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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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