‘An ancient oak tree said to have sheltered legendary Robin Hood has died’
https://apnews.com/article/major-oak-sherwood-forest-dead-robin-hood-984b4744f2de2e14a20f067a33303111

The 1,200-year-old Major Oak in Sherwood Forest, linked to the legend of Robin Hood, is believed to have died. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has said Thursday that the tree failed to sprout leaves this spring. Visitors to the forest over the years have compressed the soil around it, hindering rain from reaching its roots. The Nottingham forest has faced threats for years, and climate change has also been blamed. Even in death the tree will remain a natural monument and continue to support the forest's ecosystem.
After 1200 years, the famed tree that hid Robin Hood has finally died.
It’s not the first time the legendary oak has been declared dead.
On previous occasions, fears were raised only for the tree to stubbornly leaf out again each spring. Not this year.
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Is it just me or could the latest take to put the myth of #RobinHood into perspective along the line “He was violent, therefore he was bad.“ not be more stupid? Considering this would be the much more progressive angle:
@[email protected] Understood. TL;DR: the real Robin Hood was likely a deposed noble who manipulate the oral tradition narrative expertly to make himself a man of the people to get revenge on other nobles who were enemies. Recent retellings have made Robin Hood pure as the driven snow which is a huge oversimplification. Anyway , youre right it's OT but given I have a weird unexpected expertise on that mythology , I couldn't let it go. 😝
The hashtag #MakeAGoodCharacterBad made me think of this article:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260616-the-dark-violent-medieval-origins-of-robin-hood
¿Qué mató al roble milenario de Robin Hood en el bosque de Sherwood? #RobinHood #MajorOak #Sherwood #BosqueDeSherwood #CambioClimático #CrisisClimática #ÁrbolesMilenarios #PatrimonioNatural #Naturaleza #ReinoUnido #Nottinghamshire #Historia #MedioAmbiente #felizviernes #19dejunio
https://donporque.com/muere-el-roble-milenario-de-robin-hood/
"No era un héroe": cómo se borraron los oscuros y violentos orígenes medievales de Robin Hood