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A folk hero or national hero is 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.
A folkhero or national hero is a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness...
This is a list of folkheroes, a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness...
Robert Bruce Ford (May 28, 1969 – March 22, 2016) was a Canadian politician and businessman who served as the 64th mayor of Toronto from 2010 to 2014....
co-starred in a film that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival called FolkHero & Funny Guy. In 2016, he starred in "Playtest", an episode of the anthology...
Santhals have their culture heroes Beer Kherwal and Bidu Chandan. Gonds have their folkhero Chital Singh Chhatti. Banjara folkhero is Lakha Banjara or Raja...
customary lore, taking actions for folk beliefs, and the forms and rituals of celebrations such as Christmas, weddings, folk dances, and initiation rites....
largely revolves around sea-based activities and the accolades of renowned folkheroes. Like elsewhere on the Arabian Peninsula, folktales – known in Qatar...
one of the first folkheroes of the United States. Davy Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American folkhero, frontiersman,...
Finnish folkhero of the Iron Range" (PDF). Minnesota History. 40 (8): 391–402. JSTOR 20177932. Swanson, Roy (1948). "A Swedish Immigrant Folk Figure:...
of the runes. Folkhero Founding myth List of culture heroes Scott, William Henry (1964). "The Legend of Biag, an Igorot Culture Hero". Asian Folklore...
March 1671 – 28 December 1734) was a Scottish outlaw, who later became a folkhero. Rob Roy was born in the Kingdom of Scotland at Glengyle, at the head...
the Quibi comedy Dummy (2020). Hagner's film roles include Hits (2014), FolkHero & Funny Guy (2016), The Oath (2018), Brightburn (2019), and Palm Springs...
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk...
shooting Grigola and his supervisor in a cab in the forest. Koba is the hero of the story, who respects friendship, defends truth, respects women, and...
known as High John de Conqueror, John, Jack, and many other folk variants, is a folkhero from African-American folklore. He is associated with the roots...
Raid of Cooley"). The Fianna Cycle focuses on the exploits of the mythical hero Finn and his warrior band the Fianna, including the lengthy Acallam na Senórach...
the folkhero Wong Fei Hung, Executioners From Shaolin (1977), The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978), in which he played the lead role as Shaolin hero San...
David Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was an American folkhero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is often referred to in popular...
Yimou's Hero (2002), Fist of Legend (1994), the first three films in the Once Upon a Time in China series (1991–1993), in which he portrayed folkhero Wong...
the Punjab region, and after his execution at age 23 into a martyr and folkhero in Northern India. Borrowing ideas from Bolshevism and anarchism, the...
presented during the Krays' trial for murder led to their "folkhero" image being eclipsed by a "folk villain" image. Tom Driberg, a Labour MP and gossip columnist...
Young Hero Fang Shiyu is a 1999 Hong Kong television series based on the story of Chinese folkhero Fang Shiyu. It starred Dicky Cheung as the titular...
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