Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7441324-20130325035146/@comment-6905051-20130325092612

Thats because I think such characters of folklores/legend stop becoming confined to just one time or place. They are stories of inspiration/ hope to a lot of people in different parts of world. Their stories are universal and that is why they are so popular.

Why would the story of a random girl dressed up as  a guy be so much popular  if she was "just" some random gal, she is not. Same with Robin Hood.

They are not just British or Chinese or German or French. They are universal and should be treated so.

Just because Robin Hood is documented as Robinhood running in Sherwood forest does not mean such people did not exist in other part of world, in other name. It simply means, due to many reasons "this" version  ended up being most popular in long run.