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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 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 ...
A demigod is a part-human and part-divine offspring of a deity and a human, [1] or a human or non-human creature that is accorded divine status after death, or someone who has attained the "divine spark" (divine illumination).
Decapods can have as many as 38 appendages, [2] arranged in one pair per body segment. As the name Decapoda (from the Greek δέκα, deca-, "ten", and πούς / ποδός, -pod, "foot") implies, ten of these appendages are considered legs. They are the pereiopods, found on the last five thoracic segments. [2]
Articles relating to demigods, minor deities, or mortals or immortals who are the offspring of a god and a human, or figures who have attained divine status after death. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Pages in category "Demigods in classical mythology" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
It was said that Kamapua'a could transform into a kukui tree. [8] One of the legends told of Kamapua'a: one day, a man beat his wife to death and buried her beneath Kamapua'a while he was in tree form. Because he saw that the woman had been a good person, he raised her to new life, but damned her husband to death.
Alexidamus beat all the other suitors in the race and married the daughter of Antaeus. Three versions of this story, with minor variations, were collected by the scholiasts; one of those versions made Antaeus, king of Irassa, a figure distinct from the Antaeus killed by Heracles, while another one suggested that they were one and the same.
An asura (Sanskrit and Pali: असुर) in Buddhism is a demigod or titan [1] of the Kāmadhātu. [2] They are described as having three heads with three faces each and either four or six arms. [ 3 ]