Meaning of ur-hero | Babel Free

Definitions

An original or mythological hero.

Examples

“It has all been foretold, forelived, Tridib being, so to speak, the novel's ur-imagination, ur-hero, ur-narrator.”

“The hero myths we have, those available to us for comparison, are primarily from strongly patriarchal societies, and it is to the patriarchal ur-hero that emerges from these myths [...]”

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