folk hero
101Wong Fei Hung — (zh tspcy |t=黃飛鴻 |s=黄飞鸿 |cy=Wòhng Fēihùhng| p=Huáng Fēihóng) (1847–1924) was a martial artist, a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine, and revolutionary who became a Chinese folk hero and the subject of numerous television series and… …
102List of modern day tricksters — This List of modern day tricksters attests to both the enduring nature of the mythological figure of the trickster and its continued popularity in a variety of media. The trickster, in later folklore or modern popular culture, is a clever,… …
103Meanings of minor planet names: 1501–2000 — This is a list of the sources of minor planet names. Those meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against Lutz D. Schmadel s Dictionary of Minor Planet Names or Paul Herget s The Names of the Minor Planets… …
104Crone — The crone is a stock character in folklore and fairy tale, an old woman who is usually disagreeable, malicious, or sinister in manner, often with magical or supernatural associations that can make her either helpful or obstructing. She is… …
105Elderly martial arts master — The elderly martial arts master is a stock character in fiction, especially martial arts films.[1] Typically East Asian, he is a near invincible master of the martial arts, despite his age and presumed decrease in physical strength. Most often he …
106Muntadhar al-Zaidi — al Zaidi redirects here. For other uses, see Zaidi (disambiguation). Muntadhar al Zaidi منتظر الزيدي Born January 16, 1979 (1979 01 16) (age 32) Iraq Education Baghdad University Communications Occupation Broadcast journalist …
107Amar Singh Chamkila — Birth name Dunni Ram Born July 21, 1960 Dugri, India Origin Ludhiana Died March 8, 1988(1988 03 08) (aged 27) …
108folklore — (n.) 1846, coined by antiquarian William J. Thoms (1803 1885) as an Anglo Saxonism (replacing popular antiquities) and first published in the Athenaeum of Aug. 22, 1846, from FOLK (Cf. folk) + LORE (Cf. lore). Old English folclar meant homily.… …
109Supervillain — For the song by Nicole Scherzinger, see Supervillain (song). A supervillain or supervillainess is a variant of the villain character type, commonly found in comic books, action movies and science fiction in various media. They are sometimes used… …
110Sword and sandal — films, or pepla (singular=peplum) are a genre of adventure or fantasy films that have subjects set in Biblical or classical antiquity, often with contrived plots based very loosely on mythology or history. Most movies based on Greco Roman history …
