Week 12 Reading Diary: Robin Hood Continued

This week I decided to read the Robin Hood unit from The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child (1882-1898). I love that in the story with the Bishop Robin Hood actually fools him with his women's clothing! It seems so far-fetched that that would actually work. I also love that the story even included this because it's such a funny thing now to see movie stars or anyone dressed as another gender, so it's nice to know that it was a popular theme even way back when these ballads were sung! I loved the Maid Marian story because it was just so fun to hear about how awesome Marian was. She and Robin Hood were definitely the real deal, and it's obvious because even Little John was in on the Maid Marian worship. I would definitely want to include some sort of super beautiful awesome Maid Marian type in a storytelling post because she really seems to put everyone in Robin Hood's crew to shame with how much she likes Robin Hood. Robin Hood is such a master of disguise that I kind of can't believe people don't start catching him on it. It seems like he should be smarter by the time the King comes dressed in a disguise, but I guess in this time period how was a person supposed to know what a king or a Robin Hood actually looked like?

Bishop, by L. Rhead