Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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Arthurian romance Middle English literature work chivalric romance poem

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century Middle English chivalric romance poem that tells the story of King Arthur’s knight Sir Gawain and his beheading game encounter with the mysterious Green Knight.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Gawain’s temptation by Lady Bertilak 1
Middle English poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian romance ⓘ
Middle English literature work ⓘ
chivalric romance ⓘ
poem ⓘ
adaptedAs films ⓘ
modern novels ⓘ
stage plays ⓘ
author The Gawain Poet ⓘ
surface form: Gawain Poet

The Gawain Poet ⓘ
surface form: Pearl Poet

unknown ⓘ
centralMotif beheading game ⓘ
exchange of winnings ⓘ
centralTheme Christian morality ⓘ
chivalry ⓘ
honor ⓘ
human fallibility ⓘ
temptation ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dateWritten late 14th century ⓘ
featuresCharacter Bertilak de Hautdesert ⓘ
King Arthur ⓘ
Lady Bertilak ⓘ
Morgan le Fay ⓘ
Queen Guinevere ⓘ
form alliterative long line ⓘ
bob and wheel ⓘ
genre Arthurian literature ⓘ
alliterative verse ⓘ
chivalric romance ⓘ
includedWith Cleanness ⓘ
Patience ⓘ
Pearl ⓘ
literaryMovement Alliterative Revival ⓘ
literaryPeriod Late Middle Ages ⓘ
mainCharacter Green Knight ⓘ
Gawain ⓘ
surface form: Sir Gawain
manuscript Cotton Nero A.x ⓘ
manuscriptLocation British Library ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalLanguage Middle English ⓘ
partOf Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection ⓘ
protagonistAffiliation King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form: Knights of the Round Table
protagonistVirtue courtesy ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
setting Hautdesert ⓘ
King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form: King Arthur's court at Camelot
structure four fitts ⓘ
symbol green color ⓘ
green girdle ⓘ
pentangle on Gawain's shield ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bertilak de Hautdesert → appearsIn → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
Gawain → appearsIn → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
Green Knight → appearsIn → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
Hautdesert → appearsIn → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
Lady Bertilak → appearsIn → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
Queen Guinevere → appearsIn → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle English poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
Ricardian poets → associatedWithWork → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
Gawain → centralThemeIn → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
Patience → containedWith → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
Cotton Nero A.x → containsWork → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection → containsWork → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
Hautdesert → firstAppearance → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
Cleanness → foundInCodexWith → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
Middle English → hasNotableWork → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
The Gawain Poet → notableWork → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
Alliterative Revival → producedWork → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
Gawain → questIn → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
Patience → relatedWorkByAuthor → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
Hautdesert → sceneOf → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gawain’s temptation by Lady Bertilak
Pearl → writtenInSameManuscriptAs → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
subject surface form: Pearl (poem)