Similarly, in the Vishnu Sahasranama, the concluding verses, read, "The Rishis, the ancestors, the devas, the great elements, in fact, all things moving and unmoving constituting this universe, have originated from Narayana," (i.e., Vishnu). For example, the Rig Veda (1.22.20) reads, ""oṃ tad viṣṇoḥ paramam padam sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ"", which translates to, "All the suras look always toward the feet of Lord Vishnu". The Vaishnavites (who often translate deva as " demigod") cite various verses that speak of the devas' subordinate status. Pindar also used the term frequently as a synonym for hero. Instead, those who demonstrated "strength, power, good family, and good " were termed heroes, and after death they could be called "hemitheoi", a process that has been referred to as "heroization". In these cases, the word did not mean that these figures had one parent who was divine and one who was mortal. Both describe dead heroes as, or "half gods". The earliest recorded use of the term is by the archaic Greek poets Homer and Hesiod. The term demigod or demi-god can refer to a minor deity, a mortal or immortal who is the offspring of a god and a human being, or a figure who has attained divine status after death.
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