True identity of Wonder Woman
When researching more about Wonder Woman depicted in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice I found slightly contradictory information about her background in the comics.
On Wiki, it said: Wonder Woman is a warrior princess of the Amazons (which are based on the Amazons of Greek mythology) and is known in her homeland as Princess Diana of Themyscira.
And I just read somewhere: Wonder Woman is the offspring of Zeus and Hippolyta and as such should be at least a demigod.
Which one is true? Or both? If she is the offspring os Zeus, does that make her immortal? What is her background in the DC films released as part of the DC Extended Universe and on what comic origin is it based?
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Now that Wonder Woman has come out, we can confirm that Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman is Princess Diana of Themyscira, using the alias Diana Prince that was given to her by Steve Trevor.
The movie explores her origins as well. Hippolyta tells Diana that she was sculpted out of clay and given life by Zeus.
In the end, we learn that (like in the New 52 continuity, this is just a story told to cover Diana's real story -- she is the daughter of Zeus and a demigod in her own right.
The short answer is: we don't know.
We know almost nothing about Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe, other than her name (someone calls her Mrs. Prince at one point, but I'm not even sure she was called Diana ever.)
Her identity in the comics has changed multiple times over the years, and we don't yet know which one of those stories Zach Synder's team has picked for her. He seems to be following the more recent versions of the characters, in which case she would be a demigod (this is her New 52 origin).
We do know that she is immortal, or at least close to it, as she hasn't aged any since the photograph take of her ~100 years ago. But that doesn't really narrow down the answer, because most of her DC comics origin stories would fit there.
The answer will most likely come out during the Wonder Woman movie due out next year.
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However, Diana discovers that her mother lied about one thing: the exact way she came to exist. When she finally encounters Ares, he reveals the truth: Zeus actually fathered her with Hippolyta, rather than just "giving her life" in the clay myth her mother told her.Batman Discovers Wonder Woman's Identity Batman v Superman
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"On Wiki, it said: Wonder Woman is a warrior princess of the Amazons (which are based on the Amazons of Greek mythology) and is known in her homeland as Princess Diana of Themyscira. And I just read somewhere: Wonder Woman is the offspring of Zeus and Hippolyta and as such should be at least a demigod."
in the DCEU, the new Wonder Woman movie established that she is both.
- She, as daughter of hippolyta, is the Princess of Themyscira.
- She, as daughter of Zeus, a god, and hippolyta, an amazon, is at least some level of demigod.
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