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.
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Overview
Although some folk heroes are historical public figures, many are not. The lives of folk heroes are generally fictional, their characteristics and deeds often exaggerated to mythic proportions.[citation needed]
The folk hero often begins life as a normal person, but is transformed into someone extraordinary by significant life events, often in response to social injustice, and sometimes in response to natural disasters.[citation needed]
One major category of folk hero is the defender of the common people against the oppression or corruption of the established power structure. Members of this category of folk hero often, but not necessarily, live outside the law in some way.
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Joan of Arc depicted on horseback in an illustration from a 1505 manuscript. The martyr and saint Joan of Arc is a national hero in France. -
Giuseppe Garibaldi, one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland" -
Davy Crockett, an American folk hero -
Statue of Pier Gerlofs Donia, a Frisian folk hero -
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, a Turkish national hero -
El Santo, a Mexican folk hero -
Ned Kelly, an Australian folk hero -
Paul Revere, American Folk Hero depicted in his famous Midnight Ride
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References
Bibliography
- Seal, Graham. Encyclopedia of Folk Heroes. ABC-CLIO, 2001.
This page was last edited on 29 December 2023, at 17:57