List of demigods

This is a list of those deemed demigods.

• Athis, son of Limnaee, a Naiad
• Cu Chulainn
• Clymene
• Cychreus, son of Poseidon
• Cycnus, multiple characters were known as Cycnus, including a son of Ares and a son of Apollo
• Dardanus, son of Zeus
• Dhristadyumna materialised out of a ritual fire-altar, quasi son of fire-god Agni. Draupadi's brother
• Dionysus son of Zeus which turned into a god.
• Draupadi materialised out of a ritual fire-altar, quasi daughter of fire-god Agni. Dhristadyumna's sister
• Drona contained spark of Brihaspati
• Epaphus, son of Zeus
• Eryx, he was either the son of Poseidon, or of Aphrodite
• The fifty daughters of Selene and Endymion.
• Ghatotkacha born of a demigod and a demoness
• Gilgamesh
• Hanuman Son of Vayu
• Helen of Troy, daughter of Zeus.
• Heracles (also known by the Roman spelling, Hercules), son of Zeus/Jupiter and later the god of heroes.
• Hippolyta daughter of the god of war Ares.
• Iasion, son of Zeus
• Iravan
• Karna son of sun-god Surya
• Kritavarma
• Lakshmana incarnation of great serpent god Ananta
• Macaria, daughter of Hades which turned into a goddess.
• Māui (Maori) (New Zealand)
• Memnon son of Eos
• Minos, son of Zeus
• Myrtilus, son of Hermes
• Nakula son of one of the god Ashvini Kumaras
• Otrera daughter of the east wind Eurus.
• Orpheus
• Peirithous
• Perseus, son of Zeus
• Polydeuces of the Dioscuri
• Pradyumna incarnation of Sanatkumara
• Rhadamanthus
• Rhesus of Thrace
• Romulus and Remus sons of Mars
• Sahadeva son of one of the god Ashvini Kumaras
• Sarpedon
• Satyaki
• Semele daughter of Harmonia. Mother of Dionysus.
• Shantanu
• Shikhandi
• Sugreeva son of Sun God, Surya
• Theseus, son of sea god Poseidon.
• Tityas
• Turnus
• Vali son of king of all gods, the thunder-god Indra
• Yudhishthira son of the God of Death and Justice Yama
• Zethus

Historical figures who claimed a demigod type status

• Several mythical Chinese Emperors were born humans, but deified upon "death"
• Roman Emperor Commodus claimed to be reincarnation of Hercules
• Hong Xiuquan claimed to be Son of God and brother of Jesus, but to not be God himself
• Japanese Emperors claimed to be Arahitogami until Emperor Hirohito was forced to renounce this in 1946
• Adapa was a mortal from a godly lineage, a son of Ea (Enki in Sumerian), the god of wisdom and of the ancient city of Eridu, who brought the arts of civilization to that city (from Dilmun, according to some versions)
• Kings of the Mataram empire (now the Sunanate of Surakarta & sultanate of Yogyakarta) claim to be descendants of the Goddess of the Southsea

Nyai Roro Kidul The 16th century Javanese legends connects the Queen of Southern Seas as the protector and spiritual consort of the kings of Mataram.

In fiction

• Various adaptations of Hercules and Perseus
• The Legend of Hercules 2014 Hercules also known Alcides was born from Zeus and Queen Alcmene to avenge her husband king Amphitryon.
• Xena of Xena: Warrior Princess was occasionally hinted to be the daughter of either Zeus, Ares or Hades
• Kratos, from the God of War video game series, is revealed during the second game's storyline to be the son of Zeus, though this was originally beyond Kratos' knowledge, this ignores the events of an unlockable video in the first game, where Kratos visits his mother and learns of his origins
• Zuul, a minion of Gozer in the film Ghostbusters, is described as a demigod by Peter Venkman
• In Warcraft III, the Night Elves are led by a demigod called Cenarius
• The Baldur's gate series, the main character and some other characters are the descendants of Bhaal.
• In the game Devil May Cry, the protagonist Dante is the "Son of Sparda". Sparda is a demon who rose up against the god of the underworld.
• Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark) from DC Comics has been revealed to be the daughter of Zeus
• In Supernatural (U.S. TV series), the archangel Gabriel claims to be a demigod by the name Loki when first met.
• The Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus books by Rick Riordan feature many characters described as modern-day demigods drawn from Greek and Roman Mythology, including:
  • Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon.
  • Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena.
  • Luke Castellan, son of Hermes.
  • Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus, and Greek sister of Jason.
  • Clarisse La Rue, daughter of Ares.
  • Nico di Angelo, son of Hades.
  • Castor and Pollux, sons of Dionysus.
  • Bianca di Angelo, daughter of Hades and sister of Nico di Angelo.
  • Charles Beckendorf, son of Hephaestus.
  • Silena Beauregard, daughter of Aphrodite.
  • Chris Rodriguez, son of Hermes.
  • Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, and Roman brother of Thalia.
  • Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite, half-sister of Silena Beauregarde.
  • Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus, and half-brother of Charles Beckendorf and the rest of the Hephaestus cabin.
  • Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto and Roman half-sister of Nico and Bianca.
  • Frank Zhang, son of Mars.
  • Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, daughter of Bellona, and sister of Hylla
  • Magnus Chase, son of Norse god Frey. He is the cousin of Annabeth and appears in Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard which is set in the same universe as the Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus books.
• Taven, Daegon and Rain are demigods in Mortal Kombat. they are the three sons of Argus who is an Edenian god and separate human women.
• The Shrykull, from the Oddworld series, is a demigod of the Mudokons that is a combination of a Scrab and Paramite. Other than Abe being able to transform into the Shrykull, using ancient hand scars, to obliterate any living creature nearby, almost nothing is known about this mysterious demigod.
• In the Starcrossed Trilogy by Josephine Angelini:
  • Lucas Delos, descendant of Apollo
  • Hector Delos, descendant of Apollo
  • Cassandra Delos, daughter of the Fates
  • Ariadne Delos, descendant of Apollo
  • Jason Delos, descendant of Apollo
  • Helen Hamilton/Atreus, descendant of Zeus and sister to Aphrodite
  • Orion Evander, descendant of Aphrodite and Poseidon
  • Castor Delos, descendant of Apollo
  • Pallas Delos, descendant of Apollo
  • Tantalus Delos, descendant of Apollo
  • Creon Delos, descendant of Apollo
  • Pandora Delos, descendant of Apollo
  • Daphne Atreus, descendant of Zeus

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