Religion the binding agent

A philosophy that acts as a connecting tissue for a community needs stories and rituals. Abstract concepts about the nature of reality or morality are not as conducive to cohesive action. 

Religion has played this role all through history. Being the binding agent for the prevailing philosophy. Making the masses act in concert rather than devolving into conflict. 

The story of Robin Hood can be seen as the rebellion against a corupt system. Robin starts a process of civil disobedience, which ends with the return of the legitimate king and the reintegration of Robin into a just hierarchy.

Robin in a sense is what a trickster should do when th...