What Was Robin Hood's Actual Name?

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Komentáře • 195

  • @NameExplain
    @NameExplain  Před 5 lety +50

    What is your favourite iteration of Robin Hood?

    • @ryklatortuga4146
      @ryklatortuga4146 Před 5 lety +3

      The sneaky thief who stole a lute in Constantinople during the IVth Crusade... He was 'Robbing Oud. Had a good theme tune.

    • @peteg475
      @peteg475 Před 5 lety +5

      Yeah, I like the relatively modern idea with all the cluster of tropes that go with it - He's Robin of Locksley, the Norman vs. Saxon angle, waiting for Richard the Lionheart to be ransomed, the disguise in the Archery contest, the staff fight in the river with Little John, all that stuff.

    • @justsomeguardsman9090
      @justsomeguardsman9090 Před 5 lety +2

      What is basically the swiss version: Wilhelm Tell. Would maybe make an interesting video as well.

    • @IanCookUS
      @IanCookUS Před 5 lety +1

      the British TV program

    • @steele_heart77
      @steele_heart77 Před 5 lety

      _The world may never know..._

  • @cpt_nordbart
    @cpt_nordbart Před 5 lety +64

    Have you never explained John Doe?

  • @arrgghh1555
    @arrgghh1555 Před 5 lety +36

    His name was Ned Kelly and he lived in Australia.

    • @cerebros3671
      @cerebros3671 Před 5 lety

      I swear I was just reading about that guy.

    • @jecos1966
      @jecos1966 Před 5 lety

      He lived in Victoria hang in old Melbourne Gaol

    • @P.O.T.E.
      @P.O.T.E. Před 4 lety

      No...that was Guy Fawkes.

  • @steele_heart77
    @steele_heart77 Před 5 lety +93

    _His real name was the brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin._

    • @Sam34527282
      @Sam34527282 Před 5 lety +9

      Bravely bold Sir Robin
      Rode forth from camelot
      he was not afraid to die
      Oh brave Sir Robin

    • @steele_heart77
      @steele_heart77 Před 5 lety +7

      @@Sam34527282 He was not afraid at all
      To be killed in nasty ways
      Brave, brave, brave, brave
      Sir Robin

    • @Numba003
      @Numba003 Před 5 lety +7

      He was not all afraid to be mashed into a pulp
      Or to have his eyes gouged out
      Or his elbows broken

    • @steele_heart77
      @steele_heart77 Před 5 lety +3

      @@Numba003 To have his kneecaps split and
      His body burned away and
      His limbs all hacked and mangled
      Brave Sir Robin.

    • @justtime3027
      @justtime3027 Před 5 lety +5

      His head smashed in, and his heart cut out.
      And his liver removed, and his bowels unplugged.

  • @LegoDork
    @LegoDork Před 5 lety +4

    I rather like the idea that it was sorta like Fight Club, The "merry men" were all Robin Hood.

  • @thomasturner6980
    @thomasturner6980 Před 5 lety +39

    Fun Fact: Nottingham (the place where Robin Hood was from) was originally called Snottingham after Lord Snot

    • @alexwang982
      @alexwang982 Před 5 lety

      Thomas Turner
      Before that it was called Boogertingham.

    • @alexwang982
      @alexwang982 Před 5 lety +1

      Wait is this serious?

    • @alexwang982
      @alexwang982 Před 5 lety

      Oh I saw a video on it lol

    • @maxis2k
      @maxis2k Před 5 lety

      In a country that names things after directional sexes, anything is possible.

  • @M.M0709
    @M.M0709 Před 5 lety +3

    This is probably my favourite Name Explain episode so far. As I live in Nottingham and walk past Nottingham Castle pretty much everyday to get to work

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Před 5 lety +13

    Robin Hood and Little John walkin' through the forest. Laughin' back and forth at what the other'ne has to say. Reminiscin', This-'n'-thattin' havin' such a good time! Oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally, golly, what a day!

    • @TheTalonsPryde
      @TheTalonsPryde Před 5 lety

      Never ever thinkin' there was danger in the water, they just drink they just guzzle it down. Never thinkin' that a schemin' sheriff and his posse was a-watchin' and a-gatherin' around...

  • @modmaker7617
    @modmaker7617 Před 5 lety +22

    Robin Hood vs King Arthur
    Who is more famous English mythological character?

    • @Sednethal
      @Sednethal Před 5 lety +3

      Robin Hood, becuase Arthur is British not English.

    • @steele_heart77
      @steele_heart77 Před 5 lety

      *Arthur, King of the Britains!*

    • @bigmac1516
      @bigmac1516 Před 5 lety +3

      @@steele_heart77 *Britons

    • @scottanderson8167
      @scottanderson8167 Před 5 lety

      Mod Maker Sargon of Akkad

    • @TheCrimsonAtom
      @TheCrimsonAtom Před 5 lety +1

      I believe that most people that heard about one of them surely have heard of both, but Arthur is maybe a bit more famous as he is a king rather than a peasant.

  • @joerider2508
    @joerider2508 Před 5 lety +10

    Went to Sherwood forest today! What a coincidence!

    • @scottanderson8167
      @scottanderson8167 Před 5 lety

      theJbomb123 not much of a forest anymore unfortunately. But pretty.

  • @zvimur
    @zvimur Před 5 lety +11

    So, Robert/Robin of Locksley, was he invented by Walter Scott (as a character in Ivanhoe)?

  • @aymarafan7669
    @aymarafan7669 Před 5 lety +6

    Plot Twist: It was John Plantagenet all along

  • @PantheraLeo04
    @PantheraLeo04 Před 5 lety +1

    In the first version of Robin Hood I remember reading, he was a nobleman and friend of the king but was forced into exile (can't remember why)

  • @marc-andretrudeau4412
    @marc-andretrudeau4412 Před 5 lety +6

    Ohhh now I understand why in french he is called robin of the woods!

  • @JeremyWS
    @JeremyWS Před 5 lety +3

    Your videos are always interesting. Why is that? I like Robin Hood stories too. They are awesome.

  • @pengy897
    @pengy897 Před 5 lety +9

    His name was robin hood

  • @UltraVega924
    @UltraVega924 Před 3 lety +1

    Fulk FitzWarin III was my 24th great grandfather. True story.

  • @--Paws--
    @--Paws-- Před 5 lety +10

    Robin Hood like neighborhood, a community of Robins.

  • @noeltv3728
    @noeltv3728 Před 5 lety +6

    His real name was *Oliver Queen.* But after he was brought to the future by the time-traveling _Legends of Tomorrow_ , he changed his monicker to GREEN ARROW.

  • @NUSensei
    @NUSensei Před 5 lety +5

    I'm a simple man. I see archery video. I click.

    • @TheCrimsonAtom
      @TheCrimsonAtom Před 5 lety

      Figured I see you here! What do you think about the painting 4:34? His anchor point sure seem strange to me.

  • @benjamingrist6539
    @benjamingrist6539 Před 5 lety

    Various legends say his name was Robin of Locksley. The stories vary on what his life was like before becoming an outlaw, though. My personal favorite is that he was a peasant boy on his way to an archery contest when a group of the king's rangers mocked, saying a boy his age couldn't possibly win. When he insisted that he was an excellent shot they challenged him to prove it by shooting a nearby deer. Robin killed the deer instantly in one shot, making fools out of his mockers...so they tried to arrest him for poaching. Robin fled but had to kill one of the rangers in order to escape. Knowing he could never go back his normal life, he fled to the woods and...well, you know the rest.

  • @dirtygiraffe
    @dirtygiraffe Před 5 lety +1

    Eustace the Monk sounds like he could have been a partially inspiration for both Thoros of Myr and Aurane Waters in George RR Martins book series A Song of Ice and Fire.
    Edit: Spelling. We giraffes aren't native english speakers.

  • @subhajitbhattacherjee2655

    Liked it because I was so eager to know this

  • @TheTalonsPryde
    @TheTalonsPryde Před 5 lety

    In the novel The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire is an 1883 novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle: Robin Fitzooth
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merry_Adventures_of_Robin_Hood

  • @blacklitedemon4138
    @blacklitedemon4138 Před 5 lety +1

    this came out on brithday so yay

  • @teammondayfunday4988
    @teammondayfunday4988 Před 5 lety

    I love the hats in this video

  • @Burning_Dwarf
    @Burning_Dwarf Před 4 lety

    Robert of Loxley born 1160- died 1225
    A Hunter, that used the local woods as his grounds (guess what the name of that forrest is)

  • @rateeightx
    @rateeightx Před 5 lety

    4:20 As A Vikingr, I Can Confirm We Wear Horns On Out Hats. Well..... If We Can Manage To Get Hold Of Hats With Horns. I Could Use One, 12 Hats Isn't Enough.

  • @RichMitch
    @RichMitch Před 5 lety +4

    Robin who'd more like!

    • @NameExplain
      @NameExplain  Před 5 lety +1

      Rich Mitch I should haves used that in the thumbnail

    • @RichMitch
      @RichMitch Před 5 lety

      @@NameExplain change it quick before anyone notices!

  • @WaterShowsProd
    @WaterShowsProd Před 5 lety

    In Thai the term "Robin Hood" is used to refer to a drifter with no prospects in life. "Don't marry him, he's a Robin Hood."

  • @JosefFurg1611
    @JosefFurg1611 Před 5 lety +1

    He didn’t steal from the rich to give to the poor, he stole from the state to give to the taxpayer.

  • @gunjfur8633
    @gunjfur8633 Před 5 lety +1

    4:17
    I find them to be quite silly

  • @al_fletcher
    @al_fletcher Před 5 lety

    Very surprising you didn't mention Roger Godberd, the individual whose biography parallels Robin Hood's the most.

  • @boii6569
    @boii6569 Před 5 lety +4

    His actual name is robin,robin,robin,robin,robin is robbing

  • @ThomasK96
    @ThomasK96 Před 5 lety

    Richard Greene it's My Favorite adaptation of Robin Hood.

  • @constipatedinsincity4424
    @constipatedinsincity4424 Před 5 lety +1

    The grave of Little John was excavated they recovered a leg bone of a man who stood 6'9"

  • @drinmaliqi427
    @drinmaliqi427 Před 4 lety

    You are good

  • @cicalinarrot
    @cicalinarrot Před 5 lety

    Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
    Riding through the land...

  • @anothermediocreuser6422
    @anothermediocreuser6422 Před 5 lety +14

    Name Explain discord when?

    • @NameExplain
      @NameExplain  Před 5 lety +1

      I don’t really know what a discord is but would people want that?

    • @suppiluiiuma5769
      @suppiluiiuma5769 Před 5 lety

      Hopefully soon.

    •  Před 5 lety +2

      Discord is derived from Latin „discordia“, which means well... „discord“ or „disagreement“

    • @explorernate
      @explorernate Před 5 lety +1

      @@NameExplain Discord is an app/service somewhere between social media and Skype. You could make a Discord server and have it accessable to anyone who connects their patreon account to their discord account. Look in to it. Might be a good way to get audience/patreon backers greater communication to you and each other.

    • @anothermediocreuser6422
      @anothermediocreuser6422 Před 5 lety +1

      I meant to say "Name Explain Discord Server when?"

  • @JeeWeeD
    @JeeWeeD Před 5 lety

    Suddenly I get visions of stories of Robin Hood in the service of King Arthur X-D

  • @garge7676
    @garge7676 Před 5 lety

    "You name it, he has probable been there"
    Robin Hood goes to 'Nam!

  • @maxluisniemann1100
    @maxluisniemann1100 Před 5 lety

    You should explain the names of all German Provinzes. (With Prussian Tretorys 1900)

  • @compactsaturn3641
    @compactsaturn3641 Před 5 lety

    I live 5 minutes down the road from sherwood forest

  • @veggiet2009
    @veggiet2009 Před 5 lety

    Where did the name Robin of Locksley come from?

  • @fahrenheit8071
    @fahrenheit8071 Před 5 lety

    Where does the direction names came from?

  • @forregom
    @forregom Před 5 lety

    Robin Hood... Robin' Hood... Robing hood... Robing in the hood!

  • @staceyd7986
    @staceyd7986 Před 5 lety

    Nottingham’s finest! ❤️

  • @Aengus42
    @Aengus42 Před 5 lety +1

    Dinosaurs had feathers, get over it!

  • @teaburg
    @teaburg Před 5 lety

    Pluto is still a planet ;-)

  • @karliikaiser3800
    @karliikaiser3800 Před 5 lety

    At this time period many English were skandinavian heritaged, either norman or danish. And you could call the normans french if you want...
    Most of the nobility spoke french because nobels were often normans and they spoke allready french at that time in the normandy, even if they are skandinavian heritaged.
    So there is a good chance of Robin Hood having some french or skandinavian blood.

  • @mapzilla
    @mapzilla Před rokem

    King John is the inspiration for Robin Hood. John's reign was so bad it inspired many to rebel against him and to this day he is viewed as awful.

  • @grahamlive
    @grahamlive Před 5 lety

    Old playground chant.
    Robin Hood saw a nude, riding through the glen.
    Friar Tuck ran like f*** to tell his merry men.

  • @franticranter
    @franticranter Před 5 lety +1

    Robin like robbin'

  • @scottanderson8167
    @scottanderson8167 Před 5 lety

    Read the Wikipedia entry on Fulk FitzWarin. He’s the best candidate IMO

  • @ZXNovaBoom
    @ZXNovaBoom Před 5 lety

    something something nameless king

  • @dillondavis9631
    @dillondavis9631 Před 5 lety

    Robin hood looks a little like you. Hmmmm. Patrick is a time traveler!

  • @misseli1
    @misseli1 Před 5 lety

    My sis loves Robin Hood

  • @mohammedaljaberi2366
    @mohammedaljaberi2366 Před 5 lety +1

    The real Robin Hood is "the viper"
    Only age of empires 2 community gonna understand my comment 😂

  • @abandonedchannel281
    @abandonedchannel281 Před 5 lety

    Comrade Robin Hood

  • @andrewb2902
    @andrewb2902 Před 5 lety

    WHAAAAAAAAT but dinos did actually have feathers and they still look awesome

  • @RonJohn63
    @RonJohn63 Před 5 lety

    No mention of Loxley?

  • @Bildgesmythe
    @Bildgesmythe Před 5 lety

    Oh Fulk!

  • @ossi_2429
    @ossi_2429 Před 5 lety

    I’d arguer that King Arthur is a more iconic figure from English folklore.

  • @aymarafan7669
    @aymarafan7669 Před 5 lety

    I had a friend that told me he thought Robin Hood was real and when I said no he didn’t believe me, he also thought King Arthur and George the Knight fought the dragons!!

  • @smfe
    @smfe Před 5 lety

    Do you know how the archer myth of Robin Hood came to be

  • @rach_laze
    @rach_laze Před 5 lety

    So, that's the story and it worked out good King Richard's on the throne and Robin's back in the hood So, let's bid our friends a fond adieu And hope we meet again in Robin Hood Two I said hey I said hey I said hey, nonny, nonny, hey, nonny, nonny, hey, nonny, nonny, hey, nonny, nonny and a here we go!

  • @Illumisepoolist
    @Illumisepoolist Před 5 lety

    Was there actually a Roy G. Biv?

  • @NikkiMKarLen
    @NikkiMKarLen Před 5 lety

    Robbin' 'hood.

  • @nzubechukwu
    @nzubechukwu Před 5 lety

    I only saw the Disney movie

  • @boxylemons7961
    @boxylemons7961 Před 5 lety

    Fun fact you should’ve covered: The kings robin fought were all based on real kings

  • @n1hondude
    @n1hondude Před rokem

    Well, they were literally "robbin' the 'hood" lol

  • @justanotherbaptistjew5659

    Funny thing is that we have yet to prove dinosaurs had feathers. It’s all stil speculation at this point. We have actually found fossilized birds with feathers, yet no dinosaurs. Read any article claiming dinosaurs had feathers and they never give an proof for why. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but I think critical thinking is better than blindly believing.

  • @weegee4900
    @weegee4900 Před 5 lety +1

    Hai

  • @BTobiasJ
    @BTobiasJ Před 5 lety

    So the French Robin Hood from Shreck wasn't so inaccurate after all

  • @AlexYorim
    @AlexYorim Před 5 lety

    I'm wishing for a crossover between Robin Hood and King Arthur...

  • @Beva1989
    @Beva1989 Před 5 lety

    How does Ivanhoe fit in to all this?

  • @LeoCorde
    @LeoCorde Před 2 lety

    Green clad
    Orange hair
    Are you Robin Hood?

  • @lukacvitkovic8550
    @lukacvitkovic8550 Před 5 lety

    What of Unspeakably Violent Jack of No Fixed Abode
    P.S. Must be ironical for you I guess that literally 100% of extant dinosaurs ARE feathered

  • @kewlbeans2463
    @kewlbeans2463 Před 5 lety

    hi

  • @kentyboy3989
    @kentyboy3989 Před 5 lety

    I live where Robin hood was berried

  • @leadingauctions8440
    @leadingauctions8440 Před 5 lety

    You dismissed that manuscript quickly. Is there a reason why?

  • @SaturnCanuck
    @SaturnCanuck Před 5 lety

    Wait. You're in green! Are you actually Robin Hood?

  • @mohammedsy1590
    @mohammedsy1590 Před 5 lety +1

    So is he a bad guy?

  • @billygray6776
    @billygray6776 Před 5 lety

    His proper name is sir robin of locksley coz thats the place he comes from
    People just call him robin hood

  • @ziemayet
    @ziemayet Před 5 lety

    His name is oliver queen, don't @ me

  • @Pfoffie
    @Pfoffie Před 5 lety +2

    the cartoon similarities between you and robin hood are … striking. Are you stealing from the ……… rich etymology… class? … and ……… uh… well 🤷‍♂️

  • @katybechnikova2821
    @katybechnikova2821 Před 5 lety

    The greatest hero from England is king Arthur as far as I'm concerned.

  • @Vsmovies100
    @Vsmovies100 Před 5 lety

    Robinhud? Robbinghood. I see what they did there.

  • @ericthemadscientist8357

    Its Oliver Queen

  • @dantdma932
    @dantdma932 Před 5 lety

    His real name is Tim drake

  • @yikesforever7611
    @yikesforever7611 Před 5 lety

    *steals fiona*

  • @Grim_Beard
    @Grim_Beard Před 5 lety

    So you'd rather be wrong than right? Oh dear, that attitude is behind so much of what's wrong with the world.

  • @nickvinsable3798
    @nickvinsable3798 Před 5 lety

    I personally prefer this version of ‘Robin Hood’, especially if all suspects were actually in on it.
    (czcams.com/video/-8h_v_our_Q/video.html)

  • @lukostello
    @lukostello Před 5 lety

    Do the history of the name of jesus or yahweh

  • @mynamestartswithanL
    @mynamestartswithanL Před 5 lety +1

    Sorry, the Infographics Show revealed who Robin Hood is

  • @ataozkal8867
    @ataozkal8867 Před 4 lety

    Robin Hood died in 1247

  • @unm0vedm0ver
    @unm0vedm0ver Před 5 lety

    "Dinosaurs will never have feathers". Almost lost a subscriber, there. Dinosaurs are way cooler with feathers.

  • @akkub0y
    @akkub0y Před 5 lety

    His name was Vladimir Lenin

  • @simmat6419
    @simmat6419 Před 5 lety +2

    First?
    Probably not

  • @RichMitch
    @RichMitch Před 5 lety +1

    First