List of demigods

This is a list of those deemed demigods. As the term is Greek, it will mostly focus on demigods of that nature, but similar concepts exist in other mythologies, and will be mentioned as well.

Traditional demigods

• Achilles
• Aeacus
• Aeneas
• Amphion
• Arcas
• Clymene
• Cycnus
• Dardanus
• The Dioscuri, Castor and Polydeuces
• Epaphus
• Gilgamesh
• Helen
• Heracles (also known by the Roman spelling, Hercules)
• Iasion
• Māui (Hawaiian)
• Minos
• Memnon
• Orion
• Orpheus
• Peirithous
• Perseus
• Rhadamanthus
• Sarpedon
• Theseus
• Tityas
• Zetes
• Zethus
• Vivasvan

Non-Greek figures who claimed a demigod type status

• Egyptian pharaohs claimed to be sons of Horus, which would give them demigod status, as recognised by the Greek
• Several mythical Chinese Emperors were born humans, but deified upon "death"
• Roman-Seleucid governor of Cyprus Seleucus XII (26 April 162 – 27 August 233 CE) was proven to be a son of Diana
• 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 itself
• Jesus as interpreted by some historical and non-mainstream Christian sects, such as Arianism
• 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)

In fiction

• Various adaptations of Hercules and Perseus
• Xena of Xena: Warrior Princess was occasionally hinted to be the daughter of either Zeus, Ares or Hades
• In comics, many gods have had children whose full parentage is not revealed, such as Thena, daughter of Thor
• 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
• In the game Devil May Cry, the Main 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 (TV series), the archangel Gabriel claims to be a demigod by the name Loki when first met.
• Camp Half-Blood books by Rick Riordan:
  • Percy Jackson, the protagonist in the first (eponymous) series of novels based on Greek mythology, and is son of Poseidon. He and many of the other characters are children of the Greek Gods.
  • Annabeth Chase is a daughter of Athena, and Percy's girlfriend (although not quite clear on their status).
  • Jason Grace, son of Jupiter of Roman mythology, Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite of Greek mythology, Leo Valdez, so of Hephaestus in Greek mythology - Demigods in The Lost Hero, the first book in the second mythology series, The Heroes of Olympus.
• 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.