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The Green Knight is a character in the 14th-century Arthurian poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the related work The Greene Knight. His true name is revealed to be Bercilak (or Berkilak) de Hautdesert in Sir Gawain, while The Greene Knight names him "Bredbeddle". The Green Knight later appears as one of Arthur's greatest champions in the fragmentary ballad "King Arthur and King Cornwall", again under the name "Bredbeddle". In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Bercilak is transformed into the Green Knight by Morgan le Fay, a traditional adversary of King Arthur, in order to test his court. In The Greene Knight he is transformed by a different woman for the same purpose. In both stories he sends his wife to seduce Gawain as a further test. "King Arthur and King Cornwall" portrays him as an exorcist and one of the most powerful knights in Arthur's court.
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| "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" Text "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" Text rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/62.html - Web |
| "The Greene Knight" Text "The Greene Knight" Text www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/greenfrm.htm - Web |
| "King Arthur and King Cornwall" Text "King Arthur and King Cornwall" Text www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/cornfrm.htm - Web |
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