User blog comment:Vitorriq/who created the pagan gods/@comment-2.40.249.133-20120220182238/@comment-76.212.192.243-20120221055134

On the contrary, that is only speculation on both accounts as such I am no more wrong than you are, ImperiexSeed. Despite the power boost from God, Castiel seemed far from being more powerful than Atropos in "My Heart Goes On" (.e.g. Balthazar's attempt to sneak up from behind Atropos to kill her with the fate-killing blade, suggests neither him nor Cas were capable doing so no more easily than she could persumably kill them without an angel blade). Futhermore, Lucifer was able to kill several pagan gods and Cas in "Hammer of the Gods" and "Swan Song" respectively like child's play, implying the former's vulnerability is not far from those particularly deities in comparison to an archangel's power. In addition, as Kali was able to bind Gabriel to herself in the former episode, it's likely angels are more susceptable to her blood-binding power than the youngest archangel (As a result, I am inclined to believe Kali could be at least one pagan god who is superior to normal angels at least to some extent). In conclusion, it stands to reason at least some pagan gods are indeed are par with angels to some degree.