A culture hero is a
mythological hero specific to some group (
cultural,
ethnic,
racial,
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 and
religion, and is usually the most important legendary figure of a people, sometimes as the founder of its ruling
dynasty. The hero is sometimes said to be still living, but is often instead a star, constellation or purely spiritual in nature.
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