Celtic Mythology 15:  Gawain and the Green Knight; Tales of King Arthur's Court
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Date: 2020-11-11

Celtic Mythology 15:  Gawain and the Green Knight; Tales of King Arthur's Court

In this tale, New Year is when the supernatural and natural worlds mingle, as on the Celtic Feast of Samhain. The Green Knight may derive from Cernunnos, the god of abundance and forests, just as Morgan is related to the Irish goddess the Morrigan.

At the New Year's feast, a giant Green Knight with a massive green axe charged into King Arthur's hall on a green horse. He challenged any knight to decapitate him, on condition that he be allowed to return the stroke in a year and a day. Gawain took the axe and cut off the knight’s head, whereupon the torso picked it up and departed.


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