What Happens After a God Dies?

I promise this is an interesting question. --- There are many stories in which divine beings come to an end. But what happens after a deity perishes? Would they… decompose, their holy forms rotting away to nothing? Or would they linger, their figures forever changing the surrounding environment, or even becoming an environment themselves? Would they ever really go away? Follow Up: 0:00 Fallen Gods 1:20 The Drowned Giant 3:24 Forgetting the Divine 5:09 A God of War 7:08 The Mountain that Fell 8:56 Mother of the World 11:09 Metal Monsters 13:29 The Leviathan 15:54 Healing the Divine 18:33 Hyper Light Drifter 20:11 A Giant’s Resurrection Media Shown: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Xenoblade Chronicles 1, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, The Drowned Giant: Love Death and Robot