Gawain

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Arthurian character fictional character legendary knight

Gawain is a legendary knight of King Arthur’s Round Table in Arthurian literature, renowned for his chivalry and central role in tales such as "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Sir Gawain 44
Gawain canonical 22
English Gawain 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
legendary knight ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gawain ⓘ
surface form: Gauvain

Gwalchmei ⓘ
Walewein ⓘ
Walwen ⓘ
appearsIn Arthurian legend ⓘ
Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
surface form: Le Morte d’Arthur

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
The Awntyrs off Arthure ⓘ
The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain ⓘ
The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle ⓘ
associatedWith King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form: Camelot

Orkney Islands ⓘ
surface form: Orkney

King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form: Round Table
brotherOf Agravain ⓘ
Gaheris ⓘ
Sir Gareth ⓘ
surface form: Gareth

Mordred ⓘ
centralThemeIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
culture Celtic mythology ⓘ
medieval British literature ⓘ
medieval French literature ⓘ
languageOfOrigin French Arthurian romance ⓘ
Middle English literature ⓘ
Middle Welsh tradition ⓘ
memberOf King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form: Knights of the Round Table
nephewOf King Arthur ⓘ
notedFor chivalry ⓘ
courtesy ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
prowess in battle ⓘ
questIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
relativeOf King Arthur ⓘ
serves King Arthur ⓘ
sonOf Uther Pendragon ⓘ
surface form: King Lot

Nimue ⓘ
surface form: Morgause
symbol pentangle ⓘ
testedFor courage ⓘ
honor ⓘ
truthfulness ⓘ
tradition chivalric romance ⓘ
virtue compassion ⓘ
courtesy ⓘ
fellowship ⓘ
generosity ⓘ
purity ⓘ
weapon sword ⓘ

Referenced by (71)

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

Gavin → hasVariant → Gawain ⓘ
Gavin → hasVariant → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gawaine
Gavin → relatedName → Gawain ⓘ
Gavin → shortFormOf → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gawain (in some traditions)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight → mainCharacter → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
King Arthur's court → hasMember → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
King Arthur's Britain → associatedWith → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Gawain → alsoKnownAs → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gauvain
Green Knight → challenges → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Bertilak de Hautdesert → tests → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Bertilak de Hautdesert → testsVirtueOf → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Bertilak de Hautdesert → relatedToCharacter → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Lady Bertilak → tests → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Lady Bertilak → interactsWith → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Lady Bertilak → givesTo → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Arthurian legend → hasCharacter → Gawain ⓘ
Le Morte d'Arthur → mainCharacter → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Hautdesert → hostTo → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Prince Valiant (1954 film) → character → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Harrison Birtwistle → notableWork → Gawain ⓘ
Mordred → siblingOf → Gawain ⓘ
Vulgate Cycle → notableCharacter → Gawain ⓘ
Chrétien de Troyes' Arthurian romances → mainCharacter → Gawain ⓘ
Le Chevalier de la Charrette → featuresCharacter → Gawain ⓘ
Matter of Britain → hasKeyCharacter → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Sir Galahad → contrastedWith → Gawain ⓘ
Sir Gareth → relative → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Sir Gareth → sibling → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights → featuresCharacter → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Agravain → relative → Gawain ⓘ
Agravain → siblingOf → Gawain ⓘ
Gwalchmei → hasNameInEnglish → Gawain ⓘ
Gwalchmei → hasAlternativeName → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Gwalchmei → equivalentCharacter → Gawain ⓘ
Gwalchmei → equivalentCharacter → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Walewein → equivalentCharacter → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Walewein → equivalentCharacter → Gawain ⓘ
Walewein → basedOn → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gawain from British Arthurian tradition
Walewein → hasCounterpartInLanguage → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Gawain
pentangle → associatedWithCharacter → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Gaheris → siblingOf → Gawain ⓘ
The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle → mainCharacter → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
The Awntyrs off Arthure → featuresCharacter → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
The Awntyrs off Arthure → protagonist → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Walwen → sameAs → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
Idylls of the King → mainCharacter → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain → featuresCharacter → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain → protagonist → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain → hero → Gawain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Gawain
The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain → hasTitleCharacter → Gawain ⓘ