Robin Hood and the Beggar information

"Robin Hood and the Beggar" is a story in the Robin Hood canon which has survived as, among other forms, a late seventeenth-century English broadside...

Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature, theatre, and cinema. According...

out the rescue. Robin Hood and the Beggar, I Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires Robin Hood Rescuing...

Robin Hood and the Monk is a Middle English ballad and one of the oldest surviving ballads of Robin Hood. The earliest surviving document with the work...

Gysborne, or Gisborn) is a character from the Robin Hood legends of English folklore. He first appears in "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne" (Child Ballad 118)...

is the heroine of the Robin Hood legend in English folklore, often taken to be his lover. She is not mentioned in the early, medieval versions of the legend...

Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne is Child Ballad 118, part of the Percy collection. It introduces and disposes of Guy of Gisborne who remains next to the...

The Merry Men are the group of outlaws who follow Robin Hood in English literature and folklore. The group appears in the earliest ballads about Robin...

Robin Hood and the Tinker is Child Ballad 127. Robin Hood meets with a tinker and tells him that two tinkers were put in the stocks for drinking ale and...

Robin Hood and Little John is Child ballad 125. It is a story in the Robin Hood canon which has survived as, among other forms, a late seventeenth-century...

"Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow" is Child ballad 152. It features an archery competition for a golden (or silver) arrow that has long appeared in Robin...

The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood is Child ballad 132 (Roud 333), featuring Robin Hood. It is a traditional version of Robin Hood Newly Revived. A pedlar...

Robin Hood and the Potter is a 15th century ballad of Robin Hood. While usually classed with other Robin Hood ballads, it does not appear to have originally...

Robin Hood Newly Revived is Child ballad 128, and an origin story for Will Scarlet. Robin Hood and Little John are hunting when they see a finely dressed...

Hood ballads: "Robin Hood's Death," "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne," "Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar," "Robin Hood and the Butcher," "The Jolly Pinder...

Robin Hood and the Prince of Aragon is Child ballad 129. The song portrays Robin Hood in a tale of chivalrous adventures, such as are uncommon in his...

Robin Hood and the Valiant Knight is an 18th century ballad of the death of Robin Hood. The song, written in Modern English, was included in the popular...

"Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar" is Child Ballad number 123, about Robin Hood. This ballad is one of those appearing in later and later versions, the...

"Robin Hood and Queen Katherine" is Child ballad 145. "Robin Hood's Chase", Child ballad 146, takes up after it. Robin befriends Queen Katherine. When...

Fairies' Cupbearer" in Traditional Tales of the English and Scottish Peasantry by Allan Cunningham (1822) "Wild Robin" in Little Prudy's Fairy Book by Sophie...

Robin Hood Rescuing Will Stutly is Child ballad 141, about Robin Hood. Robin Hood is brought news that the Sheriff of Nottingham surprised Will Stutely...

Robin Hood and the Ranger is catalogued as Child ballad 131 and Roud Folk Song Index No. 933. Robin Hood, going out to hunt deer, meets a forester who...

Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford is Child ballad 144 (Roud 2338). Robin Hood, knowing the bishop is coming, has his men kill a deer, puts shepherd's...

hills straddling the Anglo-Scottish border between Northumberland and the Scottish Borders—hence, Chevy Chase. The hunt is led by Percy, the English Earl...

form as fairy tales. A large part of the collection is about Robin Hood; some are about King Arthur. A few of the ballads are rather bawdy. Many Child...