Someone who has come to represent or be a symbol of some ideology, someone who others follow and have deified, but who is still alive.
Preferably with religious connotations.
Tyler Durden, in pop culture, has come to be a _______
Noun
This question was previously phrased as asking for a word that would describe a living martyr – someone who has come to be iconic and represent a particular cultural movement.
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Cambridge Dictionary