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[[Icon]]ic representatives or [[exemplar]]s of [[art]], [[music]], [[history]], [[literature]], [[medicine]], [[science]], [[philosophy]], [[government]] and [[religion]] are held in awe and great respect, even reverence (''dulia''), for their achievements, and their contributions to human [[knowledge]] and [[civilization]]. Many of them because of the phenomenon of hero worship have been raised to the level of the great figures of myth and legend and were eventually praised as gods and goddesses, because of their powerful stature among the ranks of powerful men and women.  

[[Icon]]ic representatives or [[exemplar]]s of [[art]], [[music]], [[history]], [[literature]], [[medicine]], [[science]], [[philosophy]], [[government]] and [[religion]] are held in awe and great respect, even reverence (''dulia''), for their achievements, and their contributions to human [[knowledge]] and [[civilization]]. Many of them because of the phenomenon of hero worship have been raised to the level of the great figures of myth and legend and were eventually praised as gods and goddesses, because of their powerful stature among the ranks of powerful men and women.  

[[Joseph Campbell]] <ref>Joseph Campbell, author of works on comparative mythology, including ''The Masks of God; The Hero With a Thousand Faces; The Power of Myth''. See online biography and list of works at [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20105.Joseph_Campbell Joseph Campbell - Good Reads (goodreads.com)]</ref> and Sir James George Frazer <ref>Sir James George Frazer, ''The Golden Bough''</ref> have written influential works dealing with the genre of [[folklore]], comparative [[mythology]] and [[comparative religion]], in which they established as a reasonable [[hypothesis]] that behind every long-established myth and legend, from out of the depths of antiquity, is most probably some dimly discerned basis in actual historical reality.  

[[Joseph Campbell]] <ref>Joseph Campbell, author of works on comparative mythology, including ''The Masks of God; The Hero With a Thousand Faces; The Power of Myth''. See online biography and list of works at [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20105.Joseph_Campbell Joseph Campbell - Good Reads (goodreads.com)]</ref> and Sir James George Frazer <ref>Sir James George Frazer, ''The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion'' 1890. See online biography and list of works at [https://www.giffordlectures.org/lecturers/james-george-frazer James George Frazer - The Gifford Lectures (giffordlectures.org)]</ref> have written influential works dealing with the genre of [[folklore]], comparative [[mythology]] and [[comparative religion]], in which they established as a reasonable [[hypothesis]] that behind every long-established myth and legend, from out of the depths of antiquity, is most probably some dimly discerned basis in actual historical reality.  

Among these are the founders of races, peoples, cultures, agriculture, civilizations, nations, ruling dynasties, religions, sects, cults, temples, schools of mysteries, philosophies, engineering and design, mathematics, chemistry, anatomy, navigation, military strategy, geography and historiography.

Among these are the founders of races, peoples, cultures, agriculture, civilizations, nations, ruling dynasties, religions, sects, cults, temples, schools of mysteries, philosophies, engineering and design, mathematics, chemistry, anatomy, navigation, military strategy, geography and historiography.