legendary heroes
Figures of lore
Legendary heroes are figures from myth, folklore, or history whose extraordinary deeds have been celebrated and embellished through storytelling.
Hercules, King Arthur, and Robin Hood qualify.
The phrase often describes anyone whose accomplishments seem larger than life: The firefighters who responded that day became legendary heroes in the community.
- the chosen oneProphesied hero figure
- AchillesGreek hero, mortal heel
- BeowulfOld English epic's protagonist
- GilgameshMesopotamian epic protagonist
- epic questGrand-scale heroic journey
Aragorn · Hercules · Anansi · Harry Potter · Alexander the Great · oral storytelling · Robin Hood · Spartacus · Joan of Arc · William Wallace · Perseus · Paul Bunyan · demigods · larger than life · Rama · mortal combat · Odysseus · Sigurd
- mythologyZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Odin
- folklorefairy tales, fairytales, folktales, folk tales, folk tale
- epicIliad, Odyssey, Beowulf, Aeneid, Gilgamesh
- brave soulsheroes, warriors, daredevils, fighters, defenders
- Celtic folkloreIrish folklore, Celtic myths, folktales, fairy lore, Celtic myth
- Eastern talesArabian Nights, Scheherazade, One Thousand and One Nights, Sinbad, Aladdin
fame and cultural status
legendary heroesordinary people
Everyday individuals, unremarkable
common folk · nobodies · the unknown · everyday people · the masses