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A culture hero is a mythological hero specific to a group of people (cultural, ethnic, religious, etc.), who changes the world through invention or discovery. A typical culture hero might be credited as the discoverer of fire or agriculture, songs, tradition, law or religion, and is usually one of the most important legendary figures of a people, sometimes as the founder of its ruling dynasty.
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- Abenaki mythology
- Abrahamic mythology (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)
- Ainu mythology
- Albanian mythology
- Armenian mythology
- Ashanti mythology
- Australian Aboriginal mythology
- Aztec mythology
- Banks Islands mythology
- Buddhist mythology
- Caroline Islands mythology
- Celtic mythology (Irish, Welsh, Scottish)
- Chinese mythology
- Egyptian mythology
- English mythology
- Etruscan mythology
- Finnish mythology
- Germanic mythology
- Greek mythology
- Hungarian mythology
- Inca mythology
- Indian mythology
- Ho-Chunk mythology
- Inuit mythology
- Japanese mythology
- Lakota mythology
- Maya mythology
- Mesopotamian mythology
- Muisca mythology
- Navajo mythology
- Norse mythology
- Ohlone mythology
- Ojibwe mythology
- Persian mythology
- Polynesian mythology
- Roman mythology
- Serbian mythology
- Slavic mythology
- Solomon Islands mythology
- Talamancan mythology
- Tibetan mythology
- Ugarit mythology
- Ute mythology
- Vietnamese mythology
- Weenhayek mythology
- Zuni mythology
- See also
- References