Home›Heroes›Veneration Status›Actively venerated in a living traditionBrowse ByActively venerated in a living traditionThis page groups figures by their current standing in the eyes of their own faith. Wikipedia defines veneration as "the practice of honoring people and articles of religious significance, for example, the veneration of saints and the veneration of relics." Browsing by veneration status lets a visitor tell a figure actively honored today from one no longer widely venerated.FactsLearn MoreActively venerated in a living traditionSourcesComments (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.Actively venerated in a living traditionFilter Results9 entriesPlace of OriginAllIndia (6)HistoricityAllLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical record (9)TraditionAllHinduism (7)Judaism (1)Maya Religion (1)Office HeldAllKing at Indraprastha, and after the war at Hastinapura (1)Member OfAllThe Pandavas (4)Revered InAllHinduism (7)Judaism (1)Child OfAllDasharatha (1)Manner Of DeathAllDied by accident or misadventure (2)Killed in battle (1)Taken up without dying, as the tradition holds (1)GenderAllCollective / plural, not a single figure (1)Male (8)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 9ArjunaActively venerated in a living traditionBhishmaActively venerated in a living traditionLakshmanaActively venerated in a living traditionMordecaiActively venerated in a living traditionNakulaActively venerated in a living traditionSahadevaActively venerated in a living traditionThe PandavasActively venerated in a living traditionVucub HunahpuActively venerated in a living traditionYudhishthiraActively venerated in a living traditionSources1. 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.