and the right temperament to carry the archaic artifacts. Ancient stegadon engine of the gods is a lizardmen support monster unit in total war warhammer ii this great beast has both the temperament and strength to bear the engines of the gods to battle and beyond. The engines of god is a science fiction novel by american author jack mcdevitt. An engine of the gods is a single model crewed by a skink priest and a number of skinks the stegadon bearing the engine attacks with its sharpened horns and flattens the foe with its crushing stomps while the skinks riding in its howdah hurl meteoric javelins enchanted projectiles that transmute into meteors as they soar towards the enemy