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A good curse needs to be short and sharp, unless the character (or society) requires long and flowery curse.
Are these made up Gods? And note, even in a polytheistic situation, often only one god (the one whose favor or disfavor is appropriate) is usually used.
Also, is this a curse at, or curse by, or an invocational curse?
Curse at - "Your taste is worse than Asgard's Privy. (a direct verbal insult to an existing person)
Curse by - "By Klono's iridium intestines, he'd crack that shell." (E.E.Smith - Lensman series.) (an oath of completion, in this case)
Invocational curse - See examples in Niven and Gerrold's The Flying Sorcerers. "May Elcin blast your home." However, I would be real careful before invoking Elcin's Wrath. (the purpose is to get the god(s) to do something for you.)
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