Green Chapel
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The Green Chapel is the mysterious, remote site in the Arthurian poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" where Sir Gawain must meet the Green Knight to fulfill their beheading-game pact.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Green Chapel canonical | 2 |
| the Green Chapel | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Green Knight
ⓘ
Gawain ⓘ
surface form:
Sir Gawain
|
| associatedWithEvent |
Gawain’s final trial
ⓘ
fulfillment of beheading-game pact ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
chivalric testing
ⓘ
honor and integrity ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ trial and judgment ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginContext | England ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Arthurian romance tradition
ⓘ
medieval English literature ⓘ |
| describedAs |
mysterious
ⓘ
natural cave-like hollow ⓘ overgrown ⓘ remote ⓘ wild ⓘ |
| environment |
covered with grass and vegetation
ⓘ
rugged landscape ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceDateApproximate | late 14th century ⓘ |
| hasGenreContext |
alliterative revival literature
ⓘ
chivalric romance ⓘ |
| hasRole |
meeting place of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
ⓘ
site of beheading game conclusion ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkContext | Middle English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | Arthurian legend ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | poetry ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
climactic setting
ⓘ
testing ground for knightly virtue ⓘ |
| nearFictionalLocation |
Bertilak's castle
ⓘ
surface form:
Bertilak’s castle
|
| ownedByInNarrative | Green Knight ⓘ |
| partOfWork |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
ⓘ
surface form:
Middle English alliterative poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
|
| perceivedAsByCharacters | haunted or uncanny place ⓘ |
| relatedMotif |
beheading game
ⓘ
exchange of blows ⓘ quest fulfillment ⓘ |
| religiousConnotation | parodic or subversive chapel ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
boundary between civilization and wilderness
ⓘ
confrontation with truth ⓘ intersection of Christian and pagan elements ⓘ place of judgment ⓘ |
| terrainType | valley or hollow ⓘ |
| timeOfKeyEvent | New Year’s Day ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Gawain
ⓘ
surface form:
Sir Gawain
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
the Green Chapel