She told Ari the tale of how the great goddess Gailah
was thrust from Her throne by Her brother's war-priests,
bent down in Her own temple and fucked over the altar,
then cast aside to dwindle into memory.

These lines shake me like the aftermath of steel ringing on steel. Have you ever read N.K. Jemisin's book The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms? It deals deeply with the politics among gods and humans who get caught up in them.