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Character in Arthurian legend
The Green Knight (Welsh: Marchog Gwyrdd, Cornish: Marghek Gwyrdh, Breton: Marc'heg Gwer) is a heroic character of the Matter of Britain, originating in
Green_Knight
2021 film by David Lowery
The Green Knight is a 2021 dark fantasy adventure film directed, written, produced, and edited by David Lowery. It is an adaptation from the 14th-century
The_Green_Knight_(film)
14th-century Middle English chivalric romance
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a Middle English late 14th-century chivalric romance in alliterative verse. The author is unknown; the title was given
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight
Topics referred to by the same term
The Green Knight is a figure in Arthurian romance. Green Knight or The Green Knight may also refer to: The Green Knight (fairy tale), a Danish fairy tale
Green_Knight_(disambiguation)
1973 British film
and the Green Knight is a 1973 British historical adventure film directed by Stephen Weeks, and starring Murray Head as Gawain and Nigel Green in his final
Gawain and the Green Knight (film)
Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight_(film)
2021 film score by Daniel Hart
The Green Knight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the score album composed by Daniel Hart to the 2021 film of the same name released by Milan Records
The_Green_Knight_(soundtrack)
2000 Canadian film
Franklin and the Green Knight (also known as Franklin and the Green Knight: The Movie) is a 2000 Canadian animated adventure film directed by John van
Franklin_and_the_Green_Knight
1993 book by Irishman Iris Murdoch
The Green Knight is the 25th novel by Irish writer and philosopher Iris Murdoch, first published in 1993. The lives of Louise Anderson and her daughters
The_Green_Knight_(novel)
Danish fairy tale
The Green Knight (Danish: Den grønne Ridder) is a Danish fairy tale, collected by Svend Grundtvig (1824-1883) in Danish Fairy Tales (18??) and by Evald
The_Green_Knight_(fairy_tale)
1984 British fantasy film
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (often shortened to Sword of the Valiant) is a 1984 dramatic fantasy film directed
Sword_of_the_Valiant
Chivalric literature stock character
extant usage occurs in the 14th-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The knight-errant is a character who goes off on his own to right wrongs or
Knight-errant
British actress (born 1998)
Willow (2022). Her films include Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), The Green Knight (2021), Blitz (2024), Eleanor the Great (2025) and 28 Years Later: The
Erin_Kellyman
Anglo-Norman maxim
appears in the late 14th century Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as hony soyt qui mal pence, at the end of the text in the manuscript
Honi_soit_qui_mal_y_pense
Literary concept defined by Northrop Frye in 1957
returns to the normal world." In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the Green Knight is completely green, right down to his skin: he is "nature anthropomorphized
Green_World
Green Knight Publishing was founded by Peter Corless in 1998. He had acquired the rights to Chaosium's award-winning Pendragon role-playing game after
Green_Knight_Publishing
English actor and narrator (born 1969)
(2009–2011), William in The Witch (2015), the title character in The Green Knight (2021), Dr. Wilhelm Sievers in Nosferatu (2024), and Galactus in The
Ralph_Ineson
Knight in Arthurian legends
notably as the protagonist of the Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Other works featuring Gawain as their central character include De Ortu
Gawain
Motif of medieval romance
appears in several Arthurian romances, most notably Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The version of the game found in the latter work has been analyzed for
Beheading_game
14th-century English decorated text in book
the masterpieces of medieval English literature: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Cleanness, and Patience. It has been described as "one of the
Pearl_Manuscript
Term in folklore
Peter Pan are associated with a Green Man, as is that of the Green Knight in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The Green Knight in this poem serves as both
Green_Man_(folklore)
Enchantress in the Arthurian legend
romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, one of the best-known Arthurian tales, it is revealed that the entire Green Knight plot has been instigated by
Morgan_le_Fay
Type of polearm
axe interchangeably for the same weapon in the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. This interpretation is also favoured by John Waldmann. Supporting the
Guisarme
Character in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
modern critics to a character in the medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (14th century), though the poem itself only ever calls her "the lady"
Lady_Bertilak
Honorary title awarded for service to a state or church
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of a knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the
Knight
American filmmaker
(2017), the crime film The Old Man & the Gun (2018), the fantasy epic The Green Knight (2021) and the musical psychological drama Mother Mary (2026). Born in
David_Lowery_(director)
Castle and court associated with King Arthur
"Carduel" of the French romances. One exception is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which locates Arthur's court at Camelot. From Geoffrey's grand description
Camelot
2004 British children's novel
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a British children's novel written by Michael Morpurgo, and illustrated by Michael Foreman. It was originally published
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (children's novel)
Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight_(children's_novel)
Unknown medieval poet
"Pearl Poet", is the name given to the author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, an alliterative poem written in 14th-century Middle English. Its author
Gawain_Poet
Australian actor (born 1974)
(2012), The Great Gatsby (2013), Black Mass (2015), Bright (2017), The Green Knight (2021), Master Gardener (2022), and The Boys in the Boat (2023). He has
Joel_Edgerton
British actress (born 1966)
(2004), Lady in the Water (2006), Midnight's Children (2012), and The Green Knight (2021). Choudhury played the leading roles in a number of films, notably
Sarita_Choudhury
Arthurian character
Puce Knight", who, like his three brothers the Black Knight, Sir Partolope the "Green Knight" (distinct from the character in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight)
Red_Knight
Swedish actress (born 1988)
(2016), the adventure film Tomb Raider (2018), the fantasy film The Green Knight (2021), and the miniseries Irma Vep (2022). She married German-Irish
Alicia_Vikander
Historical fantasy tabletop role-playing game
written by Greg Stafford and published by Chaosium, then was acquired by Green Knight Publishing, who in turn passed on the rights to White Wolf Publishing
Pendragon_(role-playing_game)
German-born Australian philologist, and runologist
Elliott also published a book of collected essays on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a topic that had interested him since his time in north Staffordshire
Ralph_Elliott
English actor (born 1990)
Mumbai (2018), The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) and The Green Knight (2021), and made his directorial debut with the action film Monkey Man
Dev_Patel
English actor (1924–1972)
Nigel McGown Green (15 October 1924 – 15 May 1972) was an English actor. Because of his strapping build, commanding height (6 ft 4 in or 1.93 m) and regimental
Nigel_Green
Popular devotion to Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ
joys of Mary are mentioned in the 14th-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as a source of Gawain's strength. The devotion was especially popular
Seven_Joys_of_the_Virgin
14th-century English poem
poems, Patience and Cleanness, as well as the romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. All are thought to be by the same author, dubbed the "Pearl Poet" or
Pearl_(poem)
King of the otherworld realm of Annwn in Welsh mythology
Arthurian story Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the interplay of Gawain, his host Bertilak (who is actually The Green Knight), and Bertilak's wife are very
Arawn
Pairing of two metrical schemes
as the Gawain Poet (or Pearl Poet) in the ballad Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The feature is found mainly in Middle English and Middle Scots. There
Bob_and_wheel
with that told in the 14th-century alliterative poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. There are two versions of this romance and neither is directly related
Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle
Sir_Gawain_and_the_Carle_of_Carlisle
Irish Hiberno-Norman hereditary knighthood
Knight of Kerry (Irish: Ridire Chiarraí), also called The Green Knight, is one of three Hiberno-Norman hereditary knighthoods, all of which existed in
Knight_of_Kerry
1985 film
Seeking adventure, Alba sneaks out of the castle and encounters the Green Knight, who swears his allegiance to her and promises to stop further travellers
The_Knight_of_the_Dragon
Middle English alliterative poem
dialect and stylistic evidence, to be the author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Cleanness (all ca. 1360–1395) and may have composed St. Erkenwald
Patience_(poem)
Character from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
the Black Knight (John Cleese) and a Green Knight (also played by Gilliam) by a bridge over a small stream. The Black Knight defeats the Green one by throwing
Black_Knight_(Monty_Python)
Arthurian encyclopedia
the first in the Pendragon fiction line. The 2001 second edition by Green Knight had its page count increased by 20 pages to 590, and was published as
The_King_Arthur_Companion
Sir Gawain's horse from Arthurian legend
the Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawain sets out atop Gringolet in search of the Green Chapel. Lines 600–604 of the poem describe
Gringolet
Literary stock character
hereditary knighthoods are the Knight of Glin (also called the Black Knight), and the Knight of Kerry (also called the Green Knight). Chivalry Damsel in distress
White_knight
2024 fantasy novel by Lev Grossman
fights and disarms the Green Knight, gaining some respect from the knights, who agree to take him into their party. The knights embark on a series of adventures
The_Bright_Sword
Five-pointed star polygon
a symbolic role in the 14th-century English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, in which the symbol decorates the shield of the hero, Gawain. The unnamed
Pentagram
romance: Gawain and the Green Knight (1973) Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984) The Green Knight (2021) Films based
List of works based on Arthurian legends
List_of_works_based_on_Arthurian_legends
Literature from or relating to the Celtic nations
the Green Knight is said to contain traditions from early Irish Lore, such as the Beheading test. In addition to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Lanval
Celtic_literature
Trojan hero in Greco-Roman mythology
treason, for which he was chastised by Hecuba. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (late 14th century) the Pearl Poet, like many other English writers,
Aeneas
1976 novel by Vera Chapman
for Camelot. It is part of the Three Damosels trilogy, along with The Green Knight and King Arthur's Daughter. The novel follows the experiences of Lynette
The_King's_Damosel
Children's television show
several book adaptations, and the television films Franklin and the Green Knight (2000), Franklin's Magic Christmas (2001) and Back to School with Franklin
Franklin_(TV_series)
Filmography and theatrography
at the BBC Programme Index, accessed 8 May 2026. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight on BBC Radio 4 at the BBC website, accessed 8 May 2026. Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen on screen and stage
Ian_McKellen_on_screen_and_stage
Game designer
money he made from his employment at Cisco, Corless created the company Green Knight Publishing to publish the Pendragon fiction and RPG lines. Corless received
Peter_Corless
Additive primary color visible between cyan and yellow
Gawain and the Green Knight." College English. 20.2 (Nov 1958) pp. 61–65 doi:10.2307/372161 Heller 2009, pp. 92–93. Carla N. Daughtry, "Greenness in the Field"
Green
2011 film by Lauren Montgomery
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights is a 2011 American animated superhero film that tells various stories featuring members of Green Lantern Corps, including
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
Green_Lantern:_Emerald_Knights
Name list
Sir Gawain is a knight of King Arthur's Round Table. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an epic poem in which he beheads the Green Knight, who promptly
Gavin
Welsh Christian martyr
"þe Holy Hede", is mentioned in the medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (in Passus II). She also appears as a character in the 2021 film adaptation
Saint_Winifred
2020 animated television series
sympathetic to magical beings and trolls. James Faulkner as King Arthur/the Green Knight, the king of Camelot who despises magic and trolls. Steven Yeun as Steve
Wizards:_Tales_of_Arcadia
Late medieval rhyming romance
famous Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in describing the dealings of Gawain, King Arthur's nephew, with the Greene Knight. The text was edited by Thomas
The_Greene_Knight
Repetition of consonant sounds in literature
English poems like Beowulf, Middle English poems like Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Old Norse works like the Poetic Edda, and in Old High German, Old Saxon
Alliteration
American musician and composer (born 1976)
wrote the scores for Pete's Dragon (2016), A Ghost Story (2017) and The Green Knight (2021). He lives in Los Angeles. Hart was born in Emporia, Kansas, where
Daniel_Hart_(musician)
Irish-born British writer and philosopher (1919–1999)
and the Brotherhood (1987), The Message to the Planet (1989), and The Green Knight (1993). As a philosopher, Murdoch's best-known work is The Sovereignty
Iris_Murdoch
Fictional kingdom in Marvel Comics
Lake for advice. Avalon is also the home of the Green Knight, a primordial nature spirit. From the Green Chapel he empowers select warriors as his Pendragons
Avalon_(Marvel_Comics)
Figure from Irish mythology
wound in a battle. In some Arthurian texts, such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Morgan is portrayed as a hag whose actions set into motion a bloody
The_Morrígan
British folk rock band
on Sir Gawain's shield in the Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which held a fascination for Renbourn. In 2007, the original members
Pentangle_(band)
Fictional comic book heroes
neopagan subcultures. Heavy reference was made to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a 14th-century chivalric romance. The series was also influenced by
Knights_of_Pendragon
English poet (born 1963)
including the Alliterative Morte Arthure, Pearl, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and has dramatised the Odyssey. He has written several travel books
Simon_Armitage
1400s Middle English alliterative poem
dialect and stylistic evidence, to be the author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Patience, and may have also composed St. Erkenwald. The poem
Cleanness
Belt worn over one shoulder to carry a weapon or other implement
century BC) In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Gawain returns from his battle with the Green Knight wearing the green girdle "obliquely, like a baldric
Baldric
Fictional character created by J.R.R. Tolkien
literature such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Gawain meets a big rugged Beorn-like shape-changer, Bertilak (the Green Knight), who lives in a castle in an
Beorn
King Arthur and order of chivalry in Arthurian romance
The Knights of the Round Table (French: Chevaliers de la Table Ronde) are the legendary knights of the fellowship of King Arthur that first appeared in
Knights_of_the_Round_Table
British actor (born 1966)
in the film Spencer, and a frail, aged King Arthur in the film The Green Knight. Harris made a cameo appearance as a clown in a music video for the Norwich
Sean_Harris
American film producer and director from Fort Worth, Texas
including Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013), A Ghost Story (2017), and The Green Knight (2021). He received the Piaget Producers Award at the 2014 Film Independent
James_M._Johnston
half-troll and into a full-on troll in Wizards, by the Arcane Order and the Green Knight. However, he is revived back to his human form by Claire in Wizards and
List of Tales of Arcadia characters
List_of_Tales_of_Arcadia_characters
Vocabulary, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 168 pp. 1925 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, co-edited with E.V. Gordon, Oxford University Press, 211 pp.; Revised
J._R._R._Tolkien_bibliography
Unit of length
Turkey: Arşın, ~69 cm In the epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the Green Knight's axe-head was an ell (45 inches) wide. Ells were also used in
Ell
specifically on the Arthurian knight Sir Gawain and its plot is in some important respects similar to that of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The poem presents
The_Knight_with_the_Sword
Traditional song
containing the Green Knight, a character known from the medieval poems The Greene Knight and the more famous Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; he appears
King_Arthur_and_King_Cornwall
American filmmaker
co-produced The Old Man & the Gun (2018), Miss Juneteenth (2020), and The Green Knight (2021). Halbrooks also co-wrote the screenplay for Disney's Peter Pan
Toby_Halbrooks
Military unit
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121), also known as the "Green Knights", is a United States Marine Corps aircraft squadron operating the F-35B
VMFA-121
British order of chivalry
the Order of the Garter and the Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (late 14th century). The motto is inscribed, as hony soyt qui mal pence
Order_of_the_Garter
Knight of the Round Table
Gareth of Orkney (Welsh: [ˈɡarɛθ]) is a Knight of the Round Table in the Le Morte d'Arthur version of the Arthurian legend and many modern works based
Gareth
American actor (born 1955)
Wayne Elliot Knight (born August 7, 1955) is an American actor. After several smaller film parts, including in box office successes like Dirty Dancing
Wayne_Knight
Annual US film awards ceremony
leading the nominations with eleven, followed by Dune with ten and The Green Knight with nine. Drive My Car received the most awards with four wins, including
2021 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
2021_Seattle_Film_Critics_Society_Awards
The story is based on the Middle English romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The opera was a commission from the Royal Opera House, London, where
Gawain_(opera)
one conjectured name of the Gawain Poet, author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and probably of several other 14th-century Middle English poems. Internal
John_Massey_(poet)
Fictional character created by Marvel Comics
1995). He was a superhero as the Green Goblin, and a supervillain as the Hobgoblin. He was later crowned the Goblin Knight before dubbing himself the Goblin
Phil_Urich
The Arthurian legend features many characters, including the Knights of the Round Table and members of King Arthur's family. Their names often differ
List_of_Arthurian_characters
Welsh mythological figure
mythos have been linked to the Middle English romance Gawain and the Green Knight. Roger Sherman Loomis has suggested that the character of Bertilak de
Brenin_Llwyd
French literary fairy tale
Others of this type include "The Feather of Finist the Falcon", "The Green Knight", and "The Greenish Bird". After a wealthy king loses his dear wife,
The_Blue_Bird_(fairy_tale)
American cinematographer
director David Lowery, serving as the cinematographer on his films The Green Knight, A Ghost Story, and a television show Strange Angel. He also works with
Andrew_Droz_Palermo
American film production company
produced the films Light from Light (2019), Miss Juneteenth (2020), The Green Knight (2021), Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) and On Swift Horses
Ley_Line_Entertainment
Quranic figure in Islamic tradition
represented in the Arthurian tale Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as the Green Knight. In the story, the Green Knight tempts the faith of Sir Gawain three times
Khidr
English medievalist (born 1927)
College London. He made an especial focus on the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Waldron was born and raised in Teignmouth in south Devon, attending
R._A._Waldron
"opera-musicals" for family audiences: Flurry Tale (1999), Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2001), Fireworks! (2002), and Animal Tales (2008). Past and present
Family_Opera_Initiative
American cartoonist and writer (born 1982)
Weinersmith and Phil Plait and illustrated by Jess Fink. Augie and the Green Knight (2015) is a children's book written by Weinersmith and illustrated by
Zach_Weinersmith
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Boy/Male
Irish
Sadness.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean American
King Richard The Second' A favorite of King Richard.
Girl/Female
Gaelic Irish
Fairy palace. Alsoand Sabrina.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Danish, French, Greek
Young Green Shoot
Boy/Male
Hindu
Full of Joy, Mountain strength, Ireland, Peace, Sun Ray
Surname or Lastname
Cornish
Cornish : habitational name from places so named in the parishes of Zennor and St. Levan, both of which appear earlier in the form Trethyn, from Cornish tre ‘homestead’, ‘settlement’ + dyn ‘fort’.English : variant of Treece, from a form with the weak plural ending.
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Greek American
Leafy foliage; green bough. In Greek legend, Phyllis was changed to an almond tree after her...
Girl/Female
Greek American
Green bough.
Girl/Female
Australian, Gaelic, Irish
Fairy Palace; Similar to Brianna and Sabrina
Girl/Female
Australian, British, Christian, English, Greek
Green Bough; Foliage
Girl/Female
Greek
Green bough.
Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, French, German, Greek
Pale; Green Buds
Girl/Female
Biblical American Greek
Green herb.
Girl/Female
Indian
Life
Girl/Female
German, Greek
Peace
Female
Dutch
, pearl.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Indian, Marathi, Muslim, Telugu
Full of Joy; Sun God; Name of Lord Rama
Male
English
Scottish surname transferred to unisex forename use, derived from a contracted form of Gregor, GREER means "watchful; vigilant."Â
Boy/Male
Anglo, British, English
Foreign
Surname or Lastname
English
English : one of the most common and widespread of English surnames, either a nickname for someone who was fond of dressing in this color (Old English grēne) or who had played the part of the ‘Green Man’ in the May Day celebrations, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green, Middle English grene (a transferred use of the color term). In North America this name has no doubt assimilated cognates from other European languages, notably German Grün (see Gruen).Jewish (American) : Americanized form of German Grün or Yiddish Grin, Ashkenazic ornamental names meaning ‘green’ or a short form of any of the numerous compounds with this element.Irish : translation of various Gaelic surnames derived from glas ‘gray’, ‘green’, ‘blue’. See also Fahey.North German : short form of a habitational name from a place name with Gren- as the first element (for example Greune, Greubole).
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