0 sb who is admired for doing brave things -- helt [ masculine ]
The firefighters were treated as heroes. Brannmennene ble betraktet som helter.
a war hero en krigshelt
1 the most important male character in a book, play, movie, etc. -- hovedperson [ masculine ]
the hero of the movie hovedpersonen i filmen
3 a man or boy admired (by many people) for his brave deeds -- helt; heltinne
When those ancestral heroes and producers inhabit a geographically distant locale, objects and artisans (perhaps even styles) from that place assume a special significance.
A number of them received top international awards for magic, were hailed as national heroes and seen on a par with their western counterparts.
Unlike the civilian politicians who might have been more suitable for the presidency, they were national heroes even before they moved into the national palace.
The region does, however, have many unsung heroes, especially among the middle-class manufacturers who were at the heart of so much of her writing.
Only 19 heroes in the 45 novels were wealthy, and 10 were actually poor!
The heroes of architecture commonly put forward a position, and invoke an attitude.
Everyone wanted to claim the returning heroes as their own.
The men taking part saw themselves as 'dashing' (fengliu) or even as heroes (yingxiong), not as hoodlums (liumang).
