List of Swiss People - Legendary and Folk Heroes

Legendary and Folk Heroes

  • Helvetia, personification ("mother") of Switzerland
  • Arnold von Melchtal, legendary founding father of Switzerland
  • Ueli Rotach, legendary hero of the 1405 battle at Stoss
  • William Tell, legendary 14th century hero
  • Arnold von Winkelried, legendary hero of the 1386 battle of Sempach

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Famous quotes containing the words legendary, folk and/or heroes:

    “All legendary obstacles lay between
    Us, the long imaginary plain,
    The monstrous ruck of mountains”
    —John Montague (b. 1929)

    “Myths, as compared with folk tales, are usually in a special category of seriousness: they are believed to have “really happened,” or to have some exceptional significance in explaining certain features of life, such as ritual. Again, whereas folk tales simply interchange motifs and develop variants, myths show an odd tendency to stick together and build up bigger structures. We have creation myths, fall and flood myths, metamorphose and dying-god myths.”
    —Northrop Frye (1912–1991)

    “Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men’s reality. Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of “the rat race” is not yet final.”
    —Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)