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* [[TheBigBadWolf Bigby]] from ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'' is the son of [[AnthropomorphicPersonification The North Wind]]. He has powers over the weather as well some measure of immortality.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'': [[TheBigBadWolf Bigby]] from ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'' is the son of [[AnthropomorphicPersonification The North Wind]]. He has powers over the weather as well some measure of immortality.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules'': ComicBook/{{Ares|Marvel}} is an AntiHero with a beloved half-human son named Alexander, who is eventually upgraded to the ([[BadPowersGoodPeople heroic]]) God of Fear.
* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': The Endless are not mere gods, but {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of universal constants. They still procreate with lesser entities on occasion though.
** Orpheus, the hero from Greek Mythology, was the son of Dream and a nymph. Aside from being a supreme bard his head remained alive for millennia after he was torn to pieces.
** Desire raped and impregnated Unity, the woman who was originally destined to become the Dream Vortex but went into a coma when Dream was imprisoned, as part of a scheme to make Dream shed family blood when their granddaughter Rose became the Dream Vortex (who Dream has to kill to preserve the universe) instead.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Tess Black, who appeared briefly in ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski'' #503-504, is the daughter of the Norse god Loki and a human woman, something she is unaware of.
* ''ComicBook/Superboy1994'': King Shark claims to be a demigod that came to existence through magical means and is the Shark-God's son. His origin was disputed as being the result of mutation, until it was confirmed in ''Aquaman'' that he is indeed divine in nature.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'':
** ComicBook/{{Raven}} is the daughter of the demon Trigon and a human woman, something that causes her considerable angst.
** Lilith Clay was revealed to be the daughter of Thia, a Titan of Myth who plotted to overthrow the gods of Olympus. Following the [[ComicBook/PostCrisis first reboot]] of the DC universe, this origin was erased.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':



* Creator/MarvelComics' ComicBook/{{Ares|Marvel}} is an AntiHero with a beloved half-human son named Alexander, who is eventually upgraded to the ([[BadPowersGoodPeople heroic]]) God of Fear.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Tess Black, who appeared briefly in ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski'' #503-504, is the daughter of the Norse god Loki and a human woman, something she is unaware of.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'':
** ComicBook/{{Raven}} is the daughter of the demon Trigon and a human woman, something that causes her considerable angst.
** Lilith Clay was revealed to be the daughter of Thia, a Titan of Myth who plotted to overthrow the gods of Olympus. Following the [[ComicBook/PostCrisis first reboot]] of the DC universe, this origin was erased.
* King Shark from ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' claims to be a demigod that came to existence through magical means and is the Shark-God's son. His origin was disputed as being the result of mutation, until it was confirmed in ''Aquaman'' that he is indeed divine in nature.
* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': The Endless are not mere gods, but {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of universal constants. They still procreate with lesser entities on occasion though.
** Orpheus, the hero from Greek Mythology, was the son of Dream and a nymph. Aside from being a supreme bard his head remained alive for millennia after he was torn to pieces.
** Desire raped and impregnated Unity, the woman who was originally destined to become the Dream Vortex but went into a coma when Dream was imprisoned, as part of a scheme to make Dream shed family blood when their granddaughter Rose became the Dream Vortex (who Dream has to kill to preserve the universe) instead.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Alicorn}}'': Rainbow Dash is the daughter of an unnamed earth pony father and Celestia, an alicorn PhysicalGod of the sun. She's not particularily thrilled about who her mother is. It later turns out that Celestia and Luna are themselves a result of this, being born of an alicorn mother and a pegasus father.
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* Literature/TheBible -- specifically, the New Testament -- says that Jesus Christ is this, as do some interpretations of the gospel. Major wars over the issue have been fought throughout history.

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* Literature/TheBible -- specifically, ''Literature/TheBible'': Jesus is the New Testament -- says son of God and a human named Mary, conceived via divine intervention. However, Christianity holds that he is ''not'' half-god and half-human, but ''fully'' divine ''and'' human simultaneously. Yes, it's weird and everyone knows it; the seeming contradiction is why certain early-church heresies that said that Jesus Christ is this, as do some interpretations of was either not fully God (Arianism, which said he was a lesser divinity to the gospel. Major wars over the issue have been fought throughout history.Father) or not really human (Docetism, where his mortal form was an illusion). Tv Tropes, not being composed of religious scholars, will not be elaborating further.



** Herakles, Perseus, Helen of Troy and many other classical figures were children of Zeus. Sometimes, in fact, Zeus would seduce a woman who was already a distant descendant of his through a previous affair. He sure got around. (the page image is from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' which actually twists the trope a bit: in the myth, Herc's mother is a mortal; in the movie, he's the son of Zeus' wife Hera, but becomes a demigod after being BroughtDownToNormal)

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** Herakles, Perseus, Helen of Troy and many other classical figures were children of Zeus. Sometimes, in fact, Zeus would seduce a woman who was already a distant descendant of his through a previous affair. He sure got around. (the page image is from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' which actually twists the trope a bit: in the myth, Herc's mother is a mortal; mortal, Alcmene; in the movie, he's the son of Zeus' wife Hera, but becomes a demigod after being BroughtDownToNormal)



* [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]] was 2/3 god, since the Babylonians believed that if two men had sex with a woman and she got pregnant, both were the father. Gilgamesh was the product of such a threesome.

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* [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]] was [[UnevenHybrid 2/3 god, god]], since the Babylonians believed that if two men had sex with a woman and she got pregnant, both were the father. Gilgamesh was the product of such a threesome.

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