Hero

John Sprott Ryan

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Hero

John Sprott Ryan

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Worldwide, all heroes depend on their central place in a particular culture or society and on sympathetic treatment in myth and story for their appeal in a particularized time or even long before it. Those story-generating figures that appear early in culture history are deemed to be responsible for the life designs at a society's core, while most scholars, in analyzing such figures, have seen them as meaningfully expressing those designs. This hitherto perennial concept, on traditionally involving notions leadership and praiseworthy example, has experienced a profound decline - or at least a number of significant changes - since ancient times, as it moves from cultural force to folk hero to popular idol.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife
Editors	William M Clements, Thomas A Green, Roger D Abrahams, Christina Bacchilega, Gillian Bennett, Mary Ellen Brown, James R Dow, Alessandro Falassi, Barbro Klein, Peter Knecht, Natalie Kononenko, Frances M Malpezzi, Margaret Mills, M D Muthukumaraswamy, Gerald Pocius, John S Ryan
Place of Publication	Westport, United States of America
Publisher	Greenwood Press
Pages	44-47
Volume	1: Topics and Themes, Africa, Australia and Oceania
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	031332848X, 0313328471
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1336/0313328471
Publication status	Published - 2006

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Ryan, J. S. (2006). Hero. In W. M Clements, T. A Green, R. D Abrahams, C. Bacchilega, G. Bennett, M. Ellen Brown, J. R Dow, A. Falassi, B. Klein, P. Knecht, N. Kononenko, F. M Malpezzi, M. Mills, M. D Muthukumaraswamy, G. Pocius, & J. S Ryan (Eds.), The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife (1 ed., Vol. 1: Topics and Themes, Africa, Australia and Oceania, pp. 44-47). Greenwood Press. https://doi.org/10.1336/0313328471

Ryan, John Sprott. / Hero. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife. editor / William M Clements ; Thomas A Green ; Roger D Abrahams ; Christina Bacchilega ; Gillian Bennett ; Mary Ellen Brown ; James R Dow ; Alessandro Falassi ; Barbro Klein ; Peter Knecht ; Natalie Kononenko ; Frances M Malpezzi ; Margaret Mills ; M D Muthukumaraswamy ; Gerald Pocius ; John S Ryan. Vol. 1: Topics and Themes, Africa, Australia and Oceania 1. ed. Westport, United States of America : Greenwood Press, 2006. pp. 44-47

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Ryan, JS 2006, Hero. in W M Clements, T A Green, R D Abrahams, C Bacchilega, G Bennett, M Ellen Brown, J R Dow, A Falassi, B Klein, P Knecht, N Kononenko, F M Malpezzi, M Mills, M D Muthukumaraswamy, G Pocius & J S Ryan (eds), The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife. 1 edn, vol. 1: Topics and Themes, Africa, Australia and Oceania, Greenwood Press, Westport, United States of America, pp. 44-47. https://doi.org/10.1336/0313328471

Hero. / Ryan, John Sprott.
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