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** Greg Cox's ''Literature/TheQContinuum'' trilogy has 0, a similarly powerful being whom, where Q loves screwing with mortals but rarely actually hurts anybody, 0 does it ForTheEvulz and was personally responsible for the destruction of the ancient Tkon Empire via StarKilling. The barrier around the Milky Way galaxy was erected by the Q Continuum to keep 0 out after they defeated and banished him. With 0 was another omnipotent being known as The One, who apparently invented monotheism. He was reduced to an OracularHead by the combined power of the Q Continuum and was imprisoned behind the ''other'' barrier at the center of the galaxy, where He stayed until Kirk and the ''Enterprise''-A encountered Him.
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** Greg Cox's ''Literature/TheQContinuum'' trilogy has 0, a similarly powerful being whom, where Q loves screwing with mortals but rarely actually hurts anybody, 0 does it ForTheEvulz and was personally responsible for the destruction of the ancient Tkon Empire via StarKilling. The barrier around the Milky Way galaxy was erected by the Q Continuum to keep 0 out after they defeated and banished him. With 0 was another omnipotent being known as The One, who apparently invented monotheism. He was reduced to an OracularHead by the combined power of the Q Continuum and was imprisoned behind the ''other'' barrier at the center of the galaxy, where He stayed until Kirk and the ''Enterprise''-A [[Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier encountered Him.Him]].
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* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', the gods follow and represent different ideas, so they are bound to oppose each another by their very nature. The biggest conflicts exist between Cardia the God of Order and Mardük the God of Chaos, and Hephaestus the God of Smithing and Nergal the God of War. However, there are times when some of the rival gods may end up temporarily teaming up with one another out of necessity or they might just as well not work together despite it being beneficial because they can't get over grudges.
-->'''Hephaestus''': By our very natures, we must oppose each other. I exist to create, to build, to aid prosperity. He exists to destroy, to wage war, to spread strife wherever he goes. I can no sooner alter my nature than a fish could choose to live on land. It is the same for Nergal.
-->'''Axikasha:''' Maybe mortals don't have it so bad after all. At least we're free to choose what cause we serve. What good are the powers of a god if you can't even control your own destiny?
-->'''Hephaestus''': I cannot control my nature, nor would there be any point in denying who--or what--I am. That does not mean I cannot control my actions. I do the best with what I have been given, and the choices I make are my own.
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* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', the gods follow and represent different ideas, so they are bound to oppose each another by their very nature. The biggest conflicts exist between Cardia the God of Order and Mardük the God of Chaos, and Hephaestus the God of Smithing and Nergal the God of War. However, there are times when some of the rival gods may end up temporarily teaming up with one another out of necessity or they might just as well not work together despite it being beneficial because they can't get over grudges.
-->'''Hephaestus''': By our very natures, we must oppose each other. I exist to create, to build, to aid prosperity. He exists to destroy, to wage war, to spread strife wherever he goes. I can no sooner alter my nature than a fish could choose to live on land. It is the same for Nergal.
-->'''Axikasha:''' Maybe mortals don't have it so bad after all. At least we're free to choose what cause we serve. What good are the powers of a god if you can't even control your own destiny?
-->'''Hephaestus''': I cannot control my nature, nor would there be any point in denying who--or what--I am. That does not mean I cannot control my actions. I do the best with what I have been given, and the choices I make are my own.
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** Creator/GregCox's ''Literature/TheQContinuum'' trilogy has 0, a similarly powerful being whom, where Q loves screwing with mortals but rarely actually hurts anybody, 0 does it ForTheEvulz and was personally responsible for the destruction of the ancient Tkon Empire via StarKilling. The barrier around the Milky Way galaxy was erected by the Q Continuum to keep 0 out after they defeated and banished him.
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** Creator/GregCox's Greg Cox's ''Literature/TheQContinuum'' trilogy has 0, a similarly powerful being whom, where Q loves screwing with mortals but rarely actually hurts anybody, 0 does it ForTheEvulz and was personally responsible for the destruction of the ancient Tkon Empire via StarKilling. The barrier around the Milky Way galaxy was erected by the Q Continuum to keep 0 out after they defeated and banished him. With 0 was another omnipotent being known as The One, who apparently invented monotheism. He was reduced to an OracularHead by the combined power of the Q Continuum and was imprisoned behind the ''other'' barrier at the center of the galaxy, where He stayed until Kirk and the ''Enterprise''-A encountered Him.
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* The ''Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse'' novel ''Literature/{{IQ}}'' gives us the Q Continuum's counterpart the M (both sides being SufficientlyAdvancedAliens that screw with the universe for their own amusement, or so it would appear). Neither side has any particular reason for being at war with the other (the initial reason was, quote, "Because there's something about you that really pisses us off"), but apparently one of the M invoking YourMom was reason enough, even though nobody could figure out exactly whose mother had been insulted and nobody in the Q Continuum had a mother in the first place. And really, that's as much sense as the whole thing ever makes.
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** ''Literature/{{IQ}}'' gives us the Q Continuum's counterpart the M (both sides being SufficientlyAdvancedAliens that screw with the universe for their own amusement, or so it would appear). Neither side has any particular reason for being at war with the other (the initial reason was, quote, "Because there's something about you that really pisses us off"), but apparently one of the M invoking YourMom was reason enough, even though nobody could figure out exactly whose mother had been insulted and nobody in the Q Continuum had a mother in the first place. And really, that's as much sense as the whole thing evermakes.makes.
** Creator/GregCox's ''Literature/TheQContinuum'' trilogy has 0, a similarly powerful being whom, where Q loves screwing with mortals but rarely actually hurts anybody, 0 does it ForTheEvulz and was personally responsible for the destruction of the ancient Tkon Empire via StarKilling. The barrier around the Milky Way galaxy was erected by the Q Continuum to keep 0 out after they defeated and banished him.
** ''Literature/{{IQ}}'' gives us the Q Continuum's counterpart the M (both sides being SufficientlyAdvancedAliens that screw with the universe for their own amusement, or so it would appear). Neither side has any particular reason for being at war with the other (the initial reason was, quote, "Because there's something about you that really pisses us off"), but apparently one of the M invoking YourMom was reason enough, even though nobody could figure out exactly whose mother had been insulted and nobody in the Q Continuum had a mother in the first place. And really, that's as much sense as the whole thing ever
** Creator/GregCox's ''Literature/TheQContinuum'' trilogy has 0, a similarly powerful being whom, where Q loves screwing with mortals but rarely actually hurts anybody, 0 does it ForTheEvulz and was personally responsible for the destruction of the ancient Tkon Empire via StarKilling. The barrier around the Milky Way galaxy was erected by the Q Continuum to keep 0 out after they defeated and banished him.
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* The backstory of ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' involves the war between the Bionis and the Mechonis.
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* The backstory of ''VideoGame/FairyFencerF'' starts with a battle between the Goddess and the Vile God.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' series mostly focuses on the goddesses of Gamindustri, who fight one another almost as often as they do the enemies.
* The backstory of ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' involves the war between the Bionis and the Mechonis.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' series mostly focuses on the goddesses of Gamindustri, who fight one another almost as often as they do the enemies.
* The backstory of ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' involves the war between the Bionis and the Mechonis.
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* The high spirits in the ''Literature/AstralDawn'' series, many of whom are deities, fight against each other during what is called the Astral War.
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* Followers of R'hllor in the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' series believe that their god, the lord of light, is locked in eternal conflict with The Great Other, the lord of cold darkness, in a battle that determines the fate of the world.
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* Followers of R'hllor R'hllorianism in the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' series series, which is based on Zoroastrianism, believe that their god, the lord of light, is locked in eternal conflict with The Great Other, the lord of cold darkness, in a battle that determines the fate of the world.
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In some cases, the conflict plays out long before the time of humans. The winning faction is the one that rule over the world today, and is the one that is worshiped by the people. This scenario can be used as a CreationMyth.
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In some cases, the conflict plays out long before the time of humans. The In a CreationMyth, the winning faction is the one that rule over the world today, and is often they are the one that is worshiped by the people. This scenario can be used as a CreationMyth.
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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword''[='=]s intro shows that the [[GodOfGood Hylia]] fought and sealed away the demons of the underworld and their king. [[spoiler:The conflict even adopts elements of the "neverending" type by showing that Hylia's reincarnations ([[LegacyCharacter the princesses named Zelda]]) are forever cursed to be in conflict with the Demon King Demise's reincarnation (Ganondorf).]]
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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword''[='=]s intro shows that one day, demons rose from BeneathTheEarth, led by [[GodOfEvil their king, Demise]], slaughtering every living thing in search of the Triforce. The goddess [[GodOfGood Hylia]] fought Hylia]], protector of the surface, sent the last remaining human city into the sky while she battled and sealed away the demons of the underworld and their king. [[spoiler:The Demise. [[spoiler: Their conflict even adopts elements eventually becomes never-ending as for the rest of the "neverending" type by showing that series, as Hylia's reincarnations reincarnations ([[LegacyCharacter the princesses named Zelda]]) are forever cursed to be in conflict with the Demon King Demise's reincarnation (Ganondorf).]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', [[{{Lunacy}} moon goddess]] Princess Luna fought her older sister [[ThePowerOfTheSun sun goddess]] Princess Celestia, when the former was corrupted by her jealousy towards her sister and decided to become sole ruler of Equestria. Prior to that, the two sisters fought against the much more powerful chaos god Discord in an effort to save Equestria from his reign of terror.
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In other cases, the conflict is [[ForeverWar neverending]]. The two factions or two gods don't ever stop fighting, or when they do, it will be at the end of time. This scenario is often used to justify the BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil, especially when the two factions are led by a GodOfGood and GodOfEvil
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Holystone}}'', there was a war between several factions of gods roughly 2000 years before the "modern" parts of the story. Since GodsNeedPrayerBadly, and a weak god can be [[YouWillBeAssimilated subjected to power assimilation]], it resulted in a ''lot'' of human casualties. Enough to propel Death to the station of TopGod—a post usually held by the God of Life.
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* The ''{{Dominion}}'' games have a variant of this. You're one of a number of ''pretender'' gods, all warring against one another to become the one true god.
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If the conflict escalates enough, it can lead to a {{Gotterdammerung}}. Compare CosmicChessGame.
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* ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' has an interesting example when the Greek gods start fighting with the Roman gods in that ''[[SPlitPersonality they're the same being]]'', their Greek half and their Roman half, and the greater the difference between them, the more conflict they find themselves in. Frank, for example, has Mars and Ares constantly yelling, trying to outshout each other in his head. The few that avoid this are the ones whose Greek and Roman aspects are virtually indistinguishable from each other.
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* Lucifer's divine conflict with God reaches its dramatic conclusion in the Literature/LeftBehind series, as the penultimate Battle of Armageddon in ''Glorious Appearing'' and the FinalBattle between God and Satan's forces in ''Kingdom Come'' end up being one-sided {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s, with the last one being very [[AntiClimax anti-climactic]] as God just incinerates Satan's forces in seconds.
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* The ''Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse'' novel ''Literature/{{IQ}}'' gives us the Q Continuum's counterpart the M (both sides being SufficientlyAdvancedAliens that screw with the universe for their own amusement, or so it would appear). Neither side has any particular reason for being at war with the other (the initial reason was, quote, "Because there's something about you that really pisses us off"), but apparently one of the M invoking YourMom was reason enough, even though nobody could figure out exactly whose mother had been insulted and nobody in the Q Continuum had a mother in the first place. And really, that's as much sense as the whole thing ever makes.
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** [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Tempus]], the god of war, and his proteges [[TheCaptain Valkur]] and [[LadyOfWar the Red Knight]] are all arrayed against Garagos, the [[MultiArmedAndDangerous six-armed incarnation]] of savage bloodlust and former god of war in the Netherese pantheon, before being displaced by Tempus and going ''really'' crazy with the bloodlust. This one's interesting because Tempus, being one of the most powerful deities in the Realms, could actually stomp Garagos flat fairly easily if he wanted to, but for a WarGod he's a fairly decent guy and isn't interested in absorbing bloodlust into his portfolio (he only views war as worthwhile when there is peace to contrast it with).
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'': The GodEmperor of Mankind is locked in endless warfare with the four Chaos Gods. The Chaos Gods are also at war with each other, and in Tzeentch's case [[MindScrew with himself]].
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'': The GodEmperor of Mankind is locked in endless warfare with the four Chaos Gods. The Chaos Gods are also at war with each other, and in Tzeentch's case [[MindScrew with himself]]. The same conflict takes place in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', minus the GodEmperor part.
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** [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Tempus]], the god of war, and his proteges [[TheCaptain Valkur]] and [[LadyOfWar the Red Knight]] are all arrayed against Garagos, the [[MultiArmedAndDangerous six-armed incarnation]] of savage bloodlust.
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* Lucifer's divine conflict with God reaches its dramatic conclusion in the Literature/LeftBehind series, as the penultimate Battle of Armageddon and the FinalBattle between God and Satan's forces end up being one-sided {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s.
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* Followers of R'hllor in the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' series believe that their god, the lord of light is locked in eternal conflict with The Great Other, the lord of cold darkness, in a battle that determines the fate of the world.
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* ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' has an interesting example when the Greek gods start fighting with the Roman gods in that ''[[SPlitPersonality they're the same being]]'', their Greek half and their Roman half, the greater the difference between them, the more conflict they find themselves in. Frank, for example has Mars and Ares constantly yelling, trying to outshout each other in his head. The few that avoid this are the ones who's Greek and Roman aspects are virtually indistinguishable from each other.
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* ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' has an interesting example when the Greek gods start fighting with the Roman gods in that ''[[SPlitPersonality they're the same being]]'', their Greek half and their Roman half, and the greater the difference between them, the more conflict they find themselves in. Frank, for example example, has Mars and Ares constantly yelling, trying to outshout each other in his head. The few that avoid this are the ones who's whose Greek and Roman aspects are virtually indistinguishable from each other.
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* In the early ''{{Discworld}}'' novels, the gods of Cori Celesti are engaged in an aeons-long feud with the Ice Giants, who play their radio too loud and have refused to return the lawnmower.
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* Abrahamic religions: Satan's Rebellion against God/Yahweh. Though the reasons vary, whether because of hubris and/or refusing to honor Human beings as God's greatest creation as ordered, regardless it resulted in Satan and his loyalists being cast out of heaven.
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* The basic concept of ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'' - primarily between the pantheons and the Titans, but also within and between the pantheons as well.
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* Lucifer's rebellion against God is often a key event in celestial-focused [=RPGs=], such as ''TabletopGame/InNomineSatanisMagnaVeritas'', its English version ''TabletopGame/InNomine'', and ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen''.
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* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona'': All the events in the Persona series happen because god-like beings Philemon, and Nyarlathotep have a bet going on over whether or not HumansAreBastards. Philemon believes humans can overcome their limitations, and gives them the power to use personas to fight for good, and save the human race from doom. Nyarlathotep is a GodOfEvil who thinks humans are [[StrawNihilist destined to destroy themselves]], and sends Demons, and in later games {{Eldritch Abomination}}s called shadows to run amok, hurt people and exploit the flaws of humanity.
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* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona'': All the events in the Persona series happen because god-like beings Philemon, Philemon and Nyarlathotep have a bet going on over whether or not HumansAreBastards. Philemon believes humans can overcome their limitations, and gives them the power to use personas to fight for good, and save the human race from doom. Nyarlathotep is a GodOfEvil who thinks humans are [[StrawNihilist destined to destroy themselves]], and sends Demons, and in later games {{Eldritch Abomination}}s called shadows shadows, to run amok, hurt people and exploit the flaws of humanity.
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* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' starts out as a war with Medusa [[spoiler: then Hades]] and the forces of the Underworld, but partway through, Viridi, the Goddess of Nature Nature, decides she's had enough of destructive humans and tries to eradicate them. Pit and Palutena then have to fight her off as well.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': In the two parter "Beginnings" we learn about the light and darkness spirits Raava and Vaatu and their conflict with each other. If either of them wins against the other on the day of harmonic convergence, there will be 10,000 year age of light or darkness.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': In the two parter "Beginnings" we learn about the light and darkness spirits Raava and Vaatu and their conflict with each other. If either of them wins against the other on the day of harmonic convergence, there will be a 10,000 year age of light or darkness.
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** In the TabletopGame/{{Birthright}} setting's BackStory the Good deities fought the Evil deity Azrai. They finally sacrificed themselves, destroying both themselves and Azrai.
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* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona''. All the events in the Persona series happen because god-like beings Philemon, and Nyarlathotep have a bet going on over whether or not HumansAreBastards. Philemon believes humans can overcome their limitations, and gives them the power to use personas to fight for good, and save the human race from doom. Nyarlathotep is a GodOfEvil who thinks humans are [[StrawNihilist destined to destroy themselves]], and sends Demons, and in later games {{Eldritch Abomination}}s called shadows to run amok, hurt people and exploit the flaws of humanity.
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* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona''. ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona'': All the events in the Persona series happen because god-like beings Philemon, and Nyarlathotep have a bet going on over whether or not HumansAreBastards. Philemon believes humans can overcome their limitations, and gives them the power to use personas to fight for good, and save the human race from doom. Nyarlathotep is a GodOfEvil who thinks humans are [[StrawNihilist destined to destroy themselves]], and sends Demons, and in later games {{Eldritch Abomination}}s called shadows to run amok, hurt people and exploit the flaws of humanity.
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* In ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', the God of Discord, Chaos, and the Goddess of harmony, Cosmos, continually war against each other in an endless fight. They do this by summoning characters from the FF series to fight for them.
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* In ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', the God of Discord, Chaos, and the Goddess of harmony, Harmony, Cosmos, continually war against each other in an endless fight. They do this by summoning characters from the FF series to fight for them.
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* The CreationMyth in In the ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' series series:
** The CreationMyth is how the ultimate good Anu and the Prime Evil Tathamet battled each other for millenia, their remains eventually becoming the High Heavens and the Burning Hells respectively.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''. In the two parter "Beginnings" we learn about the light and darkness spirits Raava and Vaatu and their conflict with each other. If either of them wins against the other on the day of harmonic convergence, there will be 10,000 year age of light or darkness.
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*Abrahamic religions: Satan's Rebellion against God/Yahweh. Though the reasons vary, whether because of hubris and/or refusing to honor Human beings as God's greatest creation as ordered, regardless it resulted in Satan and his loyalists being cast out of heaven.
*CelticMythology: The conflict between the Tuatha De Danann and the Fomorians over the ownership and right to settle the island of Ireland from Irish Legends.
*NorseMythology: The War between the Aesirs and Vanirs.
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* ''[[TabletopGame/{{Risk}} Risk: Godstorm]]'' pits the pantheons of the Egyptians, Greeks, Norse, Babylonians, and Celtics against each other in a fight for control of the ancient world.
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If the conflict escalates enough, it can lead to a {{Gotterdammerung}}. Compare CosmicChessGame.
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When there are multiple gods in a universe, they often come into conflict with one another, just like humans tend to do in real life. This kind of conflict usually plays out between two gods, with lesser gods or other entities like angels or demons functioning as their armies.
In some cases, the conflict plays out long before the time of humans. The winning faction is the one that rule over the world today, and is the one that is worshiped by the people. This scenario can be used as a CreationMyth.
In other cases, the conflict is [[ForeverWar neverending]]. The two factions or two gods don't ever stop fighting, or when they do, it will be at the end of time. This scenario is often used to justify the BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil, especially when the two factions are led by a GodOfGood and GodOfEvil
If the conflict escalates enough, it can lead to a {{Gotterdammerung}}.
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!!Examples
[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* It turns out that ''every'' conflict in the ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' mythos is between gods.
** Season 1 Athena was almost assassinated by a Gemini saint thanks to brainwashing by Hades.
** Season 2 Athena had to fight Hilda, also under brainwashing, this time from Poseidon.
** Season 3 She fought Poseidon directly.
** Season 4 (And in prequel ''Manga/SaintSeiyaTheLostCanvas'') she fought Hades directly.
** In the various movies (of questionable canonicity), she fights Apollo, Minerva, Eris and Satan.
** In ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega'' she's had to fight Mars, who though a god was [[spoiler:indirectly brainwashed by Abzu, an Ur god of elemental evil.]]
** In season 2 of Omega she fights [[spoiler:not one but ''two'' gods, Pallas and Saturn]].
* In ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', it is explained that countless millenia ago, the universe was nearly destroyed in a war between the forces of [[GodOfGood Flare Dragon Cifeed]] and [[GodOfEvil Lord Shabranigdo]]. Cifeed just barely managed to defeat Shabranigdo, and save what was left of the universe in the process.
[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* The good, freedom-loving ComicBook/NewGods of New Genesis led by Highfather Izaya, and evil, oppressive New Gods of Apokolips led by {{Darkseid}} are locked in an eternal conflict with each other. It was settled through truce for a time with an exchange of Highfather's son Scott Free and Darkseid's son Orion, but when Scott escaped, Darkseid used that as a justification to restart the conflict.
[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Followers of R'hllor in the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' series believe that their god, the lord of light is locked in eternal conflict with The Great Other, the lord of cold darkness, in a battle that determines the fate of the world.
* In Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', the Valar (lesser Good deities) fight against Melkor/Morgoth (an evil Vala), the Balrogs (corrupted Maiar/"angels") and Sauron (another corrupted Maiar/"angel").
* ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' has an interesting example when the Greek gods start fighting with the Roman gods in that ''[[SPlitPersonality they're the same being]]'', their Greek half and their Roman half, the greater the difference between them, the more conflict they find themselves in. Frank, for example has Mars and Ares constantly yelling, trying to outshout each other in his head. The few that avoid this are the ones who's Greek and Roman aspects are virtually indistinguishable from each other.
* Creator/MichaelMoorcock's "Eternal Champion" stories often feature an endless war between Law and Chaos, as personified by the deity-level Lords of Law and Lords of Chaos. The war includes conflicts between lesser creatures of Law and Chaos as well.
* In the early ''{{Discworld}}'' novels, the gods of Cori Celesti are engaged in an aeons-long feud with the Ice Giants, who play their radio too loud and have refused to return the lawnmower.
* The reason the plot of ''Literature/DaughterOfTheLioness'' happens. The Literature/TortallUniverse's JerkAssGods frequently use mortals as proxies in their power struggles; two hundred years ago the God of War and Mother Goddess defeated their brother, [[TricksterArchetype Kyprioth]], and subjected his worshippers, the raka of the Copper Isles, to conquest and brutal oppression from other humans--part of Aly's job is to help the raka rebels defeat the conquerors, which will [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly give Kyprioth and the lesser tricksters the clout to drive out their siblings]]. The battle between gods takes place in the sky while the humans duke it out in the FinalBattle.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. The Prophets, SufficientlyAdvancedAliens that the Bajorans view as gods, have {{Evil Counterpart}}s in the Pah-wraiths. According to legend the Prophets cast the Pah-wraiths out of the Celestial Temple (the wormhole) thousands of years ago, and they make repeated efforts to return during the series and battle the Prophets' representatives in the process. Implications are also made that the Prophets and Pah-wraiths are subtly influencing the course of the Dominion War in favor of the Federation Alliance or the Dominion, respectively.
[[AC:{{Mythology}} and {{Religion}}]]
* In ClassicalMythology, the gods of Olympus, led by Zeus, deposed the Titans (who were their parents and uncles) to become the new gods of the world.
* The [[MesopotamianMythology Babylonian]] creation myth ''Literature/EnumaElish'' is likely the UrExample. It deals with the conflict between the primordial divine couple Apsu and Tiamat, and their descendants the Annunaki.
* EgyptianMythology
** Set was often in conflict with the other gods, up to killing Osiris and driving Isis and Horus into exile. Horus would eventually return to drive Set off and reclaim Osiris' throne.
** Every night Ra had to pass through the underworld and battle the serpent-god Apep (a.k.a. Apophis). Sometimes Apep would eat Ra alive, causing bad weather. If Apep went after Ra during the day, we got a solar eclipse.
[[AC:TabletopGames]]
* ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms''
** In general, the many groupings of gods in the setting are interminably at war with each other and/or with the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent denizens of the fiendish planes]]. The gods of knowledge battle the gods of destruction, the gods of justice battle the gods of tyranny and corruption, everybody hates the orcish pantheon, etc.
** The conflict between Selune, goddess of the moon, and Shar, goddess of darkness, goes all the way back to the creation of Toril. Among other things it resulted in the creation of Mystryl, the original goddess of magic.
** The FourElementEnsemble of deities representing fire, water, wind, and earth are each locked in battle with [[ElementalRivalry the one representing their opposite element]].
** 1358 DR, the Year of Shadows, is best known as the year of the Time of Troubles or the Godswar. After Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul stole the Tablets of Fate from Ao the Overgod, Ao banished every god in the whole pantheon to the surface of Toril until the Tablets were recovered. The various avatars continued to battle each other both in person and through intermediaries, and several were killed.
** [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Tempus]], the god of war, and his proteges [[TheCaptain Valkur]] and [[LadyOfWar the Red Knight]] are all arrayed against Garagos, the [[MultiArmedAndDangerous six-armed incarnation]] of savage bloodlust.
** The Seldarine, the elven pantheon, all battle the Dark Seldarine, the drow pantheon.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'': The GodEmperor of Mankind is locked in endless warfare with the four Chaos Gods. The Chaos Gods are also at war with each other, and in Tzeentch's case [[MindScrew with himself]].
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
** In the TabletopGame/{{Birthright}} setting's BackStory the Good deities fought the Evil deity Azrai. They finally sacrificed themselves, destroying both themselves and Azrai.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword''[='=]s intro shows that the [[GodOfGood Hylia]] fought and sealed away the demons of the underworld and their king. [[spoiler:The conflict even adopts elements of the "neverending" type by showing that Hylia's reincarnations ([[LegacyCharacter the princesses named Zelda]]) are forever cursed to be in conflict with the Demon King Demise's reincarnation (Ganondorf).]]
* The backstory of ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'' is based on a war between the BigGood, Granas, and the BigBad, Valmar. It's ultimately a deconstruction, because life under Granas was so perfect, with everyone's needs met, that [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow it caused massive social stagnation]], and it turns out [[spoiler: Valmar actually killed Granas]].
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona''. All the events in the Persona series happen because god-like beings Philemon, and Nyarlathotep have a bet going on over whether or not HumansAreBastards. Philemon believes humans can overcome their limitations, and gives them the power to use personas to fight for good, and save the human race from doom. Nyarlathotep is a GodOfEvil who thinks humans are [[StrawNihilist destined to destroy themselves]], and sends Demons, and in later games {{Eldritch Abomination}}s called shadows to run amok, hurt people and exploit the flaws of humanity.
* The {{MOBA}} game ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}'' is a CrossoverCosmology game all about this. It involves gods from various pantheons, such as Zeus, Loki, Sobek, Sun Wukong, and others, fighting one another.
* Being based on ClassicalMythology, the game ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' has several conflicts between immortals. There was the war between the Gods and the Titans, the conflict between the primordial beings, and the demigod Kratos' own battles between pretty much any divine being who dares stand in his way.
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' starts out as a war with Medusa [[spoiler: then Hades]] and the forces of the Underworld, but partway through, Viridi, the Goddess of Nature decides she's had enough of destructive humans and tries to eradicate them. Pit and Palutena then have to fight her off as well.
* In ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', the God of Discord, Chaos, and the Goddess of harmony, Cosmos, continually war against each other in an endless fight. They do this by summoning characters from the FF series to fight for them.
* In the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' series (which also includes the Devil Summoner series), the protagonists get involved in conflicts between either gods and demons or gods against the human race. This is usually due to HumansAreBastards or GaiasVengeance.
* ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn]]'' comes to a showdown between [[OrderVsChaos Ashera, the Goddess of Order, and Yune, the Goddess of Chaos]], both of whom are aspects of the same being, Ashunera, who split herself into two halves.
* The CreationMyth in the ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' series is how the ultimate good Anu and the Prime Evil Tathamet battled each other for millenia, their remains eventually becoming the High Heavens and the Burning Hells respectively.
** In ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', the archangels Tyrael and Imperius come to blows over Tyrael's involvement with the mortal realm, leading Tyrael to renounce his angelic position.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''. In the two parter "Beginnings" we learn about the light and darkness spirits Raava and Vaatu and their conflict with each other. If either of them wins against the other on the day of harmonic convergence, there will be 10,000 year age of light or darkness.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', Aku's backstory is that he was once a part of an EldritchAbomination that was fought against by the combined might of Horus, Odin, and Indra.
In some cases, the conflict plays out long before the time of humans. The winning faction is the one that rule over the world today, and is the one that is worshiped by the people. This scenario can be used as a CreationMyth.
In other cases, the conflict is [[ForeverWar neverending]]. The two factions or two gods don't ever stop fighting, or when they do, it will be at the end of time. This scenario is often used to justify the BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil, especially when the two factions are led by a GodOfGood and GodOfEvil
If the conflict escalates enough, it can lead to a {{Gotterdammerung}}.
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!!Examples
[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* It turns out that ''every'' conflict in the ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' mythos is between gods.
** Season 1 Athena was almost assassinated by a Gemini saint thanks to brainwashing by Hades.
** Season 2 Athena had to fight Hilda, also under brainwashing, this time from Poseidon.
** Season 3 She fought Poseidon directly.
** Season 4 (And in prequel ''Manga/SaintSeiyaTheLostCanvas'') she fought Hades directly.
** In the various movies (of questionable canonicity), she fights Apollo, Minerva, Eris and Satan.
** In ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega'' she's had to fight Mars, who though a god was [[spoiler:indirectly brainwashed by Abzu, an Ur god of elemental evil.]]
** In season 2 of Omega she fights [[spoiler:not one but ''two'' gods, Pallas and Saturn]].
* In ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', it is explained that countless millenia ago, the universe was nearly destroyed in a war between the forces of [[GodOfGood Flare Dragon Cifeed]] and [[GodOfEvil Lord Shabranigdo]]. Cifeed just barely managed to defeat Shabranigdo, and save what was left of the universe in the process.
[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* The good, freedom-loving ComicBook/NewGods of New Genesis led by Highfather Izaya, and evil, oppressive New Gods of Apokolips led by {{Darkseid}} are locked in an eternal conflict with each other. It was settled through truce for a time with an exchange of Highfather's son Scott Free and Darkseid's son Orion, but when Scott escaped, Darkseid used that as a justification to restart the conflict.
[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Followers of R'hllor in the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' series believe that their god, the lord of light is locked in eternal conflict with The Great Other, the lord of cold darkness, in a battle that determines the fate of the world.
* In Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', the Valar (lesser Good deities) fight against Melkor/Morgoth (an evil Vala), the Balrogs (corrupted Maiar/"angels") and Sauron (another corrupted Maiar/"angel").
* ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' has an interesting example when the Greek gods start fighting with the Roman gods in that ''[[SPlitPersonality they're the same being]]'', their Greek half and their Roman half, the greater the difference between them, the more conflict they find themselves in. Frank, for example has Mars and Ares constantly yelling, trying to outshout each other in his head. The few that avoid this are the ones who's Greek and Roman aspects are virtually indistinguishable from each other.
* Creator/MichaelMoorcock's "Eternal Champion" stories often feature an endless war between Law and Chaos, as personified by the deity-level Lords of Law and Lords of Chaos. The war includes conflicts between lesser creatures of Law and Chaos as well.
* In the early ''{{Discworld}}'' novels, the gods of Cori Celesti are engaged in an aeons-long feud with the Ice Giants, who play their radio too loud and have refused to return the lawnmower.
* The reason the plot of ''Literature/DaughterOfTheLioness'' happens. The Literature/TortallUniverse's JerkAssGods frequently use mortals as proxies in their power struggles; two hundred years ago the God of War and Mother Goddess defeated their brother, [[TricksterArchetype Kyprioth]], and subjected his worshippers, the raka of the Copper Isles, to conquest and brutal oppression from other humans--part of Aly's job is to help the raka rebels defeat the conquerors, which will [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly give Kyprioth and the lesser tricksters the clout to drive out their siblings]]. The battle between gods takes place in the sky while the humans duke it out in the FinalBattle.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. The Prophets, SufficientlyAdvancedAliens that the Bajorans view as gods, have {{Evil Counterpart}}s in the Pah-wraiths. According to legend the Prophets cast the Pah-wraiths out of the Celestial Temple (the wormhole) thousands of years ago, and they make repeated efforts to return during the series and battle the Prophets' representatives in the process. Implications are also made that the Prophets and Pah-wraiths are subtly influencing the course of the Dominion War in favor of the Federation Alliance or the Dominion, respectively.
[[AC:{{Mythology}} and {{Religion}}]]
* In ClassicalMythology, the gods of Olympus, led by Zeus, deposed the Titans (who were their parents and uncles) to become the new gods of the world.
* The [[MesopotamianMythology Babylonian]] creation myth ''Literature/EnumaElish'' is likely the UrExample. It deals with the conflict between the primordial divine couple Apsu and Tiamat, and their descendants the Annunaki.
* EgyptianMythology
** Set was often in conflict with the other gods, up to killing Osiris and driving Isis and Horus into exile. Horus would eventually return to drive Set off and reclaim Osiris' throne.
** Every night Ra had to pass through the underworld and battle the serpent-god Apep (a.k.a. Apophis). Sometimes Apep would eat Ra alive, causing bad weather. If Apep went after Ra during the day, we got a solar eclipse.
[[AC:TabletopGames]]
* ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms''
** In general, the many groupings of gods in the setting are interminably at war with each other and/or with the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent denizens of the fiendish planes]]. The gods of knowledge battle the gods of destruction, the gods of justice battle the gods of tyranny and corruption, everybody hates the orcish pantheon, etc.
** The conflict between Selune, goddess of the moon, and Shar, goddess of darkness, goes all the way back to the creation of Toril. Among other things it resulted in the creation of Mystryl, the original goddess of magic.
** The FourElementEnsemble of deities representing fire, water, wind, and earth are each locked in battle with [[ElementalRivalry the one representing their opposite element]].
** 1358 DR, the Year of Shadows, is best known as the year of the Time of Troubles or the Godswar. After Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul stole the Tablets of Fate from Ao the Overgod, Ao banished every god in the whole pantheon to the surface of Toril until the Tablets were recovered. The various avatars continued to battle each other both in person and through intermediaries, and several were killed.
** [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Tempus]], the god of war, and his proteges [[TheCaptain Valkur]] and [[LadyOfWar the Red Knight]] are all arrayed against Garagos, the [[MultiArmedAndDangerous six-armed incarnation]] of savage bloodlust.
** The Seldarine, the elven pantheon, all battle the Dark Seldarine, the drow pantheon.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'': The GodEmperor of Mankind is locked in endless warfare with the four Chaos Gods. The Chaos Gods are also at war with each other, and in Tzeentch's case [[MindScrew with himself]].
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
** In the TabletopGame/{{Birthright}} setting's BackStory the Good deities fought the Evil deity Azrai. They finally sacrificed themselves, destroying both themselves and Azrai.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword''[='=]s intro shows that the [[GodOfGood Hylia]] fought and sealed away the demons of the underworld and their king. [[spoiler:The conflict even adopts elements of the "neverending" type by showing that Hylia's reincarnations ([[LegacyCharacter the princesses named Zelda]]) are forever cursed to be in conflict with the Demon King Demise's reincarnation (Ganondorf).]]
* The backstory of ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'' is based on a war between the BigGood, Granas, and the BigBad, Valmar. It's ultimately a deconstruction, because life under Granas was so perfect, with everyone's needs met, that [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow it caused massive social stagnation]], and it turns out [[spoiler: Valmar actually killed Granas]].
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona''. All the events in the Persona series happen because god-like beings Philemon, and Nyarlathotep have a bet going on over whether or not HumansAreBastards. Philemon believes humans can overcome their limitations, and gives them the power to use personas to fight for good, and save the human race from doom. Nyarlathotep is a GodOfEvil who thinks humans are [[StrawNihilist destined to destroy themselves]], and sends Demons, and in later games {{Eldritch Abomination}}s called shadows to run amok, hurt people and exploit the flaws of humanity.
* The {{MOBA}} game ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}'' is a CrossoverCosmology game all about this. It involves gods from various pantheons, such as Zeus, Loki, Sobek, Sun Wukong, and others, fighting one another.
* Being based on ClassicalMythology, the game ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' has several conflicts between immortals. There was the war between the Gods and the Titans, the conflict between the primordial beings, and the demigod Kratos' own battles between pretty much any divine being who dares stand in his way.
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' starts out as a war with Medusa [[spoiler: then Hades]] and the forces of the Underworld, but partway through, Viridi, the Goddess of Nature decides she's had enough of destructive humans and tries to eradicate them. Pit and Palutena then have to fight her off as well.
* In ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', the God of Discord, Chaos, and the Goddess of harmony, Cosmos, continually war against each other in an endless fight. They do this by summoning characters from the FF series to fight for them.
* In the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' series (which also includes the Devil Summoner series), the protagonists get involved in conflicts between either gods and demons or gods against the human race. This is usually due to HumansAreBastards or GaiasVengeance.
* ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn]]'' comes to a showdown between [[OrderVsChaos Ashera, the Goddess of Order, and Yune, the Goddess of Chaos]], both of whom are aspects of the same being, Ashunera, who split herself into two halves.
* The CreationMyth in the ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' series is how the ultimate good Anu and the Prime Evil Tathamet battled each other for millenia, their remains eventually becoming the High Heavens and the Burning Hells respectively.
** In ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', the archangels Tyrael and Imperius come to blows over Tyrael's involvement with the mortal realm, leading Tyrael to renounce his angelic position.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''. In the two parter "Beginnings" we learn about the light and darkness spirits Raava and Vaatu and their conflict with each other. If either of them wins against the other on the day of harmonic convergence, there will be 10,000 year age of light or darkness.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', Aku's backstory is that he was once a part of an EldritchAbomination that was fought against by the combined might of Horus, Odin, and Indra.
