# Robber Father — Short Fiction character guide

> Robber Father in Short Fiction by Selma Lagerlöf.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0052-the-flight-into-egypt

## Who they are

The patriarch of a robber band in a legendary tale.

## In the story

### [The Legend of the Christmas Rose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_50_se/chapters/the-legend-of-the-christmas-rose)

The outlawed husband of Robber Mother, initially hostile but softened by Abbot Hans' promise of a letter of ransom.

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