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Maid Marian

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Maid Marian in English folklore, the lover of Robin Hood; she is also traditionally a female character in the morris dance and May game, and (in modern use) a named character in the Horn dance performed annually at Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire. Her appearance in later forms of the story of Robin Hood may be attributable to the fact that both were represented in the May Day pageants.

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Maid Marian

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Maid Marian, a medieval romance by Peacock, published in 1822. It features Robin Hood, Maid Marian, Friar Tuck, and Prince John, while lampooning institutions such as the monarchy and the church in the post-Napoleonic era. The book was later adapted as a popular operetta.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Maid Marian." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Maid Marian." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-MaidMarian1.html

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Maid Marian

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Maid Marian, a female personage in the Maygame (see May Day) and morris dance. In the later forms of the story of Robin Hood she appears as the companion of the outlaw.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Maid Marian." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-MaidMarian.html

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	The name's Marian.. but she certainly ain't a maid!(News) Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 9/8/2006
	showbiz: Maid Marian is sexed up.(Features) Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 9/30/2007
	Work robs Robin Hood of his Maid Marian.(News) Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London); 3/31/2009