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* Myth/ClassicalMythology: Most stories involve the gods punishing someone for something.
** Athena turned Medusa into a monster as punishment for [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming being raped by Poseidon]] in Athena's temple. In some older versions, she isn't raped and the sex was consensual, but she's still punished while Poseidon is unscathed. In either case, this is less an issue of Medusa being more in the wrong than Poseidon than it is that Athena, powerful as she was, lacked the power to punish Poseidon (who as her uncle preceded her in the hierarchy of the gods and was at least as powerful as she was). (The oldest versions simply have her and her two sisters as always having been monsters.)
** Cassandra was cursed to never have her prophecies believed after she turned down Apollo.
** Narcissus was cursed by Aphrodite to fall in love with his own reflection after he refused all suitors.
** Athena turned Medusa into a monster as punishment for [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming being raped by Poseidon]] in Athena's temple. In some older versions, she isn't raped and the sex was consensual, but she's still punished while Poseidon is unscathed. In either case, this is less an issue of Medusa being more in the wrong than Poseidon than it is that Athena, powerful as she was, lacked the power to punish Poseidon (who as her uncle preceded her in the hierarchy of the gods and was at least as powerful as she was). (The oldest versions simply have her and her two sisters as always having been monsters.)
** Cassandra was cursed to never have her prophecies believed after she turned down Apollo.
** Narcissus was cursed by Aphrodite to fall in love with his own reflection after he refused all suitors.
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* Myth/ClassicalMythology: Most stories involve the gods punishing someone for something.
something. The most common suspect is hubris, defined as the sort of pride that makes a mortal think themselves better than the gods.
**Athena turned Actaeon was punished for some transgression (most commonly seeing Artemis bathing; Artemis is a virgin goddess, so a man seeing her naked is sacreligious) by being eaten by his own hounds.
** Ovid gives Medusa a backstory where Neptune rapes her in Minerva's temple, and Minerva turns Medusa into a monsteras punishment for [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming being raped by Poseidon]] involved in Athena's temple. In some older versions, she her temple being defiled, since Minerva isn't raped and the sex was consensual, but she's still punished while Poseidon is unscathed. In either case, this is less an issue of Medusa being more in the wrong than Poseidon than it is that Athena, powerful as she was, lacked the power enough to punish Poseidon (who as her uncle preceded her in the hierarchy of the gods and was at least as powerful as she was). (The oldest versions simply have her and her two sisters as always having been monsters.)
do anything to Poseidon.
** Cassandra was cursed to never have her prophecies believed after she turned downApollo.
Apollo, or cheated on him, or broke a vow of chastity- what she did varies, but the punishment is always the same.
** Eristhchton chops down Demeter's sacred grove, including killing a nymph Demeter was fond of. She retaliated by cursing him with eternal hunger, which eventually drove him to eat himself after he ran out of all sources of food.
** Narcissus was cursed byAphrodite Nemesis to fall in love with his own reflection after he refused all suitors.his cruel rejections of his suitors ended up killing one- either the suitor is Echo and she suffers a DeathByDespair, or it's Amenias and Narcissus gives him a SuicideDare.
** Hippolytus was punished by Aphrodite for rejecting love by having his stepmother Phaedra fall in love with him. Phaedra then reacted to Hippolytus understandably rejecting her by killing herself and accusing Hippolytus of raping her, which in turn prompts Hippolytus's father Theseus to call in a favor from Poseidon to have Hippolytus killed.
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** Ovid gives Medusa a backstory where Neptune rapes her in Minerva's temple, and Minerva turns Medusa into a monster
** Cassandra was cursed to never have her prophecies believed after she turned down
** Eristhchton chops down Demeter's sacred grove, including killing a nymph Demeter was fond of. She retaliated by cursing him with eternal hunger, which eventually drove him to eat himself after he ran out of all sources of food.
** Narcissus was cursed by
** Hippolytus was punished by Aphrodite for rejecting love by having his stepmother Phaedra fall in love with him. Phaedra then reacted to Hippolytus understandably rejecting her by killing herself and accusing Hippolytus of raping her, which in turn prompts Hippolytus's father Theseus to call in a favor from Poseidon to have Hippolytus killed.
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** King Sisyphus of Corinth made his city prosperous by lying, murdering innocents, deceiving others and in almost every way, violating ''xenia'' (i.e. SacredHospitality). Zeus, as the divine protector of the sacred laws (including ''xenia''), took offense to Sisyphus's violation. (Oh, and Sisyphus had told the father of a river nymph whom Zeus had kidnapped where the King of the Sky had stashed her. Let's not forget that part.) He decided to punish Sisyphus by having him eternally condemned to push a giant boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down just before it reaches the top.
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** King Sisyphus of Corinth made his city prosperous by lying, murdering innocents, deceiving others and in almost every way, violating ''xenia'' (i.e. SacredHospitality). Zeus, as the divine protector of the sacred laws (including ''xenia''), took offense to Sisyphus's violation. (Oh, violation, and after a series of whacky hijinks involving Sisyphus had told outsmarting the father of a river nymph whom Zeus had kidnapped where the King of the Sky had stashed her. Let's not forget that part.) He decided death gods sent to punish him (trapping Thanatos and manipulating Persephone into allowing him back into the land of the living), Sisyphus by having him eternally eventually died and was condemned to push roll a giant boulder rock up a hill, only hill for it to roll back down just before it reaches the top.all eternity.
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* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'': This is the name of the Final Boss's grab attack, [[spoiler: where it crucifies you on a Rune Arc and impales you with exploding spears of light. Interestingly enough, this pulls double duty as a punishment ''by'' a god and a punishment ''for'' a god, as the Elden Beast is heavily implied to have done the same thing to Marika after she shattered the Elden Ring.]]
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* ''VideoGame/DragonAge'': The Chantry teaches that the Maker initially turned away from humanity out of disappointment, and then when the magisters broke into the Golden City, corrupting it, he shunned them even harder. He cast the magisters down and turned them into the first darkspawn, leading to the cycle of Blights that ravage the land every few hundred years. [[spoiler:A surviving magister claims that the city was already black when they arrived, and they found the throne empty]]. Oh, and not to mention that the Archdemons leading the Blights are actually the Old Gods who the magisters worshiped, leading to quite a few additional theological questions.
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* ''VideoGame/DragonAge'': ''Franchise/DragonAge'': The Chantry teaches that the Maker initially turned away from humanity out of disappointment, and then when the magisters broke into the Golden City, corrupting it, he shunned them even harder. He cast the magisters down and turned them into the first darkspawn, leading to the cycle of Blights that ravage the land every few hundred years. [[spoiler:A surviving magister claims that the city was already black when they arrived, and they found the throne empty]]. empty.]] Oh, and not to mention that the Archdemons leading the Blights are actually the Old Gods who the magisters worshiped, leading to quite a few additional theological questions.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', TheGreatFlood happens as a result of the [[TopGod Golden Goddesses]] directly intervening to stop [[BigBad Ganondorf]] when Link wasn't around to do it [[NiceJobBreakingItHero (thanks to Zelda)]].
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* ''VideoGame/{{Afterimage}}'': The aftermath of "The Razing" is implied to be a punishment from God, as mentioned in some texts or dialogue lines such as when Ripe suggests Renee to travel to the Teardrop.
-->'''Ripe:''' We still cannot divine the reason for such a calamity even today. Mayhaps it is God's punishment meant for humans...
-->'''Ripe:''' We still cannot divine the reason for such a calamity even today. Mayhaps it is God's punishment meant for humans...
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* ''WesternAnimation/AThousandAndOneAmericas'': In the eighth episode, a friendly priest Chris and his pet dog Lon meet in the Antilles protect them from a chief who wants to harm them for having been waken up. The priest tells the chief that the presence of a red-haired boy and a yellow-fur dog spell good luck, and harming them would infuriate the gods. When Chris and Lon sits on the chief's chair, they're once again endangered by the angry man, and the priest reiterates him the same warning, but by that point it's too late: A severe tropical storm begins ravaging the coast and flooding the huts, and the local villagers (who are all fleeing to a safer place) think it's because of this trope.
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* ''VideoGame/AVeryLongRopeToTheTopOfTheSky'': Ivy's Divine Punishment skill:
--> Pierces foes with a holy blade.
--> Pierces foes with a holy blade.
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* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'': A priest who [[ReligionIsMagic was granted divine magic]] and later violates their god's [[TheCommandments commandments]] seriously enough can suffer divine vengeance. If they're lucky, they might just [[GodIsDispleased have their magic suspended]] or lose their worldly goods; if not, they could get a [[NonStandardGameOver one-way summons]] to face divine judgement in person.
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** A priest who [[ReligionIsMagic was granteddivine magic]] and later violates their god's [[TheCommandments commandments]] seriously enough can suffer divine vengeance. punishment. If they're lucky, they might just [[GodIsDispleased have lose their magic suspended]] magic]] or lose their worldly goods; if not, they could get a [[NonStandardGameOver one-way summons]] to face divine judgement in person.person.
** Codified in Norscan law: there's [[NoAdequatePunishment no penalty]] for killing a Seer or Vitki because they're directly protected by the Chaos Gods and only the Gods can punish such an offense.
** A priest who [[ReligionIsMagic was granted
** Codified in Norscan law: there's [[NoAdequatePunishment no penalty]] for killing a Seer or Vitki because they're directly protected by the Chaos Gods and only the Gods can punish such an offense.
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* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'': A priest who [[ReligionIsMagic was granted divine magic]] and later violates their god's [[TheCommandments commandments]] seriously enough can suffer divine vengeance. If they're lucky, they might just [[GodIsDispleased have their magic suspended]] or lose their worldly goods; if not, they could get a [[NonStandardGameOver one-way summons]] to face divine judgement in person.
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* "Literature/MyDinnerWithAres": Fury Central is a CelestialBureaucracy ran and operated by gods who's job is to reap divine justice on souls guilty of some great sin or violating some sacred law. [[BeleagueredBureaucrat Because of sheer workload]], they will often commission gods who's domain falls under their business model in order to keep their quota.
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* ''TabletopGame/AdvancedDungeonsAndDragons1stEdition'' supplement ''Deities and Demigods Cyclopedia''. If a cleric (priest) of a deity doesn't follow their deity's rules, they may be punished by the deity. Possible punishments include being required to atone for the transgression (e.g. by fasting, suffering physical pain or having to make a major sacrifice), being denied the use of clerical spells, being publicly humiliated or forced to go on a dangerous quest, being excommunicated or suffering divine punishment, up to and including death.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'': Some sects of the Blood of Vol claim that mortality is a curse by the gods. Everyone has the spark of the divine in them and can ascend to godhood if given enough time, so jealous gods cursed the world to make sure no one could live long enough to challenge them. This isn't a mainstream belief, though (and the Blood of Vol not a mainstream religion).
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* ''TabletopGame/AdvancedDungeonsAndDragons1stEdition'' supplement ''Deities and Demigods Cyclopedia''. If a cleric (priest) of a deity doesn't follow their deity's rules, they may be punished by the deity. Possible punishments include being required to atone for the transgression (e.g. by fasting, suffering physical pain or having to make a major sacrifice), being denied the use of clerical spells, being publicly humiliated or forced to go on a dangerous quest, being excommunicated or suffering divine punishment, up to and including death.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'': Some sects of the Blood of Vol claim that mortality is a curse by the gods. Everyone has the spark of the divine in them and can ascend to godhood if given enough time, so jealous gods cursed the world to make sure no one could live long enough to challenge them. This isn't a mainstream belief, though (and the Blood of Vol not a mainstream religion).
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* ''TabletopGame/AdvancedDungeonsAndDragons1stEdition'' supplement ''Deities and Demigods Cyclopedia''. If a cleric (priest) of a deity doesn't follow their deity's rules, they may be punished by the deity. Possible punishments include being required to atone for the transgression (e.g. by fasting, suffering physical pain or having to make a major sacrifice), being denied the use of clerical spells, being publicly humiliated or forced to go on a dangerous quest, being excommunicated or suffering divine punishment, up to and including death.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'': Some sects of the Blood of Vol claim that mortality is a curse by the gods. Everyone has the spark of the divine in them and can ascend to godhood if given enough time, so jealous gods cursed the world to make sure no one could live long enough to challenge them. This isn't a mainstream belief, though (and the Blood of Vol not a mainstream religion).
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* ''TabletopGame/AdvancedDungeonsAndDragons1stEdition'' supplement ''Deities and Demigods Cyclopedia''. If a cleric (priest) of a deity doesn't follow their deity's rules, they may be punished by the deity. Possible punishments include being required to atone for the transgression (e.g. by fasting, suffering physical pain or having to make a major sacrifice), being denied the use of clerical spells, being publicly humiliated or forced to go on a dangerous quest, being excommunicated or suffering divine punishment, up to and including death.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'': Some sects of the Blood of Vol claim that mortality is a curse by the gods. Everyone has the spark of the divine in them and can ascend to godhood if given enough time, so jealous gods cursed the world to make sure no one could live long enough to challenge them. This isn't a mainstream belief, though (and the Blood of Vol not a mainstream religion).
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See also BoltOfDivineRetribution, {{Curse}}, and GodIsDispleased. Compare DeusExMachina and DivineIntervention. Contrast SayYourPrayers, when someone else is about to give the punishment. Related to GaiasVengeance, where the deity is less personalized.
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See also BoltOfDivineRetribution, {{Curse}}, and GodIsDispleased. Compare DeusExMachina and DivineIntervention. Contrast SayYourPrayers, when someone else is about to give the punishment. Related to GaiasVengeance, where the deity is less personalized.
personalized. Sister Trope to ImGoingToHellForThis.
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punishment. Related to GaiasVengeance, where the deity is less personalized.
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** Medusa was turned into a monster as punishment for [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming being raped by Poseidon]] in Athena's temple. In some older versions, she isn't raped and the sex was consensual, but she's still punished while Poseidon is ignored (the oldest versions simply have her and her two sisters as always having been monsters).
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** Athena turned Medusa was turned into a monster as punishment for [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming being raped by Poseidon]] in Athena's temple. In some older versions, she isn't raped and the sex was consensual, but she's still punished while Poseidon is ignored (the unscathed. In either case, this is less an issue of Medusa being more in the wrong than Poseidon than it is that Athena, powerful as she was, lacked the power to punish Poseidon (who as her uncle preceded her in the hierarchy of the gods and was at least as powerful as she was). (The oldest versions simply have her and her two sisters as always having been monsters).monsters.)
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** King Sisyphus of Corinth made his city prosperous by lying, murdering innocents, deceiving others and in almost every way, violating ''xenia'' (i.e. SacredHospitality). Zeus, as the divine protector of the sacred laws (including ''xenia''), took offense to Sisyphus's violation. (Oh, and Sisyphus had told the father of a river nymph whom Zeus had kidnapped where the god had hidden her. Let's not forget that part.) He decided to punish Sisyphus by having him eternally condemned to push a giant boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down just before it reaches the top.
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** King Sisyphus of Corinth made his city prosperous by lying, murdering innocents, deceiving others and in almost every way, violating ''xenia'' (i.e. SacredHospitality). Zeus, as the divine protector of the sacred laws (including ''xenia''), took offense to Sisyphus's violation. (Oh, and Sisyphus had told the father of a river nymph whom Zeus had kidnapped where the god King of the Sky had hidden stashed her. Let's not forget that part.) He decided to punish Sisyphus by having him eternally condemned to push a giant boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down just before it reaches the top.
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** King Sisyphus of Corinth made his city prosperous by lying, murdering innocents, deceiving others and in almost every way, violating the Xenia, i.e. the custom of showing travelers hospitality and generosity. As the defender of the Xenia, this, on top of telling the father of a river nymph Zeus kidnapped where she was located, angered Zeus. He decided to punish Sisyphus by having him eternally condemned to push a giant boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down just before it reaches the top.
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** King Sisyphus of Corinth made his city prosperous by lying, murdering innocents, deceiving others and in almost every way, violating the Xenia, i.''xenia'' (i.e. SacredHospitality). Zeus, as the custom of showing travelers hospitality and generosity. As the defender divine protector of the Xenia, this, on top of telling sacred laws (including ''xenia''), took offense to Sisyphus's violation. (Oh, and Sisyphus had told the father of a river nymph whom Zeus had kidnapped where she was located, angered Zeus. the god had hidden her. Let's not forget that part.) He decided to punish Sisyphus by having him eternally condemned to push a giant boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down just before it reaches the top.
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* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': In ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'', the [[EccentricMentor eccentric]] [[BarefootSage magician Coriakin]] turned the Duffers ([[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame a kind of dwarves]] he was assigned to govern) into funny one-legged creatures called Monopods as a PrankPunishment for disobeying him and doing stupid things like planting boiled potatoes (so they wouldn't have to be cooked after) and washing dishes ''before'' the meal. Eventually they found advantage in their new form, such as using their giant foot as a boat. The relationship between Coriakin and the Dufflepuds is a metaphor for God's relationship with humanity, and possibly also SelfDeprecation on the author's part (he was born with only one functional joint in each of his thumbs, which impeded his physical activity, and he resorted to writing - which led to him becoming a great writer, something that would likely have never happened if he wasn't "cursed by God" and had normal thumbs).
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->''"Zeus, I was a sinner. I've never tried to deny it. But I didn't sin ''every'' day. Why then do you punish me every day?"''
-->-- '''Phineas''', ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts''
-->-- '''Phineas''', ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts''
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* ''VideoGame/EverQuest'': A large part of Norrath's backstory was the first Rallosian War. Rallos Zek, the God of War, rallied his armies and stormed across both Norrath and the elemental planes. Conquering Norrath wasn't heinous enough, but it the invasion of the Plane of Earth resulted in all twelve members of the Rathe Council (the Gods of Earth) being captured, and then executed in Norrath. This resulted in the entire Rathe Mountains springing up under each of their execution sites in the southern part of Tunaria. The other deities decided this was a step too far, and enacted their punishment upon Rallos Zek's own creations.
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* ''VideoGame/EverQuest'': A large part of Norrath's backstory was the first Rallosian War. Rallos Zek, the God of War, rallied his armies and stormed across both Norrath and the elemental planes. Conquering Norrath wasn't heinous enough, but it the invasion of they then invaded the Plane of Earth resulted in Earth, captured all twelve members of the Rathe Council (the Gods of Earth) being captured, Earth), and then executed them in Norrath. This resulted in the entire Rathe Mountains springing up under each of their execution sites in the southern part of Tunaria. The other deities decided this was a step too far, and enacted their punishment upon Rallos Zek's own creations.
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* ''VideoGame/EverQuest'': A large part of Norrath's backstory was the first Rallosian War. Rallos Zek, the God of War, rallied his armies and stormed across both Norrath and the elemental planes. Conquering Norrath wasn't heinous enough, but it the invasion of the Plane of Earth resulted in all twelve members of the Rathe Council (the Gods of Earth) being captured, and then executed in Norrath. This resulted in the entire Rathe Mountains springing up under each of their execution sites in the southern part of Tunaria. The other deities decided this was a step too far, and enacted their punishment upon Rallos Zek's own creations.
** The Ogres -- Rallos Zek's most prized creation -- were stricken with a curse that resulted in future generations seeing a massive drop in intelligence and cognitive abilities, as well as their physical appearance degrading despite a notable gain in muscle mass and girth. They quickly changed from a highly intelligence war mongering race of {{Lightning Bruiser}}s into hideously ugly DumbMuscle.
** The Orcs were cursed to never record their own history. Very little exists of what they ever accomplished in history. The curse also makes it difficult for the various tribes to band together into something much larger, but the tribes still pose local threats to the populace.
** Not much is known about what the Ankhexfen used to be, but their punishment was that they were rendered completely extinct. It would be Brell Serilis' ne're-do-well brother Bolgin that would later create the deranged Goblin races from the idea of what the Ankhexfen were.
** The Giants were scattered across Norrath as they tried to flee from natural disasters. Their homelands in the northern region of Tunaria were turned into a snowy tundra. The Giants that remained there while it happened were cursed to be transformed into the Ice Giants, who soon found themselves unable to live outside of the cold environment. The Giants tried to exodus to Kunark, but were met with a savage storm that sank the good majority of their fleet (and their population with it). The surviving giants scattered to the forests and mountains of Kunark, but are unable to organize into a new civilization.
** The Ogres -- Rallos Zek's most prized creation -- were stricken with a curse that resulted in future generations seeing a massive drop in intelligence and cognitive abilities, as well as their physical appearance degrading despite a notable gain in muscle mass and girth. They quickly changed from a highly intelligence war mongering race of {{Lightning Bruiser}}s into hideously ugly DumbMuscle.
** The Orcs were cursed to never record their own history. Very little exists of what they ever accomplished in history. The curse also makes it difficult for the various tribes to band together into something much larger, but the tribes still pose local threats to the populace.
** Not much is known about what the Ankhexfen used to be, but their punishment was that they were rendered completely extinct. It would be Brell Serilis' ne're-do-well brother Bolgin that would later create the deranged Goblin races from the idea of what the Ankhexfen were.
** The Giants were scattered across Norrath as they tried to flee from natural disasters. Their homelands in the northern region of Tunaria were turned into a snowy tundra. The Giants that remained there while it happened were cursed to be transformed into the Ice Giants, who soon found themselves unable to live outside of the cold environment. The Giants tried to exodus to Kunark, but were met with a savage storm that sank the good majority of their fleet (and their population with it). The surviving giants scattered to the forests and mountains of Kunark, but are unable to organize into a new civilization.
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** Invoked by [[KnightTemplar Arthur Harrow]] and his disciples, who follow the deity Ammit and punish anyone who they deem guilty by killing them. They plan to release Ammit in order for her to punish anyone whose scales are considered unbalanced - regardless of whether or not they [[PrecrimeArrest have actually done anything worth punishing yet]].
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** Invoked by [[KnightTemplar Arthur Harrow]] and his disciples, who follow the deity Ammit and punish anyone who they deem guilty by killing them. They plan to release Ammit in order for her to punish anyone whose scales are considered unbalanced - -- regardless of whether or not they [[PrecrimeArrest have actually done anything worth punishing yet]].
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** In the earliest days of existence, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Princes]] (pre-creation immortal spirits who did not participate in the act of creation of itself who are primarily the [[OrderVersusChaos "Chaos" to the creating Aedra's "Order"]]) came together to curse one of their own, Jyggalag, the [[GodOfOrder Prince of Order]] in the "ControlFreak" and "AwesomenessByAnalysis", sense due to his growing power. They cursed into becoming [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis the worst possible thing for a being of order]] - ''the'' MadGod Sheogorath. The plot of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]''[='s=] ''Shivering Isles'' DLC sees the PlayerCharacter helping to free Jyggalag while [[spoiler:[[AGodIsYou taking on the mantle of Sheogorath themself]]]].
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If the deity's followers try to invoke this on someone else, it's a PrayerOfMalice. If they're daring the deity to try it on them, it's SmiteMeOMightySmiter.
See also BoltOfDivineRetribution, {{Curse}}, and GodIsDispleased. Compare DeusExMachina andDivineIntervention.
DivineIntervention. Contrast SayYourPrayers, when someone else is about to give the punishment.
See also BoltOfDivineRetribution, {{Curse}}, and GodIsDispleased. Compare DeusExMachina and
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* ''Fanfic/KarmaCircleJudgement'': Purgatory, the Avatar of Karma, has his apprentice Daan Yel appear to Gaz in a dream to confront her about her habit of using violence against people she doesn't like or who annoy her. When she shows no remorse for doing so, he throws her into a nightmare where everyone she's victimized -- her classmates, teacher, brother and father -- gets a chance to either beat her up the same way she did to them or tell her what they ''really'' think about her.
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* ''Fanfic/KarmaCircleJudgement'': Purgatory, the Avatar of Karma, has his apprentice Daan Yel appear to Gaz in a dream to confront her about her habit of using violence against people she doesn't like or who annoy her. When she shows no remorse for doing so, he throws her into a nightmare where everyone she's victimized -- her classmates, teacher, brother brother, and father -- gets a chance to either beat her up the same way she did to them or tell her what they ''really'' think about her.
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** Calibos, the son of the goddess Thetis, killed all of the god Zeus's herd of flying horses except Pegasus. In punishment, Zeus changes him into a warped, ugly humanoid monster who is forced to live in a swamp.
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** Calibos, the son of the goddess Thetis, killed all of the god Zeus's herd of flying horses except Pegasus. In As punishment, Zeus changes him into a warped, ugly humanoid monster who is forced to live in a swamp.
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* ''Film/Dracula2000'': When a vampire escapes from his coffin and goes on a bloodlust, TheHero aims to track him down. In his research, Van Helsing learns that Dracula is really [[spoiler:Judas Iscariot]], punished by God for his betrayal with immortality and an unquenchable thirst for blood. Dracula will be forever hated, hounded and hunted by men, and can only get respite by being buried alive.
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* ''Film/Dracula2000'': When a vampire escapes from his coffin and goes on into a bloodlust, TheHero aims to track him down. In his research, Van Helsing learns that Dracula is really [[spoiler:Judas Iscariot]], punished by God for his betrayal with immortality and an unquenchable thirst for blood. Dracula will be forever hated, hounded hounded, and hunted by men, and can only get respite by being buried alive.
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* ''Literature/WatershipDown'': In lapine mythology, Frith the sun made the world, and all the creatures on it. At first, all were herbivores, and lived in harmony. But the prince of rabbits sired so many bunnies that they grazed the earth bare. Frith commanded the prince to control his people, but the prince would not heed Frith. Thereupon, Frith remade some of the creatures into carnivores and predators that would hunt and slay rabbits. The prince saw the carnage and despaired, so Frith advised him, "Be quick, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed."
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* ''Literature/WatershipDown'': In lapine mythology, Frith the sun made the world, and all the creatures on it. At first, all were herbivores, herbivores and lived in harmony. But the prince of rabbits sired so many bunnies that they grazed the earth bare. Frith commanded the prince to control his people, but the prince would not heed Frith. Thereupon, Frith remade some of the creatures into carnivores and predators that would hunt and slay rabbits. The prince saw the carnage and despaired, so Frith advised him, "Be quick, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed."
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** In the Touchstone of Ra, [[spoiler:Sophia]] plans to use the touchstone to make it rain gold, however the plan requires a sacrifice. Because the chosen sacrifice is rescued before the ceremony can be completed, Ra doesn't provide gold as promised, and instead rains down on the students with lightning [[spoiler:and [[TakenForGranite turns Sophia to stone]]]]. He only stops when [[spoiler:Eddie makes a HeroicSacrifice]], but [[spoiler:Sophia remains a statue]].
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** In the Touchstone of Ra, [[spoiler:Sophia]] plans to use the touchstone to make it rain gold, however the plan requires a sacrifice. Because the chosen sacrifice is rescued before the ceremony can be completed, Ra doesn't provide gold as promised, promised and instead rains down on the students with lightning [[spoiler:and [[TakenForGranite turns Sophia to stone]]]]. He only stops when [[spoiler:Eddie makes a HeroicSacrifice]], but [[spoiler:Sophia remains a statue]].
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** Medusa was turned into a monster as punishment for [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming being raped by Poseidon]] in Athena's temple. In some older versions she isn't raped and the sex was consensual, but she's still punished while Poseidon is ignored (the oldest versions simply have her and her two sisters as always having been monsters).
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** Medusa was turned into a monster as punishment for [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming being raped by Poseidon]] in Athena's temple. In some older versions versions, she isn't raped and the sex was consensual, but she's still punished while Poseidon is ignored (the oldest versions simply have her and her two sisters as always having been monsters).
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** Prometheus was punished by Zeus for giving fire to humanity by being chained to a rock and having his liver be pecked out by a eagle each day. This punishment would continue until Prometheus was freed by Heracles.
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** Prometheus was punished by Zeus for giving fire to humanity by being chained to a rock and having his liver be pecked out by a an eagle each day. This punishment would continue until Prometheus was freed by Heracles.
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* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'': Characters can find themselves cursed with vampirism or lycanthropy for disturbing graves, toppling idols or abusing oracles.
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* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'': Characters can find themselves cursed with vampirism or lycanthropy for disturbing graves, toppling idols idols, or abusing oracles.
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** Malacath is the Daedric Prince of the [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer Spurned, the Ostracized, and of Pariahs]]. He is also associated with curses and exile, but unlike the other Princes, tends to bring the cursed under his protection rather than dish out curses. His most famous followers are the [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs (Orsimer)]], who are themselves the victim of a curse relating to Malacath's origins. Once the Aldmeri "[[AncestorVeneration ancestor spirit]]" Trinimac, he was a WarGod whose followers rivaled even those of Auriel (the Aldmeri TopGod). Seeking to steal his worshippers, three Daedric Princes (Azura, Boethiah, and Mephala) came together to trick Trinimac. While weakened, [[HijackingCthulhu he was "eaten" by Boethiah who "spoke with his voice"]] to convince many of his followers to leave, becoming the Chimer (and later Dunmer) people. Trinimac was "excreted" and the remains became Malacath, with his remaining followers becoming the Orcs, the "cursed folk". (Malacath himself confirms the story, but calls it "too literal minded".)
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** Malacath is the Daedric Prince of the [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer Spurned, the Ostracized, and of Pariahs]]. He is also associated with curses and exile, but unlike the other Princes, tends to bring the cursed under his protection rather than dish out curses. His most famous followers are the [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs (Orsimer)]], who are themselves the victim of a curse relating to Malacath's origins. Once the Aldmeri "[[AncestorVeneration ancestor spirit]]" Trinimac, he was a WarGod whose followers rivaled even those of Auriel (the Aldmeri TopGod). Seeking to steal his worshippers, three Daedric Princes (Azura, Boethiah, and Mephala) came together to trick Trinimac. While weakened, [[HijackingCthulhu he was "eaten" by Boethiah who "spoke with his voice"]] to convince many of his followers to leave, becoming the Chimer (and later Dunmer) people. Trinimac was "excreted" and the remains became Malacath, with his remaining followers becoming the Orcs, the "cursed folk". (Malacath himself confirms the story, but calls it "too literal minded".literal-minded".)
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*** In the ThievesGuild questline of ''Skyrim'', the current guild leader has shirked his duty and stolen the SkeletonKey (noticing a pattern?). She has withdrawn her favor from the guild, leaving them to suffer a long string of bad luck and care close to collapsing completely. Once again, the PlayerCharacter can team up with a couple of other members to steal back the key, replace it, life the curse, and restore her favor.
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*** In the ThievesGuild questline of ''Skyrim'', the current guild leader has shirked his duty and stolen the SkeletonKey (noticing a pattern?). She has withdrawn her favor from the guild, leaving them to suffer a long string of bad luck and care close to collapsing completely. Once again, the PlayerCharacter can team up with a couple of other members to steal back the key, replace it, life lift the curse, and restore her favor.
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* ''VideoGame/NetHack'': Praying to your god when he is displeased with you, and too frequently, will first [[BoltOfDivineRetribution strike you by lighting]], and if that doesn't work, a wide angle disintegration beam.
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* ''VideoGame/NetHack'': Praying to your god when he is displeased with you, and too frequently, will first [[BoltOfDivineRetribution strike you by lighting]], and if that doesn't work, a wide angle wide-angle disintegration beam.
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** The heroes in learn Volume 5 that a man who was trying to stop an AncientEvil was punished for his failure to constantly reincarnate until he finally succeeds. [[spoiler:Ozpin initially tells Team RNJR that this is why he is SharingABody with Oscar, who will become the next Oz in the fight against Salem. However, Volume 6 reveals that humanity was punished when Salem turned them against the gods and the God of Light reincarnated Oz to give humanity a single chance at redemption. Should he fail to unite humanity in peace, the planet itself will be destroyed.]]
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** The heroes in learn in Volume 5 that a man who was trying to stop an AncientEvil was punished for his failure to constantly reincarnate until he finally succeeds. [[spoiler:Ozpin initially tells Team RNJR that this is why he is SharingABody with Oscar, who will become the next Oz in the fight against Salem. However, Volume 6 reveals that humanity was punished when Salem turned them against the gods and the God of Light reincarnated Oz to give humanity a single chance at redemption. Should he fail to unite humanity in peace, the planet itself will be destroyed.]]
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** Medusa was turned into a monster as punishment for [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming being raped by Poseidon]] in Athena's temple. In some older versions she isn't raped and the sex was consensual, but she's still punished while Poseidon is ignored.
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** Medusa was turned into a monster as punishment for [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming being raped by Poseidon]] in Athena's temple. In some older versions she isn't raped and the sex was consensual, but she's still punished while Poseidon is ignored.ignored (the oldest versions simply have her and her two sisters as always having been monsters).
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* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers''
** ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'': In this show, the HumongousMecha, Daizyujin, is implied to be God himself. When a tribe of primitive humans ate an apple from a forbidden tree, Daizyujin cursed them with monkey tails. He also gave them the task of protecting the last two remaining dinosaur eggs. If the tribe should fail at that, Daizyujin would fully turn them into monkeys.
** Gaogod/Animus from ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger''/''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' is angry at humanity for polluting the planet. To punish humanity, he took away the ranger's HumongousMecha, so humanity is powerless against the villains.
** The final villains from ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'' are the Infershia Pantheon; a group of ten gods in service of the BigBad Nma. Each of them gets a turn to destroy humanity within a set of rules they set for themselves. They call this ritual the Divine Punishment. ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'' averts this trope, as the counterparts to the Infershia Pantheon aren't gods.
** ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'': In this show, the HumongousMecha, Daizyujin, is implied to be God himself. When a tribe of primitive humans ate an apple from a forbidden tree, Daizyujin cursed them with monkey tails. He also gave them the task of protecting the last two remaining dinosaur eggs. If the tribe should fail at that, Daizyujin would fully turn them into monkeys.
** Gaogod/Animus from ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger''/''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' is angry at humanity for polluting the planet. To punish humanity, he took away the ranger's HumongousMecha, so humanity is powerless against the villains.
** The final villains from ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'' are the Infershia Pantheon; a group of ten gods in service of the BigBad Nma. Each of them gets a turn to destroy humanity within a set of rules they set for themselves. They call this ritual the Divine Punishment. ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'' averts this trope, as the counterparts to the Infershia Pantheon aren't gods.
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** Mixed with LaserGuidedKarma, sort of. The man who [[spoiler:would become known as Ozpin]] failed to stop Salem's evil plots. The gods therefore cursed him to keep fighting her, ''[[{{Reincarnation}} forever]]''. Thousands of years later, he considers this a perfectly fitting punishment. Of course, as with everything else regarding this character, it turns out to be quite a bit more complicated than he claimed. [[spoiler:Ozma was Salem's lover until he died of a mundane disease. Salem entreated the gods to resurrect him, and even tricked them into doing so briefly, but was punished for her hubris with CompleteImmortality. When she raised a rebellion against the gods, she was punished further by having ''all of humanity'' wiped out, leaving her alone. It was only when humanity managed to return, in a lesser state, that Ozma was pulled from the afterlife and given the opportunity to redeem humanity. He was reincarnated, found Salem, and they raised a family together. But when he realized that Salem planned to start a MasterRace of their children and kill everyone else, he tried to take the children away. Ozma and Salem fought, the children died, and Ozma was reincarnated again]]. So while it was a ''karmic'' punishment, it wasn't really as simple as the gods directly punishing him for his mistakes, as he originally said.
** More directly, the God of Darkness reacted to Salem leading humanity to rebellion by [[spoiler:stripping his magic from the human race, ''then'' destroying all life on the planet. The fact that he did it in that order is why, in modern times, humans only have a bare semblance of their old power]].
** More directly, the God of Darkness reacted to Salem leading humanity to rebellion by [[spoiler:stripping his magic from the human race, ''then'' destroying all life on the planet. The fact that he did it in that order is why, in modern times, humans only have a bare semblance of their old power]].
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** Mixed with LaserGuidedKarma, sort of. The heroes in learn Volume 5 that a man who [[spoiler:would become known as Ozpin]] failed was trying to stop Salem's evil plots. The gods therefore cursed him to keep fighting her, ''[[{{Reincarnation}} forever]]''. Thousands of years later, he considers this a perfectly fitting punishment. Of course, as with everything else regarding this character, it turns out to be quite a bit more complicated than he claimed. [[spoiler:Ozma was Salem's lover until he died of a mundane disease. Salem entreated the gods to resurrect him, and even tricked them into doing so briefly, but an AncientEvil was punished for her hubris his failure to constantly reincarnate until he finally succeeds. [[spoiler:Ozpin initially tells Team RNJR that this is why he is SharingABody with CompleteImmortality. When she raised Oscar, who will become the next Oz in the fight against Salem. However, Volume 6 reveals that humanity was punished when Salem turned them against the gods and the God of Light reincarnated Oz to give humanity a rebellion single chance at redemption. Should he fail to unite humanity in peace, the planet itself will be destroyed.]]
** In Volume 6, the heroes learn that Remnant has a secret history. Humanity is now a fraction of its former glory because it turned against the gods,she who withdrew their blessing from the race and will not restore them to their full ability until they have redeemed themselves. [[spoiler:Salem was punished further BarredFromTheAfterlife by having ''all of humanity'' wiped out, leaving her alone. It was only the gods when she tried to trick them into resurrecting her dead lover; ordered to learn the value of life and death, she instead turned humanity managed to return, in a lesser state, that Ozma was pulled from against the afterlife and given the opportunity to redeem humanity. He was reincarnated, found Salem, and they raised a family together. But when he realized that Salem planned to start a MasterRace of their children and kill everyone else, he tried to take the children away. Ozma and Salem fought, the children died, and Ozma was reincarnated again]]. So while it was a ''karmic'' punishment, it wasn't really as simple as the gods directly punishing him for his mistakes, as he originally said.
** More directly,gods, resulting in the God of Darkness reacted wiping them out. Although humanity returned in a lesser form, it was without the blessing of the gods. The God of Light reincarnated Salem's dead lover, Oz, to Salem leading guide humanity to rebellion by [[spoiler:stripping his magic from redemption and the human race, ''then'' destroying all life on the planet. The fact that he did it in that order is why, in modern times, humans only have a bare semblance restoration of their old power]].full potential. This has left the two former lovers pitted against each other in a ForeverWar for the fate of humanity. ''Both'' of them regard their immortality as a curse.]]
** In Volume 6, the heroes learn that Remnant has a secret history. Humanity is now a fraction of its former glory because it turned against the gods,
** More directly,
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* ''Manga/FairyTail'': The Black Magic of Ankhselam, otherwise known as the curse of contradiction, is a divine {{curse}} that the god Ankhselam inflicts on anyone who defies the laws of life and death, which this god presides over: not only can the cursed individual [[CompleteImmortality never die]], but they become a WalkingWasteland who steals life whenever they value it most, and can only control this power by forgetting the value of life altogether. There are two who suffer this curse: [[spoiler:Zeref, the BigBad, who was trying to bring his baby brother, Natsu, BackFromTheDead; and Mavis, the BigGood, as punishment for using Law, a forbidden spell that puts the laws of life and death into the caster's own hands.]]
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* ''Manga/FairyTail'': The Black Magic of Ankhselam, otherwise known as the curse of contradiction, is a divine {{curse}} that the god Ankhselam inflicts on anyone who defies the laws of life and death, which this god presides over: not only can the cursed individual [[CompleteImmortality never die]], but they become a WalkingWasteland who steals life whenever they value it most, and can only control this power by forgetting the value of life altogether. There are two who suffer this curse: [[spoiler:Zeref, the BigBad, who was trying to bring his baby brother, Natsu, BackFromTheDead; and Mavis, the BigGood, as punishment for using Law, a forbidden spell that puts the laws of life and death into the caster's own hands.]]
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* ''Fanfic/KarmaCircleJudgement'': Purgatory, the Avatar of Karma, has his apprentice Daan Yel appear to Gaz in a dream to confront her about her habit of using violence against people she doesn't like or who annoy her. When she shows no remorse for doing so, he throws her into a nightmare where everyone she's victimized -- her classmates, teacher, brother and father -- gets a chance to either beat her up the same way she did to them or tell her what they ''really'' think about her. ''(This example is listed under DivineIntervention on that work's page, but I think this fits better.)''
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* ''Fanfic/KarmaCircleJudgement'': Purgatory, the Avatar of Karma, has his apprentice Daan Yel appear to Gaz in a dream to confront her about her habit of using violence against people she doesn't like or who annoy her. When she shows no remorse for doing so, he throws her into a nightmare where everyone she's victimized -- her classmates, teacher, brother and father -- gets a chance to either beat her up the same way she did to them or tell her what they ''really'' think about her. ''(This example is listed under DivineIntervention on that work's page, but I think this fits better.)''
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Many religions claim that their god will punish wrongdoers. In fiction, this can get a little more direct.
This can manifest in a variety of ways. A literal BoltOfDivineRetribution is the classic example, but various [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard ironic curses]] are common, as is the simple act of [[GodIsDispleased turning away from their followers]]. They might enact ThePunishment, or send TheScourgeOfGod. They might [[BroughtDownToNormal remove any powers they granted]], [[ApocalypseHow or destroy the world outright]]. Or maybe [[InMysteriousWays it's not clear what they did at all]] ([[HaveYouSeenMyGod or if the god exists in the first place]]), but ''bad things'' are happening to sinners, and it seems likely to be a part of a divine plan.
This tends to be a backstory element, at least in the grander cases. Myth/ClassicalMythology used it as the origin for most monsters, and many fantasy stories use it to explain whatever ancient cataclysm shaped the world. Sometimes this happens in the story itself; in fact, the entire story might be about ''[[RageAgainstTheHeavens fighting back]]'' against an unjust punishment.
It's also not uncommon for various false gods to do this over [[DisproportionateRetribution every little thing]]. May be the logical conclusion of DoNotTauntCthulhu. If the God in question is a TricksterGod, it can be a PrankPunishment.
See also BoltOfDivineRetribution, {{Curse}}, and GodIsDispleased. Compare DeusExMachina and DivineIntervention.
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* ''Fanfic/GazsHorribleHalloweenOfDoom'': After Gaz destroys a sacrificial offering that Dib was going to make to Samhain, the angry god curses her with bad luck on Halloween. She ends up having to wear a girly fairy princess costume, gets kidnapped by a lunatic paranormal investigator, has to walk home in the rain, gets splashed with mud by a passing truck, and then when she finally gets home and prepares to enjoy her candy, several cavities spontaneously appear in her mouth when she bites down on a single piece.
* ''Fanfic/KarmaCircleJudgement'': Purgatory, the Avatar of Karma, has his apprentice Daan Yel appear to Gaz in a dream to confront her about her habit of using violence against people she doesn't like or who annoy her. When she shows no remorse for doing so, he throws her into a nightmare where everyone she's victimized -- her classmates, teacher, brother and father -- gets a chance to either beat her up the same way she did to them or tell her what they ''really'' think about her. ''(This example is listed under DivineIntervention on that work's page, but I think this fits better.)''
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* ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981''
** King Acrisius of the city of Argos tries to kill his daughter Danaë and her baby son (who was sired by the god Zeus) by having them put to sea in a wooden chest. Zeus punishes Acrisius by killing him and having Argos destroyed by the Kraken.
** Calibos, the son of the goddess Thetis, killed all of the god Zeus's herd of flying horses except Pegasus. In punishment, Zeus changes him into a warped, ugly humanoid monster who is forced to live in a swamp.
** Queen Cassiopeia of Joppa, Andromeda's mother, says that her daughter is more beautiful than the goddess Thetis. Thetis punishes her by ordering that Andromeda be sacrificed to the Kraken. If not, the city of Joppa will be destroyed.
* ''Film/Dracula2000'': When a vampire escapes from his coffin and goes on a bloodlust, TheHero aims to track him down. In his research, Van Helsing learns that Dracula is really [[spoiler:Judas Iscariot]], punished by God for his betrayal with immortality and an unquenchable thirst for blood. Dracula will be forever hated, hounded and hunted by men, and can only get respite by being buried alive.
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* ''Literature/HeavenOfficialsBlessingTianGuanCiFu'': In a rare case of gods being punished by other gods, Xie Lan, upon ascending to godhood for the third time, and inadvertently destroying a heavenly palace in the process, is [[BroughtDownToNormal cast back to the mortal realm]] by the other gods. Again.
* ''Literature/WatershipDown'': In lapine mythology, Frith the sun made the world, and all the creatures on it. At first, all were herbivores, and lived in harmony. But the prince of rabbits sired so many bunnies that they grazed the earth bare. Frith commanded the prince to control his people, but the prince would not heed Frith. Thereupon, Frith remade some of the creatures into carnivores and predators that would hunt and slay rabbits. The prince saw the carnage and despaired, so Frith advised him, "Be quick, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed."
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* ''Series/HouseOfAnubis'': As the show is centered on Myth/EgyptianMythology, there are a few moments where characters get punished directly by one of the Egyptian gods.
** In season 1, the Anubis students are putting on a play that was written about Victor and Sarah's backstory. In the play, the Frobisher-Smythes were both given the CurseOfThePharaoh directly from Anubis, who also goes ahead and claims the life of Victor's father, instead of awarding him with eternal life as promised.
** In the Touchstone of Ra, [[spoiler:Sophia]] plans to use the touchstone to make it rain gold, however the plan requires a sacrifice. Because the chosen sacrifice is rescued before the ceremony can be completed, Ra doesn't provide gold as promised, and instead rains down on the students with lightning [[spoiler:and [[TakenForGranite turns Sophia to stone]]]]. He only stops when [[spoiler:Eddie makes a HeroicSacrifice]], but [[spoiler:Sophia remains a statue]].
* ''Series/MoonKnight2022'':
** Invoked by [[KnightTemplar Arthur Harrow]] and his disciples, who follow the deity Ammit and punish anyone who they deem guilty by killing them. They plan to release Ammit in order for her to punish anyone whose scales are considered unbalanced - regardless of whether or not they [[PrecrimeArrest have actually done anything worth punishing yet]].
** Khonshu is directly referred to as the "God of Vengeance", and [[GoodIsNotNice delivers justice in particularly violent ways]]. However, unlike Ammit, he only punishes people for crimes they actually ''have'' committed, rather than crimes they only may potentially commit.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': The fifteenth and final season has Chuck (God) pretty much coming up with new and inventive ways to punish Sam and Dean for refusing to go along with him. He gets cruel, to the point where he vanishes every living thing on the planet, animals and people, in order to force Sam and Dean to be alone in an empty world. ''Then'' he brings back a dog for them to find, then vanishes it from existence once more while Dean is excitedly petting it.
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* Myth/ClassicalMythology: Most stories involve the gods punishing someone for something.
** Medusa was turned into a monster as punishment for [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming being raped by Poseidon]] in Athena's temple. In some older versions she isn't raped and the sex was consensual, but she's still punished while Poseidon is ignored.
** Cassandra was cursed to never have her prophecies believed after she turned down Apollo.
** Narcissus was cursed by Aphrodite to fall in love with his own reflection after he refused all suitors.
** Prometheus was punished by Zeus for giving fire to humanity by being chained to a rock and having his liver be pecked out by a eagle each day. This punishment would continue until Prometheus was freed by Heracles.
** King Sisyphus of Corinth made his city prosperous by lying, murdering innocents, deceiving others and in almost every way, violating the Xenia, i.e. the custom of showing travelers hospitality and generosity. As the defender of the Xenia, this, on top of telling the father of a river nymph Zeus kidnapped where she was located, angered Zeus. He decided to punish Sisyphus by having him eternally condemned to push a giant boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down just before it reaches the top.
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* ''VideoGame/DragonAge'': The Chantry teaches that the Maker initially turned away from humanity out of disappointment, and then when the magisters broke into the Golden City, corrupting it, he shunned them even harder. He cast the magisters down and turned them into the first darkspawn, leading to the cycle of Blights that ravage the land every few hundred years. [[spoiler:A surviving magister claims that the city was already black when they arrived, and they found the throne empty]]. Oh, and not to mention that the Archdemons leading the Blights are actually the Old Gods who the magisters worshiped, leading to quite a few additional theological questions.
* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'': Characters can find themselves cursed with vampirism or lycanthropy for disturbing graves, toppling idols or abusing oracles.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** In the earliest days of existence, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Princes]] (pre-creation immortal spirits who did not participate in the act of creation of itself who are primarily the [[OrderVersusChaos "Chaos" to the creating Aedra's "Order"]]) came together to curse one of their own, Jyggalag, the [[GodOfOrder Prince of Order]] in the "ControlFreak" and "AwesomenessByAnalysis", sense due to his growing power. They cursed into becoming [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis the worst possible thing for a being of order]] - ''the'' MadGod Sheogorath. The plot of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]''[='s=] ''Shivering Isles'' DLC sees the PlayerCharacter helping to free Jyggalag while [[spoiler:[[AGodIsYou taking on the mantle of Sheogorath themself]]]].
** According to "[[WordOfSaintPaul Obscure Text]]" writings by former series dev Creator/MichaelKirkbride, resident [[DestroyerDeity Daedric Prince of Destruction]] Mehrunes Dagon was once a kindly demon who helped to preserve parts of the world from being "eaten" by BeastOfTheApocalypse Alduin. When Alduin found out about this, he cursed Dagon into his current state until [[IronicHell he could destroy all that which he preserved from previous worlds]]. His attempts to do so can be seen in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena Arena]]'', ''[[VideoGame/AnElderScrollsLegendBattlespire Battlespire]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]''.
** Azura, Daedric Prince of Dusk and Dawn, is generally seen as one of the most benevolent of the Princes and is one of the few to genuinely care about her followers. When the Chimer, {{Precursors}} to the modern Dunmer (Dark Elves), went against her wishes, murdered her champion, and saw their leaders become the PhysicalGod Tribunal, she cursed the formerly gold-skinned raced with [[PunishedWithUgly ashen gray skin and blood red eyes]]. After helping the [[PlayerCharacter Nerevarine]] cast down the "false gods" in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'', she further abandons the Dunmer by warning only a few of her followers ahead of the [[ChekhovsVolcano Red Year]] and [[TheDogBitesBack Argonian Invasion]], leaving the rest to suffer.
** Malacath is the Daedric Prince of the [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer Spurned, the Ostracized, and of Pariahs]]. He is also associated with curses and exile, but unlike the other Princes, tends to bring the cursed under his protection rather than dish out curses. His most famous followers are the [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs (Orsimer)]], who are themselves the victim of a curse relating to Malacath's origins. Once the Aldmeri "[[AncestorVeneration ancestor spirit]]" Trinimac, he was a WarGod whose followers rivaled even those of Auriel (the Aldmeri TopGod). Seeking to steal his worshippers, three Daedric Princes (Azura, Boethiah, and Mephala) came together to trick Trinimac. While weakened, [[HijackingCthulhu he was "eaten" by Boethiah who "spoke with his voice"]] to convince many of his followers to leave, becoming the Chimer (and later Dunmer) people. Trinimac was "excreted" and the remains became Malacath, with his remaining followers becoming the Orcs, the "cursed folk". (Malacath himself confirms the story, but calls it "too literal minded".)
** Nocturnal is the Daedric Prince of [[TheSacredDarkness Darkness]], patron of thieves, and is associated with [[LadyLuck luck]]. While more "hands off" than most other Princes with their followers, she is quick to punish those who offend her with a couple of notable instances seen in the series:
*** In the ThievesGuild questline of ''Oblivion'', a master thief stole her Gray Cowl several centuries in the past. She cursed it to magically {{Unperson}} the wearer, striking their identity from the universe and leaving them known only as the "Gray Fox". As part of the questline, the current Gray Fox and the PlayerCharacter work together to steal an [[TomeOfEldritchLore Elder Scroll]] and use its power to break the curse.
*** In the ThievesGuild questline of ''Skyrim'', the current guild leader has shirked his duty and stolen the SkeletonKey (noticing a pattern?). She has withdrawn her favor from the guild, leaving them to suffer a long string of bad luck and care close to collapsing completely. Once again, the PlayerCharacter can team up with a couple of other members to steal back the key, replace it, life the curse, and restore her favor.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'': Certain rooms will have a Trial of the Gods, in which you can get a boon from two different [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Olympian gods]], but you have to choose which god's boon you want first. The god you don't pick views it as a sign of unwarranted disrespect and unleashes their wrath on you: you now have to clear the room of all enemies while the god is ''also'' trying to kill you. Should you manage to clear the room, the god forgives you and allows you to have a boon from them, too.
* ''VideoGame/NetHack'': Praying to your god when he is displeased with you, and too frequently, will first [[BoltOfDivineRetribution strike you by lighting]], and if that doesn't work, a wide angle disintegration beam.
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* ''TabletopGame/AdvancedDungeonsAndDragons1stEdition'' supplement ''Deities and Demigods Cyclopedia''. If a cleric (priest) of a deity doesn't follow their deity's rules, they may be punished by the deity. Possible punishments include being required to atone for the transgression (e.g. by fasting, suffering physical pain or having to make a major sacrifice), being denied the use of clerical spells, being publicly humiliated or forced to go on a dangerous quest, being excommunicated or suffering divine punishment, up to and including death.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'': Some sects of the Blood of Vol claim that mortality is a curse by the gods. Everyone has the spark of the divine in them and can ascend to godhood if given enough time, so jealous gods cursed the world to make sure no one could live long enough to challenge them. This isn't a mainstream belief, though (and the Blood of Vol not a mainstream religion).
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Mixed with LaserGuidedKarma, sort of. The man who [[spoiler:would become known as Ozpin]] failed to stop Salem's evil plots. The gods therefore cursed him to keep fighting her, ''[[{{Reincarnation}} forever]]''. Thousands of years later, he considers this a perfectly fitting punishment. Of course, as with everything else regarding this character, it turns out to be quite a bit more complicated than he claimed. [[spoiler:Ozma was Salem's lover until he died of a mundane disease. Salem entreated the gods to resurrect him, and even tricked them into doing so briefly, but was punished for her hubris with CompleteImmortality. When she raised a rebellion against the gods, she was punished further by having ''all of humanity'' wiped out, leaving her alone. It was only when humanity managed to return, in a lesser state, that Ozma was pulled from the afterlife and given the opportunity to redeem humanity. He was reincarnated, found Salem, and they raised a family together. But when he realized that Salem planned to start a MasterRace of their children and kill everyone else, he tried to take the children away. Ozma and Salem fought, the children died, and Ozma was reincarnated again]]. So while it was a ''karmic'' punishment, it wasn't really as simple as the gods directly punishing him for his mistakes, as he originally said.
** More directly, the God of Darkness reacted to Salem leading humanity to rebellion by [[spoiler:stripping his magic from the human race, ''then'' destroying all life on the planet. The fact that he did it in that order is why, in modern times, humans only have a bare semblance of their old power]].
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* ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'': A commander notes that the enemy army has their god on their side--but he's been reading their holy book, and [[MadGod he's pretty sure their god is nuts]]. The god [[DisproportionateRetribution promptly smites his own army for blasphemy]].
-->'''Commander:''' Honestly, this was probably inevitable.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': When Miko violates her paladin oath by [[spoiler:executing her liege lord for imagined crimes]], the Twelve Gods personally appear in the sky to strip her of her powers. [[NeverMyFault At first she blames Roy for "making" her do it]], then she [[InsaneTrollLogic becomes convinced that it's all some secret test for her]].
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* ''WebVideo/PopCrossStudios'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_wdv7FSsjU ''What if CUPHEAD BOSSES Were FOLKLORE CREATURES?!'']], this version of [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Cala Maria]] started out as a human woman well known for being [[TheTease extremely flirtatious]] and riling up most of the men who lusted after her, but [[SingleTargetSexuality only ever wanting one man]], who happened to be married and faithful until Maria finally succeeded in seducing him away from his wife. Upon discovering this, the [[WomanScorned furious wife]] prayed to Athena herself to curse Maria in a similar way to how she cursed the original Medusa, and shortly afterwards, Maria turned into a [[GorgeousGorgon gorgon]] and accidentally [[TakenForGranite turned the man she'd just seduced to stone]]. In addition to this punishment, Maria was [[TorchesAndPitchforks hunted and chased out of her village]], and, desperate to escape being hunted on land by warriors, Maria made a DealWithTheDevil to give her the ability to live in the sea and [[TheBeastMaster control sea life]], just as her curser called upon the help of a goddess to punish her.
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This can manifest in a variety of ways. A literal BoltOfDivineRetribution is the classic example, but various [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard ironic curses]] are common, as is the simple act of [[GodIsDispleased turning away from their followers]]. They might enact ThePunishment, or send TheScourgeOfGod. They might [[BroughtDownToNormal remove any powers they granted]], [[ApocalypseHow or destroy the world outright]]. Or maybe [[InMysteriousWays it's not clear what they did at all]] ([[HaveYouSeenMyGod or if the god exists in the first place]]), but ''bad things'' are happening to sinners, and it seems likely to be a part of a divine plan.
This tends to be a backstory element, at least in the grander cases. Myth/ClassicalMythology used it as the origin for most monsters, and many fantasy stories use it to explain whatever ancient cataclysm shaped the world. Sometimes this happens in the story itself; in fact, the entire story might be about ''[[RageAgainstTheHeavens fighting back]]'' against an unjust punishment.
It's also not uncommon for various false gods to do this over [[DisproportionateRetribution every little thing]]. May be the logical conclusion of DoNotTauntCthulhu. If the God in question is a TricksterGod, it can be a PrankPunishment.
See also BoltOfDivineRetribution, {{Curse}}, and GodIsDispleased. Compare DeusExMachina and DivineIntervention.
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* ''Fanfic/GazsHorribleHalloweenOfDoom'': After Gaz destroys a sacrificial offering that Dib was going to make to Samhain, the angry god curses her with bad luck on Halloween. She ends up having to wear a girly fairy princess costume, gets kidnapped by a lunatic paranormal investigator, has to walk home in the rain, gets splashed with mud by a passing truck, and then when she finally gets home and prepares to enjoy her candy, several cavities spontaneously appear in her mouth when she bites down on a single piece.
* ''Fanfic/KarmaCircleJudgement'': Purgatory, the Avatar of Karma, has his apprentice Daan Yel appear to Gaz in a dream to confront her about her habit of using violence against people she doesn't like or who annoy her. When she shows no remorse for doing so, he throws her into a nightmare where everyone she's victimized -- her classmates, teacher, brother and father -- gets a chance to either beat her up the same way she did to them or tell her what they ''really'' think about her. ''(This example is listed under DivineIntervention on that work's page, but I think this fits better.)''
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* ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981''
** King Acrisius of the city of Argos tries to kill his daughter Danaë and her baby son (who was sired by the god Zeus) by having them put to sea in a wooden chest. Zeus punishes Acrisius by killing him and having Argos destroyed by the Kraken.
** Calibos, the son of the goddess Thetis, killed all of the god Zeus's herd of flying horses except Pegasus. In punishment, Zeus changes him into a warped, ugly humanoid monster who is forced to live in a swamp.
** Queen Cassiopeia of Joppa, Andromeda's mother, says that her daughter is more beautiful than the goddess Thetis. Thetis punishes her by ordering that Andromeda be sacrificed to the Kraken. If not, the city of Joppa will be destroyed.
* ''Film/Dracula2000'': When a vampire escapes from his coffin and goes on a bloodlust, TheHero aims to track him down. In his research, Van Helsing learns that Dracula is really [[spoiler:Judas Iscariot]], punished by God for his betrayal with immortality and an unquenchable thirst for blood. Dracula will be forever hated, hounded and hunted by men, and can only get respite by being buried alive.
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* ''Literature/HeavenOfficialsBlessingTianGuanCiFu'': In a rare case of gods being punished by other gods, Xie Lan, upon ascending to godhood for the third time, and inadvertently destroying a heavenly palace in the process, is [[BroughtDownToNormal cast back to the mortal realm]] by the other gods. Again.
* ''Literature/WatershipDown'': In lapine mythology, Frith the sun made the world, and all the creatures on it. At first, all were herbivores, and lived in harmony. But the prince of rabbits sired so many bunnies that they grazed the earth bare. Frith commanded the prince to control his people, but the prince would not heed Frith. Thereupon, Frith remade some of the creatures into carnivores and predators that would hunt and slay rabbits. The prince saw the carnage and despaired, so Frith advised him, "Be quick, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed."
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/HouseOfAnubis'': As the show is centered on Myth/EgyptianMythology, there are a few moments where characters get punished directly by one of the Egyptian gods.
** In season 1, the Anubis students are putting on a play that was written about Victor and Sarah's backstory. In the play, the Frobisher-Smythes were both given the CurseOfThePharaoh directly from Anubis, who also goes ahead and claims the life of Victor's father, instead of awarding him with eternal life as promised.
** In the Touchstone of Ra, [[spoiler:Sophia]] plans to use the touchstone to make it rain gold, however the plan requires a sacrifice. Because the chosen sacrifice is rescued before the ceremony can be completed, Ra doesn't provide gold as promised, and instead rains down on the students with lightning [[spoiler:and [[TakenForGranite turns Sophia to stone]]]]. He only stops when [[spoiler:Eddie makes a HeroicSacrifice]], but [[spoiler:Sophia remains a statue]].
* ''Series/MoonKnight2022'':
** Invoked by [[KnightTemplar Arthur Harrow]] and his disciples, who follow the deity Ammit and punish anyone who they deem guilty by killing them. They plan to release Ammit in order for her to punish anyone whose scales are considered unbalanced - regardless of whether or not they [[PrecrimeArrest have actually done anything worth punishing yet]].
** Khonshu is directly referred to as the "God of Vengeance", and [[GoodIsNotNice delivers justice in particularly violent ways]]. However, unlike Ammit, he only punishes people for crimes they actually ''have'' committed, rather than crimes they only may potentially commit.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': The fifteenth and final season has Chuck (God) pretty much coming up with new and inventive ways to punish Sam and Dean for refusing to go along with him. He gets cruel, to the point where he vanishes every living thing on the planet, animals and people, in order to force Sam and Dean to be alone in an empty world. ''Then'' he brings back a dog for them to find, then vanishes it from existence once more while Dean is excitedly petting it.
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* Myth/ClassicalMythology: Most stories involve the gods punishing someone for something.
** Medusa was turned into a monster as punishment for [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming being raped by Poseidon]] in Athena's temple. In some older versions she isn't raped and the sex was consensual, but she's still punished while Poseidon is ignored.
** Cassandra was cursed to never have her prophecies believed after she turned down Apollo.
** Narcissus was cursed by Aphrodite to fall in love with his own reflection after he refused all suitors.
** Prometheus was punished by Zeus for giving fire to humanity by being chained to a rock and having his liver be pecked out by a eagle each day. This punishment would continue until Prometheus was freed by Heracles.
** King Sisyphus of Corinth made his city prosperous by lying, murdering innocents, deceiving others and in almost every way, violating the Xenia, i.e. the custom of showing travelers hospitality and generosity. As the defender of the Xenia, this, on top of telling the father of a river nymph Zeus kidnapped where she was located, angered Zeus. He decided to punish Sisyphus by having him eternally condemned to push a giant boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down just before it reaches the top.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/DragonAge'': The Chantry teaches that the Maker initially turned away from humanity out of disappointment, and then when the magisters broke into the Golden City, corrupting it, he shunned them even harder. He cast the magisters down and turned them into the first darkspawn, leading to the cycle of Blights that ravage the land every few hundred years. [[spoiler:A surviving magister claims that the city was already black when they arrived, and they found the throne empty]]. Oh, and not to mention that the Archdemons leading the Blights are actually the Old Gods who the magisters worshiped, leading to quite a few additional theological questions.
* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'': Characters can find themselves cursed with vampirism or lycanthropy for disturbing graves, toppling idols or abusing oracles.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** In the earliest days of existence, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Princes]] (pre-creation immortal spirits who did not participate in the act of creation of itself who are primarily the [[OrderVersusChaos "Chaos" to the creating Aedra's "Order"]]) came together to curse one of their own, Jyggalag, the [[GodOfOrder Prince of Order]] in the "ControlFreak" and "AwesomenessByAnalysis", sense due to his growing power. They cursed into becoming [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis the worst possible thing for a being of order]] - ''the'' MadGod Sheogorath. The plot of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]''[='s=] ''Shivering Isles'' DLC sees the PlayerCharacter helping to free Jyggalag while [[spoiler:[[AGodIsYou taking on the mantle of Sheogorath themself]]]].
** According to "[[WordOfSaintPaul Obscure Text]]" writings by former series dev Creator/MichaelKirkbride, resident [[DestroyerDeity Daedric Prince of Destruction]] Mehrunes Dagon was once a kindly demon who helped to preserve parts of the world from being "eaten" by BeastOfTheApocalypse Alduin. When Alduin found out about this, he cursed Dagon into his current state until [[IronicHell he could destroy all that which he preserved from previous worlds]]. His attempts to do so can be seen in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena Arena]]'', ''[[VideoGame/AnElderScrollsLegendBattlespire Battlespire]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]''.
** Azura, Daedric Prince of Dusk and Dawn, is generally seen as one of the most benevolent of the Princes and is one of the few to genuinely care about her followers. When the Chimer, {{Precursors}} to the modern Dunmer (Dark Elves), went against her wishes, murdered her champion, and saw their leaders become the PhysicalGod Tribunal, she cursed the formerly gold-skinned raced with [[PunishedWithUgly ashen gray skin and blood red eyes]]. After helping the [[PlayerCharacter Nerevarine]] cast down the "false gods" in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'', she further abandons the Dunmer by warning only a few of her followers ahead of the [[ChekhovsVolcano Red Year]] and [[TheDogBitesBack Argonian Invasion]], leaving the rest to suffer.
** Malacath is the Daedric Prince of the [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer Spurned, the Ostracized, and of Pariahs]]. He is also associated with curses and exile, but unlike the other Princes, tends to bring the cursed under his protection rather than dish out curses. His most famous followers are the [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs (Orsimer)]], who are themselves the victim of a curse relating to Malacath's origins. Once the Aldmeri "[[AncestorVeneration ancestor spirit]]" Trinimac, he was a WarGod whose followers rivaled even those of Auriel (the Aldmeri TopGod). Seeking to steal his worshippers, three Daedric Princes (Azura, Boethiah, and Mephala) came together to trick Trinimac. While weakened, [[HijackingCthulhu he was "eaten" by Boethiah who "spoke with his voice"]] to convince many of his followers to leave, becoming the Chimer (and later Dunmer) people. Trinimac was "excreted" and the remains became Malacath, with his remaining followers becoming the Orcs, the "cursed folk". (Malacath himself confirms the story, but calls it "too literal minded".)
** Nocturnal is the Daedric Prince of [[TheSacredDarkness Darkness]], patron of thieves, and is associated with [[LadyLuck luck]]. While more "hands off" than most other Princes with their followers, she is quick to punish those who offend her with a couple of notable instances seen in the series:
*** In the ThievesGuild questline of ''Oblivion'', a master thief stole her Gray Cowl several centuries in the past. She cursed it to magically {{Unperson}} the wearer, striking their identity from the universe and leaving them known only as the "Gray Fox". As part of the questline, the current Gray Fox and the PlayerCharacter work together to steal an [[TomeOfEldritchLore Elder Scroll]] and use its power to break the curse.
*** In the ThievesGuild questline of ''Skyrim'', the current guild leader has shirked his duty and stolen the SkeletonKey (noticing a pattern?). She has withdrawn her favor from the guild, leaving them to suffer a long string of bad luck and care close to collapsing completely. Once again, the PlayerCharacter can team up with a couple of other members to steal back the key, replace it, life the curse, and restore her favor.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'': Certain rooms will have a Trial of the Gods, in which you can get a boon from two different [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Olympian gods]], but you have to choose which god's boon you want first. The god you don't pick views it as a sign of unwarranted disrespect and unleashes their wrath on you: you now have to clear the room of all enemies while the god is ''also'' trying to kill you. Should you manage to clear the room, the god forgives you and allows you to have a boon from them, too.
* ''VideoGame/NetHack'': Praying to your god when he is displeased with you, and too frequently, will first [[BoltOfDivineRetribution strike you by lighting]], and if that doesn't work, a wide angle disintegration beam.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/AdvancedDungeonsAndDragons1stEdition'' supplement ''Deities and Demigods Cyclopedia''. If a cleric (priest) of a deity doesn't follow their deity's rules, they may be punished by the deity. Possible punishments include being required to atone for the transgression (e.g. by fasting, suffering physical pain or having to make a major sacrifice), being denied the use of clerical spells, being publicly humiliated or forced to go on a dangerous quest, being excommunicated or suffering divine punishment, up to and including death.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'': Some sects of the Blood of Vol claim that mortality is a curse by the gods. Everyone has the spark of the divine in them and can ascend to godhood if given enough time, so jealous gods cursed the world to make sure no one could live long enough to challenge them. This isn't a mainstream belief, though (and the Blood of Vol not a mainstream religion).
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Mixed with LaserGuidedKarma, sort of. The man who [[spoiler:would become known as Ozpin]] failed to stop Salem's evil plots. The gods therefore cursed him to keep fighting her, ''[[{{Reincarnation}} forever]]''. Thousands of years later, he considers this a perfectly fitting punishment. Of course, as with everything else regarding this character, it turns out to be quite a bit more complicated than he claimed. [[spoiler:Ozma was Salem's lover until he died of a mundane disease. Salem entreated the gods to resurrect him, and even tricked them into doing so briefly, but was punished for her hubris with CompleteImmortality. When she raised a rebellion against the gods, she was punished further by having ''all of humanity'' wiped out, leaving her alone. It was only when humanity managed to return, in a lesser state, that Ozma was pulled from the afterlife and given the opportunity to redeem humanity. He was reincarnated, found Salem, and they raised a family together. But when he realized that Salem planned to start a MasterRace of their children and kill everyone else, he tried to take the children away. Ozma and Salem fought, the children died, and Ozma was reincarnated again]]. So while it was a ''karmic'' punishment, it wasn't really as simple as the gods directly punishing him for his mistakes, as he originally said.
** More directly, the God of Darkness reacted to Salem leading humanity to rebellion by [[spoiler:stripping his magic from the human race, ''then'' destroying all life on the planet. The fact that he did it in that order is why, in modern times, humans only have a bare semblance of their old power]].
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* ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'': A commander notes that the enemy army has their god on their side--but he's been reading their holy book, and [[MadGod he's pretty sure their god is nuts]]. The god [[DisproportionateRetribution promptly smites his own army for blasphemy]].
-->'''Commander:''' Honestly, this was probably inevitable.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': When Miko violates her paladin oath by [[spoiler:executing her liege lord for imagined crimes]], the Twelve Gods personally appear in the sky to strip her of her powers. [[NeverMyFault At first she blames Roy for "making" her do it]], then she [[InsaneTrollLogic becomes convinced that it's all some secret test for her]].
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[[folder:Web Video]]
* ''WebVideo/PopCrossStudios'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_wdv7FSsjU ''What if CUPHEAD BOSSES Were FOLKLORE CREATURES?!'']], this version of [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Cala Maria]] started out as a human woman well known for being [[TheTease extremely flirtatious]] and riling up most of the men who lusted after her, but [[SingleTargetSexuality only ever wanting one man]], who happened to be married and faithful until Maria finally succeeded in seducing him away from his wife. Upon discovering this, the [[WomanScorned furious wife]] prayed to Athena herself to curse Maria in a similar way to how she cursed the original Medusa, and shortly afterwards, Maria turned into a [[GorgeousGorgon gorgon]] and accidentally [[TakenForGranite turned the man she'd just seduced to stone]]. In addition to this punishment, Maria was [[TorchesAndPitchforks hunted and chased out of her village]], and, desperate to escape being hunted on land by warriors, Maria made a DealWithTheDevil to give her the ability to live in the sea and [[TheBeastMaster control sea life]], just as her curser called upon the help of a goddess to punish her.
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