That may be true in lore, and maybe it was true as a god, but Shad was pretty certain that in his world, both Orion and Artemis, as well as people like Hercules were all Incarnates. Those who possessed the essence of certain gods, so far as he understood it. They were mere mortals once as well.

"Or turned into an eldrich abomination? Or a zombie? Or a werewolf. There's a god for that I'm sure."