A land-god is only as powerful as his influence, and number of faithful worshipers, whether their worship is in fear or love...and they feared him, his real ogre face was fuc%ing terrifying. Being 'defeated' in any manner, he loses his title and powers as land god to whatever being defeated him...though he was still a shapeshifting ogre. In his embarrassment at being fooled and defeated by a fuc%ing cat, he let them assume him dead, squirmed out of a cat poop in the form of a tapeworm, and lived the rest of his life as a not so noteworthy lesser noble.