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This is a list of folk heroes, a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films.
Saci - A Brazilian folklore character, a one-legged black or mulatto youngster with holes in the palms of his hands, who smokes a pipe and wears a magical red cap. Sang Kancil, the mouse-deer trickster of Malaysian and Indonesian folklore. Scheherazade, the heroine in the frame story of the One Thousand and One Nights.
Female folklore characters (4 C, 2 P) H. Heroes in mythology and legend (11 C, 139 P) Holiday characters (5 C, 37 P) P. Folklore people (4 C, 1 P) S. Stock characters ...
One of the most famous and popular North American folklore heroes, he is usually described as a giant as well as a lumberjack of unusual skill, and is often accompanied in stories by his animal companion, Babe the Blue Ox. The character originated in folktales circulated among lumberjacks in the Northeastern United States and eastern Canada ...
A culture hero is a mythological hero specific to some group (cultural, ethnic, religious, etc.) who changes the world through invention or discovery.A typical culture hero might be credited as the discoverer of fire, or agriculture, songs, tradition, law or religion, and is usually the most important legendary figure of a people, sometimes as the founder of its ruling dynasty.
Trow (folklore) Tylwyth Teg or Bendith y Mamau is the traditional name for fairies or fairy-like creatures of the Otherworld in Welsh folklore and mythology. Urisk; Vættir - also Wight; Weiße Frauen; The Xana is a character found in Asturian mythology; Yallery Brown; Zână (plural Zâne) is the Romanian equivalent of the Greek Charites ...
A folk hero or national hero is a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films.
This is a list of giants and giantesses from mythology and folklore; it does not include giants from modern fantasy fiction or role-playing games (for those, see list of species in fantasy fiction). Abrahamic religions & Religions of the ancient Near East