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Everyman

In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort.

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In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort.

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everywomannoun	In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary woman.
archetypenoun	An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
ur-heronoun	An original or mythological hero.
humannoun	(strictly, biology) A highly intelligent ape with fine and short body hair; the most abundant species of primate, with members found on every continent (Homo sapiens).
mere mortalnoun	(idiomatic) An ordinary person, without special expertise or status.
epimythnoun	The moral of a story.
eotennoun	A giant from Old English literature and mythology.
anthropomorphnoun	An anthropomorphic character.
green mannoun	(chiefly UK, Ireland) A small figure of a walking man illuminated in green on a traffic light at a pedestrian crossing, indicating that it is safe to cross the road.
androclesnoun	The main character of a common folktale that is included in the Aarne–Thompson classification system as type 156.
mythologemnoun	A basic core element, motif or theme of a myth.
monomythnoun	(mythology) A cyclical journey or quest undertaken by a mythical hero.
mythologemenoun	Alternative form of mythologem. [A basic core element, motif or theme of a myth.]
mythopoetnoun	(mythology) a writer of mythic poetry; a mythopoeic writer.
tragic heronoun	(drama) A hero who suffers from a tragic flaw that eventually causes his downfall.
prometheannoun	Boldly creative, inventive, or original; skilful, talented; also, recklessly daring; audacious.
earth-divernoun	(mythology) A common character in various traditional creation myths who is sent by a supreme being into the primal waters to find substance (often sand or mud) with which to build habitable land.
angelnoun	An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.
wise mannoun	A man who is wise.
ur-mythnoun	(anthropology, mythology) A myth believed to be a precursor or prototype to all existing myths.