ballads of Robin Hood

E352393

English literature ballads folk ballads medieval literature narrative songs oral tradition literature traditional English folk narratives

Ballads of Robin Hood are traditional English folk narratives that recount the legendary exploits, companions, and adventures of the outlaw hero Robin Hood.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Robin Hood ballads	3
Robin Hood cycle	1
Robin Hood legend cycle	1
ballad of Robin Hood and Allan-a-Dale	1
ballads of Robin Hood canonical	1
traditional Robin Hood ballads	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3378836 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ballads of Robin Hood
Context triple: [Alan-a-Dale, appearsIn, ballads of Robin Hood]

A. Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a legendary English folk hero and outlaw famed for stealing from the rich to give to the poor, typically depicted as a master archer living in Sherwood Forest with his band of Merry Men.
B. The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood is a classic 1938 Technicolor swashbuckler film starring Errol Flynn as the legendary English outlaw who champions the oppressed against the tyrannical Prince John.
C. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood is an 1883 illustrated children’s book that popularized the Robin Hood legends in modern English through Howard Pyle’s vivid retellings and artwork.
D. Constab Ballads
Constab Ballads is a collection of dialect poems by Claude McKay that vividly depict the lives and experiences of Jamaican police officers and rural folk.
E. Robin Hood novels
Robin Hood novels are literary works that recount the legendary adventures of the English outlaw Robin Hood and his companions as they resist corrupt authorities and champion the poor.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ballads of Robin Hood
Target entity description: Ballads of Robin Hood are traditional English folk narratives that recount the legendary exploits, companions, and adventures of the outlaw hero Robin Hood.

A. Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a legendary English folk hero and outlaw famed for stealing from the rich to give to the poor, typically depicted as a master archer living in Sherwood Forest with his band of Merry Men.
B. The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood is a classic 1938 Technicolor swashbuckler film starring Errol Flynn as the legendary English outlaw who champions the oppressed against the tyrannical Prince John.
C. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood is an 1883 illustrated children’s book that popularized the Robin Hood legends in modern English through Howard Pyle’s vivid retellings and artwork.
D. Constab Ballads
Constab Ballads is a collection of dialect poems by Claude McKay that vividly depict the lives and experiences of Jamaican police officers and rural folk.
E. Robin Hood novels
Robin Hood novels are literary works that recount the legendary adventures of the English outlaw Robin Hood and his companions as they resist corrupt authorities and champion the poor.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English literature ⓘ ballads ⓘ folk ballads ⓘ medieval literature ⓘ narrative songs ⓘ oral tradition literature ⓘ traditional English folk narratives ⓘ
areAbout	Robin Hood ⓘ outlawry ⓘ resistance to authority ⓘ social justice ⓘ wealth redistribution ⓘ
associatedCentury	15th century ⓘ 16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ
cataloguedBy	Francis James Child ⓘ
collectedIn	Child Ballads ⓘ
developedFrom	oral tradition ⓘ
earliestKnownPeriod	late Middle Ages ⓘ
featureCharacter	Friar Tuck ⓘ King Richard I of England ⓘ linked to: King Richard the Lionheart Little John ⓘ Maid Marian ⓘ Much the Miller’s Son ⓘ linked to: Much the Miller's Son Robin Hood ⓘ Sheriff of Nottingham ⓘ Will Scarlet ⓘ
genre	outlaw ballads ⓘ
influenceOn	later Robin Hood literature ⓘ modern Robin Hood films and television ⓘ stage adaptations of Robin Hood ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
meter	ballad meter ⓘ
notableExample	A Gest of Robyn Hode ⓘ Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne ⓘ Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford ⓘ linked to: Robin Hood and the Monk Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar ⓘ linked to: Robin Hood and the Monk Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow ⓘ Robin Hood and the Monk ⓘ Robin Hood and the Potter ⓘ
originatedIn	England ⓘ
portrayRobinHoodAs	champion of the poor ⓘ leader of a band of outlaws ⓘ outlaw hero ⓘ
relatedTradition	border ballads ⓘ
setIn	Barnsdale ⓘ Nottinghamshire ⓘ Sherwood Forest ⓘ medieval England ⓘ
transmissionMethod	oral performance ⓘ
typicalForm	rhymed quatrains ⓘ stanzaic verse ⓘ

How these facts were elicited