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Author: Xtifr

Nov 15th 2010 at 7:01:23 AM

There might almost be enough examples with gods to make that a separate subtrope.  Here's more from Literature:

* A recurring theme in early TomHolt novels is retired and useless gods, most notably in ''Odds and Gods'', where most of the gods actually live together in a retirement home.
* In ''Godshome'' by RobertSheckley, as with the previous, the gods have moved to a retirement home.
* In FritzLeiber's FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser series, the GodsNeedPrayerBadly, and their temples move up and down the Street of the Gods in Lankhmar as their strength and following grows and wanes. One story features a fight between two formerly-powerful pantheons to cling onto the last and least spot on the Street.
* The GarrettPI series features an almost identical setup and battle for the last spot on the Street of the Gods.
* In {{Discworld}}, the GodsNeedPrayerBadly, and ''Discworld/{{Small Gods}}'' features a god with a whole nation that ''claims'' to worship him, but only only one person who actually still ''does''.