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  2. List of people claimed to be immortal in myth and legend

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    Olumba claimed to be the Abrahamic God [12] in human form. Members of his religion claim he is immortal. [13] Khidr. In Islamic mythology "Al-Khidr" or "The Green" is a guide and servant for other prophets. He is considered an immortal human who, depending on the versions, is normally a human servant or prophet of God.

  3. List of people who have been considered deities - Wikipedia

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    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, [64] a legend which is also alluded to by the Roman poet Horace. [65] Pharnavaz I of Iberia: 326–234 BCE Iberian king (r. 299–234 BCE) Antiochus IV Epiphanes: 215–164 BCE

  4. List of people claimed to be Jesus - Wikipedia

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    William Price (1800–1893), a Welsh Neo-Druid, who claimed that two of his sons were Jesus. Arnold Potter (1804–1872), Schismatic Latter Day Saint leader; he claimed the spirit of Jesus Christ entered into his body and he became "Potter Christ" Son of the living God. He died in an attempt to "ascend into heaven" by jumping off a cliff. His ...

  5. Immortality in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Octavia E. Butler's 1980 novel Wild Seed contrasts the different forms of immortality of its two immortal characters representing masculinity and femininity, respectively; the former relies on killing other people and taking over their bodies whereas the latter is a regenerative kind of immortality which can be used to help others.

  6. Chiranjivi - Wikipedia

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    The term is a combination of chiram, or 'permanent', and jīvi, or 'lived'.It is similar to amaratva, which refers to true immortality.At the end of the last manvantara (age of Manu), an asura named Hayagriva attempted to become immortal by swallowing the sacred pages of the Vedas, as they escaped from the mouth of Brahma.

  7. Immortality - Wikipedia

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    Ideally, cryonics would allow clinically dead people to be brought back in the future after cures to the patients' diseases have been discovered and aging is reversible. Modern cryonics procedures use a process called vitrification which creates a glass-like state rather than freezing as the body is brought to low temperatures.

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  9. List of fictional immortals - Wikipedia

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    C.C. (Code Geass) Princess Cadance; Callisto (Xena) Captain Scarlet (character) Carl Brutananadilewski; John Carter of Mars; Casca (series) Castiel (Supernatural)