History Main / DeathOfTheOldGods

This tends to overlap with {{Gotterdammerung}}. While the old gods will [[PhysicalGod interact with the mortals on a common basis]] the [[HaveYouSeenMyGod One True God will rarely make appearances despite his new found popularity]] ([[IDyeGrass perhaps he's too busy keeping things running?]]). This is generally seen as an improvement [[JerkAssGod compared to their predecessor]] however.

* {{Film/Beowulf}} laments than his people have abandoned "the Gods of might and power for a crying martyr" in the recent animated film.

* The miniseries {{Film/Merlin}} has Merlin attempting to defeat the old gods (and put an end to magic itself) by spreading Christianity.

* In ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', the Faith of the Seven, [[CrystalDragonJesus which resembles the Catholic Church]], has largely replaced the Old Gods, who were worshipped by the original inhabitants of the continent. The only worshippers left are [[GrimUpNorth up north]]. Later in the series, the religon of R'hllor, a militant, monotheistic religion from the East, begins to take a foothold.

* In ''H2G2/AndAnotherThing'' {{Cthulhu}} applies for the job as a new world's god but he can't close the deal because, since nobody is currently worshiping him, he's technically dead.

* More or less the plot to StarGateSG1 as over 10 seasons the Old Gods are all killed off. Aside from the fact that they weren't gods just SufficientlyAdvancedAliens.

* Averted in ''{{Scion}}'', where AllMythsAreTrue and each newly risen pantheon gets the divine equivalent of a fruit basket from the old ones. The reality of the Abrahamic religions are left up to the Storyteller, but they don't seem to have done any damage to the old gods (most of which don't really care about having worshippers, since Fate ''loves'' to screw with them via those links).

* In ''ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'', the pantheons of the old gods have all been forgotten, except for a few like the Cult of Gestianna (because they have annual orgies), and the pacifistic Order of Halcyon. The greater populace is being swept up by the Panarii religion; a deliberate Christianity likeness centered around the teachings of a Jesus-figure elf called Nasrudin. Ironically [[spoiler: the Christianity-like religion is secretly being run by the agents of its banished devil-figure (or so they think, the truth is even worse),]] wheras the Old Gods are still alive and able to give blessings (stat-boosts) to those who worship at their altars. There's even a side-quest involving a complex ritual of offerings that let the protagonist become a god themselves.

* ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' has The Faith of the Seven ([[CrystalDragonJesus basically the catholic Holy Trinity]], umm.. seventh-ity) already replaced the Old Gods for most of Westeros and the only worshipers left are [[GrimUpNorth up north]].
** Later in the series, the Seven slowly begin to be replaced by another god, R'hllor of the light. An interesting parallel might be drawn between the pushing out of the elder Pagan gods by the conquering Romans, whose gods were in turn destroyed by the Christians.

* More or less the plot to StarGateSG1 as over 10 seasons the Old Gods are all killed off.

** "Twilight of the Gods" has a bunch of the "old gods" telling Sam and Dean to deal with Lucifer because they don't want the word to end when it's no longer theirs. By the end of the episode, most of them are dead. Like the earlier pagan gods, they seem to subsist on human flesh where once they subsisted on faith. Despite the fact that [[HinduMythology Ganesh and Kali]] are among their numbers, so apparently, India must've converted to Christianity at some point in the Supernatural-verse.

* ''XenaWarriorPrincess'' plays fast and loose with this. Early on, [[spoiler:she runs into a monotheistic cult that seems to be analogue of early Christians but later turns out to worship PureEvil]]. Later, [[spoiler:she is sent forwards in time a few centuries and sent on a quest by the the prophet Eli to wipe out all the remaining pagan gods]].
** She also ran into Abraham before any of that (and played a big part in his NOT sacrificing Isaac)

* TheGodsOfArrKelaan is the story of how the Traveler Pantheon came into being and eventually replaces the old gods.

* In the finale of Lawrence Watt-Evans' ''The Lords of Dûs'' series, it is revealed that [[spoiler:the prophesied end of the world isn't. Rather, the greater gods of the world die at that time(something that their ruler believed was tantamount to the end of the world), with minimal impact on the world at large. With their passing, the lesser gods step forward to begin a new cycle]].

* In the ''ShinMegamiTensei'' series, YHVH is the BigBad, who intentionally tries to destroy all other gods so only he will be worshiped. However, YHVH is (according to WordOfGod) not the real cause behind this (his evil is a symptom, not the disease).

* ''TheMistsOfAvalon'' has this going on for most of the book, and being fought against tooth and nail by several mail characters. Not that it does much good.

* In ''DragonAge'' the Old Gods of the Tevinter Imperium were struck down by the Maker. Most of the world now worships the Maker and his prophet Andraste, and the Old Gods slumber beneath the Earth until they're awoken, one at a time, to lead the corrupted darkspawn in a Blight.

* Averted in ''{{Scion}}, where AllMythsAreTrue and each newly risen pantheon gets the divine equivalent of a fruit basket from the old ones. The reality of the Abrahamic religions are left up to the Storyteller, but they don't seem to have done any damage to the old gods (most of which don't really care about having worshippers, since Fate ''loves'' to screw with them via those links).

* The main idea behind JohnMilton's poem "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity".

* ''GodOfWar'' shows why Greek Gods don't exist anymore: [[spoiler: [[MetricBadAss Kratos]] kills them all]].

* ''AmericanGods'' is about a war between the Old Gods and the New Gods. The old gods win, in part because the entire war was [[spoiler: a sham by Wednesday trying to gain power]], and in part because the New Gods like Media, Cars, and MIB will only last as long as current technology and cultural standards and then vanish like Railroads did, whereas the Old Gods will stagger on at the current level of modest-but-enough-to-live-on power more or less for ever.

* ''GodOfWar'' shows why Greek Gods don't exist anymore [[spoiler: [[MetricBadAss Kratos]] kills them all]].

* In the ''ShinMegamiTensei'' series, Yaveh is the BigBad, who intentionally tries to destroy all other gods so only he will be worshiped.

* ''AmericanGods'' is about a war between the Old Gods and the New Gods. The old gods win, in part because the entire war was [[spoiler: a sham by Thursday trying to gain power]], and in part because the New Gods like Media, Cars, and MIB will only last as long as current technology and cultural standards and then vanish like Railroads did, whereas the Old Gods will stagger on at the current level of modest-but-enough-to-live-on power more or less for ever.