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Heroic Legends

Heroic Legends is a category of traditional narrative within legend studies that centers on semi-historical figures celebrated for extraordinary valor, moral fortitude, or pivotal deeds in defense of communal values, thereby distinguishing itself from mythical, etiological, or purely folkloric legend types by its grounding in perceived historical contexts and cultural heroism.

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159

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36

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2017–2026

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Publications

142

"With His Pistol in His Hand"; A Border Ballad and Its Hero

Austin E. Fife, Américo Paredes · Journal of American Folklore · 1960 · 267 citations

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Homer and the Heroic Tradition

Frederick M. Combellack, Cedric H. Whitman · Comparative Literature · 1960 · 202 citations

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A Commentary on Herodotus

William Churchill, W. W. How, J. Wells · Bulletin of the American Geographical Society · 1912 · 169 citations

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Elvis after Elvis: The Posthumous Career of a Living Legend

Melinda Kanner, Gilbert B. Rodman, Vernon Chadwick · The Antioch Review · 1997 · 140 citations

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King Herod's dream: Caesarea on the sea

Choice Reviews Online · 1988 · 137 citations

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Authors

159

  1. CH
    Cedric H. Whitman

    4 publications · 361 citations

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  2. GB
    George Bird Grinnell

    Ernst & Young (United States), United States

    3 publications · 43 citations

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  3. EC
    Erwin Cook

    Trinity University, United States

    2 publications · 109 citations

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  4. UH
    Ursula Hope McConnel

    2 publications · 30 citations

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  5. HE
    Herbert E. Bolton

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    2 publications · 94 citations

    2

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Institutions

36

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    82 citations

  2. UCL Australia

    Adelaide, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    82 citations

  3. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  4. University of Notre Dame

    Notre Dame, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  5. St. John's College

    Annapolis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    43 citations

  6. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  7. Institute of History and Archaeology

    Yekaterinburg, Russia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  8. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    63 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 21 publications · 760 citations

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  2. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 5 publications · 155 citations

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  3. The Modern Language Review

    5 publications · 228 citations

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  4. The Classical World

    4 publications · 261 citations

    4

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  5. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 4 publications · 358 citations

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