Related Words for folk hero

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culture hero
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Phrase, Noun
hero
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Noun
legend
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Noun
hero worship
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Phrase, Noun
heroics
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Noun
myth
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Noun
giant
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Noun
mythos
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Noun
godhead
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Noun
fairy
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Noun
mighty
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Adjective
barbarian
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Noun
green man
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Phrase, Noun
talisman
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Noun
urban myth
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Name, Name
avatar
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Noun
colossus
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Noun
lion
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Noun
epic
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Noun
mage
x
Noun
idol
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Noun
genius
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Noun
trickster
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Noun
apotheosis
xxx/x
Noun
thunderbolt
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Noun
genie
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Noun
mythology
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Noun
bard
/
Noun
image
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Noun
deity
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Noun
grail
/
Noun
good people
//x
Phrase, Noun
pixie
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Noun
phoenix
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Name
messiah
x/x
Noun
sprite
/
Noun
marvel
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Noun
aspect
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Noun
epithet
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Noun
ogre
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Noun
monarch
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Noun
virtue
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Noun
immortal
x/x
Adjective
titan
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Name
gnome
/
Noun
tutelary
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Noun
angel
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Noun
dwarf
/
Noun
panther
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Noun
pantheon
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Noun
sylvan
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Noun
fane
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Noun
monster
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Noun
werewolf
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Noun
archetype
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Noun
sphinx
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Noun
supreme being
x//x
Phrase, Noun
prodigy
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Noun
demon
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Noun
festival
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Noun
acclaimed
x/
Adjective
actor
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Noun
apostle
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Noun
armin
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Name
arminius
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Name
artisan
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Noun, Adjective
avoidance
x/x
Noun
balinese
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Name, Adjective
ballad
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Noun, Verb
ballroom
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Noun, Verb
batman
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Name, Verb
bengali
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Name, Adjective
bohemian
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
bomber
/x
Noun, Adjective
brave
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
canaanite
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Name, Adjective
cape
/
Noun, Verb
captain
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Noun, Verb
cavalry
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Noun
celebrities
x/xx
Noun
champ
/
Noun, Verb
champion
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
chaps
/
Noun
char
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Noun, Verb
character
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Noun, Verb
chevalier
xx/
Noun
chief
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chimney
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Noun, Verb
chinese
x/
Adjective, Name
civic
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Adjective, Noun
civil
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Adjective, Name
civilian
x/x
Adjective, Noun
conventional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
country
/x
Noun, Adjective
country and western
/x//x
Name, Name
country music
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
cuban
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Adjective, Name
custom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dance
/
Noun, Verb
devil
/x
Noun, Verb
dynasty
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Noun
ethnic
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Adjective, Noun
family
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Noun, Adjective
famous
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Adjective, Verb
fetish
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Noun
fighter
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Noun
fireplace
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Noun
flamenco
x/x
Noun, Verb
folk music
//x
Phrase, Noun
folk song
//
Phrase, Noun
folklore
/x
Noun
folks
/
Noun
gaelic
/x
Name, Adjective
gear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gens
/
Noun
germanic
x/x
Adjective, Name
glory
/x
Noun, Verb
god
/
Name, Verb
goddess
/x
Noun
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
grass roots
//
Phrase, Noun
grassroots
//
Adjective
grinder
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Noun
hasidic
x/x
Adjective
heathen
/x
Noun, Adjective
hermann
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Name
heroin
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Noun
heroine
/xx
Noun, Adjective
heroism
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Noun
hillbilly
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Noun, Verb
horse
/
Noun, Verb
house
/
Noun, Verb
householder
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Noun
israelite
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Adjective, Name
junk
/
Noun, Verb
kinsfolk
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Noun
knight
/
Noun, Verb
ladies
/x
Noun
legendary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
liberators
/xxx
Noun
lifesaver
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Noun
lively
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
man
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
mantelpiece
x/x
Noun
martyr
/x
Noun, Verb
movie
/x
Noun
name
/
Noun, Verb
nation
/x
Noun, Adverb
national
/xx
Name, Adjective
nationalities
xx/xx
Noun
natives
/x
Noun
nongovernmental
xxx/x
Adjective
norse
/
Name, Adjective
ojibwe
x/x
Name
olden
/x
Adjective, Name, Verb
orphic
/x
Adjective, Name
pagan
/x
Noun, Adjective
paladin
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Noun
parishioners
x/xx
Noun
people
/x
Noun, Verb
pertussis
x/x
Noun
poet
/x
Noun
polish
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
polka
/x
Noun, Verb
poor boy
//
Phrase, Noun
pop
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
popular
/xx
Adjective, Noun
popularity
xx/xx
Noun
private
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
protagonist
x/xx
Noun
quakers
/x
Name
rabble
/x
Noun, Verb
ragtag
/x
Noun, Adjective
ragtag and bobtail
/x/x/
Phrase, Noun
rescuer
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Noun
saint
/
Noun, Verb
sandpiper
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Noun
sandwich
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
savior
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Noun
scottish
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Adjective, Name
sept
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Name
serpent
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Noun, Verb
shepherd
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Noun, Verb
shopkeepers
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Noun
singer
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Noun
smack
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
soldier
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Noun, Verb
solo
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
song
/
Noun
stack
/
Noun, Verb
star
/
Noun, Verb
strong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
sub
/
Noun, Verb
submarine
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
sufi
/x
Name
super
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
superhero
xx/x
Noun
superman
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Noun
superpower
xx/x
Noun, Verb
tibetans
x/x
Name
tongan
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Name, Adjective
torpedo
x/x
Noun, Verb
townsfolk
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Noun
townsmen
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Noun
townspeople
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Noun
tradition
x/x
Noun, Verb
tragedy
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Noun
tribe
/
Noun, Verb
villagers
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Verb
villain
/x
Noun, Verb
warrior
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Noun
wedge
/
Noun, Verb
western
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Adjective, Name
white
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
winner
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Noun
yeomen
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Noun
yoruba
x/x
Name
zero
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Noun, Adjective, Verb