I have this mental fanfiction that every god has a way to be killed, and when you kill them you can get things from them.

For instance, the one that I refer to the most often is Ben Franklin using a kite and a key to slay Zeus and to steal electricity from him.

And then of course there’s Prometheus who intentionally and willfully laid down his own life so that humanity could have fire.

But there are more gods than there are words to describe them.

What other gods have we claimed existed, that we humans have likely slain, and what do you think we got from them?

  • CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Then you will like American Gods (the novel or TV shows).

    Gods can be killed once their worshippers abandon them. Without anyone to worship them, they will be weakened to the point of non-existent.