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( lowercase ) A being who possesses the combined attributes of a deity and of a person.

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  • But the Prometheus of Lowell is not the god-man writhing in an awful conflict with his slavery but begun.
  • “How do I know that you are the one of whom my mother, the goddess Thetis, spoke?” demands this young god-man.
  • Perhaps I'm missing something obvious, but I can't think of another instance of a breech of ritual in a god-man story upsetting the populace to any great degree.
  • I mean, I don't expect them to listen to the likes of me, of scientists, but one would expect them to listen to, you know, the actual god-man they claim to worship and...
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