"peers in the case of a treason accusation, and as an accessory Guinevere would not have been able to be sentenced until Lancelot was apprehended. However, Malory cites instead an “Arthurian treason law of his own invention as his basis for the queen’s death sentence.” Malory writes that in cases where guilt is “manifest and undeniable,” that “hasty judgment is appropriate.” However, this concept of “hasty judgment” is challenged by Sir Gawain when he protests Arthur's quick sentencing. Because Guinevere can only be considered an accessory to Lancelot's treason, “her treasonous guilt rests in the judgment on the guilt of"
"scholars suggest that al-Khiḍr is also represented in the Arthurian tale Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as the Green Knight. In the story, the Green Knight tempts the faith of Sir Gawain three times. The character of al-Khiḍr may have come into European literature through the mixing of cultures during the Crusades. It is also possible that the story derives from an Irish myth which predates the Crusades in which Cú Chulainn and two other heroes compete for the curadmír, the select portion given to champions, at feasts; ultimately, Cú Chulainn is the only one willing to let a"
"Gawain Gawain (; ; also called Gwalchmei, Gualguanus, Gauvain, Walwein, etc.) is King Arthur's nephew and a Knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend. Under the name ""Gwalchmei"", he appears very early in the legend's development, being mentioned in some of the earliest Welsh Arthurian sources. As Gawain, he appears in Latin, French, English, Dutch, German and Italian literature, notably as the protagonist of the story of ""Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"". Other tales of Gawain include ""Historia Regum Britanniae"", ""Roman de Brut"", ""De Ortu Waluuanii"", ""Diu Crône"", ""The Awntyrs off Arthure"", ""Le Chevalier à l'épée"", and"
"a traditional adversary of King Arthur, in order to test his court. In ""The Green Knight"" he is transformed by a different woman for the same purpose. In both stories he sends his wife to seduce Gawain as a further test. ""King Arthur and King Cornwall"" portrays him as an exorcist and one of the most powerful knights of Arthur's court. In ""Sir Gawain"", the Green Knight is so called because his skin and clothes are green. The meaning of his greenness has puzzled scholars since the discovery of the poem, who identify him variously as the Green Man, a"
"the Green Knight, a primordial nature spirit. From the Green Chapel he empowers select warriors as his Pendragons to battle the servants of the Red Lord and his followers; known as the Bane. Pendragons of the past include Arthur, Merlin & the Knights of the Roundtable, Robin Hood and the Merry Men, the World War I superhero Albion, detective Dai Thomas, Captain Britain, Union Jack, and others. The Lady of the Lake called Black Knight ""The new Pendragon"" when she gave him the Sword of Light and Shield of Night, it is unclear if Dane was tapping into the same"
"other poems: ""The Greene Knight"" and ""King Arthur and King Cornwall"". Scholars have attempted to connect him to other mythical characters, such as Jack in the green of English tradition and to Al-Khidr, but no definitive connection has yet been established. However, there is a possibility, as Alice Buchanan has argued, that the colour green is erroneously attributed to the Green Knight due to the poet's mistranslation or misunderstanding of the Irish word ""glas"", which could either mean grey or green. In the Death of Curoi (one of the Irish stories from Bricriu's Feast), Curoi stands in for Bertilak, and"
"brought them. And therefore Amathaon ab Don, and Arawn, King of Annwn (Hell), fought. And there was a man in that battle, unless his name were known he could not be overcome; and there was on the other side a woman called Achren, and unless her name were known her party could not be overcome. And Gwydion ab Don guessed the name of the man"". In the Arthurian story ""Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"", the interplay of Gawain, his host Bertilak (who is actually The Green Knight), and Bertilak's wife are very similar to the events of Pwyll and"
"and the story of the grail. In the Middle English poem ""Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"", Gawain sets out atop Gringolet in search of the Green Chapel. Lines 600-604 of the poem describe Gringolet's ornate appearance in being readied for the journey: Gawain is always shown as attached to Gringolet, caring for his horse, and talking to it as to a beloved pet or companion. When (in one tale) Gringolet is killed beneath him in combat, Gawain is seized with battle fury, and runs mad, his strength amplified, until nightfall. Gringolet In Arthurian legend, Gringolet is Sir Gawain's horse."
"Agravain Sir Agravain (sometimes spelled Agravaine) is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend. In Chrétien de Troyes, the Vulgate and Post-Vulgate cycles and in Thomas Malory's ""Le Morte d'Arthur"", he is the second eldest son of King Lot of Orkney with Anna/Morgause (one of Arthur's sisters), thus nephew of King Arthur, and brother to Sir Gawain, Gaheris, and Gareth, and half-brother to Mordred. Agravain is generally portrayed as handsome, and a capable fighter, and participates in a number of adventures early in the Vulgate Cycle, sometimes even doing heroic deeds. In ""Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"","
"Arthurian tales, it is revealed that the entire Green Knight plot has been instigated by Gawain's aunt, the goddess Morgan le Fay (""Morgue la Faye"", ""Morgne þe goddes""), whose prior mentorship by Merlin is mentioned. Here, she is an ambiguous trickster who takes an appearance of an elderly woman (contrasting from the beautiful Lady Bertilak in a role evoking the loathly lady tradition), as a test for Arthur and his knights and to frighten Guinevere to death. Morgan's importance to this particular narrative has been disputed and called a ""deus ex machina"" and simply an artistic device to further connect"
"behead them. Only Cú Chulainn is brave and honourable enough to submit himself to the churl's axe, so he is declared champion. This story is related to the ""beheading game"" motif appearing in many later works in Arthurian literature - most famously the 14th-century English poem ""Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"", although closer correspondences are to be found in Diu Crone and la Mule sans Frein, both of which feature a revolving fortress like Cu Roi's. Cú Roí appears in the side-tale ""Comlond Munremair & Con Roi"" (""The combat of Munremar and Cú Roí"") included in Recension I of"
"part of the Arthurian myth than was found in Excalibur. In the first volume, Braddock teams with police inspector Dai Thomas, a regular from his old solo series, and journalist Kate McClellan. The three investigate a series of grisly murders that are finally revealed to be the work of mythical creature the Green Knight, a key character in Arthurian mythology. The series also implied a strong mystical connection between Braddock and the knight Lancelot. Brian quits costumed adventuring for a time and concentrates on research, building the Midnight Runner for Excalibur. Eventually, he and Meggan become engaged. However, Brian, Meggan,"
"In the film, King Arthur (Graham Chapman), accompanied by his trusty squire Patsy (Terry Gilliam), is travelling through a forest when he enters a clearing and observes a fight taking place between a Black Knight (John Cleese) and a Green one (also played by Gilliam) by a bridge over a small stream. As he watches, the Black Knight defeats the Green one by throwing his sword straight through the eye slit of the Green Knight's great helm (during Arthur's battle with the Black Knight, the Green Knight's body can be seen in a ditch beside the area). Arthur then congratulates"
"Green Knight may return the blow in a year and a day. The splendid axe will belong to whoever takes him on. Arthur himself is prepared to accept the challenge when it appears no other knight will dare, but Sir Gawain, youngest of Arthur's knights and his nephew, begs for the honour instead. The giant bends and bares his neck before him and Gawain neatly beheads him in one stroke. However, the Green Knight neither falls nor falters, but instead reaches out, picks up his severed head and remounts, holding up his bleeding head to Queen Guinevere while its writhing"
"a token blow and the testing of his courage by this giant, which bears similarities to the ancient Irish stories of Cú Roi, continues. Perhaps the most widely respected Arthurian poem in Middle English is that found in British Library MS Cotton Nero A x., alongside ""Pearl"" and ""Cleanness"", and known as ""Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"". In this story, King Arthur's Christmas feast is interrupted by the arrival of a huge man on horseback holding a holly branch in one hand and an axe in the other. An axe of 'green steel'. He invites those assembled to take"
"the ability to go nine days and nine nights without the need to breathe or to sleep, the ability to grow as ""tall as the tallest tree in the forest if he pleased"" and the ability to radiate supernatural heat from his hands. Furthermore, it is impossible to cure a wound from Cai's sword. Cai is killed by Gwyddawg fab Menestyr, who is in turn killed in vengeance by Arthur. One of the earliest direct reference to Cai can be found in the 10th-century poem ""Pa Gur"", in which Arthur recounts the feats and achievements of his knights so as"
"scholars to this interpretation. The gold entwined in the cloth wrapped around his axe, combined with the green, gives him both a wild and an aristocratic air. Others consider him as being an incarnation of the Devil. In one interpretation, it is thought that the Green Knight, as the ""Lord of Hades"", has come to challenge the noble knights of King Arthur's court. Sir Gawain, the bravest of the knights, therefore proves himself equal to Hercules in challenging the Knight, tying the story to ancient Greek mythology. Scholars like Curely claim the descriptive features of the Green Knight suggest a"
"trick Gawain. He agrees because he knows his wife is secretly in love with Gawain, and hopes to deceive both. Gawain falters in accepting a girdle from her, and the Green Knight's purpose is fulfilled in a small sense. In the end, he acknowledges Gawain's ability and asks to accompany him to Arthur's court. In ""King Arthur and King Cornwall"", the Green Knight again features as Bredbeddle, and is depicted as one of Arthur's knights. He offers to help Arthur fight a mysterious sprite (controlled by the magician, King Cornwall) which has entered his chamber. When physical attacks fail, Bredbeddle"
"Dywel fab Erbin Dywel fab Erbin is a minor character and warrior of Welsh tradition, the son of Erbin and the brother of Geraint and Ermid. Alongside his brothers, he is named in the early Arthurian tale ""Culhwch ac Olwen"" as a knight of Arthur's court at Celliwig. His death in battle is recorded in the Black Book of Carmarthen poem ""The Dialogue of Myrddin and Taliesin"", in which it is written: In the ""Stanzas of the Graves"", Dywel's final resting place is given as ""Caewaw"" or ""Caeo"", a commot in south-west Wales. The englyn extolls Dywel's bravery on the"
"signifying a transformation from good to evil and back again; this displays both the spoiling and regenerative connotations of the colour green. Scholars have puzzled over the Green Knight's symbolism since the discovery of the poem. British medievalist C. S. Lewis said the character was ""as vivid and concrete as any image in literature"" and J. R. R. Tolkien said he was the ""most difficult character"" to interpret in ""Sir Gawain"". His major role in Arthurian literature is that of a judge and tester of knights, thus he is at once terrifying, friendly, and mysterious. He appears in only two"
"his entrance to Arthur's Court as ""from neck to loin… strong and thickly made"" is considered by some scholars as homoerotic. C.S. Lewis declared the Green Knight ""as vivid and concrete as any image in literature"" and further described him as: a living ""coincidentia oppositorum""; half giant, yet wholly a ""lovely"" knight""; as full of demoniac energy as old Karamazov, yet in his own house, as jolly as a Dickensian Christmas host; now exhibiting a ferocity so gleeful that it is almost genial, and now a geniality so outrageous that it borders on the ferocious; half boy or buffoon in"
"battlefield. Dywel fab Erbin Dywel fab Erbin is a minor character and warrior of Welsh tradition, the son of Erbin and the brother of Geraint and Ermid. Alongside his brothers, he is named in the early Arthurian tale ""Culhwch ac Olwen"" as a knight of Arthur's court at Celliwig. His death in battle is recorded in the Black Book of Carmarthen poem ""The Dialogue of Myrddin and Taliesin"", in which it is written: In the ""Stanzas of the Graves"", Dywel's final resting place is given as ""Caewaw"" or ""Caeo"", a commot in south-west Wales. The englyn extolls Dywel's bravery on"
"both Old French and Celtic words meaning ""High Wasteland"" or ""High Hermitage"". It may also have an association with ""desirete"" meaning ""disinherited"" (i.e. from the Round Table). Characters similar to the Green Knight appear in several other works. In Thomas Malory's ""Le Morte d'Arthur"", for example, Gawain's brother Gareth defeats four brothers in different coloured armour, including a ""Grene Knyght"", Sir Partolope. The three who survive the encounter eventually join the Round Table and appear several further times in the text. The stories of Saladin feature a certain ""Green Knight""; a Sicilian warrior in a shield vert and a helmet"
"part in a Christmas game. If one of them will cut off his head, they can keep the axe, but he, the green knight, must be permitted to deliver a similar blow to their necks later. All King Arthur's knights suspect a trick, but seeing instead a looming humiliation if none of his knights has the courage to accept this strange bargain, King Arthur himself agrees to these terms. Sir Gawain, however, steps in, decapitates the 'Knight of the Green Chapel' and a year later finds himself in a forest awaiting the return blow, on a hollow mound like an"
"their belligerence. The new king, Aurelius' brother Uther Pendragon, leads his armies against the Saxons and routs them in a surprise night attack. Octa and Eosa are taken prisoner, but they eventually escape and return to Germany. They return with a vast army, and Uther meets them again in a battle in which Octa and Eosa are finally slain. Octa may appear in Welsh Arthurian literature as Osla Bigknife, though this character may be better identified with Offa of Mercia. This Osla figures in two medieval prose tales, ""Culhwch and Olwen"" (c. 1100) and ""The Dream of Rhonabwy"" (12th- or"
"in battle, and heaven and earth tremble before the oak, a ""valiant door keeper against the enemy"". The bluebells combine and cause a ""consternation"" but the hero is the holly, tinted with green. A warrior fighting alongside Arawn cannot be vanquished unless his enemies can guess his name. Gwydion guesses the warrior's name, identifying him from the sprigs of alder on his shield, and sings two englyns: This account is so different from Geoffrey of Monmouth's account of Maximian (as Geoffrey calls him) in Historia regum Britanniae that scholars agree the Dream cannot be based purely on Geoffrey's version. The"
"knight and his followers became skeleton warriors. The three elf-maids became banshees, cursed to remind him of his folly every night. Several centuries later, the evil goddess Takhisis launched the War of the Lance to conquer Krynn and wanted Lord Soth to assist her armies. Soth informed Takhisis he would only be willing to serve the Dragon Highlord (Takhisis's top generals) with enough courage and strength to survive one night in Dargaard Keep. Only the Dragon Highlord known as the Blue Lady, Kitiara Uth Matar, accepted this challenge. Kitiara survived the night, winning Soth's service. Lord Soth would soon prove"
"from the ""Historia Brittonum"", written around 830; the text describes a struggle between two serpents deep underground, which prevents King Vortigern from building a stronghold. This story was later adapted into a prophecy made by the wizard Myrddin (or Merlin) of a long fight between a red dragon and a white dragon. According to the prophecy, the white dragon, representing the Saxons, would at first dominate but eventually the red dragon, symbolising the Britons, would be victorious and recapture Lloegr. According to the legend, this victory would be brought about by Y Mab Darogan. This is believed to represent the"
"Its date of composition is conjectural; it may be a version of an earlier story, though it is also possibly a product of the 17th century. In ""Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"", the Green Knight appears before Arthur's court during a Christmas feast, holding a bough of holly in one hand and a battle axe in the other. Despite disclaim of war, the knight issues a challenge: he will allow one man to strike him once with his axe, with the condition that he return the blow the next year. At first, Arthur accepts the challenge, but Gawain takes"
"as Night or Death and is the most feared of the three, though ultimately the weakest. Gareth marries Lynette. In some other versions, Gareth marries Lynette's sister, whom he rescues, and Gaheris marries Lynette. Theodore Goodridge Roberts authored the short story ""For To Achieve Your Adventure"", in which Lynette knows she is sending Gareth into an ambush in an attempt to make him give up for his own protection. Gareth Sir Gareth (Old French: Guerrehet) is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, nicknamed ""Beaumains"" in Sir Thomas Malory's ""Le Morte d'Arthur"". He was the youngest son of"
"can no longer be pinpointed, and mentions Arthur's involvement in the battle. The poems ""Yr Afallennau"" and ""Yr Oianau"" describe the mad Merlin in a forest talking to an apple tree and a pig, prophesying the success or failure of the Welsh army in battles with the Normans in South Wales. Some of the other poems contained are: There has been a call from the editor of the ""Carmarthen Journal"" newspaper to house the Black Book in its native Carmarthen, so that it might be seen by locals and tourists coming into the town. In 2002, it was announced that"
"King Arthur and King Cornwall ""King Arthur and King Cornwall"" is an English ballad surviving in fragmentary form in the 17th-century Percy Folio manuscript. An Arthurian story, it was collected by Francis James Child as Child Ballad 30. Unlike other Child Ballads, but like the Arthurian ""The Boy and the Mantle"" and ""The Marriage of Sir Gawain"", it is not a folk ballad but a professional minstrel's song. It is notable for containing the Green Knight, a character known from the medieval poems ""The Greene Knight"" and the more famous ""Sir Gawain and the Green Knight""; he appears as ""Bredbeddle"","
"The Battle of Evernight The Battle of Evernight is a fantasy novel written by Australian author Cecilia Dart-Thornton, published in 2003 by Warner Aspect. It is the third and final novel in the ""Bitterbynde"" trilogy and the sequel to ""The Lady of Sorrows"". The war, detailed in the previous books in the trilogy, continues between the immortals High King Angavar and Prince Morragan. Unable to return to the Fair Realm until they find the last remaining gate, the protagonist, Tahquil, along with her friends Caitri and Viviana, vow to find the gate and return to their homeland. ""Publisher's Weekly"" called"