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noun

a mythical or mythicized historical figure who embodies the aspirations or ideals of a society.

a mythical figure considered by a people to have furnished it the means of existence or survival, as by inventing their alphabet, teaching them husbandry, or stealing fire from the gods for them.

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Words nearby culture hero

cultured, culture diffusion, cultured pearl, culture factor, culture-free test, culture hero, culture jamming, culture medium, culture pattern, culture shock, culture specific syndrome

How to use culture hero in a sentence

There is also a native account of the arrival of Manco Capac, in which he figures simply a culture-hero.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5|Hubert Howe Bancroft
Who are the ‘others’ who speak of a Greek ‘culture-hero’ by the impossibly fantastic name of ‘a fire totem’?
Modern Mythology|Andrew Lang
Often in the mythologies this ultimate rational element was ascribed to the teaching of a god or a culture hero.
Folkways|William Graham Sumner
Given such a culture-hero, the common herd was capable of carrying on more or less mechanically for an aeon or so.
Progress and History|Various

Apollo in tradition is usually a solar deity, but also a civilizer or culture-hero, and his functions and attributes are manifold.
An Introduction to Mythology|Lewis Spence