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How can Gods kill each other? They can't. Why? To find out we have to go to the definition of a god. A pure perfect being with absolutely no lacks. In other words, no flaws. Death is a lack and flaw. So if one god can kill another god, means the other god has lack and therefore is not a god.

AnswerThis is a question that needs to be answered in the spirit it was asked. Notice the small "g" gods in the actual question.

There are a number of myths from a number of cultures that tell stories of conflicts between gods that lead to one or more deaths.

In Babylonian mythology the god Ea kills Apsu to protect creation then builds a temple to live in over his slain brother's body. Marduk, the eventual king of Babylonian gods, kills Kingpu in the final battle of creation and forms man from the slain god's blood. The goddess Ishtar dies after descending into the underworld on a quest to either take it over or to recover her lost lover the god Tammuz.

In Egyptian mythology Seth kills his brother Osiris, father of Horus and eventual lord of the underworld.

In Norse mythology the assembled gods killed Ymir, the father of the seven world and creator of mankind. Baldr is killed by Höðr his blind brother who is tricked into doing so by Loki, and who is later killed in retaliation by Váli, the son of Odin and the giantess Rindr, conceived for the sole purpose of killing Höðr.

In Greek mythology, the god Adonis is killed by a boar sent by the goddess Artemis or by the god of warfare himself, Ares. This in itself is unusual as the Greeks generally originated the idea of immortality among their dieties.

Dieties of other cultures' mythologies include but are not limited to the following:

  • Wawalag of Australian aboriginal origin
  • Izanami of Japanese mythology died during the birth of Kagu-Tsuchi.
  • Kaknu (Coyote to the Ohlone of Northern California) took the road to the underworld to teach the people to die.
  • Jarilo of Slavic myth was killed by his betrothed in retaliation for infidelity.

There are many more.

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