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{{trope}}
A character that's not a fully supernatural being (such as a [[Our Gods Are Greater|god]], [[Our Angels Are Different|angel]], [[Our Demons Are Different|demon]], [[Our Spirits Are Different|spirit in general]], [[Eldritch Abomination|abomination]], etc.), but has a touch of it or more in them. The character may be the [[Half Human Hybrids|offspring]]/[[Heinz Hybrid|descendant]] of supernatural creatures and mortals, or is part of a race that's inherently part-supernatural or in between. For that matter, [[Transhuman|the character might have even become part-supernatural]] as a boon from the [[Powers That Be]] or their own personal attempt to [[Ascend to
These characters tend to exhibit several [[Stock Super Powers]], and if they aren't outright [[Immortal]], they're almost guaranteed to be [[Long Lived]]. They may or may not qualify as [[Humanoid Abomination|Humanoid Abominations]] (who themselves have a high chance of being this character type), and that's if they look humanoid in the first place.
[[The Antichrist]] is almost always an example. [[Changeling Tale|Changelings]] are also frequently found to be some mix of human and [[The Fair Folk|faerie]]. [[Divine Parentage]], being [[Touched
One can think of these characters as beings that are [[Downplayed Trope|partly]] [[Made of Magic]] (or [[Our Spirits Are Different|spirit-like]] beings in general).
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Shazam|Captain Marvel]]: [[Kingdom Come|"I'm not a man ... I'm not a god ... but you, Billy: you're both."]]
* Jesse Custer in [[Garth Ennis]]' ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' series, who is [[Blessed
* ''[[The Spectre]]'' qualifies, as he's a dead human who is the host of (the [[Our Angels Are Different|angel]] that represents) God's Wrath/Vengeance.
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* Daine in [[Tamora Pierce]]'s ''[[Tortall Universe|Wild Magic]]'' series is the daughter of a minor god (of the hunt) and a mortal woman (who becomes a minor goddess when she dies).
* There's also the ''[[Old Kingdom]]'' books by Garth Nix. The world was created by {{spoiler|nine}} spirits of Free Magic, but in order to protect the world and humanity, the Seven created the Charter and bound most of the Free Magic in the world. Four of them poured most of their power into mortal bloodlines; the Clayr, the Abhorsen, the royal family and the Wallmakers. Consequently, although not directly related to a deity, they all do have powers inherited from a god (or close enough).
* The ''[[
* Vishous from ''[[Black Dagger Brotherhood]]'' is another example; he is the son of the Scribe Virgin, the deity vampires pray to in his universe. He also has a twin sister named Payne....
* In the ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians|Percy Jackson]]'' book series, most of the main characters (at least the children) are demigods, born of a god and a human.
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** An example of a mortal attaining semi-divine status happens in ''[[Angel]]''. Cordelia was dying because her psychic visions were causing [[Power Degeneration]]. After refusing a divine offer to give up her powers and live a normal life in order to continue doing good, she was rewarded by being turned part demon. Being allied with the (generally) good [[Powers That Be]], her demonhood had no cosmetic effects, gave her immunity to [[Power Degeneration]], and healing abilities.
** Also from ''[[Angel]]'', the fifth season gives us Ilyria, an [[Eldritch Abomination|Old One]], a pure demon. Her current shell is too weak to contain her power, so Team Angel siphons off some of her power. So now she's a semi-human Old One with a fraction of her former strength.
* {{spoiler|[[Our Angels Are Different|Castiel]]}} during the fifth season of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''. {{spoiler|After [[Rage Against the Heavens|rebelling against heaven]] to help the Winchesters save the world from the upcoming apocalypse, he steadily loses his divine power until he's basically human by the end of the season}}.
** Sam and the rest of the [[Psychic Powers|psychic children]]. Their powers originated from {{spoiler|being fed [[Demon Lords and Archdevils|Aza]][[Big Bad|zel]]'s blood when they were infants}}.
* In the ''[[Stargate Verse]]'', any character on the path to [[Ascend to
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** Heracles: The son of Zeus and Alcmene.
** The swan sisters, Helen and Klytemnestra and their twin brothers Castor and Pollux: children of Zeus and Leda.
** Odysseus spent a few years on an island shacked up with a minor goddess. ''[[
** Frankly, Zeus and a few other gods deserve a special folder all their own. Those rapists were all up ins. And gods make babies. Always.
** Aeneas's mother was [[Love Goddess|Aphrodite]]. Dude founded Rome.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* The [[Our Demons Are Different|Demonspawn]] and [[Our Gods Are Greater|Demigods]] of ''[[Dungeon Crawl]]''. They can be created through magical experiments, [[Half Human Hybrids|breeding]] with demons and gods/angels, (un)holy pacts, or any number of other ways. The former are very versatile and have a wide range of (random, but usually powerful) abilities from their demonic mutations, but are weak against [[Holy Hand Grenade|evil-smiting powers]]. The later [[The Ace|have the highest base attributes in the game, and have a lot of HP and mana pools]], but they level slowly and can't worship a god, which is pretty bad, as a lot of powers and bonuses can only be gained through religion.
* In the ''[[
** In fact, Amelyssan was something like 99% god by the end of the Throne of Bhaal expansion. After defeating her, the [[PC]] (him/her)self [[Ascend to
* Dante and [[Evil Twin|Vergil]] of ''[[Devil May Cry]]''. They're both the sons of [[Physical God|Sparda]], a [[Our Demons Are Different|demon]] who made other demons look like wet tissue paper in comparison.
* In ''[[First Encounter Assault Recon|F.E.A.R]]'', the unnamed child that was produced by {{spoiler|[[Our Ghosts Are Different|Alma]] [[Person of Mass Destruction|Wade]] [[Rape
* In ''[[Disgaea]]'', Laharal is the son of the former [[Our Demons Are Different|overlord]] and a human.
* The [[The Chosen One|Dragon]][[Player Character|born]] of ''[[The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim|Skyrim]]'', who was been born with the soul and blood of a [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragon]] (who are otherwise known as [[Our Angels Are Different|aedric]] [[Our Spirits Are Different|spirits]]), but has the body of a mortal.
== [[Visual Novels]] ==
* Divinity in ''[[Fate/stay
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Genie in the ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' sequels and series. After being freed, he has gone from having "phenomenal cosmic powers" to "semi-phenomenal nearly-cosmic powers".
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', along with [[Big Bad|Vlad Masters]] and [[Opposite Sex Clone|Danielle Phantom]], are half ghost, though there was no breeding between ghosts and humans involved: the former two were both results of [[Freak Lab Accident|lab accidents]], and the latter was cloned.
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