Worst death in Myth and religion?

[CheertheSecond]

For me, the worst death would belong to Izanami, the mother goddess of Shinto deities.

Her cause of death was the birthing of her last son and child, Kagutsuchi the God of Fire. It could only be surmised but at the beginning of his birth, it was likely the heat of his flame boils the amniotic fluid and burns his mother's womb from the inside. In this case, Izanami had had to endure the scorching pain for the duration of the labour. Indubitably, Kagutsuchi's condition put even more strain on his mother by vaporising all the lubricant fluid, making the childbirth even harder and last much longer during which Izanami had to endure. It would be akin to giving birth to a burning coal that doesn't cool down. The process hurt her so much that she lost control of her bladder. It was said that from her sweat and pubic water, several set of water gods were born. Apparently, she died right after giving birth to Kagutsuchi. The widowed Izanagi was so furious he chopped his newborn son into pieces and threw them away.

 

[RepresentingPride]

They're not dead but for me Fenrir and Prometheus had it hard in the myths (their not the only ones). Due to the gods fear, Fenrir was sealed for years and Prometheus was bound to a rock to be eaten by an eagle every days for giving us fire.

Edit : The Quetzalcoatl in some version of the Aztec myth immolates himself to bring life and fertility to the world.

 

[Tsuru]

Or the greek god, that kept being eaten, and being healed (which is basically a death loop torture)
Edit : @Sleds Lol, wrote same thing "Prometheus"
Also yes "sealing" in eternal oblivion is another top rank "death" but couldnt remember if a "deity" experienced it.
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Loneliness is already something that can turn any human mad, but infinite empty environment loneliness is the ultimate murder weapon against the soul.

 

[RepresentingPride]

After a few thoughts I remember one I learn in school. Osiris die, betrayed by his brother Seth whi dismembered his corpse and scattered each pieces across egypt. Later his sister and wife Isis and his sister Nephthys who managed to find each pieces of his corpse to reassemble it and with the help of Anubis revived him but Osiris was not fully restored to life and became the god of the Underworld.

Also yes "sealing" in eternal oblivion is another top rank "death" but couldnt remember if a "deity" experienced it.

Fenrir enter this category and while not as long as him, Sun wukong was sealed under a mountain too.

 

[Tsuru]

After a few thoughts I remember one I learn in school. Osiris die, betrayed by his brother Seth whi dismembered his corpse and scattered each pieces across egypt. Later his sister and wife Isis and his sister Nephthys who managed to find each pieces of his corpse to reassemble it and with the help of Anubis revived him but Osiris was not fully restored to life and became the god of the Underworld.

Fenrir enter this category and while not as long as him, Sun wukong was sealed under a mountain too.

Qilby (season 2 wakfu, big villain)
Sealed (FOR THE 2ND time) in eternal whiteness.
This time with a few petals to play with.
Edit : now i think about it, the S1 and S2 villains are "well written" villains with a "relatable backstory/reason that kinda makes sense"
(lost family trying to turn back time / cant forget despite reviving like others of his race)

 

[RepresentingPride]

Qilby (season 2 wakfu, big villain)
Sealed (FOR THE 2ND time) in eternal whiteness.
This time with a few petals to play with.
Edit : now i think about it, the S1 and S2 villains are "well written" villains with a "relatable backstory/reason that kinda makes sense"
(lost family trying to turn back time / cant forget despite reviving like others of his race)

We where talking about myth, if we include any stories the list will be too long. But here one since you started it!
In Against the world, Jie Yuan, the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor and wife of the Heretic God, got sealed out of the universe in the chaos with her clansmen when trying to make a peace treaty with one of the god of creation and get betrayed by him. After billions of years to pierce through the wall of the universe, she sucessfully enter the universe again, but her presence was too strong for the universe to accept her and it began to collapse on itself. Due to the presence of her daughter still living in the universe she sealed herself in the chaos again without letting her clansmen enter the universe.

 

[Tsuru]

We where talking about myth, if we include any stories the list will be too long. But here one since you started it!
In Against the world, Jie Yuan, the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor and wife of the Heretic God, got sealed out of the universe in the chaos with her clansmen when trying to make a peace treaty with one of the god of creation and get betrayed by him. After billions of years to pierce through the wall of the universe, she sucessfully enter the universe again, but her presence was too strong for the universe to accept her and it began to collapse on itself. Due to the presence of her daughter still living in the universe she sealed herself in the chaos again without letting her clansmen enter the universe.

Yep sorry for the divert topic
but its just how much it shocked me that a cartoon/anime dared to show a villain suffer this most terrible "torture" xD
also the thread kinda unliving, so we make it lively ^^

Also ty for the quote/spoiler/anecdote (no clue which word is correct =p)

 

[RepresentingPride]

Yep sorry for the divert topic
but its just how much it shocked me that a cartoon/anime dared to show a villain suffer this most terrible "torture" xD
also the thread kinda unliving, so we make it lively ^^

Also ty for the quote/spoiler/anecdote (no clue which word is correct =p)

Should I have added a spoiler tag?

 

[Tsuru]

Should I have added a spoiler tag?

Maybe, maybe not *shrug*

 

[Deleted member 84247]

I am not religious at all, but Jesus Christ had a pretty horrible death.

 

[J_Chemist]

They're not dead but for me Fenrir and Prometheus had it hard in the myths (their not the only ones). Due to the gods fear, Fenrir was sealed for years and Prometheus was bound to a rock to be eaten by an eagle every days for giving us fire.

Edit : The Quetzalcoatl in some version of the Aztec myth immolates himself to bring life and fertility to the world.

Pagan punishments are a treat. Loki's punishment is one of my favorites.

 

[Ellieporter]

Baldr's death is probably the worst.

Dude held an archery competition and was very sure that he wouldn't die bc his mother told him that nobody in the nine realms would ever hurt him.

Imo, he was the most treasured son of Odin and Freia.

But nobody expected him to die at a Mistletoe Arrow (Freia personally asked all creatures to not hurt her son and they gave her their oath except the Mistletoe since Freia might have missed this plant or she deemed this plant to be harmless)

After his death, Odin asked Hel to give back his son bc his death is accidental (Also, Baldr's death triggers the first stage of Ragnarok) but on the condition that all of the Nine Realms would agree.

All of the Nine Realms agreed except one Jotnar who disagreed and said "Let him die." (Loki disguised himself as a Jotnar in this case).

So, Baldr's soul was cast into Helheim to never return and it is said that Odin himself personally went down to helheim in order to retrieve his son but it wasn't successful.

For me, the worst death would belong to Izanami, the mother goddess of Shinto deities.

Her cause of death was the birthing of her last son and child, Kagutsuchi the God of Fire. It could only be surmised but at the beginning of his birth, it was likely the heat of his flame boils the amniotic fluid and burns his mother's womb from the inside. In this case, Izanami had had to endure the scorching pain for the duration of the labour. Indubitably, Kagutsuchi's condition put even more strain on his mother by vaporising all the lubricant fluid, making the childbirth even harder and last much longer during which Izanami had to endure. It would be akin to giving birth to a burning coal that doesn't cool down. The process hurt her so much that she lost control of her bladder. It was said that from her sweat and pubic water, several set of water gods were born. Apparently, she died right after giving birth to Kagutsuchi. The widowed Izanagi was so furious he chopped his newborn son into pieces and threw them away.

Well... Izanagi also went through to hell in order to save his wife but when he found her, she was a rotting corpse that moved towards him.

In his shock and fear. He hurriedly went back to the heavens, leaving her alone again.

 

[J_Chemist]

Baldr's death is probably the worst.

Dude held an archery competition and was very sure that he wouldn't die bc his mother told him that nobody in the nine realms would ever hurt him.

Imo, he was the most treasured son of Odin and Freia.

But nobody expected him to die at a Mistletoe Arrow (Freia personally asked all creatures to not hurt her son and they gave her their oath except the Mistletoe since Freia might have missed this plant or she deemed this plant to be harmless)

After his death, Odin asked Hel to give back his son bc his death is accidental (Also, Baldr's death triggers the first stage of Ragnarok) but on the condition that all of the Nine Realms would agree.

All of the Nine Realms agreed except one Jotnar who disagreed and said "Let him die." (Loki disguised himself as a Jotnar in this case).

So, Baldr's soul was cast into Helheim to never return and it is said that Odin himself personally went down to helheim in order to retrieve his son but it wasn't successful.

Well... Izanagi also went through to hell in order to save his wife but when he found her, she was a rotting corpse that moved towards him.

In his shock and fear. He hurriedly went back to the heavens, leaving her alone again.

Loki is a cuck 101.

 

[Ellieporter]

Loki is a cuck 101.

He is also the one who supplied the Mistletoe Arrow to the archer who killed Baldr bc he wanted to see if the arrow could hurt him.

 

[Sola-sama]

Baldr's death is probably the worst.

Dude held an archery competition and was very sure that he wouldn't die bc his mother told him that nobody in the nine realms would ever hurt him.

Imo, he was the most treasured son of Odin and Freia.

But nobody expected him to die at a Mistletoe Arrow (Freia personally asked all creatures to not hurt her son and they gave her their oath except the Mistletoe since Freia might have missed this plant or she deemed this plant to be harmless)

After his death, Odin asked Hel to give back his son bc his death is accidental (Also, Baldr's death triggers the first stage of Ragnarok) but on the condition that all of the Nine Realms would agree.

All of the Nine Realms agreed except one Jotnar who disagreed and said "Let him die." (Loki disguised himself as a Jotnar in this case).

So, Baldr's soul was cast into Helheim to never return and it is said that Odin himself personally went down to helheim in order to retrieve his son but it wasn't successful.

Well... Izanagi also went through to hell in order to save his wife but when he found her, she was a rotting corpse that moved towards him.

In his shock and fear. He hurriedly went back to the heavens, leaving her alone again.

No.

Baldr's dead because he kept on provoking a retired God of War.
Dude's son killed him.

 

[Ellieporter]

No.

Baldr's dead because he kept on provoking a retired God of War.
Dude's son killed him.

That's a crazy drunk baldr lol.

 

[J_Chemist]

He is also the one who supplied the Mistletoe Arrow to the archer who killed Baldr bc he wanted to see if the arrow could hurt him.

Absolutely. Loki gave the arrow to Baldr's blind brother said "nah it won't hurt a fly. yer good." Watched it happen, then dipped, shapeshifted into the troll lady and pranked Freya.

Casual Chaotic Neutral at work.

 

[Lodur]

After a few thoughts I remember one I learn in school. Osiris die, betrayed by his brother Seth whi dismembered his corpse and scattered each pieces across egypt. Later his sister and wife Isis and his sister Nephthys who managed to find each pieces of his corpse to reassemble it and with the help of Anubis revived him but Osiris was not fully restored to life and became the god of the Underworld.

It's the first, that popped up in my mind after reading the topicstarter's question.
Unedited (for children) versions of Greek myths are filled by horrible deaths to the brim, one worse than the other, I can't even give a first place for any of them. Actaeon was transformed into a stag by Artemis, and was hunted and torn apart into pieces by his own 50 hounds. Erysichthon ate himself because Demeter sent insatiable hunger (Limos) to him for desecrating her temple. Apollo flayed Marsyas alive before killing him for daring to challenge the god to the musical contest. Etc., etc. etc.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

It's the first, that popped up in my mind after reading the topicstartrer's question.
Unedited (for children) versions of Greek myths are filled by horrible deaths to the brim, one worse than the other, I can't even give a first place for any of them. Actaeon was transformed into a stag by Artemis, and was hunted and torn apart into pieces by his own 50 hounds. Erysichthon ate himself because Demeter sent insatiable hunger (Limos) to him for desecrating her temple. Apollo flayed Marsyas alive before killing him for daring to challenge the god to the musical contest. Etc., etc. etc.

Greek myths is easy mode.

 

[HungrySheep]

Not a death, but worse. In Egyptian mythology, Horus and Set literally have a duel to force-feed semen to each other. Whoever consumes the other's semen first loses. Gross.