hero
Let an agent explain the concept of the hero across myth, literature and history, describe hero types and the hero journey with attribution, present contested hero designations neutrally, and support cultural analysis.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a hero is.
Concept
Concept and types.
Concept
Concept.
- What makes a figure a hero, and how do mythological, folk, national, fictional and real-life heroes differ? definition
- Is a hero designation being asserted or attributed? boundary
Narrative
Heroes in narrative.
Narrative
Narrative.
- What are the hero journey and related narrative patterns, with positions of scholars attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific hero? action
Designation Who confers hero status.
States
State and movement heroes.
States
States.
- How do states, movements and ideologies designate heroes, such as anti-communist or freedom heroes, and how are such designations contested, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Honours
Honours and titles.
Honours
Honours.
- Which official hero titles and honours exist, and how are they awarded? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific honour? action
Study Scholarship.
Myth
Mythology and folklore.
Myth
Mythology.
- How do mythologists and folklorists analyse heroes across cultures? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific myth? action
Psychology
Psychology of heroism.
Psychology
Psychology.
- What does psychology say about heroic behaviour and hero worship? provenance
- Which findings are contested? boundary
Learn Culture and teaching.
Culture
Heroes in popular culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How have superheroes, antiheroes and real-life superheroes shaped popular culture? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can the hero concept be taught critically in literature and history? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
- Other names and narrower kinds
- folk figure, sadist hero, Anti-Communist Hero, Freiheitsheld (Antike), mythological hero, real-life superhero, hero for hire, war hero, Shaa, yandere hero, kuudere hero, tsundere hero
What it is Filled
A person, real, legendary or fictional, who fights adversity through ingenuity, courage or strength to help others, including figures in epic and folklore, historical figures and modern real-life figures, with the designation often conferred by particular communities, states or ideologies and therefore varying and contested; heroes are studied in mythology, literature, history and psychology, and hero designations are described here with attribution.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the concept of the hero across myth, literature and history, describe hero types and the hero journey with attribution, present contested hero designations neutrally, and support cultural analysis.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Admiration
- Narrative role
- Community conferral
- Contested cases
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present a contested national or political hero designation as universal fact.
- Glorify violence or atrocities committed by people celebrated as heroes.
- Call a living person a hero or villain without evidence of their acts.
- Invent deeds or quotations attributed to heroes.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing commemorative content about contested historical figures.
May
- Describe heroes of myth, history and fiction, naming who regards them as heroes.
- Distinguish legend from documented history about a hero.
Moral aspects Filled
- One community's hero can be another's oppressor, and both memories deserve respect.
- Hero narratives are used to mobilise people for war.
Who is affected
- Communities with conflicting memories
- Descendants of victims
- Students
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns it; communities confer the designation.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q21070568 - registry parent class
related
- human whose existence is disputed - category
- conflict - heroes in narrative conflict
- victim - contrasting designations
- morality - moral qualities attributed to heroes
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.hero
- Wikidata: Q162244 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q162244)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Admired for courage or achievement
- Mythological, historical or fictional
- A protagonist need not be heroic; a celebrity is famous rather than heroic
- Not physical; a figure in narrative or memory.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the concept
- describe hero types
- present contested designations neutrally
- support analysis
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Presenting partisan hero designations as fact
- Glorifying violence
- Confusing legend and history
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- State honours and hero titles
- No regulation of the concept
- Standards of historical scholarship
Context of use required Filled
- Admired figures of courage and achievement.
- mythological and epic heroes
- folk heroes
- national and freedom heroes as designated by states and movements
- fictional heroes and antiheroes
- real-life heroes and honoured individuals
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q162244: hero - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Hero - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should the hero journey be a separate entry?
- How should honours systems be linked?
- How should contested designations be attributed?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q162244/spec.json