Selene was deeply moved by Endymion's beauty, so she would spy on him in the cave every night. Endymion still maintained a beautiful face and a gratifying smile after he fell asleep. Selene fell in love with him at first sight, but Endymion is a mortal, would eventually die naturally, so Selene asked Zeus to grant Endymion eternal life, but the price was long sleep. , a shepherd in the Mount Latmus of Asia Minor. Akkadian Atrahasis ("extremely wise") and Utnapishtim ("he found life"), as well as biblical Noah ("rest") are similar heroes of flood legends of the Ancient Near East. He is also mentioned in other ancient literature, including The Death of Gilgamesh and The Poem of Early Rulers, and a late version of The Instructions of Shuruppak refers to Ziusudra. He is subsequently recorded as the hero of the Sumerian flood epic. Ziusudra (also Zi-ud-sura and Zin-Suddu Hellenized Xisuthros: "found long life" or "life of long days") of Shuruppak is listed in the WB-62 Sumerian king list recension as the last king of Sumer prior to the deluge.These listings are in chronological order, though some dates are approximate. It also does not include people who, according to their religion, became deities or actually were deities the whole time, such as Jesus of Nazareth (who as part of the Trinity was, according to Christianity, also God) or Parashurama according to Hindu mythology.
It also does not include people whose immortality involves living in a place not on Earth, such as Heracles on Mount Olympus or the Eight Immortals of Taoism in Mount Penglai.
This list does not contain those people who are supposed to have attained immortality through the typical means of a religion, such as a Christian in Heaven. This list comprises people claimed to achieve a deathless existence on Earth. This list does not reference purely spiritual entities (spirits, gods, demons, angels), non-humans ( monsters, aliens, elves), or artificial life ( artificial intelligence, robots). This is a list of people claimed to be immortal.
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