hero-god

Each of these, along with eight more avatars, gets its own subsection, the largest by far being Krishna, followed by the hero-god Rama.

From Stillness, Cosmic Action Lee Lawrence 2011

It reminds me, sadly, of the chicken-hawk moment in the blogosphere, when Bush was liberator hero-god in 2003.

Matthew Yglesias » The Strange Death of the Public Option 2010

Ingwaz is named for the Norse hero-god Ing, who came from across the sea to unite his people of Viking Jutland, and returned whence he came leaving peace and harmony.

the rune i just got pulled for me by the lovely middle faerian 2009

Rhiannon was a rebellious human-superhuman hero-god, whose sinful pride caused some mysterious catastrophe and got him locked in a hidden tomb.

Five places to visit on your Rekal vacation to Mars Paul 2009

Ingwaz is named for the Norse hero-god Ing, who came from across the sea to unite his people of Viking Jutland, and returned whence he came leaving peace and harmony.

Archive 2009-03-01 faerian 2009

Kukulcan is considered as the founder of civilization, as the builder of cities, as hero-god, and appears in another conception as the rain-deity, and -- since the serpent has a mythologic relation to water -- as serpent deity.

Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1 Paul Schellhas

I have said that in the mysteries of Dionysus the legend recounted the death of that hero-god, and the subsequent discovery of his body.

The Symbolism of Freemasonry Albert G. Mackey

The hero-god first gives battle to the sun, conquers him, crowns him with rays and makes him his eternal friend and fellow; nay, the sun becomes in a sense

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

Their principal divinities were a benevolent creative spirit or hero-god called Huyacali, and an evil spirit,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

In greeting Herakles he rises to a manlier strain, puts tears away, and accepts the realities of life and death; he will not add ill to ill, as the sentimentalist does, but will be just to the rights of earth that remain; he catches some genuine strength from the magnanimous presence of the hero-god.

Robert Browning Dowden, Edward 1904