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Hero

A hero (feminine: heroine) is a real person or fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or strength. The original hero type of classical epics did such things for the sake of glory and honor. Post-classical and modern heroes, on the other hand, perform great deeds or selfless acts for the…

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Etymology

Antiquity

Myth and monomyth

Slavic fairy tales

Historical studies

Modern fiction

Psychology

Mental and physical integration

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Hero

Nodes162
Edges161
Triples167
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012346
Components1

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related to Myth and monomyth · 37
Hero → Adonis, Apollonius, Avalokiteshvara, Bodhisattva, Buddha, Campbell, Crucified, Departure, Drama, Expounded, God, Hero's Journey, In, Initiation, It, Jesus, Joseph Campbell, Krishna, Kwan Yin, Lord Raglan
related to Historical studies · 25
Hero → After Marx, Carlyle, Carlyle's, Explicit, For, Frederick, Great, Hegel, Herbert Spencer, Hero-Worship, Heroic, His, History, Karl Marx, Michel Foucault, Most, Napoleon, Oliver Cromwell's Letters, On Heroes, Speeches
related to Antiquity · 19
Hero → Achilles, Athena, Classical, Deiphobus, During, Each, Greek, Hector, Homer, Homer's Iliad, However, Iliad, Indeed, The, Trojan, Trojan War, Trojans, Troy, While
related to Modern fiction · 18
Hero → Anna Karenina, Batman, Becky Sharpe, Captain Dobbin, Emmy Sedley, Even, Examples, However, In, Leo Tolstoy, Novel, Spider-Man, Superheroes, Superman, The, Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray, Wonder Woman
related to Etymology · 17
Hero → According, Beekes, Before, English Language, Eric Partridge, Greek, Hera, Heracles, Indo-European, Latin, Linear, Mycenaean, Origins, Partridge, Proto-Indo-European, The, The American Heritage Dictionary
related to External links · 14
Hero → BBC Radio, British, British Film Institute, Children's Lives, Heroes, Heroism, In Our Time, Listen, Marilyn Price-Mitchell, PhD10, The British Hero, The Role, What Makes, Yoav Shamir
related to Mental and physical integration · 13
Hero → Ancient Greek, Crete, Examining, McDougall, Minotaur, Much, Nazi, Olympic Games, Pankration, Pindar's Fifth Nemean Ode, Skills, Theseus, WWII
related to Psychology · 9
Hero → Elaine Kinsella, George Goethals, Heroes, Philip Zimbardo, Psychologists, Scott Allison, Social, These, Zeno Franco
related to Slavic fairy tales · 4
Hero → Departure, Russian, The, Vladimir Propp
see also · 4
Hero → Action, Folk, Hero FundCulture, Socialist LabourHeroic

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heroes classical greek heroic great modern role history may character achilles one often historical heroism hector deities human people examples

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Herois amain or revered character in heroic epic poetry celebrated through ancient legends of a people0.90text
Herois amore common feature of fantasy0.90text
Heracles with divine ancestry or later given divine honorsinstance ofparticularly one0.80text
Heraclesinstance ofcults that venerated deified heroes0.80text
Perseusinstance ofcults that venerated deified heroes0.80text
and Achilles played an important role in Ancient Greek religioninstance ofcults that venerated deified heroes0.80text
Judith Fetterley in The Resisting Readerinstance ofamong others by feminists writers0.80text
Herorelated to AntiquityEach0.60section
Herorelated to AntiquityClassical0.60section
Herorelated to AntiquityAchilles0.60section
Herorelated to AntiquityWhile0.60section
Herorelated to AntiquityDuring0.60section

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