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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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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.
Billy the Kid c. 1880. The legend of Billy the Kid has acquired iconic status in American folklore.More has been written about Billy the Kid than any other gunslinger in the history of the American Old West, [1] while hundreds of books, motion pictures, radio and television programs and even a ballet have been inspired by his legend. [2]
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Zhang Haitian – known as Lao Beifeng (Old North Wind), was a bandit chieftain in western Liaoning. Wang Delin – bandit, soldier and leader of the National Salvation Army resisting the Japanese pacification of Manchukuo. Hong Gildong – Fictitious Korean outlaw; Ishikawa Goemon – Legendary Japanese thief featured in kabuki plays