Every culture has its mythic hero - some towering personality who unified the people, gave them national purpose and defined their character.

Disorder must be turned into order and the trials of the mythic heroes will make them whole.

Of such stuff are mythic heroes made, and the Steig characters fit the part.

Fantastic paintings of mythic heroes and creatures hung on the walls.

From his mythic heroes, Giamatti would have known better.

The incredible 56-game hitting streak was over, but a mythic American hero had been born.

Despite its visual strengths, the film reminds us that mythic heroes are usually pretty bland characters on screen.

Don't turn a shrewd salesman into a mythic hero.

Heavy metal has always been popular music's opera, populated by monsters and mythic heroes.

His story can be seen as that of a particular kind of mythic hero dear to the American imagination.