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Gauvain's attributed arms. Gawain is known by different names and variants in different languages. The character corresponds to the Welsh Gwalchmei ap Gwyar (meaning "son of Gwyar"), or Gwalchmai, and throughout the Middle Ages was known in Latin as Galvaginus, Gualgunus (Gualguanus, Gualguinus), Gualgwinus, Walwanus (Walwanius), Waluanus, Walwen, etc.; in Old French (and sometimes English ...
The earliest Welsh Arthurian tradition portrays Arthur as having an extensive family network, including his parents Uther Pendragon and Eigyr (Igraine), wife Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere), nephew Gwalchmei (Gawain), brother, and several sons; his maternal lineage is also detailed, linking him to relatives such as his grandfather.
A knight enchanted by Morgan le Fay in order to test Gawain Griflet† Girflet, Jaufre Jaufré: The son of Do (or Don), cousin to Sir Lucan and Sir Bedivere Gringolet (Welsh: Gwyn Calet, Ceincaled) Erec and Enide, c. 1170 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Gawain's horse Guinevak: Gwenhwyvach Culhwch and Olwen, c. 11th century
A parent of Gawain's Welsh forerunner, Gwalchmei ap Gwyar (in later Welsh Arthurian literature, Gawain is synonymous with the native champion Gwalchmei), is one Gwyar. A very early Welsh Arthurian tale (considered to predate that of Geoffrey), Culhwch and Olwen, also gives Gwalchmai son of Gwyar (fab Gwyar) a brother named Gwalhafed son of Gwyar.
Revealed as a betrayer of his king and friend, Lancelot kills several of Arthur's knights and escapes. Incited to defend honour, Arthur reluctantly sentences his wife to be burnt at the stake. Knowing Lancelot and his family would try to stop the execution, the king sends many of his knights to defend the pyre, though Gawain refuses to participate.
The Marriage of Sir Gawain" is an English Arthurian ballad, collected as Child Ballad 31. [1] Found in the Percy Folio , it is a fragmented account of the story of Sir Gawain and the loathly lady , which has been preserved in fuller form in the medieval poem The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle . [ 2 ]
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The tale upholds the longstanding Arthurian tradition that Sir Gawain represents the paragon of chivalry, and his characteristic fairness makes him gain more for King Arthur than will violence alone. [5] In the Gologras episode, Gawain's soft-spoken words alone fail to achieve results, but Gawain prevails by in combat where the others have failed.