At the moment we don’t really know what are their limits but from what we can see they “gave” magic to witches and are naturally immune to it, so it should also mean that the rules of magic don’t apply to them. But I also feel the laws of magic are different from the laws of nature. But what is nature in the first place? Is it a force even above the gods? Is it the power of the gods (are they nature personified)? Is it just only above all except the gods?

The writers need to think about this critically if they don’t wanna wreck their lore because if the gods are nature or in control of nature then that totally contradicts what they’ve said about the Originals and Silas and Cade and Dahlia and the Hollow and Hope. Anyways, if this is the case, they’d be absolutely able to kill the Originals (and anyone else) without needing White Oak. No single person we’ve seen would be able to stand against them.

But if they’re also bound by the laws of nature itself then they would be limited like others and won’t be able to kill the originals without white oak, unless they use the other artificial loopholes to them (like every other mortal has).

Given the backstory the magic given to the people was the same magic the gods use. So whatever rules magic has would still apply to the gods. Also Gods aren't immune to all magic. Cleo's bracelet and the monsters magic affected Ben. Siphoning affected the other god kill.

With that said you don't need White oak or the red tree to kill an immortal the very first way established to kill an Original is with a huge amount of power. There was also other ways like spells such as the Travelers spell or Cure.

As far as the gods are concerned we have no idea how powerful they are. If going by Greek myth each god would have a certain domain that gives them power. Zeus would have weather manipulation powers and shapeshifting power, Poseidon water powers and the ability to create earthquakes, etc. Best case scenario they are uber witches.

The fact jen was siphoned by lizzie that it was enough to scare her away gives me hope they arent totally invincible.

most likely the weakness of gods is lack of magic, and witches' magic can't affect them because after villagers had access to it, they developed it in an inferior way to gods, so maybe it's not immunity just inferior magic, I would say which would be like Dahlia's magic versus Sther's magic, it's like an elder witch who's been in practice longer than a novice witch.

I just hope that the magic of the gods is not patriarchal, I deeply hope that their leader is Hecate, or Hera, Nyx any powerful goddess because if it is really a personification of Zeus all the voice of the matriarchy of witches that has existed since TVD goes just die.

I think that originally the gods we're probably just ordinary people who probably lived before the discovery of agriculture (i.e. 10000 ago) and they happen to get their hands on enough power to turn them into gods. Like these early humans could have been exposed to an energy source that has existed since the earth was formed. This would explain why they punished Ben so cruelly. Because when he gave the people of village magic he unintentionally gave the humans the same source of power as the gods. And so with this new found magic they could challenge the gods.

Id honestly just gave these gods be the original coven of witches

@Charcoal422 I also have this impression, the magic looks like that myth of the apples of Idune, or the Ambrosia/nectar of the greek gods, they had to eat these foods that gave them immortality, I think actually they are just immortal with a source of magic brute fueling them, and if they lose that magic they die or are desiccated until the magic starts circulating in their bodies again.

They are not above nature unless they were heavily nature based or nature personified the rules of magic most likely don't apply to them but the rules of magic most likely do