Heroes who fight monsters, gods or kings in the sources of Asia and the Americas: Gilgamesh's quest for immortality and the Bull of Heaven, the Egyptian contendings of Horus and Set, the Iranian Zahhak and Feridun, the Japanese Susanoo slaying the eight-headed serpent and the Maya Hero Twins in Xibalba. A myth belongs here when its cited article describes a hero's struggle in one of these traditions. It excludes Greek, Celtic, Norse and Indian cycles.
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Epic of Gilgamesh (Wikipedia)
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The Epic of Gilgamesh () is an epic from ancient Mesopotamia that is the world's oldest surviving example of narrative literature.
Bull of Heaven (Wikipedia)
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In ancient Mesopotamian mythology, the Bull of Heaven is a mythical beast fought by the King of Uruk Gilgamesh.
The Contendings of Horus and Seth (Wikipedia)
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"The Contendings of Horus and Seth" is a mythological story from the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt found in the first sixteen pages of the Chester Beatty Papyri and deals with the battles between Horus and Seth to determine who will succeed Osiris as king.
Maya Hero Twins (Wikipedia)
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The Maya Hero Twins are the central figures of a narrative included within the colonial Kʼicheʼ document called Popol Vuh, and constituting the oldest Maya myth to have been preserved in its entirety.
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