Demideity

Demideity
"Setanta Slays the Hound of Culain", illustration by Stephen Reid from Eleanor Hull's The Boys' Cuchulain, 1904
General Information
Cultural origin	various
Type	Partial deities
Statistics
Similar creatures	Nephil, Cambion

A demideity or demigod (feminine: demigoddess) is a minor deity, or a mortal or immortal who is the offspring of a deity and any another race, or a figure who has attained divine status after death.

Creation

Demideities are born when a deity forms a relationship with a mortal. They sometimes retain physical traits from their divine parents, like hair and eye colour, or personality traits, like cunning or bravery.

Abilities

Demideities often have powers or knowledge associated with their deific parent's domain of control. Their abilities are never as powerful as their parents' though, but they are still powerful enough to make them superior to normal mortals.

Types

• Male Demigod
• Demigoddess
  • Empusae
  • Medusa

In popular culture

In film

• Demideities are the main focus of the films The Lightning Thief and Sea of Monsters, which are adaptions of the books by Rick Riordan.

In literature

• The Percy Jackson book series by Rick Riordan revolves around modern day Greek demideities and their struggle to live in a world full of hidden dangers. The demideities all attend a summer camp called Camp Half-Blood, run by the centaur Chiron and the god Dionysus.

Gallery

Camp Half-Blood

Camp Half-Blood as it appears in The Lightning Thief