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Culture hero
A
culture hero
is a
mythological
hero
specific to some group (
cultural
,
ethnic
,
religious
, etc.) who changes the world through
invention
or
discovery
. A typical culture hero might be credited as the
discoverer of fire
, or
agriculture
,
songs
,
tradition
,
law
or
religion
, and is usually the most important legendary figure of a people, sometimes as the founder of its ruling
dynasty
.
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