List of virgin births


 * This article is about alleged virgin births in religion, mythology and fiction. For information on the biological phenomenon, please see parthenogenesis.

Religious Sources
Cúchulainn: according to The Birth of Cúchulainn he was born three times: the second and third may have been virgin births (the narrative is unclear).

Deganawidah: "According to the legend, Dekanahwideh was born among the Huron Indians …. His virgin mother had been informed in a dream by a messenger from the Creator that she was to bear a son destined to plant the Tree of Peace at Onondaga." Dekanahwideh, Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.

Huitzilopochtli: The Aztec god of war and the sun, he was conceived when a ball of feathers fell on his mother Coatlicue while she was cleaning a temple. The ball of feathers was actually Mixcoatl, the god of the hunt.

Hunahpu and Xbalanque: The Mayan Hero Twins, in their holy book the Popol Vuh, were conceived after twin sons of the Creators were summoned by the lords of Xibalba and beheaded for playing a noisy ball game. The head of one twin, Huh Hunahpu, magically impregnated Ixquic (also known as Blood Moon).

Jesus: Founder of the Christian faith, conceived, according to the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke, by Mary while a virgin (see Virgin Birth of Jesus).

Laozi: Laozi, or LaoTzu, lived in the 6th century BC and authored the Tao Te Ching, according to Chinese tradition. " In legends, he was conceived when his mother gazed upon a falling star"

Montezuma (the Pueblo god-hero, not the Aztec Emperor): Supposedly conceived from a beautiful virgin when she either ate a pinyon pine nut, or when it fell from a tree and landed on her belly, depending on the version.

Sathya Sai Baba: According to the book Easwaramma by the authorized biographer Narayana Kasturi.

Fictional Sources
Anakin Skywalker: according to Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace the main character, Anakin Skywalker was conceived through virgin birth. There are some indications in Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith that Darth Sidious was responsible for impregnating Anakin's mother by willing the force to do so.