Paul Bunyon

<p><strong>Paul Bunyan</strong> is a <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant">giant</a> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumberjack">lumberjack</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_hero">folk hero</a> in <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_folklore">American</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan#cite_note-WHS1-2">[2]</a> and <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_folklore">Canadian folklore</a>.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan#cite_note-robins-3">[3]</a> His <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_tales">tall tales</a> revolve around his <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhuman">superhuman</a> labors,<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan#cite_note-stewart-4">[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan#cite_note-edmonds-5">[5]</a> and he is customarily accompanied by <strong>Babe the Blue Ox</strong>, his pet and working animal. The character originated in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_tradition">oral tradition</a> of <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America">North American</a> loggers,<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan#cite_note-WHS1-2">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan#cite_note-stewart-4">[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan#cite_note-edmonds-5">[5]</a> and was later popularized by freelance writer William B. Laughead (1882–1958) in a 1916 promotional pamphlet for the Red River Lumber Company.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan#cite_note-WHS2-6">[6]</a> He has been the subject of various literary compositions, musical pieces, commercial works, and theatrical productions.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan#cite_note-WHS1-2">[2]</a> His likeness is displayed in a number of oversized statues across North America.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan#cite_note-hartly-7">[7]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan#cite_note-RSA-8">[8]</a></