Maid Marian is the heroine of the Robin Hood legend in English folklore, often taken to be his lover. She is not mentioned in the early, medieval versions of the legend, but stemmed from a different,
Robin Hood and Maid Marian (poster, c. 1880)
Robin Hood and Marian in their Bower (1912). Maid Marian wears a Tyrolean hat and carries a hunting horn.
Bernadette O'Farrell as Maid Marian
"Maid Marian, the Forest Queen, being a companion to 'Robin Hood'." From an 1849 book.
Sir Guy of Gisbourne is a character from the Robin Hood legends of English folklore. He first appears in "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne", where he is an assassin who attempts to kill Robin Hood, but
Maid Marian
…of Nottingham and the love interest of Robin. Beautiful and quick of mind, Marian is headstrong and feisty. She is involved in a love triangle, with Sir Guy of Gisbourne and Robin as her suitors. Maid Marian appears in the Once Upon a Time episode "Lacey" played by Christie Laing. Maid Marian is the target for the…
Guy duelling with Robin Hood, from Robin Hood and the Men of the Greenwood by Henry Gilbert, illust. Walter Crane (1912)