Gawain and the Green Knight - Exploring Arthurian Lore

Today we will be exploring the tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. A great piece of Arthurian lore that covers multiple themes from honesty, chivalry, temptation, seduction and human nature.
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[johnoneil]

The Green Knight, after getting his head chopped off:"Tis but a flesh wound."

[jamescaracciolo]

The moral of the poem goes so much further than “lying is bad, ” it reflects the immense impact of the chivalric code and the role the church played in forming the men of that time, it’s definitely worth a deeper analysis

[roryscott]

Green Knight: "You can hit me and in one year I'll return the blow."
Ganwin: hmmm .. Should I use lethal force? Yes, it will be hilarious!

[yokothespacewhale]

I love how dude picks up his severed head and is like “see ya next year!”

[jonathanmulondo]

I hope we see other live action adaptations of other King Arthur characters. Arthurian legends are underrated. The best King Arthur movie so far is Excalibur(1981) Hopefully we get more dark fantasy-like King Arthur films

[MythologyFictionExplained]

We are now a consistent content creator again

[ashrog]

Movie version:

Lord: Good sir, what do you have for me today?
Gawain: **starts taking his belt off**
Lord: wtf

[josephmassaro]

"And who are you?"
"The Knight....The Green Knight..." cue Bond music.

[AceRide]

I still remember writing a report on this story back in high school. We were allowed to take a creative writing approach to the intro paragraph, so I wrote a short story in the second person about a knight being mortaly wounded in a dual, but still being expected to fight on. My teacher went around the room as we were writing, to check in and give feedback. "We're one paragraph in and you've disembowled the reader" may be my favorite ever reaction to an academic paper.

[bobbysalkeld]

When I was younger I would lose myself in the lore of Arthur and his knights of the round table.

[minusnine]

This is the 14th century version of, "It's just a prank bro."

[thesmallwolf]

Now that the 2021 adaptation has been released, I’d be intrigued to hear your assessment about it given your knowledge of and affinity for the poem.

[Allyourbase]

Anything medieval, whether historical or fantasy, always holds my attention

[samuelmorin]

The Arthurian lore/story is so underrated. I would really like to hear more of that from you !

[Caseyuptobat]

"And now, my brave knight, off with your head"

[JackomoSVK]

The upcoming Green Knight adaptation is not a hollywood big budget movie. It´s made by independent studio A24 that made several highly praised movies, so I dont think it will be a big failure.

[sifilore]

The first time I ever heard about The Green Knight was in Netflix’s Cursed. I wish that it wasn’t a miniseries but that a s2 was on the way, it’s not. Even if the character is totally different and only shares the name, but still.

[tjedwards]

So gawain was kissing the wife and the lord everytime he was presented a gift?

[clanofclams]

The film was brilliant! The changes made to the story really got to the heart of it's message. The inversion of his successes and failures is incredibly impactful.

[cobaltprime]

Fun fact: Adventure time made a reference to this story where a green night with a green axe challenges Finn to party games.
I won’t spoil it for anyone even though it’s been years since the finale.