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Question is not clear. Do you mean "Why was Robin Hood considered an invented story rather than a historical fact?" or "Why did Robin Hood achieve status as a legend rather than other outlaws?" I deal with the latter question both in my Midwest Folklore article "Jesse James as Robin Hood" and the "Afterward" to my novel The Robin Hood Chronicles. The appeal of Robin Hood is that he was a scamp who could make you laugh while he was robbing you.-- Sam Sackett

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11y ago

(nice try, but read on after this answer) Because he was 'robin' the 'hood'...

(Robbing the [rich in the] neighborhood) I won't take that away, it sounds cute, But Robin Hood was an assumed name to protect his family and heritage, He came from money and power, Saxon nobility and he was known as "Robin of Loxley" So after coming back from fighting in the crusades which the king of the land, King Richard (Also known as Richard the Lionheart) also fought in, but remained behind fighting when robin came home. When robin got back to his home and found out that Prince John had been taxing the people extremely large amounts of money He assumed the name Robin Hood gathered some town's people that he could trust and rely on to help end Prince Johns taxing and The sheriff of Nottingham from collecting the tax. But we all know its just a legend and fable, It was likely that this legend arose from a local hero of England "Hereward the Wake", Who led a rebellion against "William the conqueror" And the "Normans"

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3y ago

robin hood was a theif ,stole from rich to give to the poor

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