Curated playlist
Killed deities
- JesusJesus left no writings of his own. Almost everything known about him comes from accounts by others.
- OdinOdin hung himself from a tree for nine nights to win secret knowledge. The Norse god also gave up an eye for wisdom.
- ThorIn one poem, the thunder god Thor dresses as a bride to win back his stolen hammer.
- FreyrThe Norse god Freyr gave away the one sword that could have saved him. He traded it to win a giantess as his wife.
- LokiIn Norse myth, Loki lies bound while a serpent drips venom on him. His wife Sigyn catches it in a basin.
- OsirisIn Egyptian myth, Set tricked his brother Osiris into a box and threw it into the Nile. Isis then searched for the body.
- KrishnaA hunter mistook the sleeping Hindu god Krishna for a deer and shot him in the foot. Krishna forgave Jara and died.
- TiamatIn Babylonian myth, the world was built from the slain sea goddess Tiamat. Her tail became the Milky Way.
- BaldrThe Norse god Baldr, loved by everything, was killed by a mistletoe weapon. His blind brother threw it, guided by Loki.
- TýrEvery Tuesday, English speakers honor the Germanic god Týr. Tuesday comes from Old English tīwesdæg, "day of Tīw."
- AdonisEvery midsummer, ancient Greek women set tiny gardens in the sun to watch them wither. The festival mourned Adonis.