Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4441317-20161219070848/@comment-24729606-20161223235744

Well as far deities as dragons it does seem that whether we're talking about ancient literary accounts or more modern depictions that dragons are portrayed as being anywhere from incomprehensibly strong (by humans at least) to be strong to make even deities fear them (Orphis from high school dxd is one such dragon). That said whether a dragon could pose an actual threat to a deity now that is another (and in my not so humble opinion) more intriguing question. But before I address that I shall address this business of deities versus. Firstly the traditional definition of a demon strikes me as considerably biased. Demons are usually depicted, conceptualized, and thought of as beings of either pure evil or some aspect of the same. While that might be true there are also demons who while they have been vilified do serve important, necessary, and (yes) even commendable roles. For instance, starting with the most well known demon of all, Lucifer was once an angel who fell from grace after "rebelling" and was caste into the Inferno. Yet unless I am drastically misinformed he is simply the ruler of the Inferno and King of the demons that inhabit that place. He is not himself responsible for their torturous state their. Additionally speaking of angels I would just like to point something out. They were created to carry a deities will and that would seem to imply they are unable to defy their creator. But they each have different duties and responsibilities. On top of that the Angels were supposedly creates as perfect beings (free of darkness and, presumably at least, incorruptible). Yet some of the Angels are responsible for activities that have corruption (in some form or other) either as a necessity or after effect. For instance Azrael is known as the "Angel of death" which presumably means interaction with victims of every form of cruelty and horror imaginable. Not to mention that unless one has lived a life completely free of sin and died of old age Azrael would have considerable interaction with those cast into the realm Lucifer rules. But that's enough about Angels and Demons. Back to the matter of dragons versus deities. Firstly a deity is usually conceptualized as being in possession of the one or all of the divine trio (omnipotent, omniscience, and omnipresence). So if a deity had all three than no dragon no matter how powerful could even contemplate challenging such a being. But if the deity was more along the lines of the worlds many polytheistic religions than it would be a completely different story. That said if a dragon fought the ruler of any of the worlds pantheons than it would be an almost hopeless endeavor. If the dragon fought any other deity than it might have a chance of succeeding but it would still a titanic clash. But that would largely depend on whether we are talking about dragons with a repertoire as traditionally depicted (talons, wings, and the ability to breath fire) or the more nuisanced depiction (i.e. A more expansive range of abilities and attributes) of dragons. If we're talking about the old depiction than the dragon would only have an hope of winning if their divine opponent had never fought a dragon before. Otherwise the dragon (no matter how wise or powerful) wouldn't have a prayer (pause) of winning.