Among the group of Higher Men whom Zarathustra finds in the forest and invites into his cave, the ugliest man is “the murderer of God.” He killed God because God pitied his misfortunes, prompting the man to resentment and revenge. In Zarathustra’s view, the ugliest man is one of the most promising of the Higher Men, as he's in the process of overcoming himself and being reconciled to the Eternal Recurrence.