Longevity myths

Hippocrates of Kos (; ; ), also known as Hippocrates II, named after his grandfather Hippocrates I (also Hippocrates of Kos or Hippocrates I of Kos) was a Greek physician and philosopher of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. He is traditionally referred to as the "Father of Medicine" in recognition of his lasting contributions to the field, such as the use of prognosis and clinical observation, the systematic categorization of diseases, and the (later discredited) formulation of humoral theory. His studies set out the basic id

legendary alchemical substance

legendary first emperor of Japan

Methuselah (; , in pausa , 'his death shall send' or 'man of the javelin' or 'death of sword'; ) was a biblical patriarch and a figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He is claimed to have lived the longest life, dying at 969 years of age. According to the Book of Genesis, Methuselah was the son of Enoch, the father of Lamech, and the grandfather of Noah. Elsewhere in the Bible, Methuselah is mentioned in genealogies in 1 Chronicles and the Gospel of Luke.

French scrivener

legendary Chinese ruler, one of the Five Emperors

Hindu Yogi

Mesopotamian literary composition

legendary emperor of Japan, who supposedly reigned during the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE

Emperor of Japan

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

Chinese martial artist and herbalist who claimed extreme longevity

magical potion

Emperor of Japan

Jamshid ; Classical Persian: Jamshēd ; Middle and New Persian: Jam ), also known as Yima ( ), is the fourth Shah of the mythological Pishdadian dynasty of Iran according to Shahnameh.

18th-century European adventurer and intellectual

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thumb|200px|Epimenides of Knossos Epimenides of Knossos (or Epimenides of Crete) (; ) was a semi-mythical 7th- or 6th-century BC Greek seer and philosopher-poet, from Knossos or Phaistos.

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The legendary ancestor of the Piast dynasty

legendary Han dynasty Chinese Taoist leader, grandfather of Zhang Lu

Armenian saint and bishop of Maastricht (Netherlands)

Indonesian man who allegedly lived to the age of 146

ancient Mesopotamian king

Meshkiangasher was a legendary king mentioned in the Sumerian King List as the priest of the Eanna temple in Uruk, whose journey led him to the enter the sea and ascend the mountains.

disputed claimant to extreme longevity record (1805–1973)

thumb|250px|Old Persian painting, depicting Manuchehr sitting on the royal throne

thumb|upright|Jurōjin with deer thumb|right|upright|Japanese god of longevity thumb|upright|Jurojin. Netsuke. is one of Japanese mythology's Seven Gods of Fortune or . He is the god of longevity. Jurōjin originated from the Chinese Taoist god, the Old Man of the South Pole or Star of the Old Man. He is known as the immortal of the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), and may have been a historical figure of the period. Jurōjin is identified as the personification of the imagined Southern Polar Star. While paintings and statues of Jurōjin are considered auspicious, he never developed a following

fictional king from the Iranian/Persian epic

Neminātha (Devanagari: नेमिनाथ) (Sanskrit: नेमिनाथः), also known as Nemi and Ariṣṭanemi (Devanagari: अरिष्टनेमि), is the twenty-second tirthankara of Jainism in the present age (). Neminath lived 84,000 years before the 23rd Tirthankar Parshvanath. According to traditional accounts, he was born to King Samudravijaya and Queen Shivadevi of the Yadu dynasty in the north Indian city of Sauripura. His birth date was the fifth day of Shravan Shukla of the Jain calendar. Balarama and Krishna, who were the 9th and last Baladeva and Vasudeva respectively, were his first cousins.

Uzbikistani longevity claimant (1880–2015)

Turkish supercentenarian (1764–1934)

semi-mythical King of ancient Vietnam

Welsh bishop of Léon, Brittany

Ruler of Azcapotzalco (1320-1426)

Unverified claimant of longevity record

Legendary 2nd/3rd century Chinese magician

thumb|250px|Illustration by Erik Werenskiold, from the first edition of [[Gustav Storm's Norwegian translation of Heimskringla (published 1899).]] thumb|right|250px|East royal tumulus at Gamla Uppsala|Old Upsala, suggested grave of King Edwin the Old Aun the Old (Old Norse Aunn inn gamli, Latinized Auchun, Proto-Norse *Audawiniʀ: English: "Edwin the Old") is a mythical Swedish king of the House of Yngling in the Heimskringla. Aun was the son of Jorund, and had ten sons, nine of which he was said to have sacrificed in order to prolong his own life. Based on the internal chronology of the House

longevity claimant

leader of Xích Quỷ

noted black scientist within the beliefs of the Nation of Islam

village and rural parish of Loja Province in Ecuador

Serach bat Asher () was, in the Torah, a daughter of Asher, the son of Jacob. She is one of the seventy members of the Patriarch's family who emigrated from Canaan to Egypt in Genesis 46:17. Her name occurs in connection with the census taken by Moses in the wilderness in Numbers 26: 46. She is also mentioned among the descendants of Asher in 1 Chronicles 7:30. Since she is the only woman mentioned in the genealogical lists, this is believed to indicate her extraordinary longevity—an outcome of the blessing she received from Jacob. She is also the heroine of several legends.

myths related to longevity

thumb|220px|Trailinga Swami Trailinga Swami (also Tailang Swami, Telang Swami was a Hindu yogi and mystic who lived in Varanasi India.

Sikh saint

African American enslaved person and sideshow performer

thumb|300x270px|Reconstruction of the Oikumene (inhabited world) as described by Herodotus in the 5th century BC. The Macrobians (Μακροβίοι) were a legendary people mentioned by Herodotus, speculated to have lived in the Horn of Africa. They were one of the peoples postulated by the Greeks to exist at the extremity of the known world; in this case, in the extreme south. This contrasts with the Hyperboreans, who were said to live in the extreme north.

Tlaxcaltec ruler

Tibetan lama

Chippewa claimed to be over 100 years old

Genealogies appearing in the biblical Book of Genesis

Norwegian sailor

Arnavāz (; "Arənauuāčī" in Avestan) is one of the two daughters (or possibly sisters) of Jamshid, the mythological king of Parsia. Arnavāz and her sister, Shahrnāz first married Zahhāk, but later married Fereydun, after he had defeated Zahhāk and imprisoned him in mount Damāvand.

Chinese supercentenarian

Indian Hindu saint

Hindu saint; reportedly lived from 1826 to 1963, making him 137 years old at the time of his death

American cult leader

Last speaker of Cornish