The Dead Gods
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Hornshield enters the Library and begins looking up religious texts, seeking the names of all gods that have ceased to exist or have lost their followings almost completely.
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The librarians explain that there is no such list, mostly because gods that are truly dead are also, by nature, forgotten by mortals. The very process of speaking a god's name can allow it to still live in a manner few mortals can truly comprehend. As such, a list of dead gods is oxymoronic.