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Robin Hood and the Potter
Robin Hood and the Potter is Child ballad 121, and among
the oldest existing tales of Robin Hood.[1]
Adaptations
The device of disguising himself as a potter may have This is the oldest existing instance of a motif to be com-
been taken from the older legends of Hereward the mon in latter ballads: Robin Hood meets his match. No
Wake.[2] more than that is the plot of Robin Hood and the Tanner and
Robin Hood and the Ranger, and it is an element of Robin
Hood and the Tinker.[3]
Synopsis
Robin Hood demands a toll of a potter. They fight, and
the potter wins. Robin Hood buys his pots and trades
References
clothing with him, then makes his way into Nottingham [1] Holt, J. C. Robin Hood p 33 (1982) Thames &
to sell the pots. He charges ridiculously low prices and so Hudson. ISBN 0-500-27541-6
sells them all. He meets with the sheriff, shows him how [2] Holt, J. C. Robin Hood p 73 (1982) Thames &
he can shoot, and tells him that he knows Robin Hood. Hudson. ISBN 0-500-27541-6
The sheriff asks him to lead him to him. Robin agrees, and [3] Holt, J. C. Robin Hood p 170 (1982) Thames &
the sheriff is surrounded by Robin’s men in Sherwood. Hudson. ISBN 0-500-27541-6.
Because of hospitality of the sheriff’s wife in Nottingham,
Robin lets him go free.
External links
• Robin Hood and the Potter: Introduction
• Robin Hood and the Potter: Text
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