Green knight

The green Chevalier is a character of the poem arthurien of the 14th century Lord Gauvain and the green knight , also appearing in the associated text The Greene Knight . Its true name is known as being Bercilak de Haudesert in Lord Gauvain , whereas it is called “ Bredbeddle ” in The Greene Knight . It seems thereafter one of the great champions of the King Arthur in the fragmentary Ballade King Arthur and King Cornwall , again under the name of “Bredbeddle”. In Lord Gauvain and the green knight , Bercilak is transformed into green Knight by the Fée Morgane, adversary traditional of king Arthur, in order to put to the test his court. In The Green Knight , it is transformed by another woman, but with a same aim. In the two accounts, it sends his wife to allure Gauvain as a testing period additional. King Arthur and King Cornwall depicts it like an exorcist and one of the most powerful knights of the court of Arthur.

In Lord Gauvain , the green Knight is thus named because its skin is green, an element that the critics still seek to explain. Some see it like an incarnation of the green Homme, a vegetable being appearing in medieval art, others regard it as a figure drawn from the Celtic Mythologie, like a Christian symbol, even the Diable itself. The British writer J.R.R. Tolkien, author of a translation of Lord Gauvain , said of the character that it was “as clear and concrete as any literary image”. Others critical described it as “the character most difficult” to interpret Lord Gauvain . Its main role in the literature arthurienne is that of judge and tempter of the knights, and it is thus at the same time terrifying, friendly and mysterious for the other characters

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