heroic tale

/həˌroʊɪk teɪl/
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Other forms: heroic tales

Definitions of heroic tale
  1. noun
    a story of an adventure
    synonyms: adventure story
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    types:
    thriller
    a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie
    saga
    a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
    type of:
    story
    a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
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