User blog comment:Sakis.N/PAGAN DEITIES/@comment-27014555-20151125185656/@comment-3045936-20151126231651

Common error. To save face to not directly slam against the other religions. Eric Kriple and Sera Gamble made the gods gain more power from tributes rather than full worship. The act gives power, not believing in the in the god it goes to. They retain their immortality and some of their power as supernatural beings. But are downgraded some due to lack of tributes. I can't find the YouTube video to save my life. But after Hanmer of the Gods wasn't aired in India until much later. Eric went on to say about Kali and Loki's relationship was just pure story. And to not say which gods are older or which religion came first. He decided tributes are tied into their magic, not belief like many other common themes with gods in other series.