"I shall quote from the Oziad, the hero tale of ancient Oz."

Why did they spectulate now on wisdom that might or might not be hidden in an ancient hero tale, Ayyar wondered.

They assigned superhuman qualities to ordinary people, thus originating the hero tale.

The common theme is the hero tales of love and sacrifice, and of resistance against the evil.

What matters is that Rinjy heard a version of the story and by the time she told it, it was transformed into a magic hero tale.

It was a common way for a minstrel to end a hero tale.

This, of course, was before the humans had given up the old hero tales entirely.

My family's military; we have hero tales enough.

Despite the hero tales, it was rare indeed that a single swordsman could defeat two competent foes at once.

"A Tuvan hero tale, with commentary, morphemic analysis and translation".