Who Was robin hood

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Sam
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:24 am Post subject: Who Was robin hood

A a little kid i saw robin hood as the person palyed by richard greene, erol flyne ect. he was in fact the reson i took up archery, the new bbc series made me wonder whohbe really was, in my opinion the new series is rubbish. and i just wonderd what you thought about who he might have been sam _________________ Boo

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JimN
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:04 pm Post subject:

I'm happy with the theory that he's a work of fiction (by numerous different authors) based on various potentially real life characters/situations which has been passed through various filters/mincers/chinese whispers/hearsay iterations. At that time in history (whatever 'that time' may have been) most of this area (nottinghamshire, derbyshire, yorkshire, leicestershire & lincolnshire) would have been forest so even if there is a particular person/incident that can be taken as the 'source' it certainly couldn't be tied to a particular county. Just my two-penneth. _________________ Jim Bring me my Bow of burning gold; Bring me my Arrows of Desire;

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Joe(thebow)M
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:48 am Post subject:

Well I don't know who Robin Hood was and whether he was fact or fiction, but I feel that everytime we pickup a longbow (or any bow for that matter) there is a little bit of Robin Hood in all of us. My guess is that he's the first archer that comes to mind when stringing that bow, or stepping up to the line as we ready to let that arrow fly. _________________ Joe(thebow)M

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kirk
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject:

What! Are you saying Robin Hood isn't real? You will be telling me Santa's not real next. _________________ JUST SHOOT IT Owlethall Bowmen Secretary

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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:48 pm Post subject:

Tracing Santa down isn't nearly as hard as finding the origins of Robin Hood or King Arthur. Good luck in trying, and watch whose toes you step on along the way. _________________ "For I have drawn Judah taut and applied [My hand] to Ephraim as to a bow." Zech. 9:13 http://www.freenations.freeuk.com/ http://www.melaniephillips.com/

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Joe(thebow)M
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:08 am Post subject:

Isn't Robin Hood registered here at Archers Rest? _________________ Joe(thebow)M

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sunmouse
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:44 pm Post subject:

Robin Hood, I believe, grew out of legends and myths about the Green Man. In the Robin Hood (the Hooded Man) series done in the 1980s, played by Michael Praed and, later Jason Connery, Robin is depicted as an outlaw in the finest tradition of the story; his father being Herne the Hunter. Herne is an ancient God of Celtic and British legend, his name deriving from the noise that deer make during the mating/rutting season. Whether Robin Hood was a noble-man who had been cheated out of his rightful inheritance from the Sheriff of Nottingham is unknown, but it might be that he was more likely to be a local outlaw whose story has become embellished over the years, courtesy of storytellers. Never mind, though. It all makes for some rather good films.

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