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  • Said Baudoin: This man here is called the Green Knight, and this the Black Squire, and

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles 2007

  • Said Baudoin: This man here is called the Green Knight, and this the Black Squire, and I am the Golden Knight; and now will we ask thee if this isle be called the Isle of Increase Unsought?

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles William Morris 1865

  • Gawain and the Green Knight was a good choice, but basically any medieval epic would do the trick (the various Grail quests by Chretien de Troyes, Hartmann von Aue or Wolfram von Eschenbach have all the right elements)

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • I had audited a course in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and fallen in love with the line “She brought him to the very verge.”

    In the Fullness of Time Emily W. Upham 2010

  • He wasn’t as impressive as the Yellow Knight or the Blue Knight, with their flowing hair, but he wasn’t evil like the Green Knight.

    Medieval Times arhyalon 2010

  • It's not for nothing that Sir Gawain and the Green Knight centers on a temptation to Sir Gawain's chastity.

    conflicting ideals marycatelli 2010

  • Christmas verse was popular with many of you, with "A Child's Christmas in Wales", Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and "The Night Before Christmas" all receiving mentions.

    Season's readings: Readers' favourite Christmas books 2010

  • It's hard to have fantasies like LotR without tripping over Tolkein's inspiration from Norse mythology, for example, and old legends like those of Gawain and the Green Knight, where Gawain watches as the Green Knight picks up his own severed, bloody head and plops it back on his shoulders draw equally from horror and fantasy Merlin's magic, anyone?

    seanan_mcguire: The Three Sisters: Fantasy, Horror, and Marchen. seanan_mcguire 2009

  • Although... if I were going to teach a death/dying class and include something medieval, I think I might include Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

    It Sounded Good at the Time Bardiac 2009

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    October 10th, 2009 yuki_onna 2009

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