Bertilak's castle
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Bertilak's castle is the grand, remote stronghold in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" where Sir Gawain stays as a guest and undergoes a series of moral and chivalric tests.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bertilak’s castle | 2 |
| Bertilak's castle canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional castle
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location in literature ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacterAlias |
Lord Bertilak
ⓘ
surface form:
the Green Knight (Bertilak)
|
| associatedWithTheme |
chivalry
ⓘ
hospitality ⓘ temptation ⓘ testing of knights ⓘ truth and honesty ⓘ |
| connectedNarrativelyTo |
Green Chapel
ⓘ
surface form:
the Green Chapel
|
| contrastedWith |
King Arthur's court
ⓘ
surface form:
Camelot
|
| controlledBy |
Morgan le Fay
ⓘ
surface form:
Morgan le Fay (behind the scenes)
|
| describedAs |
grand
ⓘ
remote ⓘ stronghold ⓘ |
| firstDescribedIn |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
ⓘ
surface form:
14th-century Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
|
| functionInPlot |
location where Gawain receives the green girdle
ⓘ
place of refuge for Gawain before his meeting at the Green Chapel ⓘ site of the exchange-of-winnings agreement between Gawain and Bertilak ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
chapel
ⓘ
fortified walls ⓘ great hall ⓘ richly furnished chambers ⓘ |
| hasHospitalityCustom |
gift-giving
ⓘ
lavish feasting ⓘ |
| hasResident |
Bertilak's household knights and servants
ⓘ
Bertilak's hunting retinue ⓘ |
| hostsCharacter |
Lady Bertilak
ⓘ
Gawain ⓘ
surface form:
Sir Gawain
an old lady later revealed as Morgan le Fay ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Middle English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalRegion | Hautdesert ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | primary secondary setting after King Arthur's court ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Bertilak de Hautdesert ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalWorld |
Arthurian legend
ⓘ
surface form:
Arthurian legend cycle
|
| ruledBy | Bertilak de Hautdesert ⓘ |
| settingFor |
Sir Gawain's chivalric tests
ⓘ
Sir Gawain's moral tests ⓘ the bedroom temptation scenes ⓘ the exchange-of-winnings game ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
courtly civilization contrasted with the wild Green Chapel
ⓘ
the deceptive comfort of hospitality ⓘ |
| timeOfEvents |
Christmas season
ⓘ
New Year period ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Gawain
ⓘ
surface form:
Sir Gawain
|
| workGenre |
Arthurian romance
ⓘ
alliterative poem ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bertilak’s castle
this entity surface form:
Bertilak’s castle