Robin Hood: everything you wanted to know
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The Merry Men, the Other Characters in the Story of Robin Hood
Toby on twitter has asked, is there factual basis to any of the other characters in robin hood s hughes. Some of these characters were only added in later versions of the story. Familiar robin hood characters who are not in the original manuscripts are made marion whos from 15 hundred a friar tuck and allena dale. The maidmar in caucters, is basically a fiction figure. She was present in the mai day festivals, the celebrations of may day. And it's very possible she had her own traditional stories behind her as well.
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