273-Robin Hood: The Good Thief
Myths and Legends
Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser
4.8 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
You would think, if you're the most wanted person in Britain, you would probably want to lie low for a little while and think that the all-too-happy-to-get-kidnapped abbot with the big bags of gold strolling through Sherwood forest might be an obvious trap.
The creature is why you don't want to eat a big meal and then go into battle.
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| 0:00.0 | This week on Myths and Legends, it's the end of the Robin Hood legend. |
| 0:05.7 | Probably. |
| 0:06.7 | And we'll see how, if your great Britain's most wanted, you should probably cool it on |
| 0:11.2 | the robbery for a little while. |
| 0:13.4 | The creature this week is why, as in swimming, you should wait 30 minutes after you eat. |
| 0:18.2 | It's jump into battle with your demon brother. |
| 0:26.4 | This is Myths and Legends, episode 273. |
| 0:29.6 | The Good Thief. |
| 0:30.6 | This is a podcast where we tell stories from mythology and folklore. |
| 0:38.6 | Some are incredibly popular stories you might think you know, but with surprising origins. |
| 0:43.0 | Others are stories that might be new to you that are definitely worth listening. |
| 0:46.8 | So Robin Hood, depending on the legend, is either a dispossessed nobleman who went to |
| 0:52.0 | the forest to stand up to tyranny or a guy who liked robbing people and went into the |
| 0:57.4 | forest to rob people and maybe eventually stand up against injustice. |
| 1:01.6 | We have him living in Sherwood Forest, outside of nodding him, with his band of merry men. |
| 1:07.4 | Marion, his childhood friend and love interest, is currently MIA. |
| 1:12.6 | And after an archery contest for the queen went very badly, Robin learned that he was under |
| 1:17.4 | siege in Sherwood Forest. |
| 1:19.6 | And that's where we'll catch up with him today. |
| 1:35.5 | Forty days. |
| 1:37.0 | Robin had alluded the manhunt and appealed to the queen herself. |
| 1:41.4 | He had a forty day stay of execution, forty days until they stormed the forest. |
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