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How did each of the gods die, and what did we get from them? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by bizarroland@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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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?

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[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Ben Franklin using a kite and a key to slay Zeus and to steal electricity from him.

Well you better hope Michael Faraday didn't get any bonuses from St. Peter or else we'll be guessing what super powers he'll get from you!

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

On the one hand, it kind of makes me feel like Nikola Tesla was just a god in human form doing cool, fun stuff and then fucking Edison, the "Wizard of Menlo Park" showed up and he probably killed, you know, dozens of Native American gods that we don't really even have the names for anymore to create the moving picture and the phonograph.

I also bet the punishment for killing a god is something so unbelievably onerous that it would shrivel your soul to know the truth of it.

Like I bet Edison right now is screaming an eternal agony, ripped away from the cycle of reincarnation, and being subjected to immortal punishment.