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culture heroes

culture heroes is the plural of culture hero.

Meaning of culture hero

Noun

culture hero (plural culture heroes)

  1. (idiomatic) A mythical character or real person who is renowned as the exemplar of the values or achievements of a society, group, or time period.
    • A precisely similar notion was found by Avila among the Indians of Huarochiri, whose divine culture-hero imposed, by a curse or a blessing, their character and habits on the beasts.1886, Andrew Lang, chapter 6, in Myth, Ritual, and Religion

Questions about culture heroes

What is culture heroes the plural of?
Culture heroes is the plural of culture hero.

Words near culture heroes in the dictionary

  1. culturcides
  2. culture
  3. culture god
  4. culture gods
  5. culture hero
  6. culture heroes
  7. culture jamming
  8. culture jammings
  9. culture maker
  10. culture makers
  11. culture media

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