Bull-frogs in local pubs

Where are my childhood heroes?
Tall giants all,
bull-frogs in local pubs;
bards who sang
of adventure and heroism
From far-out lands,
On sandy beaches drew
Makalu and Manaslu
or sitting on dunes
Dreamed of deep oceans
Where they said they swam
with silver mermaids
and chased white unicorns
In Takamanohara...

I grew up on their dreams.
But today
Where are they
now that I wish
to compare mythologies?