Talk:Demigod

message: Well,a demigod is a half Person and half god. You see there are many gods, but somepeople focus on only say about 7/8. But its a big difference bacause uaslly a demigod is called a half-blood. ok so a demigod can speak ancient greek or greek or they learn by tring to look on wepons they get then slowy they amerge to the language  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.209.242.103 (talk) 03:42, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Nooo...in mythology demigods are born like normal humans and learn Greek/Roman/etc culture just like everyone else does. They aren't born as fully-formed adults, only gods can be created like that. 86.174.121.238 (talk) 17:56, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  A text about alittle more about a "demigod". 

message: the seed of the two fathers is mixed in her womb (not a modern biological possibility, but one that was firmly established in Antiquity).
I am not a biologist but is it not theoretically possible that child have 2 fathers? I.e. dizigotic chimera? Uzytkownik (talk) 23:48, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Posibility of mixing seed 

message: What is the proper way to write demigod?
Is it demigod or demi-god? Are the two interchangeable?  
Shouldn't the article be consistent with what they call it? 
Prplfz9 (talk) 05:39, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demigod vs. Demi-god 

message: I removed the line: "Also, in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, Percy and his friends are mostly demigods, or half bloods."  It was at the least out place and uncited, and at the most completely irrelevant.  Maybe if someone wants to create a section of artistic depictions of these demigods, it could be included there...  Alex8541 (talk) 18:04, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Literary/Fictional Reference

message: Who the hell is Ansel?  I've been searching all over the place online for him and I can't figure out who this is meant to be in reference to.
216.54.22.188 (talk) 23:04, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ansel 

message: I just removed Jesus from this list but I have now realized this is an old argument. I am actually uneasy about the very existence of this article. To be clear, this isn't really an ancient pagan concept. Greeks and Romans didn't have a god-demigod-human classification. This is an idea that I suspect was popularized by the Percy Jackson books. Applying it haphazardly to figures who have not been described in this way is original research. --Lo2u (T • C) 17:06, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jesus 

message: I'm a little confused about the reasons for the reversion of my sourced additions. A few points:
* Replacing three references to reliable, published sources with a single reference to a self-published source doesn't really seem helpful, particularly when the edit summary includes the phrase "Don't change referenced material".
* Wikipedia may not be a dictionary but unfortunately dictionaries make up the majority of the limited reference material that actually says what a demigod is. They are a source for many Wikipedia articles.
* As far as I'm aware, the Greeks never called their heroes "demigods". Pointing out that it is a modern term seems accurate and relevant.
* The definition of demigod is fluid and inconsistent. Except perhaps in the Percy Jackson books, the term has never meant simply, "one parent is a god; one parent is a mortal" and it was difficult to find sources that give this definition, rather than "part mortal". Virtually every source accepted the "minor deity" definition. The current lead is simply wrong, and I don't understand why sources that showed this were removed.
* The section entitled "Greek" seems to be a very messy synthesis of mediocre amateur scholarship and unsourced speculation. It makes all sorts of claims that I simply don't believe. The same can be said for many of the comments on this talk page. I agree, it is unsatisfactory that the lead as I wrote didn't quite reflect the rest of the article, but the whole thing actually needs a rewrite. --Lo2u (T • C) 08:56, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The lead 

message: Although in the paragraph "Hindus" it's stated that Swami Prabhupada used the word demigod for those who are not Krishna (or his emanations), the same author also uses the word god for Surya, which is not Krishna.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.157.184.144 (talk) 22:27, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prabhupada's use of the word demigod seems to be inconsistent 

message: I am happy to try to help improve the article if there appear to be problems but the following does not seem like the user is really trying to improve the article:
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=next&oldid=705225760 - user added 'multiple issues' tag
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=next&oldid=717446221 - user added 'self-published sources' tag
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=735685935&oldid=734491503 - I took this out on the grounds that there were no self-published sources
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&type=revision&diff=743249019&oldid=741330753 user added multiple 'citation needed' tags; expand with modern examples; ISBN needed
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=745708856&oldid=743249019 - I took one unsourced statement out; another statement in the opening was sourced, just not in that sentence
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=745836118&oldid=745708856 - user added ISBNs for arbitrary editions of ancient texts and replaced line numbers with requests for page numbers; he replaced references to very well-known works from before the 1970s with ones to more obscure print-on-demand books, simply so that ISBNs could be supplied
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=745871089&oldid=745850861 - he was partially reverted to restore line numbers and editions actually consulted
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=745892255&oldid=745871877 restored his edit but in a more helpful way
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=745939912&oldid=745893524 bot removed line numbers
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=745981249&oldid=745939912 entire thing was reverted by another user
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=746116889&oldid=745981249 replaced an accurate reference with an inaccurate one simply because the inaccurate one had an ISBN, and for the same reason restored the ref to the print-on-demand book.
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=746117178&oldid=746116889 added more tags requesting page numbers
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&type=revision&diff=746970453&oldid=746129817 I supplied page numbers and removed those tags; restored the correct references
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=747090787&oldid=746970762 added yet another page needed tag
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=748052907&oldid=747104022 added a tag saying the modern usage section was short of examples
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=756378570&oldid=753350953 I supplied the page number and removed the tag requesting more examples (there is nothing obviously missing)
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=756540030&oldid=756378570 tag was immediately put back
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=756542433&oldid=756540086 further requests for a page reference for the OED and alteration of reference to a different Oxford dictionary
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=756714569&oldid=756553241 I removed the request for a modern examples tag, after contacting the user to say he had not said what modern examples were missing and I was not convinced there were any major omissions.
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=759910152&oldid=756714569 I supplied the OED page number and restored the ref to the OED
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=759942033&oldid=759910152 User kept my page number but again changed the reference to refer to a different dictionary with different page numbers so the page number and book didn't match
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=next&oldid=759942033 User added a tag claiming there were too many examples in the 'See also' section. There were 7.
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=next&oldid=760172696 User yet again restored the pointless 'expand' tag.
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=next&oldid=760173318 I removed the expand tag
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=next&oldid=760173972 I reduced the number of see also links and then removed that tag
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=next&oldid=760174445 editor put the links I had removed back and then restored the tag saying the links needed to be reduced
*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demigod&diff=next&oldid=760175636 ...and then reverted his own edit
--Lo2u (T • C) 12:54, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Constant addition of tags to this article 

message: Jesus was divine, and very human. Fits the description, but depends on your interpretation of the word "Demigod". I wouldn't say he was 50/50, half god and half human, I would just say he was 100% both and more.
Indeed, if you're looking to put a technical definition from secular religious studies to explain the nature of Christ there is a term that is much more suited to that particular job than demigod. Most secular religious scholars tend define Jesus as an "Avatar" a physical/personal manifestation of God himself, in this case Jesus Christ is an Avatar of Yahweh, not a demigod.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.10.147.119 (talk) 23:49, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sorry I would have to disagree. By definition He, a child born from a human and God mix, (last documented) is a Demigod. Was also the last to harness and use magic of the world and science of life. And the Avatar of Yahweh is un likely, cause at bat Jesus knocks the ball out of the park. Since, Jesus calls God “Father” over 165 times, in the Bible. Please give opinions I enjoy good debate 174.247.237.49 (talk) 14:43, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Jesus

message: Can Demideity/Demi-deity be used at least as a redirect?
ArchAngelAvenger (talk) 00:58, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demideity/Demi-deity 

message: For religious figures, this can be used as a way for someone to get or yield power or to be more full of themselves, or just someone really believing that they are a descended from g*d and have special power or privileges. But what about an ordinary person who for example runs for office? Is this considered blasphemous? What is the first is agnostic or an atheist can he still claim Demigod? The definition provided seems kinda open-ended.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.81.150.168 (talk) 22:17, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this supposed to be considered a Compliment or severe hindrence for Non Believers? 

message: I added this at the end of the introduction... In US History, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are considered demigods. 2601:589:4802:AB0:80F4:8C3:9BBD:C5A (talk) 14:32, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not by any reasonable source I have seen, and if you want to add it again you will also have to add a reliable source that supports the change. Sjö (talk) 15:09, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are considered Demigods 

message: There is no mention in the section on 'Modern use' of demigod being a translation of deva in Hinduism. There are many volumes of books using this translation in scores of different languages. Is there any reason it shouldn't be included? Namady (talk) 12:30, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modern use