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ur-hero en · NOUN

Etymology

From ur- + hero.

Meanings

1. An original or mythological hero.
   • It has all been foretold, forelived, Tridib being, so to speak, the novel's ur-imagination, ur-hero, ur-narrator. 1992, Mohan Lal, Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot - Page 3936:
   • 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 [...] 2005, David Leeming, The Oxford Companion to World Mythology - Page 181:

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