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* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', all elves are this, being offspring of Immortals and humans.



* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', all elves are this, being offspring of Immortals and humans.
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* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', all elves ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': "Mohkadun" features some "godlings" who are this, being offspring the descendants of Immortals the TopGod of Mohkadun and humans.
a human. It's not so clear how they are different from the full gods.
* ''WebComic/TowerOfGod''''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'':



* ''WebComic/SluggyFreelance'': "Mohkadun" features some "godlings" who are the descendants of the TopGod of Mohkadun and a human. It's not so clear how they are different from the full gods.



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* The hero and his siblings in [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/580320 this]] Website/{{Newgrounds}} Flash animation.

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* The hero and his siblings in [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/580320 this]] Website/{{Newgrounds}} Flash animation.
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* The hero and his siblings in [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/580320 this]] ''Platform/{{Newgrounds}}'' Flash animation.



* [[DarkMagicalGirl Raven]] of the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', daughter of the human woman Arella and the arch-demon [[GodOfEvil Trigon]], who inherited a degree of her father's vast magical powers. Destined to [[TheAntichrist be the harbinger of the end of the world]]; spends most of her time [[ScrewDestiny trying]] to [[DarkIsNotEvil thwart]] her [[AntiAntiChrist fate]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/MayaAndTheThree'': The very first episode reveals that [[spoiler:Maya herself is one. She’s the daughter of a human, King Teca, and the Goddess of Death, Lady Micte]]. There is also Zatz, the Prince of Bats, who is the son of the God of Bats and a mortal woman.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is the son of a human musician and Rose Quartz, a magical alien gemstone. He inherited her gem along with her powers, and a good chunk of the show is about how he deals with the messes his mother left behind and [[HowDoIShotWeb learning how to use those powers]]. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that Rose was actually Pink Diamond -- Diamonds being revered as the next best things to goddesses by said magical alien gemstones.]]
* [[DarkMagicalGirl Raven]] of the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', daughter of the human woman Arella and the arch-demon [[GodOfEvil Trigon]], who inherited a degree of her father's vast magical powers. Destined to [[TheAntichrist be the harbinger of the end of the world]]; spends most of her time [[ScrewDestiny trying]] to [[DarkIsNotEvil thwart]] her [[AntiAntiChrist fate]].



* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is the son of a human musician and Rose Quartz, a magical alien gemstone. He inherited her gem along with her powers, and a good chunk of the show is about how he deals with the messes his mother left behind and [[HowDoIShotWeb learning how to use those powers]]. [[spoiler: And then it turns out that Rose was actually Pink Diamond-- Diamonds being revered as the next best things to goddesses by said magical alien gemstones.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MayaAndTheThree'': The very first episode reveals that [[spoiler:Maya herself is one. She’s the daughter of a human, King Teca, and the Goddess of Death, Lady Micte]]. There is also Zatz, the Prince of Bats, who is the son of the God of Bats and a mortal woman.
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* In ''Fanfic/ChosenOnesAdventureWithLegendaries'', all [[OlympusMons Legendaries]] can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift into humans]] thanks to Palkia. The results of a relationship with a human in this form are Legendborns, who while an example of this trope are otherwise normal humans. Such Legendborns include [[spoiler:Sir Aaron, son of Ho-Oh, and more recently Ash Ketchum, son of Lugia. It's also implied that Cynthia may be Palkia's daughter]].
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* ''Literature/{{Inkmistress}}'': Asra's father is a god. Being a demigod gives her multiple magical abilities, such as use of BloodMagic and her SupernaturalSensitivity. Also she'll live for centuries, unlike mortals, though at the cost of being [[ImmortalProcreationClause unable to ever have children]]. She soon meets several more demigods too, who also have abilities due to their divine parent. [[spoiler:However, it turns out she's mistaken about her specific parentage. It turns out that her mother is the shadow god, with her father having been a mortal.]]
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* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': By using the Songs of Fruition, it's possible for celestial beings -- i.e., angels and demons -- and for ethereal spirits -- typically the more powerful ones, such as fey, embodied archetypes, or the pagan gods -- to have children with mortals. The fruit of these unions have greater inherent spiritual power and affinity for the supernatural than regular humans do. However, they also have a chance of being born as monsters, warped in body and mind, and shunned and feared by celestials, ethereals and humans alike. These unfortunates are known as [[{{Nephilim}} Nephallim]] when sired by celestials and [[OurGorgonsAreDifferent gorgons]] when born of ethereals.

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* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': By using the Songs of Fruition, it's possible for celestial beings -- i.e., angels and demons -- and for ethereal spirits -- typically the more powerful ones, such as fey, embodied archetypes, or the pagan gods -- to have children with mortals. The fruit of these unions have greater inherent spiritual power and affinity for the supernatural than regular humans do. However, they also have a chance of being born as monsters, warped in body and mind, and shunned and feared by celestials, ethereals and humans alike. These unfortunates are known as [[{{Nephilim}} Nephallim]] when sired by celestials and [[OurGorgonsAreDifferent [[{{Medusa}} gorgons]] when born of ethereals.
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* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': By using the Songs of Fruition, it's possible for celestial beings -- i.e., angels and demons -- and for ethereal spirits -- typically the more powerful ones, such as fey, embodied archetypes, or the pagan gods -- to have children with mortals. The fruit of these unions have greater inherent spiritual power and affinity for the supernatural than regular humans do. However, they also have a chance of being born as monsters, warped in body and mind, and shunned and feared by celestials, ethereals and humans alike. These unfortunates are known as [[OurNephilimAreDifferent Nephallim]] when sired by celestials and [[OurGorgonsAreDifferent gorgons]] when born of ethereals.

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* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': By using the Songs of Fruition, it's possible for celestial beings -- i.e., angels and demons -- and for ethereal spirits -- typically the more powerful ones, such as fey, embodied archetypes, or the pagan gods -- to have children with mortals. The fruit of these unions have greater inherent spiritual power and affinity for the supernatural than regular humans do. However, they also have a chance of being born as monsters, warped in body and mind, and shunned and feared by celestials, ethereals and humans alike. These unfortunates are known as [[OurNephilimAreDifferent [[{{Nephilim}} Nephallim]] when sired by celestials and [[OurGorgonsAreDifferent gorgons]] when born of ethereals.
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* In ''Webcomic/Aurora2019'', Kendal is a vessel created by a god to facilitate interaction with mortals who gained a consciousness of his own after the god in question was forcibly extracted from the vessel. Several characters refer to him as a "demigod" or "godling". Since there is [[SingleSpecimenSpecies no precedent]] for someone like him existing, different gods Kendal encounters have different interpretations of how he fits into divine politics.
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* The [[OurVampiresAreDifferent White Court]] in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''. Their souls are half [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] due to a demonic [[TheSymbiote symbiote]] that gives them superhuman abilities and [[TheBeautifulElite incredibly good looks]], but at the cost of a [[HorrorHunger Hunger]] for [[EmotionEater human emotions]]. The [[EvilIsSexy Raith]] family is particularly noted to go after [[SuccubiAndIncubi lust]].

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* The [[OurVampiresAreDifferent White Court]] in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''. Their souls are half [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] due to a demonic [[TheSymbiote symbiote]] that gives them superhuman abilities and [[TheBeautifulElite incredibly good looks]], but at the cost of a [[HorrorHunger Hunger]] for [[EmotionEater human emotions]]. The [[EvilIsSexy Raith]] Raith family is particularly noted to go after [[SuccubiAndIncubi lust]].
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* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': The [[PhysicalGod Primarchs]] and, to a lesser extent, the SpaceMarines. The Primarchs are the 20 [[TrulySingleParent "sons"]] of the GodEmperor, and while they aren't as powerful as him, they're nigh-godly unto themselves. The Space Marines are [[SuperSoldier warriors]] that are BioAugmented with the geneseed of the Primarchs, and they're basically an [[BadassArmy army]] of individuals who can each [[OneManArmy slaughter a thousand men by themselves]].

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* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': The [[PhysicalGod Primarchs]] and, to a lesser extent, the SpaceMarines.{{Space Marine}}s. The Primarchs are the 20 [[TrulySingleParent "sons"]] of the GodEmperor, and while they aren't as powerful as him, they're nigh-godly unto themselves. The Space Marines are [[SuperSoldier warriors]] that who are BioAugmented [[BioAugmentation biologically augmented]] with the geneseed of the Primarchs, and they're basically an [[BadassArmy army]] of individuals who can each [[OneManArmy slaughter a thousand men by themselves]].
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** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': Crest bearers are people born with blessings bestowed onto them by the goddess Sothis. These blessings can be superior strength or a high aptitude for magic.
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** [[PlayerCharacter Corrin]] and [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Kana]] from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' in particular are the children and grandchildren respectively of [[spoiler:Anankos, the Silent Dragon and a PhysicalGod in his own right]]. Part of the reason why they can transform into a dragon despite the First Dragons having left this world is because of their direct ancestry from one of the only remaining First Dragons left in the world ''Fates'' is set in]].

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** [[PlayerCharacter Corrin]] and [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Kana]] from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' in particular are the children and grandchildren respectively of [[spoiler:Anankos, the Silent Dragon and a PhysicalGod in his own right]].right. Part of the reason why they can transform into a dragon despite the First Dragons having left this world is because of their direct ancestry from one of the only remaining First Dragons left in the world ''Fates'' is set in]].
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* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'':
** The descendants of the 12 Crusaders in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'', who got their divine powers from [[spoiler: drinking the blood of the Dragon]] Gods, get these powers passed to them through blood inheritance.
** [[PlayerCharacter Corrin]] and [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Kana]] from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' in particular are the children and grandchildren respectively of [[spoiler:Anankos, the Silent Dragon and a PhysicalGod in his own right]]. Part of the reason why they can transform into a dragon despite the First Dragons having left this world is because of their direct ancestry from one of the only remaining First Dragons left in the world ''Fates'' is set in]].
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** PlayedStraight according to the Ebionites, an extinct early Christian sect who believed Jesus was an incarnation of an angel and the adopted son of God, but not God himself.
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* In ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' Shadowhunters' powers are believed to be tied to them having the blood of angels. The Downworlder races are similar: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] and [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]] are infections originally created by demons, warlocks are the offspring of demons with humans, and [[TheFairFolk fairies]] are descended from AngelDevilShipping.

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* In ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' Shadowhunters' powers are believed to be tied to them having ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'': The first Nephilim were created when humans drank from a cup in which the angel Raziel mixed his blood with human blood. Their descendants inherited their divine blood. the angel Raziel mixed his blood with the blood of angels. humans into a cup. The Downworlder races are similar: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] and [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]] are infections originally created by demons, warlocks are the offspring of demons with humans, and [[TheFairFolk fairies]] are descended from AngelDevilShipping.[[AngelDevilShipping angels and demons mating]].
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* ''Literature/TheBurningKingdoms'': Malini and Chandra's family supposedly descent from Divyanski, a goddess who is worshipped among their people.

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* ''Literature/TheBurningKingdoms'': Malini and Chandra's family supposedly descent descend from Divyanski, a goddess who is worshipped among their people.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Godforsaken}}'': Cambions, sometimes called helborn, are born of mortal and demonic unions. Most cambions give in to what everyone expects of them, and embrace evil.
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I know it's a lot: the hair, the '''''bod'''''!\\
When you're staring at a demi-god!"''

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I know it's a lot: the hair, the '''''bod'''''!\\
'''bod!'''\\
When you're staring at a demi-god!"''demigod!"''
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[[caption-width-right:350:Someone should invite the Olympians on ''Series/TheMauryPovichShow''.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Someone should invite the Olympians on ''Series/TheMauryPovichShow''.''[[Series/{{Maury}} The Maury Povich Show]]''.]]
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-->-- '''Maui''', [[IAmGreatSong "You're Welcome"]], ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}''

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-->-- '''Maui''', [[IAmGreatSong "You're Welcome"]], "[[IAmGreatSong You're Welcome]]", ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}''
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* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' has Saints, powerful people on the Magic side who are born with a portion of the Son of God's power in them. There are less than 20 of them in the world.

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* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' has Saints, powerful people on the Magic side who are born with a portion of the Son of God's power in them. There are less than 20 of them in the world.



** In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', this actually does have an impact on the plot because one of Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasms, Enkidu, gets stronger the higher the target's Divinity Ranking. To a normal person it's just a tough but relatively normal set of chains, but against Divinity it's a nigh-inescapable trap once caught. [[spoiler:Too bad for Illya in the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' route when that target happens to be her Servant Herakles, not only a demigod who ascended to full godhood after his death but the one who, to quote the Myths and Legends folder on this page, had more of Zeus' blood in him than anybody else except for Zeus himself. In the ''Fate'' route, Cu Chulainn is ultimately restrained and executed by Gilgamesh after a long off-screen battle thanks to his Rank B Divinity, and in ''LightNovel/FateZero'', he once again uses the chains to restrict Iskandar, who has Divinity thanks to claiming to be a distant descendant of Zeus, and deal a killing blow.]]

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** In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', this actually does have an impact on the plot because one of Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasms, Enkidu, gets stronger the higher the target's Divinity Ranking. To a normal person it's just a tough but relatively normal set of chains, but against Divinity it's a nigh-inescapable trap once caught. [[spoiler:Too bad for Illya in the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' route when that target happens to be her Servant Herakles, not only a demigod who ascended to full godhood after his death but the one who, to quote the Myths and Legends folder on this page, had more of Zeus' blood in him than anybody else except for Zeus himself. In the ''Fate'' route, Cu Chulainn is ultimately restrained and executed by Gilgamesh after a long off-screen battle thanks to his Rank B Divinity, and in ''LightNovel/FateZero'', ''Literature/FateZero'', he once again uses the chains to restrict Iskandar, who has Divinity thanks to claiming to be a distant descendant of Zeus, and deal a killing blow.]]

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* ''Literature/TheBurningKingdoms'': Some of the Parijati priests believe Malini a scion of Divyanski, a goddess who they worship, as she her appearance is similar.

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* ''Literature/TheBurningKingdoms'': Some of the Parijati priests believe Malini a scion of and Chandra's family supposedly descent from Divyanski, a goddess who they worship, as she her is worshipped among their people.
** A priest notes that Malini's
appearance is similar.similar to hers.
** Chandra believes being a descendant of Divyanski is why he's the [[DivineRightOfKings emperor by right]].

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