Robin Hood English Folklore

The subject of ballads books and films robin hood has proven to be one of popular culture s most enduring folk heroes.

[97] Robin Hood English Folklore Herunterladen. Robin hood is a celebrated folk hero and a kind of good thief but the earliest stories about robin hood depict a far different character. Robin hood was a rebel and many of the most striking episodes in the tales about him show him and his companions robbing and killing representatives of authority and giving the gains to the poor. The sheriff of nottingham was real and the locals formed the band of merry men.

Over the course of 700 years the outlaw from nottinghamshire who robs from. Robin hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in english folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. For me growing up and when my kids were little robin hood was just folklore and fairytale.

Stealing from the rich to give to the poor robin hood and his merry men are a permanent part of popular culture. If there were a historical robin hood he would have lived in medieval england perhaps in the late 12th or the 13th century. According to legend he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman in some versions of the legend he is depicted as being of noble birth and in modern retellings he is sometimes depicted as having fought in the crusades before returning to england to find his lands.

However the first known literary reference to robin hood and his men was in 1377 and the sloane manuscripts in the british museum have an account of robin s life which states that he was born around 1160 in lockersley most likely modern day loxley in south yorkshire. Traditionally depicted as being dressed in lincoln green he is often portrayed as robbing from the rich and giving to the poor alongside his band of merry men. The legends of robin hood arose in medieval times and were carried forth in the renaissance and modernized by hollywood.

The first robin hood was often a brutal and selfish yet also honorable figure an anti hero loved perhaps paradoxically by many social classes and loathed by authorities. Robin hood is a heroic outlaw in english folklore who according to legend was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. This book takes us back to the earliest stories of robin hood the changes the tales underwent in the renaissance and the enduring traits that have survived into modern retellings.

Robin hood is a character of legend although it is quite possible that there is a historical figure at the root of these legends. But did robin hood really exist.