Folk Hero - Possibly Apocryphal Folk Heroes

Possibly Apocryphal Folk Heroes

  • King Arthur - Legendary British warlord.
  • Cúchulainn - Ireland, folk legend and the pre-eminent hero of Ulaid in the Ulster Cycle
  • Fionn mac Cumhaill - Ireland, warrior, leader of the Fianna. Primary figure in the Oisin cycle.
  • Till Eulenspiegel or Tijl Uilenspiegel - Germany and the Low Countries, trickster
  • Fong Sai-Yuk - China, martial arts folk hero
  • Grettir the Strong. Icelandic outlaw
  • Hung Hei-Gun - China, martial arts folk hero
  • Nai Khanom Tom - Thailand, master of Muay Thai
  • John Henry - United States, mighty steel-driving African-American
  • Robin Hood - England, outlaw usually associated with the motto "Steal from the rich, give to the poor"
  • Rummu Jüri - Estonia, outlaw who stole from the rich to give to the poor
  • Siegfried - Germany, the legendary dragon-slaying hero in Nibelungenlied
  • Hua Mulan - China, heroine who disguised herself as a man in order to join an army
  • Molly Pitcher - United States, heroine of the American Revolutionary War
  • William Tell - Switzerland, began the rebellion against the Austrians

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