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Demigods and Culture Heroes. A502. Heroes or demigods as fourth race of men. A510. Origin of the culture hero (demigod). A515.1.1. Twin culture heroes. A521. Culture hero as dupe or trickster. A531. Culture hero (demigod) overcomes monsters.
Masada myth; Māui; Māui (Hawaiian mythology) Māui (Māori mythology) Maushop; Maya Hero Twins; Meri (mythology) Michael (archangel) Mir-Susne-Hum; Momotarō; Montezuma (mythology) Morianton's maidservant; Captain Moroni; Moses; Motikitik; Hua Mulan; Mwindo epic
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
Aragonés; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български; Bosanski; Brezhoneg; Català; Cymraeg; Ελληνικά; Español; Esperanto; Euskara
List of mythology books and sources; List of mythological objects; List of culture heroes; List of world folk-epics; Lists of deities; Lists of legendary creatures;
The Greek pantheon of gods included mortal-born heroes and heroines who were elevated to godhood through a process which the Greeks termed apotheosis. [1] Some of these received the privilege as a reward for their helpfulness to mankind example: Heracles, Asclepius and Aristaeus, others through marriage to gods, example: Ariadne, Tithonus and Psyche, and some by luck or pure chance example ...
Fragment of a Hellenistic relief (1st century BC–1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right: Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff ...
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.