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Diana/Wonder Woman hails from Themyscira, an island paradise of all women, unspoiled by patriarchy. The natives of Themyscira are called the Amazons, and they're all immortal, so population maintenance takes care of itself. But on an island with no men, how did Diana come into being? Who is her father? Does she even have one?

One popular answer is that Wonder Woman is the daughter of Zeus, the ruler of the Greek gods. This binds her even closer to Greek mythology from which the Amazons first sprung. It's also the origin that the "Wonder Woman" films starring Gal Gadot used, so it's the most publicly well-known one now. But it's not the original answer.

The animated "Justice League" series from the 2000s suggested that Diana's father was Hades, brother of Zeus and god of the underworld. Nothing else has suggested this,...