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  2. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (children's novel) - Wikipedia

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    The story describes how Sir Gawain, who was not yet a knight of King Arthur's Round Table, accepts a challenge from a mysterious "Green Knight" who dares any man to strike him with his axe if he will take a return blow in a year and a day. Gawain accepts and beheads him, after which the Green Knight stands, picks up his head, and reminds Gawain ...

  3. Gawain - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Wikipedia

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    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century chivalric romance in Middle English alliterative verse.The author is unknown; the title was given centuries later. It is one of the best-known Arthurian stories, with its plot combining two types of folk motifs: the beheading game and the exchange of winnings.

  5. Green Knight - Wikipedia

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    A painting from the original manuscript of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.The Green Knight is seated on the horse, holding up his severed head in his right hand. The Green Knight (Welsh: Marchog Gwyrdd, Cornish: Marghek Gwyrdh, Breton: Marc'heg Gwer) is a heroic character of the Matter of Britain, originating in the 14th-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the related medieval ...

  6. Lady Bertilak - Wikipedia

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    The twist occurs when Sir Gawain realizes that Lady Bertilak has been used as a tool of seduction, by her husband, in order to test Sir Gawain. This betrayal leads Sir Gawain to a twenty-one line [5] “attack of all women for their deceptiveness and treachery.” [6] Her character proves to have an imperative role in the poem, for "a full ...

  7. Sword of the Valiant - Wikipedia

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    Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (often shortened to Sword of the Valiant) is a 1984 dramatic fantasy film directed by Stephen Weeks and starring Miles O'Keeffe, Trevor Howard, Lila Kedrova, Cyrielle Clair, Leigh Lawson, Peter Cushing, and Sean Connery.

  8. Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle - Wikipedia

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    The story of Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle is found in two manuscript versions, one dating to around 1400 and another, the Percy Folio, dating to c. 1650. [10] There are no known printed versions prior to 19th and 20th-century transcriptions of the manuscript texts.

  9. Gavin - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] It is the Scottish variation of the medieval Welsh name Gawain, meaning "God send" or "white hawk" (or falcon). [4] Sir Gawain was a knight of King Arthur's Round Table. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an epic poem connected with King Arthur's Round Table. Gawain beheads the Green Knight who promptly replaces his head and threatens ...