How many Virgin born figures can you name?

[No1Mensan]

I am writing a "special" book about such things and I want to make sure that I cover everything. So please keep adding to this list.

Jesus
Dionysus
Osiris
Orpheus

I haven't found much reliable stuff on this online so please link me to some if you can.

 

[Demojen]

How many Virgin born figures can you name?

I was born a virgin.
I winz

 

[RichardMNixon]

Does Flora the lizard count? I bet it would be pretty irksome to include some of that troublesome science in your virgin birth section.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=apLYpeppu8ag&refer=canada

I hadn't heard this before, so maybe it needs to be verified beyond a wikipedia reference, but here's Buddha being conceived by his mother and a god:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/lob/lob04.htm

Oh, heh, and Romulus and Remus. Can't help but wonder how a story of Rome's founders bears such similarities to a story about Christianity's founding... hmm........

 

[justsomefnguy]

My favorite was always Mithra. In addition to the virgin birth, he shared many characteristics with Jesus, and also happened to be the major competitor of christianity, that is until christianity was made the official religion of the roman empire and Mithraism was outlawed.

 

[Master_Ghost_Knight]

Do artificial ensiminated count? Or it got to be bulshit?

 

[No1Mensan]

Do artificial ensiminated count? Or it got to be bulshit?

Got to be both bullshit and heretic.

 

[PAB]

Ancient Egyptian - Ra ...i think

 

[masterjedijared]

There's accounts of Alexander the Great being the son of his mother and Apollo.

 

[masterjedijared]

Perseus was also technically born of a virgin. Zeus came to her as a "golden rain" and that's what did it.

 

[Master_Ghost_Knight]

Zeus came on her as a "golden rain" and that's what did it.

:shock:

 

[Unwardil]

Perseus was also technically born of a virgin. Zeus came to her as a "golden rain" and that's what did it.

He was doing it wrong. That's not how you're supposed to get a girl knocked up.

 

[Master Ridley]

Gilgamesh but his father was mortal, his mother was a goddess... Usually it's the other way around so Gilgamesh wins!

 

[Anachronous Rex]

Well Athena comes to mind... sort of...

 

[metricdragon]

My favorite was always Mithra. In addition to the virgin birth, he shared many characteristics with Jesus, and also happened to be the major competitor of christianity, that is until christianity was made the official religion of the roman empire and Mithraism was outlawed.

Doesn't the celebration of birthdays come from Mithraism?

 

[Mycernius]

Weren't all the Pharoahs of supposed divine birth?

 

[Laurens]

The Buddha

 

[Lallapalalable]

Anakin Skywalker, all the way (what, some people follow star wars like a religion!)

Oh, and Masterjedijared, how could you not give this reply?

 

[Laurens]

James Bond

 

[Aught3]

Zoroaster was virgin-born.

 

[Anachronous Rex]

Zoroaster was virgin-born.

Actually, that may have been tacked on to his legend later... sadly our best sources on Zoroastrianism are from around the 9th Century. :cry: