Robin Hood
Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a legendary English folk hero, an outlaw of Sherwood Forest who, in popular tradition, takes from the rich to give to the poor. He appears in English ballads from the 15th century, such as A Gest of Robyn Hode, and is mentioned in the 14th-century poem Piers Plowman; no historical original has been firmly identified. The early tales show him as a skilled archer and yeoman, devoted to the Virgin Mary, who defies the Sheriff of Nottingham with companions such as Little John and Will Scarlet. Later versions added Maid Marian and Friar Tuck, set him in the reign of King Richard the Lionheart, and recast him as a dispossessed nobleman loyal to the absent king. Robin Hood stands for fairness, loyalty and the defense of the poor against injustice, and his story has inspired plays, novels and films for centuries.
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Legends of Britain and Ireland
Cú Chulainn, the young champion of Ulster, is the great hero of early Irish epic. King Arthur and the wise enchanter Merlin stand at the heart of the Arthurian legends of Camelot and the Round Table. The Old English poem Beowulf tells of a hero who battles the monster Grendel, and English ballads celebrate Robin Hood, the outlaw of Sherwood Forest who aided the poor.
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