Folk hero
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A folk hero is type of hero, real or in mythology, who is loathed by the rich and powerful but idolized by the common person, often stealing from the former to make life better for the latter.
The folk hero generally starts off as a regular person, but is transformed into someone extraordinary by their rebellion against oppression upon their own lives.
In modern times, many criminals have been mythologised as folk heroes.
List of folk heroes
- El Cid
- George Castriota Scanderbeg
- Johnny Appleseed
- Billy the Kid
- Jim Bowie
- Paul Bunyan
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Davy Crockett
- Butch Cassidy
- John Dillinger
- Michał Drzymała
- Owain Glyndŵr
- Ishikawa Goemon
- Grey Owl
- Che Guevara
- Piet Pieterszoon Hein
- John Henry
- Joe Hill
- Robin Hood
- Jesse James
- Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson
- Ned Kelly
- Koba
- Kudeyar
- Robert Roy MacGregor
- [Bill Miner]
- Big Joe Mufferaw
- Louis Riel
- William Tell
- Sundance Kid
- Pancho Villa
- Hong Kiltong
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