Where do the gods go when they die?

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (Amphipolite) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:41:44 GMT

HelAreyn wrote:
I can't imagine Dite going to hell, or even to anywhere bad at all, but under the greek thing she couldn't have gone to heaven or elysium I don't imagine. I kind of figured they went to a different portion and could crossover to whatever realm of the afterlife they so wished, rather still maintaining their divine godhood even in death.

I don't think we ever saw her in the...

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (d0maris) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:56:41 GMT

LadyKate63 wrote:

Or maybe Velasca escaped, tried to kill Xena and Gabrielle, and somehow got sent to the afterlife?

Ahhh, yes... it's one of those "missing episodes."
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Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (xenawp7706) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:10:53 GMT

I don't know about this. I think they just vanish

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (Storm1329) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:26:07 GMT

I think they all go to Tartarus just because I love saying that. "Tartarus!!!!" lol

But if Hades died and went to Hades would that really be a punishment. He spent all his time down there any way on his job.
"Right to Punish you we are sending the G Of hell, to hell. Enjoy, I am sure you know your way around." lol

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (ApollotheArcher) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:00:21 GMT

LadyKate, I think that was Metis.

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (HelAreyn) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:13:40 GMT

Who knows, maybe Persephone is in charge after Hades' demise and she's having a hard time coping with security problem

Well considering Persephone is gone for how many months out of the year is it? 4 or 6, something like that, it seems it would get out of hand if no one were ruling it.

I think they go get absorbed into the great one god, or just work for him....well ok thats just my general view on how there were many gods and then there...

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (xenawp7706) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:36:30 GMT

Oh yeah I knew that too.

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (LadyKate63) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:12:03 GMT

Hmm.... I guess Hera "dispersed" the same way Zeus did? Though another theory is that Zeus sort of swallowed her up into himself. (Zeus in mythology did that to one of his lovers -- I forget her name -- while she was pregnant with Athena, and that's how Athena sprung to life from the head of Zeus.)

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (xenasgirl) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:36:33 GMT

It really does get scattered everywhere when gods die. They may just disapear until people need them again, but with the twilight, maybe they would never come back. That still doesn't explain all the people in Hades and so forth, so I think the worlds all just run amuck. Like in Hades, when Xena killed off the king in Haunting of Amphipolis, the underwold was still there, but was driven into madness. I figure it would be the same way with the other worlds when the gods die. The worlds...

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (Amphipolite) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:07:59 GMT

What about Hera? I had the impression that she just kind of . . . dispersed.

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (JSolo1) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:48:09 GMT

I kinda like the idea of them being transferred. It seems a little strange that a god can die.

Co-signed.

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (Drawing Blood) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:16:23 GMT

In terms of Callisto, perhaps Hades didn't want her soul (given all the trouble she caused previously) and by "rejecting" it, her soul was somehow put on the "open market" and subject to Meph's use/dominion?

Hmm, in the Herc episode 'Be Deviled' Sin mentions that Hades sends certain souls (ones who were too bad for Tartarus) to his/her realm. Maybe Callisto was one of those souls . . .?

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (LadyKate63) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:43:25 GMT

Well, your explanation sorta makes sense, Haeph....

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (Haephestus) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:50:25 GMT

In my head (not always the most reliable of places), I have Velasca killed with the Hinds' Blood Dagger in an unseen episode since both the dagger and Velasca go "missing" off-screen. Of course, that is more due to TPTB seemingly forgetting about the dagger in season 5, but it also works that way.

BUT, then there is the problem of Strife who was also killed with the dagger and who presumably was never seen again by Ares as he actually seemed at a "loss" over...

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (dahllaz) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:46:37 GMT

TheJollyApe wrote:
Here you go: Blood Bond by D

Thanks!

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (TheJollyApe) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:16:40 GMT

So it's a type of temporary death then.

Someone with good mythology/religion skills should clear this up. I wonder how many different type of religions that have goods die, and in what capacity they did.

I think the reason I like the "moving concept" is because it quite closely follows what happened in many culture contact situations. Like how the Romans incorporated any new gods they "discovered" when expanding into their existing pantheon. Kinda...

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (LadyKate63) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:09:08 GMT

The Jolly Ape said:

It seems a little strange that a god can die. I like the concept of a forgotten god simply vanishing, but truly die...? Perhaps it was just their mortal "shells" that died and went to Tartarus/Hell.

Hmm, I don't know. It's hard to tell because I don't think any gods actually died in Greek mythology. However, in Norse mythology Baldur (or Baldr) did die and went to...

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (TheJollyApe) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:56:41 GMT

Here you go: Blood Bond by D

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (dahllaz) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:21:54 GMT

It's a post-AFIN subtext fanfic of rather epic proportions by D.

Ooooh, I want to read that. Link, please?

Re: Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (TheJollyApe) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:45:55 GMT

It's a post-AFIN subtext fanfic of rather epic proportions by D.

I kinda like the idea of them being transferred. It seems a little strange that a god can die. I like the concept of a forgotten god simply vanishing, but truly die...? Perhaps it was just their mortal "shells" that died and went to Tartarus/Hell.

Where do the gods go when they die?

feeds@yuku.com (xenawannabe) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:01:46 GMT

I was just checking out the God and Love thread and it got me thinking...when the gods in Xena died, where did they go? Especially once Xena killed off Hades, is there an afterlife even for them? Do they fade into oblivion? What happened to all of the people in the underworld after Hades was killed? Did the underworld society just run amok?