Robin Hood

Japanese: ロビン･フッド（英語表記）Robin Hood

A legendary English hero. He is said to have lived and worked in Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire during the time of King Richard I the Lionheart (reigned 1189-99), i.e., in the latter half of the 12th century. He is said to have helped the people suffering under the tyranny of the evil king, along with his cheerful subordinates such as Little John and Friar Tuck, and to have given the wealth he stole from the rich to the poor, and to have never harmed a woman. According to one theory, he was a nobleman whose real name was Robert Fitz‐Ooth, Earl of Huntingdon, but for some reason he broke the law and became a bandit living in the forest, and eventually met an untimely death due to the betrayal of a nun.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

イギリスの伝説的英雄。〈獅子心王〉リチャード1世(在位1189‐99)の時代，すなわち12世紀後半ごろに，ノッティンガムシャーのシャーウッドの森にこもり活躍したと伝えられる。リトル･ジョン，タック坊さんなど，愉快な部下とともに悪王の圧政に苦しむ民衆を助け，金持ちから奪った富を貧民に与え，けっして女に害を加えぬ義賊といわれる。一説によると，本名をハンティンドン伯爵ロバート･フィツースEarl of Huntingdon,Robert Fitz‐Oothという貴族であったが，ゆえあって国法を破り森に住む山賊となり，最後に一修道女の裏切りによって非業の死をとげたことになっている。

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