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Hero Vanquishes Lion (Khorsabad)
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Hero Vanquishes Lion (Khorsabad)

Colossal figure in the facade of the palace of Sargon II in Dur-Sharrukin. Drawing Flandin PL 41 by Paul-Emile Botta (1802-1870 CE), c. 1849 CE.
Hero Overpowering a Lion
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Hero Overpowering a Lion

The Hero Overpowering a Lion, gypseous alabaster high relief with traces of paint from Khorsabad (Dur Sharrukin), facade N of the throne room of the palace of Sargon II, Assyria (Iraq). Neo-Assyrian Empire, reign of Sargon II, 721-705 BCE...
Mšecké Žehrovice Hero
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Mšecké Žehrovice Hero

The "Mšecké Žehrovice Hero" (also known as the "Mšecké Žehrovice Head") is a late 2nd Century BCE or early 1st Century BCE limestone bust of a Celtic warrior. The male figure wears a Celtic torc necklace, and has stylized facial features...
Legend of the Hero Etana Inscription
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Legend of the Hero Etana Inscription

This is the 4th tablet of the story of Etana, which tells us how Etana was carried to Heaven on the back of an eagle. Etana did this long journey in order to find the plant of birth. He was a Sumerian king of Kish. This story is one of the...
Head of Homeric Hero
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Head of Homeric Hero

This is a Roman marble version of a lost Hellenistic original. Another version of this head was found, together with the body, at Sprelonga, south of Rome. There, it belonged to a figure portraying a wineskin-carrier, in a group showing the...
Grettir the Hero, Grettir's Saga
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Grettir the Hero, Grettir's Saga

The hero Grettir Asmundson from the 13th-14th century CE Icelandic Grettir's Saga (also Grettis Saga). This saga features one of the best-known stories involving a draugr, a sort of Norse zombie, who is eventually destroyed by Grettir. This...
Valkyrie and a Dying Hero
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Valkyrie and a Dying Hero

A painting portraying a Valkyrie taking care of a dying warrior. Valkyries were key figures in various Norse sagas such as Prose Edda, the Heimskringla and the Njáls Saga. They were maidens whose role was to participate in battles and to...
Persian Hero Garshasp
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Persian Hero Garshasp

Garshasp kills the dragon, illustration from the Shahnameh, Sultanate of Delhi, c. 1450. Rietberg Museum, Zürich.
Persian Hero Rustum
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Persian Hero Rustum

Scene from Shahnameh: Rustam (or Rustum) shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow, from manuscript Ms. or. fol. 4251, Berlin State Library
Irish Hero Fionn mac Cumhaill Fights Aillen
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Irish Hero Fionn mac Cumhaill Fights Aillen

Aillen, a sídh warrior, is said to have destroyed Tara, the spiritual center of Ireland and the seat of the High Kings, each and every Samhain for nine years. He is slain by Fionn mac Cumhaill, who pierces him with an enchanted spear mere...
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