Robin Hood and the Potter
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Robin Hood and the Potter is Child ballad 121, and among the oldest existing tales of Robin Hood
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The device of disguising himself as a potter may have been taken from the older legends of Hereward the Wake
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demands a toll of a potter. They fight, and the potter wins. Robin Hood buys his pots and trades clothing with him, then makes his way into Nottingham to sell the pots. He charges ridiculously low prices and so sells them all. He meets with the sheriff, shows him how he can shoot, and tells him that he knows Robin Hood. The sheriff asks him to lead him to him. Robin agrees, and the sheriff is surrounded by Robin's men in Sherwood. Because of hospitality of the sheriff's wife in Nottingham, Robin lets him go free.
and Robin Hood and the Ranger
, and it is an element of Robin Hood and the Tinker
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Robin Hood
Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....
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The device of disguising himself as a potter may have been taken from the older legends of Hereward the Wake
Hereward the Wake
Hereward the Wake , known in his own times as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile, was an 11th-century leader of local resistance to the Norman conquest of England....
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Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....
demands a toll of a potter. They fight, and the potter wins. Robin Hood buys his pots and trades clothing with him, then makes his way into Nottingham to sell the pots. He charges ridiculously low prices and so sells them all. He meets with the sheriff, shows him how he can shoot, and tells him that he knows Robin Hood. The sheriff asks him to lead him to him. Robin agrees, and the sheriff is surrounded by Robin's men in Sherwood. Because of hospitality of the sheriff's wife in Nottingham, Robin lets him go free.
Adaptations
This is the oldest existing instance of a motif to be common in latter ballads: Robin Hood meets his match. No more than that is the plot of Robin Hood and the TannerRobin Hood and the Tanner
-Synopsis:A tanner, Arthur a Bland, goes to Sherwood. Robin Hood appears and accuses him of poaching. They fight. Robin blows on his horn, summoning his men, and tells them that the man is certainly a tanner, as he has tanned his hide...
and Robin Hood and the Ranger
Robin Hood and the Ranger
-Synopsis:Robin Hood, going out to hunt deer, meets a forester who forbids him. They fight. Robin is beaten, and blows his horn, summoning his men. He offers to make him one of their company, and they hold a feast.-External links:*...
, and it is an element of Robin Hood and the Tinker
Robin Hood and the Tinker
-Synopsis:Robin Hood meets with a tinker and tells him that two tinkers were put in the stocks for drinking ale and beer. The tinker tells him that he has a warrant for Robin Hood in his pouch. Robin tells him to come with him to Nottingham. They stop at an inn to drink. When the tinker is...
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