20. In Later Robin Hood Legends, Maid Marian Appeared
Maid Marian was not present in the earliest of the Robin Hood legends. She did not begin to appear until about the fifteenth century, several hundred years after minstrels began entertaining crowds with stories of the people’s outlaw. She became his love interest and was even said to have married him at a church in Nottingham. There is probably little historical truth to the stories about Maid Marian.