Heroic Valor
9 books featuring this theme
Heroic valor is exceptional courage and capability in combat or ordeal. It secures reputation, reshapes political order, and invites divine notice.
Rigveda
Anonymous
1200-900 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi
977-1010 CE
Persian
Investiture of the Gods
Xu Zhonglin
1560-1620 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Records of the Grand Historian
Sima Qian
109-91 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Epic of Liyongo
Anonymous
1700-1900 CE
African, Swahili
The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel
Anonymous
800-1000 CE
Celtic, Irish
Dongmyeongwangpyeon
Yi Gyu-bo
1193 CE
East Asian, Korean
The Shield of Heracles
Hesiod
600-500 BCE
Greek
Þórsdrápa
Eilifr Godrunarson
980-995 CE
Germanic, Norse