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  2. List of folk heroes - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of stock characters - Wikipedia

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    A protagonist lacking conventional heroic qualities, such as courage or idealism. [12] An antihero has weaknesses and may engage in criminal acts at times, but lacks any sinister intentions and is usually, if begrudgingly and unconventionally, ethical. Deadpool [13] (Marvel Comics) Man with No Name [14] (Dollars Trilogy) Eddie Valiant; Harley Quinn

  4. Category:Lists of fictional heroes - Wikipedia

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    List of male action heroes and villains This page was last edited on 4 June 2022, at 09:50 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...

  5. The 51 greatest movie heroes of all time, ranked - AOL

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    Movie heroes have inspired generations due to their honorable qualities as they overcome the odds. Some heroes such as Superman, Batman, Luke Skywalker, and Indiana Jones are beloved worldwide.

  6. Hero - Wikipedia

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    The four heroes from the 16th-century Chinese novel, Journey to the West. The concept of the "Mythic Hero Archetype" was first developed by Lord Raglan in his 1936 book, The Hero, A Study in Tradition, Myth and Drama. It is a set of 22 common traits that he said were shared by many heroes in various cultures, myths, and religions throughout ...

  7. Rank–Raglan mythotype - Wikipedia

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    The four heroes from the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West. In narratology and comparative mythology, the Rank–Raglan mythotype (sometimes called the hero archetypes) is a set of narrative patterns proposed by psychoanalyst Otto Rank and later on amateur anthropologist Lord Raglan that lists different cross-cultural traits often found in the accounts of heroes, including ...

  8. List of characters in mythology novels by Rick Riordan

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    In The Heroes of Olympus, Apollo's Roman descendant Octavian promises the god many things for blessing his prophetic skills, which leads to the Olympians' distraction from the true threat of Gaia, and to the resurgence of Python. As a result, the Delphic Oracle ceases to function, effectively halting demigod quests, and Zeus punishes Apollo.

  9. List of Greek mythological figures - Wikipedia

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    Diomedes (Διομήδης), a king of Argos and hero of the Trojan War; Eleusis (Ἐλευσῖνι or Ἐλευσῖνα), eponymous hero of the town of Eleusis; Eunostus, a Boeotian hero; Ganymede (Γανυμήδης), Trojan hero and lover of Zeus, who was given immortality and appointed cup-bearer to the gods