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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 24 November 2024. 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 ...
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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.
The later historian Diogenes Laërtius claimed that Empedocles committed suicide by jumping into Mount Etna in order to persuade people that he was an immortal god, [60] a legend which is also alluded to by the Roman poet Horace. [61] Pharnavaz I of Iberia: 326–234 BCE Iberian king (r. 299–234 BCE) Antiochus IV Epiphanes: 215–164 BCE
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.
Māui is the son of Taranga, the wife of Makeatutara.He was a miraculous birth – his mother threw her premature infant [a] into the sea wrapped in a tress of hair from her topknot (tikitiki) – hence Māui's full name is Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga.
Name Image Major cult centers Celestial body Details An Anu [52]: Eanna temple in Uruk [53]: Equatorial sky [54] [47]: An (in Sumerian), later known as Anu (in Akkadian), [55] was the supreme God and "prime mover in creation", embodied by the sky. [52]