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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6338069" data-attributes="member: 4937">If we were playing 'Family Feud', and asked about the character of Tuck in Robin Hood, I'm pretty sure that we'd get back answers likea) Friar - Not a monk, a Friar.  Incidentally, this is an anachronism in the modern setting of the tale (Prince John's rule, Richard I's imprisonment), because the order of Friar's wasn't yet established then.  b) Fat - Friar Tuck is most known for his belly and his fondness for food.  This is a common medieval trope on Friars generally.c) Fond of Ale - I can never recall Tuck being portrayed as a drunk, but he's certainly fond of ale.d) Swordsman - In for example the Errol Flynn Robin Hood, Robin encounters the fat friar asleep and decides to have fun with him.  This proves to be a mistake, because the other Merry Men (Alan a Dale IIRC) recognize him as the fighting friar who is known as one of the most dangerous swordsman in the British Isles, but decide to conceal this information from Robin for their amusement.  The result is the famous battle of wits at the river crossing which eventually results in a duel with longswords before the Friar recognizes his tormentor as Robin Hood.  This is almost a direct port of the 16th century ballads and stories concerning the character.If all the media you are exposed to is post about 1990, then all that exposure is actually working against you in terms of your familiarity with the traditional stories.</blockquote>

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