Power Granting is the ability to grant another being a supernatural power.
Characters with this ability
- Angels (including Archangels, Seraphim etc.)
- Castiel - Castiel is able to protect someone from harm beforehand, as seen when he prevented his vessel, Jimmy Novak from burning his hand on a pot of boiling water when asked for a sign of faith.
- Metatron - Granted enhanced lifespans to the Native Americans who gave him stories.
- Raphael - Granted Crowley temporary immunity to Castiel's smiting.
- Lucifer - Granted the Princes of Hell their powers when he created them.
- Alternate Michael - While Dean acted his vessel, Michael was able to grant Dean access to his full strength even with Dean in control, giving Dean the power he needed to challenge the super-charged Lucifer and win.
- Demons
- Crossroad Demons (through deals)
- Barthamus - Granted Luther Shrike immortality inside of his property after being blackmailed with his human bones.
- Crossroad Demons (through deals)
- Deities
- Cacao - Able to grant immortality, along with enhanced physical abilities, in exchange for sacrifices.
- Tiamat - Able to give the ability to warp reality to a cursed coin.
- Tiamat Coin - Granted Todd super strength.
- Nephilim
- Jack - Temporarily empowered Castiel with enhanced super strength, power negation and advanced pyrokinesis so that he could kill the Prince of Hell Dagon.
- Primordial Entities
- Witches
Power granted ceases to exist upon the death of the giver. In addition, the giver could choose to remove the gift by choice.
Objects with this ability
- Angelic Grace - Constant injections of Gabriel's grace granted Asmodeus more advanced powers than any other demon. After stealing Jack's Grace, Lucifer becomes super-charged and stronger than ever before.
- Mark of Cain - Granted Dean Winchester immunity to Abaddon's Telekinesis, and also granted him Super Strength, Telekinesis (though limited), and later Precognition. It also granted him Immortality to the point that not even Death could kill him.