What did the gods and goddesses do before they died?

Answer 1

An interesting question one that many would have difficulty in ing. I therefore give you an from a Mormon point of view. First let me state that there are no women who hold the title of Goddess. The wife of a God only shares in the blessing which her God husband possess.

Now let me try and explain, again from a Mormon understanding. Gods do not die for they are immortal. Let us take Jesus the Christ as an example to your question. He came to earth as the first born of his father in heaven.(Remember Mary was carried away in the spirit and bore a child)) While here he taught the gospel, healed the sick and did all that his father had commanded him to do. He did not falter in those responsibilities. When he returned to his father after his crucifixion he was a God in his own right. He had earned that title.

There are other religions that recorded in their scriptures that the Gods and Goddesses came upon the earth (took birth) from time to time in the service of their devotees. It is also recorded that at their departure (death) they consciously exited the body as pure energy and returned to their appropriate spiritual realms.