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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.
The following list of cowboys and cowgirls from the frontier era of the American Old West (circa 1830 to 1910) was compiled to show examples of the cowboy and cowgirl genre. Cattlemen, ranchers, and cowboys
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The character originated in folktales circulated among lumberjacks in the Northeastern United States and eastern Canada, first appearing in print in a story published by Northern Michigan journalist James MacGillivray in 1906. Cordwood Pete is said to be the younger brother of legendary lumberjack Paul Bunyan.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Western (genre) characters" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
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.
Printable version; In other projects ... Folklore characters (10 C, 36 P) Folklore creatures (8 C, 7 P) ... Wise old man; Wise Old Man and Wise Old Woman ...
Legends of America – Old West Legends. Weiser-Alexander, Kathy. "The Dalton Gang". Legends of America – Old West Legends. Long, Chris and David. "35th Georgia Infantry C.S.A." ChrisandDavid.com. Cordry, Dee. "The Last Days of Bill Doolin". OKLAHOMBRES Inc. Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Tilghman, William (December 28, 1908). "The ...