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Similar fables to King Arthur and Robin Hood in other cultures? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Basically the title. In the US I've heard the fables of King Arthur and Robin Hood constantly. What are some other fabled heroes from antiquity that are less well known? Something from a non-Western culture.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Alibaba in some ways.

Nasreddin Hoca is the most popular Turkish folk hero

Anansi the Spider is a great trickster folklore character from the Akan in Ghana. I loved these stories as a kid and had a great book on tape.

Can't go wrong with this list:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_folk_heroes

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Analysis the Spider is a great trickster folklore character from the Akan in Ghana. I loved these stories as a kid and had a great book on tape.

It looks like autocorrect attacked KinNectar. In case anyone wants to read further, the spider's name is Anansi.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Ugh, yeah, I fought aurocorrect over it and lost in the end it looks like. Got it fixed up now.

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