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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (The Green Knight arrives on his green…
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Green Knight arrives on his green horse
Challenges someone to strike him with his own axe
Only if he can return the same blow in 1 year and a day
King Arthur accepts his challenge
Sir Gawain volunteers for King Arthur instead
Calls himself old and feeble
Beheads the Green Knight
The green knight picks up his head and recites the terms of the challenge
Rides off with his head in his hand
Gawain departs for the Green Chapel
Encounters foes along the way but always prevails
Prays to Mary on Christmas Eve
Arrives at a Castle
Beautiful and ornate
Hunters go off and Gawain stays
Host's wife implores Gawain to "bed" her
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Hunters slaughtered many deer
Gawain receives venison
The host receives a kiss, but doesn't know where Gawain received it
The same pattern follows
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Welcomed by the King and asked to educate their castle about chivalry
Introduced to two women, one young and beautiful; the other old and wrinkly
Gawain is told the Green Chapel is only two miles away
Decides to stay awhile longer even though his encounter with the green knight is approaching
Host and Gawain play a game of trading
Green knight mocks King Arthur's knights
Holding Holly Branch
Holding axe
green hair