| 单词 | culture hero |
| 释义 | > as lemmasculture hero culture hero n. Cultural Anthropology and Mythology a (typically mythological) historical figure who embodies the culture of a particular society, and is frequently considered to have founded or shaped that culture; (also more generally) a person who is prominent or important within a particular culture. ΚΠ 1868 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 640 One of the most widely famous of these culture-heroes was Manabozho, or Michabo, the Great Hare. 1907 A. C. Haddon in N. W. Thomas Anthropol. Ess. 183 The death dances were introduced into the Western Islands by two culture heroes from New Guinea. 1945 Mind 54 78 The culture-hero has a vague complex status, part man, part demi-god. 1986 City Limits 29 May 83 The direct antithesis of all that Eagleton and his '70s culture-heroes advocated. 2001 L. Öpik in P. Moore 2002 Yearbk. Astron. ii. 161 Hidatsa mythology made references to sky powers and shamanistic journeys of culture heroes across the Milky Way. < as lemmas |
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