• Source: List of culture heroes

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.




Abenaki mythology


Bedig-wajo (southern)
Glooscap
Ktaden (western)




Abrahamic Mythology (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)


Abraham
Adam
Ali
Allah
Joseph
Dhu al-Qarnayn
Gabriel
Husayn ibn Ali
Moses
Michael
Mahdi
Noah
Israfil
David
Elijah
The Prodigal Son
John the Baptist
Jesus
Muhammad
Saint George
Samson
Solomon




Ainu mythology


Ae-oyna-kamuy




Albanian mythology


Drangue




Armenian mythology


Anahit
Aramazd
Hayk
Vahagn




Ashanti mythology


Anansi
Tano (Ta Kora)
Owuo




Australian Aboriginal mythology


Bunjil
I'wai
Wurrunna




Aztec mythology


Ce Acatl Topiltzin
Quetzalcoatl




Banks Islands mythology


Qat




Buddhist mythology


Avalokiteśvara/Guanyin
Bodhisattvas
Bramha/Sahampati
Buddha
Kṣitigarbha
Maitreya
Mañjuśrī
Śakra




Caroline Islands mythology


Isokelekel




Celtic mythology (Irish, Welsh, Scottish)


King Arthur (Also English/British)
Bendigeidfran (Welsh)
Cúchulainn (Irish)
Diarmuid Ua Duibhne (Irish)
Fionn mac Cumhail (Finn McCool) (Irish)
Gwydion (Welsh)
Lugh (Irish) or Lleu Llaw Gyffes (Welsh)
Oisín (Irish)
Pryderi (Welsh)
Pwyll (Welsh)




Chinese mythology


Fuxi & Nüwa (first people)
Suiren (fire)
Shennong (agriculture, tea, & medicine)
Shujun (animal husbandry)
Zhuanxu (sacrifice)
Chiyou (metal weaponry & Chinese wrestling)
Ling Lun & Kui (music)
Yellow Emperor (elegant clothing, zithers, mathematics, astronomy & time-keeping, chariots, kung fu, Chinese culture generally)
Leizu (silk)
Cangjie (writing)
Ning Feng (pottery)
Hui (揮, Huī) and Yimou (夷牟, Yímóu, archery)
Yao & Shun (ideal rulership)
Yu the Great (flood control)
Duke of Zhou, Confucius, & Mencius (classic texts)
Zhang Sanfeng (Tai Chi)




Egyptian mythology


Anubis
Bast
Bes
Horus
Isis
Menes
Osiris
Ptah-hotep
Ra
Set
Thoth




English mythology


King Arthur (Also Celtic)
Beowulf
Hengist and Horsa
Lud son of Heli (Also Celtic)
Robin Hood
Sceafa




Etruscan mythology


Tarchon
Tyrrhenus




Finnish mythology


Ilmarinen
Lemminkäinen
Väinämöinen




Germanic mythology






Greek mythology


Abderus
Achilles
Aeneas
Ajax the Great
Ajax the Lesser
Amphitryon
Antilochus
Bellerophon
Cadmus
Castor and Pollux
Cecrops
Chrysippus
Daedalus
Dido
Diomedes
Eleusis
Eunostus
Ganymede
Hektor
Heracles
Icarus
Iolaus
Jason
Lycaon (king of Arcadia)
Meleager
Odysseus (Ulysses)
Orpheus
Palamedes
Pandion
Parthenope
Perseus
Phoroneus
Prometheus
Theseus
Triptolemos
Zeus




Hungarian mythology


Álmos
Hunor and Magor




Inca mythology


Manco Cápac
Viracocha




Indian Mythology


Arjuna
Ashoka
Barbarika
Bharata
Bharat
Bhima
Bhishma
Draupadi
Ganesha
Guru Nanak
Hanuman
Harishchandra
Karna
Krishna
Mahavira
Manu
Mamuni Mayan
Meghnad
Nakul
Parashurama
Rama
Rishabha
Sahadeva
King Shivi
Sita
Vikramaditya
Yudhishthira




Ho-Chunk mythology


Red Horn




Inuit mythology


Apanuugak
Kiviuq




Japanese mythology


Amaterasu
Ame-no-tajikarao
Fujiwara no Hidesato
Izanagi
Izanami
Emperor Jimmu
Empress Jingū
Kibitsuhiko-no-mikoto
Kintarō
Kotoshironushi
Minamoto no Yorimitsu
Minamoto no Yoshimitsu
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Minamoto no Yoshiie
Miyamoto Musashi
Momotarō
Nomi no Sukune
Emperor Ōjin (Hachiman)
Ōkuninushi
Ōmononushi
Ono no Komachi
Sakanoue no Tamuramaro
Susanoo
Taira no Sadamori
Takemikazuchi
Takeminakata
Takenouchi no Sukune
Takezaki Suenaga
Takeda Shingen
Tsukuyomi
Ukanomitama (Inari Ōkami)
Urabe no Suetake
Urashima Tarō (Urashima-no-ko)
Usui Sadamitsu
Watanabe no Tsuna
Watatsumi
Yamato Takeru




Lakota mythology


Iktomi




Maya mythology


Gukumatz
Kukulkan
Maya Hero Twins
Maya maize god




Mesopotamian mythology


Enkidu
Gilgamesh
Ziusudra




Muisca mythology


Bochica




Navajo mythology


Changing Woman
The Diyin Dine
Nayenezgani




Norse mythology


Arngrim
Bödvar Bjarki
Egil
Helgi
Hothbrodd
Loki
Odin
Ragnar Lodbrok
Sigurd Fafnersbane
Starkad
Svipdagr
Thor
Vili and Vé




Ohlone mythology


Kaknu




Ojibwe mythology


Nanabozho




Persian mythology


Ahura Mazda
Ardashir-e Bābakān
Arash
Afrasiab
Abu Muslim Khorasani
Amir Arsalan
Anahita
Babak Khorramdin
Banu Goshasp
Bahram-e Gur
Bahram Chobin
Bizhan
Borzu son of Sohrab
Darab Shah
Esfandiyār
Farhād
Faramarz
Fereydun
Garshasp
Giv
Goudarz
Hushang
Iraj son of Fereydun
Jamshid
Kaveh the Blacksmith
Kay Kawad
Kay Kāvus
Kay Khosrow
Kay Lohrasp
Kay Bahman
Keyumars
Khosrow Anushiravan
Khosrow Parviz
Kush the Tusked
Mashya and Mashyana
Mithra
Nariman
Rostam
Sām
Salm son of Fereydun
Siyâvash
Sohrab
Tahmurath
Tous son of Nowzar
Tur son of Fereydun
Verethragna
Vishtaspa
Zarēr
Zoroaster




Polynesian mythology


Atonga
Māui
Tangaroa




Roman mythology


Aeneas
Dido
Egeria
Caeculus
Cloelia
Evander of Pallene
Founding of Rome
Gaius Mucius Scaevola
Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus
Hercules
Horatii and Curiatii
Horatius Cocles
Janus
Lucius Junius Brutus
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
Lucretia
Manius Curius Dentatus
Marcus Curtius
Marcus Manlius Capitolinus
Numa Pompilius
Publius Decius Mus
Romulus and Remus
Romulus/Quirinus
Servius Tullius
Silvius
Sibylline Books
Tarpeia
The Rape of the Sabine Women
Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus
Verginia




Serbian mythology


Saint Sava
Thracian horseman
Svevlad




Slavic mythology


Alyosha Popovich
Dažbog
Dobrynya Nikitich
Ilya Muromets
Ivan Tsarevich
Juraj Jánošík
Krakus
Piast
Mikula Selyaninovich
Misizla
Nikita
Vasily Buslayev
Volga Svyatoslavich




Solomon Islands mythology


To-Kabinana




Talamancan mythology


Sibú




Tibetan mythology


Gesar




Ugarit mythology


Danel




Ute mythology


Cin-an-ev




Vietnamese mythology


Âu Cơ
Chử Đồng Tử
Kinh Dương Vương
Lạc Long Quân
Thánh Gióng
Sơn Tinh




Weenhayek mythology


Ahutsetajwaj
Tapiatsa




Zuni mythology


Ahayuta
Awonawilona




See also


Culture Hero
List of folk heroes




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