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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 January 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 ...
Dionysus punished them by driving them mad, and they killed the infants who were nursing at their breasts. He did the same to the daughters of Minyas, King of Orchomenos in Boetia, and then turned them into bats. According to Oppian, Dionysus delighted, as a child, in tearing kids into pieces and bringing them back to life again. He is ...
Children of Dionysus (24 P) E. ... Pages in category "Demigods in classical mythology" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
Ammon feared Rhea's wrath if she were to discover the child, so he took the infant Dionysus to Nysa (Dionysus' traditional childhood home). Ammon brought Dionysus into a cave where he was to be cared for by Nysa, a daughter of the hero Aristaeus. [226] Dionysus grew famous due to his skill in the arts, his beauty, and his strength.
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Children Dionysus Semele ( / ˈ s ɛ m ɪ l i / ; Ancient Greek : Σεμέλη , romanized : Semélē ), or Thyone ( / ˈ θ aɪ ə n i / ; Ancient Greek : Θυώνη , romanized : Thyṓnē ) in Greek mythology , was the youngest daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia , and the mother [ 1 ] of Dionysus by Zeus in one of his many origin myths .
In Nonnus's etiology, Ampelos is a beautiful satyr youth, who was loved by Dionysus, and whose death was foreseen by the god. There are two versions of his death and Dionysus's reaction to it. According to Nonnus, Ampelos was gored to death by a wild bull after he mocked the goddess Selene, a scene described as follows:
A special subcategory is the death of an entire pantheon, the most notable example being Ragnarök in Norse mythology, or Cronus and the Titans from Greek mythology, with other examples from Ireland, India, Hawaii and Tahiti. [2] Examples of the disappearing god in Hattian and Hittite mythology include Telipinu and Hannahanna. [3] [4]