情境三十一：与神战斗
要素
神
凡人
概要
凡人向神挑战，造成某种结果。
变体
A
1. 与女神对抗
2. 与神的信徒对抗
B
1. 与神争论
2. 蔑视神遭受惩罚
3. 对神傲慢，遭受惩罚
4. 与神对抗，不自量力
5. 无礼地与女神对抗
与神对抗似乎并不是一个好主意，但是不可避免的失败反而使其成为英雄行为，显示了与神对抗的凡人无畏的精神（当然也可能极其愚蠢）。
然而，如果你站在神的角度考虑，这件事情则大不相同。假设有一个万神殿，其中的每个神对待凡人的挑战，反应迥异。有些神可能会发怒，并给凡人以痛击。另一些神可能付之一笑，或被凡人的勇气感动。
对凡人来说，与神战斗的结果不同，可能是死亡，也可能是获得了一直想要的宝藏。
因此，故事利用压倒性优势产生的冲突，展示勇气或鲁莽（有时两者兼而有之）。就像大卫对阵巨人歌利亚，非凡的力量也会被超越。英雄也有可能战败，但他活下来讲述这个故事，从经历中获取更多智慧。
Conflict with a god
Description
Elements
An Immortal
A Mortal
Summary
The Mortal challenges the Immortal. There are consequences.
Variants
A
1. Struggle against a deity
2. Strife with believers in a god
B
1. Controversy with a deity
2. Punishment for contempt of a god
3. Punishment for pride before a god
4. Presumptuous rivalry with a god
5. Impudent rivalry with a deity
Discussion
Fighting against a god does not seem like a very good idea, yet this very principle of the inevitability of failure gives the notion a heroic edge, showing the mortal who comes into conflict as being heroically brave (or perhaps mortally stupid).
Nevertheless, if you take the god's view into account, the whole thing can take a different shape. Assuming a pantheon of gods, each may have very different reactions to challenge from a mortal. Some may be angry and smite the mortal sorely. Others may be merely amused or deeply impressed at the bravery shown.
The consequences for the Mortal may vary significantly, from death to gaining of a sought-after treasure.
Stories thus use conflict against overwhelming odds as a stage for demonstrating courage or foolhardiness (and sometimes both). As with David and Goliath, the superior power may be overcome. The hero may also be defeated but live to tell the tale, perhaps wiser from the experience.
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