Little John

E129603

fictional character legendary figure member of Robin Hood's Merry Men outlaw

Little John is a legendary English outlaw famed as Robin Hood’s loyal, giant-sized companion and skilled fighter in medieval folklore.

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Label	Occurrences
Little John canonical	27

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ legendary figure ⓘ member of Robin Hood's Merry Men ⓘ outlaw ⓘ
appearsIn	ballads of Robin Hood ⓘ surface form: Robin Hood ballads Robin Hood films ⓘ Robin Hood plays ⓘ surface form: Robin Hood stage adaptations Robin Hood television series ⓘ later Robin Hood literature ⓘ medieval English outlaw tales ⓘ
associatedWith	Merry Men ⓘ Nottinghamshire ⓘ Robin Hood ⓘ Sherwood Forest ⓘ
basedIn	Sherwood Forest ⓘ
category	Characters in English folklore ⓘ Robin Hood characters ⓘ
country of origin	England ⓘ
culture	English folklore ⓘ
enemyOf	Sheriff of Nottingham ⓘ
fictionalLocation	Barnsdale (in some versions) ⓘ
firstKnownForm	character in medieval ballads ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	folklore ⓘ legend ⓘ
hasType	giant-sized human ⓘ
language of tradition	Middle English ⓘ
literaryArchetype	loyal strongman companion ⓘ
loyalTo	Robin Hood ⓘ
moralAlignment	heroic outlaw ⓘ
nameEtymology	nickname contrasting his large size with the word "Little" ⓘ
narrativeUniverse	ballads of Robin Hood ⓘ surface form: Robin Hood legend cycle
notableCharacteristic	great height ⓘ great strength ⓘ loyalty to Robin Hood ⓘ skill in quarterstaff fighting ⓘ
occupation	outlaw ⓘ
portrayedIn	Disney's Robin Hood (1973 film) ⓘ surface form: Disney's Robin Hood (1973 film, as an anthropomorphic bear) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) ⓘ various BBC Robin Hood adaptations ⓘ
role	Friar Tuck ⓘ surface form: Robin Hood's companion member of an outlaw band ⓘ second-in-command to Robin Hood ⓘ
supportsCause	defense of the poor ⓘ resistance to unjust authority ⓘ
time period of setting	medieval England ⓘ
weapon	quarterstaff ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hathersage → associatedWithLegendaryFigure → Little John ⓘ

Will Scarlet → associatedWith → Little John ⓘ

Alan-a-Dale → allyOf → Little John ⓘ

the greenwood → inhabitedBy → Little John ⓘ

subject surface form: The Greenwood

Robin Hood comics → charactersInclude → Little John ⓘ

Disney's Robin Hood (1973 film) → featuresCharacter → Little John ⓘ

subject surface form: Robin Hood (1973 film)

Robin Hood novels → hasCharacter → Little John ⓘ

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) → character → Little John ⓘ

Robin Hood television series → mainCharacter → Little John ⓘ

subject surface form: Robin Hood (2006 TV series)

Robin Hood television series → characterPortrayed → Little John ⓘ

subject surface form: Robin Hood (2006 TV series)

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991 film) → mainCharacter → Little John ⓘ

subject surface form: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Prince John → opposes → Little John ⓘ

Robin Hood films → featuresCharacter → Little John ⓘ

Robin Hood (1922 film) → character → Little John ⓘ

Friar Tuck → associatedWith → Little John ⓘ

St Michael and All Angels Church, Hathersage → associatedWith → Little John ⓘ

Little John’s grave → associatedWith → Little John ⓘ

Will Scathelock → associatedWith → Little John ⓘ

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood → mainCharacter → Little John ⓘ

The Adventures of Robin Hood → character → Little John ⓘ

Robin Hood (2018 film) → character → Little John ⓘ

Nicol Williamson → portrayed → Little John ⓘ

Phil Harris → voiceRole → Little John ⓘ

ballads of Robin Hood → featureCharacter → Little John ⓘ

Allan-a-Dale → associatedWith → Little John ⓘ

Allen-a-Dale → associatedWith → Little John ⓘ

Sir Hiss → enemyOf → Little John ⓘ