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An immortal demigod often has tutelary status and a religious cult following, while a mortal demigod is one who has fallen or died, but is popular as a legendary hero in various polytheistic religions. Figuratively, it is used to describe a person whose talents or abilities are so superlative that they appear to approach being divine.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. This is a list of notable offspring of a deity with a mortal, in mythology and modern fiction. Such entities are sometimes referred to as demigods, although the term "demigod" can also refer to a minor deity, or great mortal hero with god-like valour and skills, who sometimes attains ...
He is regarded to be a chiranjivi, an immortal being, who still roams the world with foul-smelling fluids oozing from his form. [4] Hanuman, a vanara figure from the Ramayana and a companion of Rama, is described to be immortal in Hindu epics. He is believed to live in the Himalayas. [5] The Wandering Jew (b. 1st century BC), a Jewish shoemaker.
Deities in ancient Greece were immortal, anthropomorphic, and powerful. [1] They were conceived of as individual persons, rather than abstract concepts or ideas, [2] and were described as being similar to humans in appearance, though they were considered larger and more beautiful. [3]
In Greek mythology, Perseus (US: / ˈ p ɜː r. s i. ə s /, UK: / ˈ p ɜː. sj uː s /; Greek: Περσεύς, translit. Perseús) is the legendary founder of the Perseid dynasty.He was, alongside Cadmus and Bellerophon, the greatest Greek hero and slayer of monsters before the days of Heracles. [1]
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Achilles explains that his immortal steed, originally a gift of Poseidon to his father, excels all others, and although would win, his horses are weeping the death of their driver Patroclus rather than racing. A warrior named Eumelus takes the lead. Diomedes cannot overtake him as expected because Apollo, out of spite, makes him drop his whip.
Name God/Goddess of Parents Married to Immortal Children Notes Dionysus: Wine, Festivity, Madness Zeus (Sky) and Semele: Ariadne (Mazes) : Priapus (Vegetable patchs), Methe (Drunkness), Thysa (The Bacchic frenzy), Telete (The initiation rites of the Bacchic Orgies), Iacchus (The ritual cry of the Eleusinian Mysteries), Pasithea (Rest, relaxation), Charites (Grace, joy, mirth, beauty, glory ...