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<p>This page lists sources that interpret Robin Hood as a mythical (mythological) figure and sources that discuss or criticize such views. </p>

== Studies and criticism ==
* {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 63-64. Important criticism of the mythologists' position
* {{:Evans, Michael R 2005a}}
* {{:Fitzgerald, David 1885a}}; Robin Hood in the glaring light of solar mythology
* {{:Graves, Robert von Ranke 1957a}}, pp. xvi-xvii, 149-50,156, 158. To Graves popular ballads, including those of the Robin Hood cycle, were full of traces of the 'Old Religion'.
* {{:Kennedy, D N 1955a}}
* {{:Kuhn, Franz Felix Adalbert 1845a}}
* {{:Lee, Sidney 1891a}}
** {{:Lee, Sidney 1999a}}
* {{:Matthews, John 1993a}}
** {{:Matthews, John 1999a}}
* {{:Raglan, Lord 1936a}}. Ch. 4: "Robin Hood", pp. 47-56, argues that Robin Hood was a mythical character.
** {{:Raglan, Lord 1949a}}. Ch. 4: "Robin Hood", pp. 46-55.
** {{:Raglan, Lord 1956a}}. Ch. 4: "Robin Hood", pp. 45-53. Not seen.
** {{:Raglan, Lord 1975a}}. Ch. 4: "Robin Hood", pp. 45-53.
** {{:Raglan, Lord 2003a}}. Ch. 4: "Robin Hood", pp. 45-53. Not seen.
* {{:Rodgers, Joseph 1908a}}, pp. 21-52: 'Robin Hood', among other things discusses mythological interpretations of the Robin Hood character
** {{:Rodgers, Joseph 1908b}}. As preceding
* {{:Saxonicus 1851a}}; asks how the name Robert and its various diminutives came to be connected with "so much diablerie"; cites examples, including Robin Hood and Robin Goodfellow, hobgoblins etc.
* {{:Wright, Thomas 1846a}}, vol. II, pp. 164-211: 'On the popular cycle of the Robin Hood ballads'.

== Brief mention ==
* {{:Hungerford, Roy C 1967a}}; see pp. 9, 10.

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