Immortality

long-lived bird that is cyclically regenerated or reborn in Arabian, East Asian, and Greco-Roman mythology

thumb|The Fountain of Eternal Life in [[Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is described as symbolizing "Man rising above death, reaching upward to God and toward Peace."]]

legendary alchemical substance

In Greek mythology, Adonis (; , ) was the mortal lover of the goddesses Aphrodite and Persephone. He was considered to be the ideal of male beauty in classical antiquity.

Transhumanism is a philosophical movement that advocates the enhancement of the human condition by developing and making widely available new and future technologies to enhance longevity, cognition, and well-being. Influenced by seminal works of science fiction, the transhumanist vision of a transformed future humanity has many supporters and detractors from a wide range of perspectives, including philosophy and religion. Some critics argue that transhumanism amounts to little more than a "rebranding" of eugenics.

thumb|upright=1.2|The Food of the Gods on Olympus (1530), Maiolica|majolica dish attributed to [[Nicola da Urbino]]

thumb|Mohini, the female form of [[Vishnu, holding the pot of amrita, which she distributes amongst all the devas, leaving the asuras without it. Darasuram, Tamil Nadu, India|alt=A stone carving of a standing woman with a pot in her left hand and lotus in right]]

mythological theme in art and literature, a spring that supposedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters

motif in art and culture

magical potion

immortal jellyfish

remedy claimed to cure all diseases

In Greek mythology, Tithonus ( or ; ) was the lover of Eos, Goddess of the Dawn. He was a prince of Troy, the son of King Laomedon by the Naiad Strymo (). The mythology reflected by the fifth-century vase-painters of Athens envisaged Tithonus as a rhapsode, as attested by the lyre in his hand, on an oinochoe (wine jug) of the Achilles Painter, circa 470–460 BC.

species of small, biologically immortal jellyfish

thumb|Oannès – Adapa from Odilon Redon in the [[Kröller-Müller Museum]]

term used in the Hebrew Bible

British writer and biomedical gerontologist

thumb|right|upright=1.25|French illustration of imps ()

hypothetical copying of a "self" from a brain's neural-networks into a computer, a computer network or a human-like robot

state in which the rate of mortality from senescence is stable or decreasing

concept of human physical immortality free of aging

three-legged frog charm

55th of 154 by William Shakespeare

thought experiment in which one plays Russian roulette with the trigger connected to the Geiger counter measuring the decay of a radioactive atom

thumb|Japanese mermaid (ningyo). Coiffed with nihongami hairstyle of the Edo Period. , is a creature with both human and fish-like features, described in various pieces of Japanese literature.

life extension concept; idea that a person's remaining life expectancy would increase at a faster rate than they age

hypothetical concept of storing

characteristic of organisms displaying no decline in survival capacity relative to age

literary and religious metaphor

organization that develops a network and community of researchers in the field of life extension

doctrine in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

regenerative medicine proposal

Chinese mythological fruit

2016 film

In Turkic mythology, Konrul, also Kongrul and Konqrul (Azeri: , , ) is a long-lived bird that is cyclically regenerated or reborn, similar to a phoenix.

lineage of cells that evades senescence and continues dividing

In Persian and Zoroastrian legends, the mighty Gaokerena was a mythic Haoma plant that had healing properties and gave immortality to the resurrected bodies of the dead when eaten. It is also said to have the seeds of all trees on Earth and that the juice from its fruit gave the elixir of immortality. The name Gaokerena means "ox horn" or "cow ear". == Simurgh roosting on the tree ==