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Origins[]
The Demigod is one of a race of creatures with origins in the mythology, legend and folklore of nations all around the world.
Some claim that Ovid coined the term "demigod" (or, rather, its Latin form "semideus") to refer to Roman deities with "half" the power of major gods--in essence, it would denote spirits such as Fauns and Nymphs.
Though, in more modern times, the term is used more often in reference to the offspring of deities and mortals.
-Names of Specific Demigods:
- Abhimanyu-
- Achilles-
- Aeacus-
- Aeneas-
- King Aeëtes
- Agenor
- Aethusa
- Alpheus
- Amphion
- Arcas
- Arjuna
- Ashwathama
- Asklepios
- Athis
- Babruvāhana
- Bali
- Bellerophon
- Belus
- Bhima
- Bhishma
- Calais
- Cu Chulainn
- Clymene
- Cychreus
- Cycnus
- Cymopoleia
- Dardanus
- Dhristadyumna
- Dionysus
- Drona
- Eirene
- Endymion
- Epaphus
- Ghatotkacha
- Gilgamesh
- Hanuman
- Helen of Troy
- Heracles (Hercules)
- Hippolyta
- Iasion
- Iravan
- Karna
- Kritavarma
- Lakshmana
- Macaria
- Māui
- Memnon
- Minos
- Nakula
- Otrera daughter of the east wind Eurus.
- Orpheus
- Peirithous
- Perseus
- Polydeuces (Pollux) of the Dioscuri
- Pradyumna
- Rhadamanthus
- Rhesus of Thrace
- Romulus and Remus
- Sahadeva
- Sarpedon
- Satyaki
- Semele
- Shantanu
- Shikhandi
- Sugreeva
- Theseus
- Tityas
- Turnus
- Vali
- Yudhisthira
- Zetes
- Zethus