Are there any evil gods?

Apophis: Evil God of Chaos in Ancient Egypt
Apophis was perhaps the only Egyptian god to be all-powerful, with an army of demons at his disposal. The evil god was not worshipped; he was feared. It is also believed that no matter how many times he was challenged, he could never be entirely vanquished.

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Who is the strongest evil god?

With the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos sits at the top of the list of the most powerful evil Marvel gods.

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Who was the most brutal god?

Ares, son of Zeus and Hera, was the god of the most brutal and unrestrained aspects of war. Though he was one of the Twelve Olympians, his fellow gods had little love for him. In myth, Ares was characterized by his cruelty and insatiable taste for bloodshed.

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Who are the dark gods?

The Dark Gods, also known as The Seven Flowers of Chaos or simply the Seven, are a collection of seven deities who serve under Father Chaos. They are said to have "formed themselves around the great Sins of the mortals". The Dark Gods command many daemons as part of the Daemon Legions.

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Who is the Greek god of evil?

Kakia (Ancient Greek: Κακίαν) (meaning bad and evil), the Greek goddess of vice and moral badness, abominations (presumably, sin or crime), was depicted as a vain, plump, and heavily made-up woman dressed in revealing clothes. She was presented as the opposite of Areté, goddess of excellence and virtue.

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Is Hades an evil god?

Despite modern connotations of death as evil, Hades was actually more altruistically inclined in mythology. Hades was portrayed as passive and never portrayed negatively; his role was often maintaining relative balance.

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Who is the most terrifying Greek god?

In Classical Greek mythology, Phobos exists as both the god of and personification of the fear brought by war. In Roman mythology, he has also been referred to as Pavor or Terror.

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Who is the darkest god?

In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Erebus (/ˈɛrɪbəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἔρεβος, romanized: Érebos, "deep darkness, shadow"), or Erebos, is the personification of darkness and one of the primordial deities. Hesiod's Theogony identifies him as one of the first five beings in existence, born of Chaos.

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What is the god of death's name?

Thanatos, in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the personification of death. Thanatos was the son of Nyx, the goddess of night, and the brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep. He appeared to humans to carry them off to the underworld when the time allotted to them by the Fates had expired.

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Who is god of Shadow?

Erebus was the primordial god of darkness and shadows in Greek mythology. Greek myths also refer to this god as Erebos.

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Who is the god of insanity?

In Roman and Etruscan mythology, Mania (Manea) is the goddess of Spirits and Chaos. In Greek mythology, she is the goddess of insanity and madness (Maniae).

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Who is strongest in the god?

Trimurti is considered to be the most powerful god as he is a combination of Brahma [The Creator], Vishnu [The Preserver] & Shiva [The Destroyer].

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Who is the most jealous god?

In Greek mythology, Phthonus (/ˈθoʊnəs/; Ancient Greek: Φθόνος Phthónos), or sometimes Zelus, was the personification of jealousy and envy, most prominently in matters of romance. In Nonnus's Dionysiaca, he is by proxy the cause of Semele's death, having informed Hera of Zeus's affair with the princess.

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Are Egyptian gods evil?

Most were generally benevolent but their favor could not be counted on. Some gods were spiteful and had to be placated. Some, such as Neith, Sekhmet, and Mut, had changeable characters. The god Seth, who murdered his brother Osiris, embodied the malevolent and disordered aspects of the world.

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Who is danger god?

The dangerous, colorful life of professional stuntman Gary Kent, who has spent over 50 years performing in some of Hollywood's most celebrated B-movies.

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Who is biggest god in the world?

Vishnu is known as The Preserver within the Trimurti, the triple deity of supreme divinity that includes Brahma and Shiva. In Vaishnavism, Vishnu is the supreme being who creates, protects, and transforms the universe.

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What god is the Grim Reaper?

Grim Reaper. In modern-day European-based folklore, Death is known as the Grim Reaper, depicted as wearing a dark hooded cloak and wielding a scythe.

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Who is the god of violent death?

In Greek mythology, the Keres (/ˈkɪriːz/; Ancient Greek: Κῆρες) were female death-spirits. They were the goddesses who personified violent death and who were drawn to bloody deaths on battlefields.

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Which Greek god was black?

First that there were no black people in Greek mythology, and then, that Achilles was described as black. As always, disclaimer: I'm no formal expert on the subject. I just really love Greek Mythology, so I know quite a bit.

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Who are the 6 traitor gods?

The 6 Traitors Dynasty is a group of six Gods and Goddesses consisting of Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia. They are descendants of the Titans. These six are a generation of Gods who came to be known as the Olympians.

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Who is the most forgotten god?

Jasper, also known as the Forgotten God, was the ruling deity of Rubidia and the head of the Rubidian Pantheon. After being trapped in an alternate dimension for four years, Jasper had finally returned to Rubidia, where he plotted to take over Sapphiria, who had been responsible for his imprisonment in the first place.

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Who is the dumbest god in Greek mythology?

In Greek mythology, Koalemos (Ancient Greek: Κοάλεμος) was the god of stupidity, mentioned once by Aristophanes, and being found also in Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Coalemus is the Latin spelling of the name. Sometimes he is referred to as a dæmon, more of a spirit and minor deity.

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Who is the saddest Greek gods?

In Greek mythology, Oizys (/ˈoʊɪzɪs/; Ancient Greek: Ὀϊζύς, romanized: Oïzýs) is the goddess of misery, anxiety, grief, depression, and misfortune.

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Which Greek god was hated?

Ares' status: “most hated of all the gods”

Ares was the son of Zeus and Hera. There is a famous passage in the Iliad where Zeus refers to Ares as the god that he hates the most. The exact lines are the following (Il. 5.890–891):

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