How to kill a god/goddess? What would you do?

Question

Could there be a loophole in a god/goddess' supposed 'immortality?' 10 points for the most creative, yet somewhat 'realistic' procedure to kill a god/goddess. References to any mythology, story, character, etc. is acceptable.

Let your imagination run free. Anything can happen.

Answer 1

Assuming that gods and goddesses are really "thought forms" or projections of (human) consciousness that then take on their own reality on account of belief and ideas about power projected onto them, they could be "killed" by "dissolving" or utterly ignoring and trivializing the thought-form. Isaac Bentov--a kind of crazy genius/physicist/philosopher contended that gods and goddesses were just this--a thought that became a real entity through the power of belief.

Also, in Tibetan Buddhism (and probably other mystical and shamanic cultures) practices exist in which a person creates "thought-forms that can even appear to be gods and goddesses and are so vivid in a person's mind that other people can see and experience them. Although some people will react to these forms as if they were worthy of worship (being gods), others--presumably the more enlightened--will acknowledge that they are just illusory products of thought--as all things, including the human self, are. You can read about this in a book called Magic and Mystery in Tibet by Alexandra David-Neel.

Answer 2

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No. The gods could be temporarily injured, but they could not be killed. Even a god could not kill another god, much less could a demigod kill a full fledged god. Take a look at the Titanomachy, the war that took place between the Olympian gods and the Titans (an elder race of gods). When the Olympians were victorious, they did not kill the Titans, because they could not be killed; instead they were imprisoned in Tartarus. When Asclepius was killed, he was still a mortal. It wasn't until after his death that he was deified. After he was apotheosized he would not have been able to be killed, because being granted godhood also granted him immortality, even though he was once mortal.

Answer 3

If the god/goddess were actually "real", in my opinion you cannot kill them. Yes, they could be forgotten from the people that once worshiped them, but that does not end their lives. By trapping them in Pandora s jug (Pandora s box), you can create an eternity of darkness and silence for them. In Rick Riordan s "Percy Jackson" series, a character stated that you can only kill the gods/goddess by sacrificing the ophiotaurus (a cow serpant) and becoming more powerful than the gods.

Or, if you want to become almost as powerful as the gods, take a swim in the river Styx. The river Styx is found in the Underworld, guarded by Cerberus (3-headed dog) and has dead peoples dream in it. The legend says that if you swim in the river Styx, you will become unbeatable, but there s one flaw: there will be one spot on you body that will grant you instant death if hit. Like Achilles, a man of great power that died from an arrow in his tendon, swimming in the river is a good idea up until you wear sandals wherever you go and expose you "Achilles tendon".

Answer 4

Well, there is no rule that Gods / Goddesses are imortal.

In Norse mythology the God Baldur was killed by a spear made from Mistletoe, as that was the one plant which had not promised never to harm him.

And I think in a few mythologies, gods can be killed by each other.

Answer 5

Of course, in most mythology of ancient cultures, gods were merely unaging, not immortal in the "can't be killed" sense. In almost all of these mythologies, gods were killed, sometimes by quite common-place means. Baldur, for example, was slain with a dart made of mistletoe. Others were killed with similarly normal weapons (though usually wielded by another god). Zeus killed quite a few with lightning bolts, and even Hercules was involved in killing titans (fore-fathers of the olympian gods).

Thus it is probably best, if your gods have a traditional mythological bent, to make the gods subject to injury from mortal weapons, but immune because of skill or magic to all but the most exceptional mortal efforts.

I hope this helps.

Jim, http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com

Answer 6

Step 1: Create a knife which can cut through the fabric of the universe at the subatomic level.

Step 2: Use the knife to make openings in the aether through which you can enter parallel earths. Scour all possible worlds for the physical manifestation of the deity who is your quarry. He/She has to be somewhere. Look for a clouded mountain - they'll probably be found at the summit, relaxing atop a gilded throne, surrounded by angel-servants waving palm leaves and bearing grapes.

Step 3: Get close. Stab frantically. When the God/Goddess has fallen, turn the blade on His or Her minions - let them know who's boss before they try to take advantage of the resulting power vacuum.

Step 4: Usurp throne, commence autocratic rule of Heaven and earth.

Answer 7

This sober day in history!

I killed the gods months ago, went to the eighth dimension and stabbed each one in the heart with my sigga-sword that's an annoying person. And ate them with my ******.

Answer 8

To kill a God you have to make them human.

Answer 9

In Hercules, the servants of the underworld give baby Hercules a type of potion that makes him mortal. He didn't drink every drop, so he wasn't completely mortal, but if you spiked a God/Goddess's drink with that same potion, making them physically mortal, then maybe you'd be able to kill them.

Answer 10

Allow this mythological creature to fall in love, have ten children and become a housewife to an ancient sailor. Trust me, she will no longer feel she is a goddess thus without one knife thrust or dangerous act...she will no longer survive. Ni