What about Robin Hood? Real or legend?
There are stories in song of wondrous and heroic acts performed by this man that started springing up right after they allegedly happened - not hundreds of years later, although the embellishments that came along later are what we're most familiar with today. He was considered a rallying point against tyranny and oppression who stole from the rich and gave to the poor, despite being sorely mistreated. Actually, there is more evidence of his being a true historical figure than Jesus if you were to use the same standards of evidence but he's mostly referred to as a legend, or an amalgam of various historical characters. And what about his 'band of merry men'? Were they real or artistic license? When does one begin and the other end?
