ballads of Robin Hood

E352393
English literature ballads folk ballads medieval literature narrative songs oral tradition literature traditional English folk narratives

Ballads of Robin Hood are traditional English folk narratives that recount the legendary exploits, companions, and adventures of the outlaw hero Robin Hood.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Robin Hood ballads 3
Robin Hood cycle 1
Robin Hood legend cycle 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English literature ⓘ
ballads ⓘ
folk ballads ⓘ
medieval literature ⓘ
narrative songs ⓘ
oral tradition literature ⓘ
traditional English folk narratives ⓘ
areAbout Robin Hood ⓘ
outlawry ⓘ
resistance to authority ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
wealth redistribution ⓘ
associatedCentury 15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
cataloguedBy Francis James Child ⓘ
collectedIn Child Ballads ⓘ
developedFrom oral tradition ⓘ
earliestKnownPeriod late Middle Ages ⓘ
featureCharacter Friar Tuck ⓘ
King Richard the Lionheart ⓘ
surface form: King Richard I of England

Little John ⓘ
Maid Marian ⓘ
Much the Miller's Son ⓘ
surface form: Much the Miller’s Son

Robin Hood ⓘ
Sheriff of Nottingham ⓘ
Will Scarlet ⓘ
genre outlaw ballads ⓘ
influenceOn later Robin Hood literature ⓘ
modern Robin Hood films and television ⓘ
stage adaptations of Robin Hood ⓘ
language English ⓘ
meter ballad meter ⓘ
notableExample A Gest of Robyn Hode ⓘ
Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne ⓘ
Robin Hood and the Monk ⓘ
surface form: Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford

Robin Hood and the Monk ⓘ
surface form: Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar

Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow ⓘ
Robin Hood and the Monk ⓘ
Robin Hood and the Potter ⓘ
originatedIn England ⓘ
portrayRobinHoodAs champion of the poor ⓘ
leader of a band of outlaws ⓘ
outlaw hero ⓘ
relatedTradition border ballads ⓘ
setIn Barnsdale ⓘ
Nottinghamshire ⓘ
Sherwood Forest ⓘ
medieval England ⓘ
transmissionMethod oral performance ⓘ
typicalForm rhymed quatrains ⓘ
stanzaic verse ⓘ

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Alan-a-Dale → appearsIn → ballads of Robin Hood ⓘ
Alan-a-Dale → notableStory → ballads of Robin Hood ⓘ
this entity surface form: ballad of Robin Hood and Allan-a-Dale
the greenwood → mentionedIn → ballads of Robin Hood ⓘ
subject surface form: The Greenwood
this entity surface form: Robin Hood ballads
Little John → appearsIn → ballads of Robin Hood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robin Hood ballads
Little John → narrativeUniverse → ballads of Robin Hood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robin Hood legend cycle
Will Scathelock → partOf → ballads of Robin Hood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robin Hood cycle
Kirklees Priory → mentionedIn → ballads of Robin Hood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robin Hood ballads