Home›Heroes›Historicity›Legendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordBrowse ByLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordThis page groups figures by whether scholars consider them to have actually existed. Wikipedia notes that "the historicity of a claim about the past is its factual status." Browsing by historicity lets a visitor separate a documented historical person from one known only through legend.FactsLearn MoreLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe great figures of myth and legend, often born of a god and a mortal, whose deeds carry a tradition's ideals. In Greece the hero was the object of a tomb cult distinct from the worship of the gods; that institution is Greek, and using the word of Irish, Norse or Indian figures is a comparative move rather than a translation. 2Peoples and Traditions CoveredWell-attestedA cover term. It gathers the Greek heroes and their tomb cult, the warriors of the Irish cycles, the legendary Volsungs of Norse tradition and the epic warriors of the Mahabharata. Each tradition has its own word and its own institutions for these figures. 3DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedFigures 1Learn MoreThe Heroes This group holds heroes, the great human or semi-divine figures of myth and legend whose deeds, quests and struggles carry a tradition's ideals. In many mythologies the hero stands between the human and divine worlds, often born of a god and a mortal. The browser will find the heroic figures the atlas gathers from the world's mythologies. The entries describe each hero's legend and significance, noting where they were also the object of cult.Legendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordFilter Results25 entriesPlace of OriginAllAnatolia and Asia Minor (1)British Isles (1)England (1)Greece (8)India (8)Scandinavia (1)TraditionAllAncient Greek Religion (8)Celtic Paganism (2)Chinese Folk Religion (1)Hinduism (9)Judaism (1)Maya Religion (1)Norse Paganism (1)Roman Religion (1)Office HeldAllKing at Indraprastha, and after the war at Hastinapura (1)Member OfAllThe Pandavas (5)Veneration StatusAllActively venerated in a living tradition (9)No Cult Attested (4)Revered InAllHinduism (7)Judaism (1)Child OfAllDasharatha (1)Zeus (2)Manner Of DeathAllDied by accident or misadventure (3)Died of natural causes (1)Extrajudicial killing: put to death outside any lawful process (2)Killed in battle (5)Taken up without dying, as the tradition holds (2)GenderAllCollective / plural, not a single figure (1)Male (23)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 25AchillesLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordAeneasLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordArjunaLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordBellerophonLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordBeowulfLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordBhimaLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordBhishmaLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordCu ChulainnLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordHeraclesLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordHouyiLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordJasonLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordKarnaLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordLakshmanaLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordLancelotLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordMordecaiLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordNakulaLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordOdysseusLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordOrpheusLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordPerseusLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordSahadevaLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordSigurdLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordThe PandavasLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordTheseusLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordVucub HunahpuLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordYudhishthiraLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 4th editiontier 1Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth and Esther Eidinow (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2012s.v. hero-cultView the Source3. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005Heroes; QuestsView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.