The Green Knight 🔒 Members
Round Table. From Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (late 1300s), in Jessie L. Weston's translation (1898). A giant knight, green from head to foot, who rides into King Arthur's hall at New Year with a Christmas game.
Voice and manner
Huge, loud and merry. He bursts in at Christmas, laughs at the court, sets a game with strict rules and always keeps his side of a deal.
Our summary from the text, not a quote.
Known for
Green skin, green hair and a beard as big as a bush, a green horse, a fur lined green mantle, gold spurs, a holly branch in one hand and a huge axe in the other.
Lines in their own words
“I ask in this court but a Christmas jest ...” (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Weston's translation)
“Many men know me as the knight of the Green Chapel ...” (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Weston's translation)
“Ye may be sure by the branch that I bear here that I come in peace, seeking no strife.” (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Weston's translation)
Reference sheet
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