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A culture hero is a mythological hero specific to a group of people (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 one of the most important legendary figures of a people, sometimes as the founder of its ruling dynasty.
Legendary people by religion (3 C) L. Legendary hunters (1 C, 3 P) Legendary lovers (4 P) M. Legendary monarchs (10 C, 77 P) P. Legendary progenitors (5 C, 135 P) R.
Hart wrote the 1999 follow-up A View from the Year 3000, [33] voiced in the perspective of a person from that future year and ranking the most influential people in history. Roughly half the entries are fictional people from 2000 to 3000, but the remainder are taken mostly from the 1992 ranking, with some sequence changes.
List of Greek legendary creatures; ... List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters This page was last edited on 13 February ...
Geronimo – United States, Apache military leader and medicine man, fought the United States army during the late 19th century, defending his homeland and people. Gauchito Gil – Argentina, legendary outlaw gaucho. Salvatore Giuliano – Sicily, the historian Eric Hobsbawm described him as the last of the "people's bandits" (à la Robin Hood).
Twice he sent hundreds of people under the direction of Xu Fu to find the legendary elixir of life, but failed. He allegedly died of mercury poisoning after he had eaten too many mercury pills, prescribed by his court doctors to make him immortal. [17] Ravana, Ravana is a mythological King in Hindu mythology. Rawana was an ambitious brahmin who ...
Ching Shih, legendary "Pirate Queen" of China, famous for commanding over 300 ships and an army of 20,000 to 40,000 pirates. She lived during the 18th and 19th centuries. Gráinne O'Malley, legendary "Pirate Queen" of Ireland. She lived during the 16th century.
Top 100 historical figures may refer to: . The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History, a 1978 book; 100 Greatest Britons, a BBC series about historical figures from the United Kingdom