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Väinämöinen, the central character in Finnish folklore and the main character in the national epic Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot, [2] is an old and wise demigod, who possesses a potent, magical singing voice. [3] Picture of the Väinämöinen's Play by Robert Wilhelm Ekman, 1866. The English term "demi-god" is a calque of the Latin word ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 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 ...
Deities & Demigods was one of many items named in a 1992 lawsuit between TSR and Game Designers' Workshop regarding the Dangerous Journeys role-playing game and various rulebooks/sourcebooks designed for that game. One section of this lawsuit argued that "The Plane of Shadow in MYTHUS (pages 190 and 402) and MYTHUS MAGICK (pages 21–22 ...
According to Marcion, the title God was given to the Demiurge, who was to be sharply distinguished from the higher Good God. The former was díkaios, severely just, the latter agathós, or loving-kind; the former was the "god of this world", [44] the God of the Old Testament, the latter the true God of the New Testament. Christ, in reality, is ...
At first the name Baal was used by the Jews for their God without discrimination, but as the struggle between the two religions developed, the name Baal was given up by the Israelites as a thing of shame, and even names like Jerubbaal were changed to Jerubbosheth: Hebrew bosheth means "shame".
There are two main villains in Moana 2: Nalo and Matangi.. The former, a seemingly voiceless antagonist, is the god of storms and the primary villain. In the trailer for Moana 2, Nalo is seen ...
“Percy Jackson and the Olympians” comes roaring out of the starting gate like a raging minotaur, before settling into a slower-moving groove that plays a little too much like another Harry ...
Although the term dew (Middle Persian for div) is not attested in the Babylonian Talmud, they are mentioned in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic bowls next to shedim (demi-gods), ruḥot (spirits), mazzikin ("harmers"), and "satans". [18] [19] The exact differences between these entities are, however, not always clear. [20]