Hero
A hero (masculine) or heroine (feminine) is a person or main character of a literary work who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, bravery or strength, often sacrificing their own personal concerns for a greater good.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... Ornithologiae
Aldrovandi, Ulisse · 1610 · p.1028
Jan Jonston — Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren (1660)
Jan Jonston · 1660 · p.285
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.386
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.254
The Numeral Playing Cards of the Master of Playing Cards
Meister der Spielkarten · 1909 · p.44
A voyage to the islands Madera Barbados Jamaica Vol. 1
Hans Sloane · 1707 · p.628
Ordo breviarii secundum consuetudinem Romane curie
Catholic Church · 1480 · p.488
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 32)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.98
Jan Jonston — Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren (1660)
Jan Jonston · 1660 · p.271
Jan Jonston — Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren (1660)
Jan Jonston · 1660 · p.231
Jan Jonston — Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren (1660)
Jan Jonston · 1660 · p.221
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.580
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 473106.