Religious sources
Mithras: Joseph Campbell claims that Mithras had a virgin birth. Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom:Owner of the Maldive Islands ,according to The Birth of Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom 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 and the Holy spirit 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" [1] Montezuma (the Pueblo god-hero, not the Aztec Emperor): Supposedly conceived from a beautiful virgin when she either ate[2] a pinyon pine nut, or when it fell from a tree and landed on her belly[3], depending on the version. Sathya Sai Baba: According to the book Easwaramma by the authorized biographer Narayana Kasturi. Romulus and Remus: Their mother, the Vestal Virgin Rhea Silvia, claimed to have been raped by the god Mars.
Fictional sources
Anakin Skywalker: according to Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace the main character, Anakin Skywalker was conceived through virgin birth. Owen Meany: The hero from John Irving's "A Prayer for Owen Meany" was a virgin birth according to his mother. There are links between Owen and Jesus Christ in the novel, including Owen playing Jesus in a church nativity play.
