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Robin Hood and Köroğlu are not merely linked by the similarity of two folk tales. They also represent the universal human longing for justice expressed in different languages. One rises from the forests of English folklore, while the other speaks from the mountain peaks stretching from the Caspian to the Balkans. Yet both share the same core feeling: refusing to submit to injustice. Both are figures told in the language of the people and grown in the memory of the people. It is oral culture, not