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Definition: Hero |
HeroNoun1. A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain". 2. The principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem. 3. Someone who fights for a cause. 4. Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century). 5. (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god. 6. (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her. 7. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Hero" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a hero". |
Date "hero" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Hero \He"ro\, noun; plural Heroes. [French h['e]ros, Latin heros, Greek.]. (references) |
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Literature | Hero Daughter of Leonato, governor of Messina. Her attachment to Beatrice is very beautiful, and she serves as a foil to show off the more brilliant qualities of her cousin. (Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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In classical mythology, Hercules, the name in Roman mythology of the Greek Heracles, was the (some say mortal, some say demigod) son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmene. He was made to perform twelve great tasks, called the Twelve Labours of Hercules and become a god. He became a major hero of Greek mythology. For further information, see Heracles.The name Hercules in pop culture
Hercules has become a name associated with legendary strength, and is used in the names of many products. The legend of Hercules itself has many movie and television adaptations.
- Steve Reeves starred in a number of 1950s movies as Hercules
- A syndicated TV series The Sons of Hercules, which repackaged Italian Maciste films
- Hercules appears as a character in the movie Jason & the Argonauts, which has special effects by Ray Harryhausen
- The Disney movie Hercules and its spin-off animated TV series
- The syndicated TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, which is only very loosely based on the classical hero.
- Young Hercules, a television series based on the heroes youth.
- The Mighty Hercules, an animated series that ran in the 1960s.
- Hercules, a public domain character, has appeared in several comic books.
- A constellation named after the Greek hero
- C-130 Hercules, a transport aircraft
- HMS Hercules, name of several British naval ships
- Hercules Graphics Card
- Hercules Motorcycles, built by aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss
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- Here I come to save the day!
- — Mighty Mouse (1940)
A hero is a man or woman (then often called a heroine), traditionally the protagonist of a story, legend or saga, commonly possessed of powers far beyond that of a standard human, which enable him or her to perform some truly extraordinary, beneficial deed (an "heroic deed") for which he or she is famous. These powers are sometimes not only of the body but also of the mind. Heroes are typically opposed by villains.
A person normally becomes a hero by performing an extraordinary and praiseworthy deed. Traditional deeds are slaying of monsters and saving people from certain death. A hero normally fulfills the definitions of what is considered good and noble in the originating culture. However, in literature, particularly in tragedy, the hero may also have serious flaws which lead to his downfall, e.g. Hamlet.
Sometimes a real person might achieve enough status to become a hero in people's minds. This is usually complemented by a rapid growth of myths around the person in question, often attributing him or her with powers beyond those of ordinary mortals.
Some social commentators prescribe the need for heroes in times of social upheaval or national self-doubt, seeing a requirement for virtuous role-models, especially for the young. Such myth-making may have worked better in the past: current trends may confuse heroes and their hero-worship with the cult of mere celebrity.
Well-known heroes approach the gods in status in some cultures. The word hero comes from Ancient Greek, where it describes a culture hero who figures in mythology. The Greek heroes were often the mythological characters who were the eponymous founders of Greek cities, states, and territories. These mythological heroes were not always role models or possessed of heroic virtue; many were demigods, the offspring of mortals and the gods. The age when heroes of this sort were active, and where the stories of Greek mythology were set, is frequently known as the "heroic age;" the heroic age ends shortly after the Trojan War is over and the legendary combatants have returned to home or exile.
List of famous heroes
A book of recent fame, dealing with the telling of heroic stories, is called The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell.
- Hercules, ancient Roman Empire
- King Arthur, medieval England
- Hua Mulan and Lord Guan, China
- Beowulf, Iron Age Scandinavia
- Stenka Razin, Russian folk hero
- Joan of Arc, France
- The twelve paladins of Charlemagne were important heroes whose stories were important in the development of courtly love and chivalric romance.
- Laura Secord, Canada
See also: superhero, culture hero
- Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy
- — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hero is also a Greek name, applying to several characters in mythology and fiction.
In William Shakespeares play Much Ado About Nothing Hero is a female character.
Hero is a Chinese film. See Hero (film).
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Hero (英雄 Pinyin: ying1 xiong2) is a film first released in China on October 24, 2002. A movie of the Wuxia genre, it was directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Maggie Cheung (Flying Snow), Chen Daoming (Long Sky), Jet Li (Nameless), Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Broken Sword), Donnie Yen (King of Qin), and Zhang Ziyi (Moon).
- For other meanings of the word, see hero
The movie is set during the Warring States Period. It tells the story of assassination attempts of the king of Qin by legendary warriors. Though the king is not named during the film, he does express his dreams of unifying China and the assassins consider him likely to fulfil them. So he is probably King Ying Zheng (lived 259 -210 BC, reigned 246 - 210 BC). In 221 BC he did manage to unify China under his command and became its first Emperor (Qin Shi Huang Di).
The film was Zhang's first attempt on this genre. Segments of the different versions of the story were told by different characters. Each segment used a different bright color theme, depending on the narrator. The different versions of a story remind the audience of Rashomon. The color theme changes remind the audience of the Matrix. The bright color themes remind the audience of many other Zhang Yimou's movies.
The film is rather moody, reflecting the thoughts of its six main characters who come to realize that the fate of China depends on their own decisions and actions. This feeling of responsibilitie seems to come in conflict with their personal desires, emotions and relationships to each other. This gives the film a sense of drama and somewhat approaches the sense of a classic tragedy.
See also: Cinema of China
External links
- Hero
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Famous people named "Hero"
- the Greek mathematician known as Hero of Alexandria
- Protagonist of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
- Hero, heroine of a love story in Greek mythology
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The story of Hero and Leander is a Greek myth. Hero was a priestess of Aphrodite who dwelled in a tower in Sestos, at the edge of the Hellespont. Leander, a young man from Abydos, on the other side of the strait, fell in love with her, and he would swim every night across the Hellespont to be with her. Hero would light a lamp every night at the top of her tower, to guide his way.Succumbing to Leander's soft words, and to his argument that Aphrodite, as goddess of love, would scorn the worship of a virgin, Hero allowed him to make love to her. But one stormy winter night, the waves tossed Leander in the sea and the breezes blew out Hero's light, and Leander lost his way, and was drowned. Hero threw herself from a tower in grief and died as well.
In literature, the story has been the subject of poems by Musaeus and Christopher Marlowe.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hero and Leander."
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Hero (or Heron) of Alexandria (roughly A.D. 10 to roughly A.D. 70) was a Greek engineer and geometer. His most famous invention was the first documented steam engine, the aeolipile. He is said to have been a follower of the Atomists. Some of his ideas were derived from the works of Ctesibius.
A number of references mention dates around 150 BC, but these are inconsistent with the dates of his publications and inventions. Perhaps this is due to a misinterpretation of the phrase "first century".
Publications
The complete surviving works are:In optics, Hero proposed that light travels along the shortest geometric path. This view is no longer accepted, having been replaced by the least-time principle.
- Pneumatica (Greek, c. A.D. 60)
- Automata (Greek)
- Mechanics (Arabic)
- Metrics (Arabic)
- Dioptra (Arabic)
In geometry, he stated and proved a formula, now known as Heron's formula, for calculating the area of a triangle in terms of its sides.
Projects
- compressed-air fountain
- siphons
- automated puppets
- machine for threading wooden screws
- steam turbine (A.D. 50/62/70) (aeolipile)
- density of air
- water organ or hydraulic organ
- odometer
References
The Technology Museum of Thessaloniki has a good web page on Hero at http://www.tmth.edu.gr/en/aet/5/55.html.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hero of Alexandria."
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A hero sandwich, also known as an Italian sub or Italian submarine sandwich, is said to have originated in New York in the late 19th century when Italian laborers wanted a convenient lunch that reminded them of home.The hero is traditionally at least two Italian meats and provolone on a small or half loaf of crusty Italian bread with roasted peppers, vinegar, olive oil, and lettuce. It is a pork based sandwich; popular meat choices include ham, prosciutto, pepperoni, capicolla, mortadella and salami.
Tomatoes were not a historical ingredient of the hero, but are often included in modern heros.
Similar sandwiches are called grinders or po' boys.
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
HERO | English | Hydrothermal Ecosystem Research Observatory | N/A |
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Synonyms: HeroSynonyms: bomber (n), champion (n), fighter (n), grinder (n), hero sandwich (n), hoagie (n), hoagy (n), paladin (n), poor boy (n), sub (n), submarine (n), submarine sandwich (n), torpedo (n), wedge (n), zep (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Approbation | Commendation, praise; laud, laudation; good word; meed of praise, tribute of praise; encomium; eulogy, eulogium; eloge, panegyric; homage, hero worship; benediction, blessing, benison. |
Celebration | Interjection: hail! all hail! io paean, io triumphe! " see the conquering hero comes!". |
Courage | Phrase: one's blood being up; courage sans peur;fortes fortuna adjuvat; "have I not in my time heard lions roar "; " I dare do all that may become a man "; male vincetis sed vincite; omne solum forti patria; " self-trust is the essence of heroism "; stimulos dedit oemula virtus; " strong and great, a hero "; teloque animus proestantior omni; "there, is always safety in valor"; virtus ariete fortier. |
Man, man of mettle; hero, demigod, Amazon, Hector; lion, tiger, panther, bulldog; fighting-cock; bully, fire eater. | |
Good Man | Model, paragon; (perfection); good example; hero, heroine, demigod, seraph, angel; innocent; saint; (piety); benefactor; philanthropist; Aristides; noble liver, pattern. |
Idolatry | Deification, apotheosis, canonization; hero worship. |
Repute | Hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis, notability, somebody; classman; man of rank; (nobleman); pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | I think you just became my personal hero. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) Every search for a hero must begin with something which every hero requires, a villain (Mission: Impossible II; writing credit: Bruce Geller; Ronald D. Moore) Happy Scrappy Hero Pup. (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith) You think he was some kind of hero. (Die Another Day; writing credit: Neal Purvis) And if that's not a hero, I don't know what is. (Birds of Prey; writing credit: Adam Armus; Nora Kay Foster) | |
Lyrics | And the hero comes along (Hero; performing artist: Mariah Carey) Did you ever know that you're my hero, ("The Wind Beneath My Wings"; performing artist: Bette Midler) I am no hero; oh that’s for sure (Where Are You Going; performing artist: Dave Matthews Band) Well they'll call you a hero or a traitor (Do What You Gotta Do; performing artist: Garth Brooks) The hero would be me (If You Could Read My Mind; performing artist: Gordon Lightfoot) | |
Clever | You are an engineer if Dilbert is your hero. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Hero (2003) Our Hero (2000) Hero on the Waterfront (1974) The Last American Hero (1973) Paperback Hero (1973) | |
Song Titles | Hero (performing artist: Mariah Carey) Billy, Don't Be A Hero (performing artist: Paper Lace) We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) (performing artist: Tina Turner) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | David Dixon Porter Civil War hero, served with Coast Survey seven years Brother-in-law of Carlile Patterson and George M. Bache. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Lieutenant Commander Harley Nygren on the "hero platform." Taking a Nansen cast to determine water temperatures and density. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Launch RODGERS - named for Coast Survey Assistant Augustus Rodgers, brother of Civil War hero Admiral John Rodgers. Vessel is outfitted for current observations. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | General 3/4 elevation view, looking northwest, from New Hampshire side of river. Photograph by Jet Lowe, 1984. (Reproduction Number: HAER NH,10-CORN,2-2) This former toll bridge linking the towns of Cornish, New Hampshire, and Windsor, Vermont, is one of the largest covered wooden bridges in the U.S. Built in 1866, the bridge stretches more than four hundred feet, making it much longer than a modern-day football field. The bridge spans the Connecticut River at a point where the French military general and American Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette is said to have crossed on his way to Vermont in 1825. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Our special hero National Down - Syndrome Month. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Our hero. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | American movie hero defeating Mexican bandits. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Scottish Masons honor memory of unknown hero. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Gettysburg, Pa. John L. Burns, the "old hero of Gettysburg," with gun and crutches. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Statue of John Burns (the hero of Gettysburg), Pa. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Baltasar Gracian | Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one. |
Charles Maurice De Talleyrand | Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors. |
John Greenleaf Whittier | One brave deed makes no hero. |
John Henry Newman | Calculation never made a hero. |
May Sarton | One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Every hero becomes a bore at last. |
| A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer. | |
Spike Milligan | I'm a hero with coward's legs. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The hero of the day is the vampire of the night |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | This progress you will see easily in that old English ballad Turpin Hero which begins in the first person and ends in the third person |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | There is not a nail to hang a picture on, nor a shelf to receive the bust of a hero or a saint |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Vietnam | Retired general and war hero Tran Do was expelled from the Communist Party in 1999 after he refused to cease circulating writings critical of the Party and the Government. (references) |
Economic History | Argentina | Jose de San Martin, who campaigned in Argentina, Chile, and Peru as the hero of their national independence. (references) |
Uruguay | In 1811, Jose Gervasio Artigas, who became Uruguay's national hero, launched a revolt against Spain that resulted in the formation of a regional federation with Argentina. (references) | |
Travel | Indonesia | Imported meats, vegetables, and packaged foods are readily available from most stores in the Hero grocery store chain (locations through out Jakarta), at Sogo in the Plaza Indonesia/Grand Hyatt complex, and at Kem Chicks in the Kemang district. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | OVATION, n. n ancient Rome, a definite, formal pageant in honor of one who had been disserviceable to the enemies of the nation. A lesser "triumph." In modern English the word is improperly used to signify any loose and spontaneous expression of popular homage to the hero of the hour and place. "I had an ovation!" the actor man said, But I thought it uncommonly queer, That people and critics by him had been led By the ear. The Latin lexicon makes his absurd Assertion as plain as a peg; In "ovum" we find the true root of the word. It means egg. Dudley Spink |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
James Dobson | Obviously I think a lot of people were absolutely blind to the racism issue at that time. I was too young to be part of it. But looking back on what I read and what I know, Martin Luther King has to be seen as a kind of a hero. |
Mattie Stepanek | Jimmy Carter is my hero because he is a humble peacemaker. He will write a book. He'll solve a problem. He'll build a house. |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | I thought you might like to meet an American hero named Jean Nguyen. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | So for far more than baseball, Sammy Sosa, you are a hero to two countries. |
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| "Hero" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.68% of the time. "Hero" is used about 2,192 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.68% | 2,163 | 4,037 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.09% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Noun (common) | 0.23% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,192 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "hero" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Hero | Last name | 100 | 83,853 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Hero" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a hero". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "hero". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Herodotus | Male | Ancient Greek (Latinized) | Granted to the hero |
| Herod | N/A | Biblical | Son of a hero |
| Herodion | N/A | Biblical | Son of a hero |
| Nergal | N/A | Biblical | The hero |
| Hera | Female | Greek Mythology | A hero |
| Hero | Female | Greek Mythology | A hero |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| China | Hero (Group) Co. Ltd. | India | Hero Honda |
| Indonesia | Hero Supermarket Tbk Pt. | Switzerland | Hero |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "hero": die a hero ♦ football hero ♦ germanic hero ♦ hero of Alexandria ♦ hero of the screen ♦ hero sandwich ♦ hero worship ♦ hero worshiper ♦ hero worshipper ♦ national hero ♦ North Hero ♦ play the hero ♦ South Hero ♦ the hero of the hour ♦ the popular hero ♦ tragic hero. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "hero": hero-candidacy, hero-figure, hero-god, hero-gods, hero-in-waiting, hero-kings, hero-literature, hero-making, hero-murderer, hero-narrator, hero-pash, hero-policemen, hero-tribute, hero-victim, hero-worship, hero-worshipped, hero-worshipping, hero-worships. | |
Ending with "hero": anti-hero, folk-hero, super-hero. | |
Containing "hero": Elan-hero-turned-de, the-hero-as-artist. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
hero | 3,312 | hero 3 | 139 |
super hero | 1,273 | pokemon hero | 139 |
hero sonic | 678 | hero quest | 138 |
hero of might magic | 558 | carey hero lyrics mariah | 138 |
rescue hero | 515 | fallen hero | 131 |
super hero hype | 500 | super hero costume | 130 |
city of hero | 474 | super hero wallpaper | 124 |
hero del silencio | 444 | hero mod super | 120 |
the greatest american hero | 332 | mystic hero | 116 |
hero lyrics | 307 | super hero movie | 107 |
hero clix | 304 | mariah carey hero | 101 |
hogans hero | 245 | editor hero jamella | 98 |
marvel super hero | 208 | hero movie | 98 |
hero of might and magic 4 | 196 | super hero porn | 97 |
super hero picture | 191 | hero of might magic iii | 97 |
hero of might and magic 3 | 169 | hero jet li | 97 |
4 hero | 166 | cartoon hero | 96 |
afi hero villain | 153 | my father the hero | 95 |
hero machine | 149 | kellys hero | 95 |
hero might and magic iv | 141 | dungeon dragon hero | 95 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "hero"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | held. (various references) | |
Albanian | hero, yll (asterisk, pip, star), personazh kryesor, idhull (Baal, fetish, graven image, idol, pippin), gjysmëperëndi (Demigod). (various references) | |
Arabic | الشخصية الرئيسية فى أثر أدبى, شخص محوط بالعجاب, شجاع (brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, game, gritty, hardy, manful, martial, mettlesome, plucky, red blooded, spirited, stalwart, stout, tiger, undaunted, valiant, valorous), بطل (champion, heroic). (various references) | |
Basque | heroi. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | херой, герой (champion), главен герой (protagonist), малка франзела, полубог. (various references) | |
Chinese | 英雄 . (various references) | |
Czech | hrdina, rek, bohatýr. (various references) | |
Danish | helt (at all, entirely, quite, wholly). (various references) | |
Dutch | heros, held. (various references) | |
Esperanto | heroo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | hetja, reystmenni. (various references) | |
Farsi | پهلوان داستان , قهرمان (Champ, Champion, Knight, Victor), گرد (Compass, Flour, Globular, Powder), دلاور (Brave, Gallant, Knight, Warrior). (various references) | |
Finnish | sankari (great capricorn beetle). (various references) | |
French | héros. (various references) | |
Frisian | helt. (various references) | |
German | held (held, protagonist), heros. (various references) | |
Greek | ήρωσ, ήρωασ, ήρωας. (various references) | |
Hebrew | אריאל (lion of god), אראל (angel), 'יבור (character), 'בור, 'בר (male, man, valiant). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hõs, hős, fõhõs (protagonist), dalia. (various references) | |
Indonesian | pahlawan, bahadur (bold, courageous, knight). (various references) | |
Irish | laoch (warrior), gaiscíoch, curadh. (various references) | |
Italian | eroe. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 英雄 (great man), 竜虎 (clever writing, dragon and tiger, good writer, two mighty rivals), 傑士 (great man), 丈夫 (durable, gentleman, good health, manly person, robustness, solid, strong, warrior). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | りょう" (clever writing, dragon and tiger, good writer, two mighty rivals, two rivals, two tigers), えいゆう (great man), じ"けつ (great man), じょうふ (durable, gentleman, good health, lover, manly person, mistress, prostitute, robustness, solid, strong, town, town walls, type of linen or cloth, warrior), じょうぶ (durable, gentleman, good health, manly person, robustness, solid, strong, surface, top part, warrior), けっし (do-or-die spirit, great man, preparedness for death), ゆうし (ambition, an official, another child considered as one's own, brave man, brave warrior, financing, gallant figure, grieving, historical, idle funds or capital, loan, nephew, recorded in history, sympathizer, traveller, voluntary, volunteer, wanderer), えいけつ (great man, last farewell, master mind), れっし (patriot, upright man), 'ーロー , りゅう" (clever writing, dragon and tiger, good writer, two mighty rivals), "うけつ (great man), いじょうふ (big man, great god, great man), ますらお (durable, gentleman, good health, manly person, robustness, solid, strong, warrior), して (leading part, protagonist), しゅじ""う (head of household, main character, protagonist), しゅ"けつ (genius), ゆうしゃ (man of valour, superior individual, the brave). (various references) | |
Korean | 영웅 (Heroes). (various references) | |
Manx | treanagh (he-man), gastagh (brightness, champion, nimble). (various references) | |
Norwegian | helt (completely, entirely, quite). (various references) | |
Occitan | eròs. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | erohay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | herói (champion). (various references) | |
Romanian | voinic (bulky, burly, chopping, hale and hearty, Hardy, healthy, hefty, husky, mite, muscular, nervy, powerful, stout, strapping, sturdy, tight, upstanding, vigorous), viteaz (bold, brave, courageous, gallant, gamy, manly, proud, stalwart, temerarious, valiant, valorous, vigorous), erou (character), şoim (falcon, gerfalcon, hawk, pigeon hawk). (various references) | |
Russian | герой (worthy). (various references) | |
Scottish | sonn (a staff, a stout man, stout man), s r (excellent, oppression), laoch (a hero, champion, warrior), gaisgeach (champion, warrior), diùlnach, biùthaidh (foe). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | heroj, junak. (various references) | |
Spanish | héroe. (various references) | |
Swedish | hjälte (Goody). (various references) | |
Tagalog | bayáni. (various references) | |
Turkish | kahraman (brave, character, Doughty, heroic, heroine, protagonist, stout, stouthearted). (various references) | |
Turkmen | pдlwan (fighter), obraz, gahryman. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | герой (character, valiant, worthy). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự tôn sùng anh hùng (hero-worship), sự sùng bái anh hùng (hero-worship), người sùng bái anh hùng (hero-worshipper). (various references) | |
Welsh | rhyswr (champion), gwron, dewr (brave, brave man), arwrwas (brave man), arwr. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | heros. (various refe |
