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Zagreus
Zeus once came to Persephone in the form of a serpent and impregnated her. When she bore Zagreus, Hera's jealousy led her to send the Titans to kill Zagreus, but Zeus saved his heart and fed a broth made from it to Semele, who then became pregnant with Dionysus.
In other stories, Zagreus is cut into pieces. Demeter gathers up the pieces and he is reborn. Still in other versions, Athena saves his heart and puts it into a gympsum figure. This figure is then made immortal, and is used to welcome souls into the Underworld.
He is usually pictured with horns, and is given the ability to change shape.