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Despite her protests, Surya the sun god was compelled by the mantra to impregnate her. Bhishma is another figures who fits the western definition of demigod, as he was the son of King Shantanu and Goddess Ganga. The Vaishnavites (who often translate deva as "demigod") cite various verses that speak of the devas' subordinate status.
Midas, a king of Phrygia granted the power to turn anything to gold with a touch; Minos, a king of Crete; after his death, became one of the judges of the dead in the Underworld; Myles, a king of Laconia; Nestor, a king of Pylos who sailed with the Argonauts, participated in the Calydonian boar hunt and fought with the Greek armies in the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 March 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 divine ...
Where the Jewish Publication Society's translation simply transliterates the Hebrew nephilim as "Nephilim", [9] the King James Version translates the term as "giants". [ 30 ] The nature of the Nephilim is complicated by the ambiguity of Genesis 6:4, which leaves it unclear whether they are the "sons of God" or their offspring who are the ...
He is the king of the gods, [162] and the most powerful deity. [163] He is the son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea , and the husband of Hera . [ 164 ] He is the only Greek god who is unquestionably Indo-European in origin, [ 165 ] and he is attested already in Mycenaean Greece . [ 166 ]
After his death, Romulus was defined as the god Quirinus, the divine persona of the Roman people. Romulus ascension to heaven and deification as god Quirinus is mentioned in Ovid’s poem Metamorphoses, Book 14 (written shortly before 8 AD). Ovid depicts god Jupiter promising Mars the right to translate his son Romulus to immortality. [22]
In Greek mythology, Rhadamanthus (/ ˌ r æ d ə ˈ m æ n θ ə s /) or Rhadamanthys (Ancient Greek: Ῥαδάμανθυς) was a wise king of Crete. As the son of Zeus and Europa he was considered a demigod. He later became one of the judges of the dead and an important figure in Greek mythology.
The men and women included in this category are mortals who produced one or more demigod offspring from a union with one of the gods. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.