This 20th-century book by an accomplished folklorist pointed out how Shakespeare seemed to merge the figures of Puck and Robin Goodfellow. The author also noted that Robin was the most frequently referenced hobgoblin in England during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Shakespeare's Puck is the epitome of the hobgoblin, with the by-name of Robin Goodfellow.
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This 20th-century book by an accomplished folklorist pointed out how Shakespeare seemed to merge the figures of Puck and Robin Goodfellow. The author also noted that Robin was the most frequently referenced hobgoblin in England during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Shakespeare's Puck is the epitome of the hobgoblin, with the by-name of Robin Goodfellow.
In folk tradition, emphasis is perhaps most laid on Puck as a misleader.
She also noted that Robin was the best known and most often referred to of all the hobgoblins in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.