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[Meta] Why Are Old Gods Better Than New Gods?

In many pieces of fiction, ancient, primordial cosmic beings are depicted as far more powerful and intelligent than their younger brethren. Why do you think writers do this?
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Old gods tend to be more fundamental than new gods.

New gods usually *come to be* somehow, be it via a cataclysm, the collective belief of a shit load of minds, or the endgame of a super-powerful sorcerer or lich or AI or whatever; regardless how *how* they're born, they still *are* born at some point in time. As a result, they've got researchable histories that make it possible - however improbable - to defeat them.

Old gods, on the other hand, have usually existed for at least as long as the Universe, and they're nearly always inextricably bound to it in some way. Take Lovecraft's big three as an example:

- All of existence is basically a fever dream of Azathoth's. If *waking it up* is enough to destroy the Universe, imagine what *killing it would do.*

- Yog-sothoth is spacetime. Without it *nothing could ever happen.*

- Shub-Niggurath is the font of all organic life. Killing her is killing life itself. 

In summary, the old gods probably deserve a capital "G", while the new gods are nothing but pretenders.