User blog comment:EmpyreanSmoke/Supernatural Q&A/@comment-96.91.247.202-20150916185231

Are pagan gods are similar to the four horsemen apocalypse, embodiments of the things they represent, Artemis(hunting) Tiamat(chaos) Tricksters(mischief/chaos) Atropos(fate) Plutus(greed) Vanir(fertility), i do believe they were here at earth's beginning (Lucifer himself say they were here first and their religions are much older) but unlike the horsemen(most of them anyway) whose ultimate goal is to wipeout humanity the gods have more or less a symbiotic relationship with humans. I believe this is how it first got started when humanity was born the first the gods pay little mind to these beings but when the humans started worshipping them because human beings like worshipping things greater then themselves (sorry guys that how we are) they got stronger so the gods went to the humans to make a deal, in exchange for making their lives longer, healthier, and stronger they would give some gods sacrifices, offerings, tributes and other gods that did not want does things (including worship)  only ask to punish or judge certain human beings (gods like Osiris and tricksters like Anansi) other gods that were not interested such as Tiamat (and Perses god of destruction i really hope he appears on the show, not eating people of course) were more like agents of nature making sure the world does not  grow stagnant.