Ultimate Death Battle

[Kelly of the Phoenix]

If every polytheistic deity had one giant battle, who do you think would come out on top?

(If I included monotheistic deities, it must be a tie between Jehovah and Allah. Omnipotence is hard to get around.)

Any immortal god or goddess makes the entire battle a farce, as they cannot be slain permanently.

Yahweh and Allah would tie because they are the same character.

While we are on the subject of food, I would advise the Egyptian crocodile god Sobek to stay out of the fight.

Egyptian gods can be defeated by one of the first Assassins. I mean, I never managed to pull it off, Anubis kept wiping the floor with me no matter how powerful my weapons were or what level I was. That's just unfair.

The Dagda, the Father God of Ireland

Looks like Hurley from LOST in "Tiny" mode from Once Upon a Time.

 

[Jumi]

Ukko would win.

 

[Firemorphic]

Allah...........character.

Only if you're a Wahhabi Allah isn't even a deity.....and it (not he/she) belongs in a completely different category, like Brahman and the Pleroma

 

[ChristineM]

Aphrodite, never underestimate a jealous woman with a temper.

 

[IsaiahX]

there is only ONE Almighty
the term is self explanatory

Yeah. That's why I wasn't talking about Him.

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

Maybe Odin, now that I think of it.

I think Thor over Odin, but I wouldn't discount Loki's guile...

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

Aphrodite, never underestimate a jealous woman with a temper.

Freyja>Aphrodite

Aphrodite rides a clam, Freyja rides a cat drawn chariot. Freyja wins.

 

[BilliardsBall]

If every polytheistic deity had one giant battle, who do you think would come out on top?

(If I included monotheistic deities, it must be a tie between Jehovah and Allah. Omnipotence is hard to get around.)

Jesus already won, there are no other gods extant.

 

[ajay0]

If every polytheistic deity had one giant battle, who do you think would come out on top?

(If I included monotheistic deities, it must be a tie between Jehovah and Allah. Omnipotence is hard to get around.)

There are also other monotheistic deities like Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrianism, Waheguru in Sikhism, Om in Arya Samaj, Shiva in Prajapita Brahmakumaris.

Would they all have to battle each other ! Or are all of them one and the same !

I would say it is the latter.

 

[Sanzbir]

Are you kidding? Yog-Sothoth.

But then Yog is as close to a monotheistic god as a polytheistic pantheon could allow, so maybe he (it) should not count.

No way, man, Yog-Sothoth would be taken down by any musical god. Sure, you aren't going to be able to kill him, but it's not that hard to lull him to sleep.

 

[Sanzbir]

There are also other monotheistic deities like Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrianism, Waheguru in Sikhism, Om in Arya Samaj, Shiva in Prajapita Brahmakumaris.

Would they all have to battle each other ! Or are all of them one and the same !

I would say it is the latter.

A monotheistic-god fight can't happen because the existence of more than one all-powerful entity creates an omnipotence paradox.

IE, if you define two beings as being able to "do anything", and one wants to "do X" and the other simply wants to "prevent X", then one being will not get its way, thus disproving the omnipotence of one or the other being.

 

[Sanzbir]

So lots of people are posting Lovecraftian gods, but do fictional gods count in this thread at all??

And inb4 the obvious atheist response to this, by "fictional gods" I am meaning gods created specifically as part of a fictional work, intended as fictional by their authors.

If the only the "non-fictional" gods count, I think the battle would go something like this:

Either Shiva or Sutr or the like opens with an attack that annihilates the whole universe, as it is within their power to do so. Whichever world-ender god launches their attack first probably destroys the others.

I think the Nahuatl ("Aztec") gods survive the initial world-ending attack (they also have the ability to survive the destruction-cycles of the universe), but they no longer have a source of mortal sustenance and so they would likely die if left alone too long.

Aegir, Vidar, Vali, Hoenir, Vili, Magni, Modi, Hermóðr, Forseti and Ullr of the Norse pantheon also have the ability to survive an apocalypse, so they are fine as well.

If Shiva gets his attack off first, after the destruction of the universe he becomes Brahman and goes about recreating it, then becomes Vishnu.

If this happens, the Nahuatl Gods have a chance, as they have a supply of blood.

Ultimately I'd say Vidar is the strongest surviving Norse god, Huitzilopochtli the strongest surviving Nahuatl god. I think Huitzilopochtli could easily end Vidar in a one-on-one fight. However I think Vishnu beats both of those fairly easily, so Vishnu wins this scenario.

However, if one of the other universe-enders gets off their attack before Shiva, like Sutr, for example, then I think Vidar wins ultimately. I don't think he could take out Huitzilopochtli in a fair fight, but he just needs to avoid engaging with Huitzilopochtli until the left-handed hummingbird starves without mortal bloodshed to feed off of.

I think Vidar then gets the mantle of Nahuatl Sun God, by the way that that title is usually transferred via apocalypse??

So if Sutr is faster than Shiva, Vidar wins.

If Shiva is faster than Sutr, Vishnu wins.

That was a fun scenario to contemplate.

 

[Sanzbir]

I think Thor over Odin, but I wouldn't discount Loki's guile...

All three are killed by others in Ragnarok, by Jormungandr, Fenrir, and Heimdall respectively, so I don't think those are the strongest ones even in that pantheon.

 

[Rough Beast Sloucher]

No way, man, Yog-Sothoth would be taken down by any musical god. Sure, you aren't going to be able to kill him, but it's not that hard to lull him to sleep.

I thought that was Fluffy.

 

[Quintessence]

How does River come out on top without the Land to hold its waters?

 

[sealchan]

Can 'Q' from Star Trek enter the competition?

 

[sealchan]

Maybe Odin, now that I think of it.

I think of Loki as a necessary partner in Odins accomplishments.

That makes me think of Arjun and Krishna who are avatars not deities.

Zeus deserves mention as does Ares although the mortal Diomedes gave him a challenge.

Tricksters are formidable opponents in divine wars.

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

All three are killed by others in Ragnarok, by Jormungandr, Fenrir, and Heimdall respectively, so I don't think those are the strongest ones even in that pantheon.

The question asked about pantheistic gods, though, I'd classify the dragon and the wolf as beasts. I don't think Loki would win many straight fights, but his guile makes him dangerous.

 

[IsaiahX]

No way, man, Yog-Sothoth would be taken down by any musical god. Sure, you aren't going to be able to kill him, but it's not that hard to lull him to sleep.

You're thinking of Azathoth.

 

[IsaiahX]

After reflecting on all of your answers, here is my conclusion:

After meeting at the center of the universe (wherever that is), the lesser deities quickly kill/imprison each other. This leaves the heads of pantheons (e.g. Zeus, Shiva, Odin) to fight each other. All this ruckus causes Azathoth to finally awaking from his great slumber, absorbing the whole of all the universe and leaving him alone, burbling and writhing in the center of the void, leaving him alone with nothing but his unfathomable mind.

Final victor: Azathoth​