Editing Demigod (section)

{{Short description|Minor deity}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Distinguish|Demagogue}}
[[Image:Cuslayshound.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|"[[Cú Chulainn|Cuchulain]] Slays the [[Hound of Culain]]", illustration by [[Stephen Reid (artist)|Stephen Reid]] from [[Eleanor Hull]]'s ''The Boys' Cuchulain'', 1904]]

A '''demigod''' is a part-human and part-divine offspring of a [[deity]] and a [[human]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I3eEcWFMJ2EC&q=demigod+male+god+and+female+humans&pg=PA21|title=Black Thoughts for White America|isbn=9780595261659|last1=Woody Lamonte|first1=G.|year=2002}}</ref> or a human or non-human creature that is accorded divine status after death, or someone who has attained the "[[divine spark]]" ([[divine illumination]]). An [[immortality|immortal]] demigod often has [[tutelar]]y status and a [[religious cult]] following, while a [[death|mortal]] demigod is one who has fallen or died, but is popular as a [[legendary hero]] in various [[polytheistic]] religions. Figuratively, it is used to describe a person whose talents or abilities are so superlative that they appear to approach being divine.