3. LEGENDS! Robin Hood is an archetypal figure in English folklore, whose story originates from medieval times, but who remains significant in popular culture where he is know for “steling from the rich and giving to the poor” and fighting against injustice and tyranny. Goethe took the Faust legend like so many others; but he alone saw the typical, universal element hidden in it; he alone was able to engraft his own life and the governing forces of all human life upon this wild offspring of a darker age