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<blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 1613139" data-attributes="member: 3424">Depends on what you mean by &quot;truly mortal&quot;.&nbsp; Many Chinese deities were originally folk heroes who were subsequently canonized as gods, but at the same time they were also believed to be earthly incarnations of heavenly spirits (see the chinese classic <a href="http://www.china-guide.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&amp;Store_Code=C&amp;Product_Code=b00clacg" target="_blank">&quot;Creation of the Gods&quot;</a> and the legend of <a href="http://www.china-guide.com/entertainment/nezha.html" target="_blank">Nezha</a>).It could be argued that even in Chinese mythology, you had to become a god before you can beat up on gods, but the fact remains that beating up on gods is possible even if you start out as a mortal.Also, and I'm treading on less familiar ground here, so I may be wrong, the Finnish epic Kalevela may also have some examples of Finnish mortal heroes contending with the gods themselves.&nbsp; Would anyone who knows it better be willing to comment?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FireLance, post: 1613139, member: 3424"] Depends on what you mean by "truly mortal". Many Chinese deities were originally folk heroes who were subsequently canonized as gods, but at the same time they were also believed to be earthly incarnations of heavenly spirits (see the chinese classic [URL=http://www.china-guide.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=C&Product_Code=b00clacg]"Creation of the Gods"[/URL] and the legend of [URL=http://www.china-guide.com/entertainment/nezha.html]Nezha[/URL]). It could be argued that even in Chinese mythology, you had to become a god before you can beat up on gods, but the fact remains that beating up on gods is possible even if you start out as a mortal. Also, and I'm treading on less familiar ground here, so I may be wrong, the Finnish epic Kalevela may also have some examples of Finnish mortal heroes contending with the gods themselves. Would anyone who knows it better be willing to comment? [/QUOTE]

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