demigoddess
Americannoun
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a female mythological being who is partly divine and partly human.
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a deified woman.
Etymology
Origin of demigoddess
Example Sentences
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Since her comic book debut in 1941, Wonder Woman has been recognized as an Amazon princess, a demigoddess and an emissary and ambassador from her homeland.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2022
Streep sharing a name with her character is a fourth-wall-breaking genuflection to her demigoddess presence, which might alone persuade us that it was appropriate to revive this story.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 9, 2019
In “Circe,” Miller weaves a story about the demigoddess with whom Odysseus tarried on his way home to Penelope.
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2018
The reliefs are truly exceptional, depicting religious and cultic scenes, priests, and what appears to be a demigoddess or a high-priestess.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2017
Here the name Moana-nui-ka-lehua seems to be used to indicate the sea as well as the demigoddess, whose dominion it was.
From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Emerson, Nathaniel Bright
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