Search results

Results 1 – 20 of 7,861
Advanced search

Search in namespaces:

View (previous 20 | ) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)
  • Thumbnail for On Heroes, Hero-Worship, & the Heroic in History
    On Heroes, Hero-Worship, & the Heroic in History is a book by the Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle, published by James Fraser...
    15 KB (1,836 words) - 06:03, 31 January 2024
  • used mainly in dictatorships On Heroes, Hero-Worship, & the Heroic in History, an 1841 book by Thomas Carlyle Hero Worship (Sandra Bernhard album), a 2003...
    948 bytes (156 words) - 03:25, 7 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for Hero
    On Heroes, Hero-Worship, & the Heroic in History, also accorded an essential function to heroes and great men in history. Carlyle centered history on...
    40 KB (4,581 words) - 22:00, 1 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hero's journey
    of hero myth narratives can be traced back to 1871 with anthropologist Edward Burnett Tylor's observations of common patterns in the plots of heroes' journeys...
    62 KB (8,359 words) - 19:45, 5 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Greek hero cult
    origin story for Heroes and what they meant to the Ancient Greeks. Greek hero-cults were distinct from the clan-based ancestor worship from which they...
    22 KB (3,053 words) - 08:15, 25 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Great man theory
    Great man theory (category Heroes)
    Thomas Carlyle, who gave a series of lectures on heroism in 1840, later published as On Heroes, Hero-Worship, & the Heroic in History, in which he states:...
    25 KB (3,393 words) - 06:11, 4 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hero and Leander
    Aphrodite, as the goddess of love and sex, would scorn the worship of a virgin — convince Hero, and they make love. Their secret love affair lasts through...
    23 KB (2,835 words) - 16:16, 30 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vrishni heroes
    Vrishni heroes The Vrishni heroes (IAST: Vṛṣṇi Viras), also referred to as Pancha-viras (IAST: Pañca vīras, "Five heroes"), are a group of five legendary...
    57 KB (5,991 words) - 21:50, 16 April 2024
  • The Greatest American Hero is an American comedy-drama superhero television series that aired on ABC. Created by producer Stephen J. Cannell, it premiered...
    30 KB (3,509 words) - 13:17, 28 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hercules
    Hercules (redirect from Greek hero Hercules)
    (/ˈhɜːrkjʊˌliːz/, US: /-kjə-/) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology,...
    29 KB (3,197 words) - 19:38, 16 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hero stone
    depicts the subject worshiping a deity such as a Shiva linga, vishnu, gaja lakshmi or jain tirthankara, the middle panel depicts the hero sometimes seated...
    14 KB (1,295 words) - 04:26, 24 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Representative Men
    ("the Man of the World") Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ("the Writer") On Heroes, Hero-Worship, & the Heroic in History – a similar series of lectures given by...
    1 KB (147 words) - 02:16, 5 March 2024
  • I Am a Hero (Japanese: アイアムアヒーロー, Hepburn: Ai Amu A Hīrō) is a Japanese zombie manga series written and illustrated by Kengo Hanazawa. It was serialized...
    62 KB (3,930 words) - 08:35, 22 February 2024
  • previous Heroes of Might and Magic titles, the player can choose between single-player or multiplayer modes of play, and controls a number of heroes and towns...
    41 KB (4,053 words) - 09:14, 15 January 2024
  • Heroes of Might and Magic V is the fifth installment of the Heroes of Might and Magic fantasy turn-based strategy video game series. The game was released...
    18 KB (1,882 words) - 15:10, 27 March 2024
  • Saturn Girl, and Cosmic Boy, who were members of a "super-hero club" called the Legion of Super-Heroes. Their club had been formed with Superboy as an inspiration...
    68 KB (8,203 words) - 11:10, 19 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Worship
    represent divine worship; reverence for a divine being or supernatural power. This activity may have other focuses, such as hero worship. Worship may involve...
    18 KB (2,197 words) - 21:17, 19 March 2024
  • produced the animated film Big Hero 6, inspired by the characters. In 2017, a television series based on the film, titled Big Hero 6: The Series, premiered...
    24 KB (2,820 words) - 07:14, 20 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vates
    Shamans Carlyle, Thomas (1841). "Lecture III. The Hero as Poet. Dante: Shakspeare.". On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History. Ellis, Peter Berresford...
    8 KB (993 words) - 20:10, 23 December 2023
  • "Hero Worship" is the 111th episode of the syndicated American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. This is the 11th episode...
    10 KB (1,055 words) - 23:21, 31 March 2024
View (previous 20 | ) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)