In the Arthurian legend, Sir Gawain's mother was Morgause, one of King Arthur's three half-sisters, the other two being Elaine and Morgan le Fay. Possibly combining the characters of Morgoth and Morgan Le Fay.
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The plot of the film is based on the verse narrative poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" in the late 14th century. The theme is the legend of King Arthur, and the author is unknown. After Duke William completely conquered England in 1066, French culture prevailed, and this work was widely circulated.
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" has a total of 2530 lines and is divided into four parts. Known as the best fragment of Arthurian legend in medieval English literature. Description Sir Gawain accepted the challenge of the Green Knight and obtained the "Green Belt", but he also became the minion of the witch Morgan Le Fay.
first part
On Christmas Eve, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table were holding a banquet in the palace hall of Camelot. A tall and mighty knight in green armor rushed into the hall with a green horse, shocking all four. I saw the green knight holding holly in one hand and an axe in the other, threatening to challenge all the knights to see which knight dared to cut off his head with an axe, and demanded that the person who cut off his head must come to the appointment on New Year's Day the following year and accept him in return. an axe. Gawain volunteered to accept the challenge of the unknown knight, and quickly cut off the head of the green knight. When everyone felt fortunate, unexpectedly, the green knight did not fall to the ground because his head was cut off. Instead, he leaned over to pick up his own head and pointed his head at Gawain, asking him to go to the "Green Church" on New Year's Day the following year. to accept his cutback.
the second part
When winter came the following year, Gawain had to obey the agreement with the Green Knight and go to the Green Church to accept the challenge. Before leaving, in order to wish Gawain a safe return, King Arthur held a banquet with all the knights to see Gawain off. In order to fulfill his promise, Gao Wen traveled all the way through mountains and rivers, suffered from hunger and cold, and experienced the danger of jackals, but he always moved forward firmly. Passing through a dense forest on the way, there is an old castle in the forest. Gawain was warmly entertained by the castle owner and his wife, and when he learned that the Green Church was not far away, he stayed at the castle. The city lord set a condition for Gawain: during the day, the city lord went out to hunt, and at night, he would exchange the prey for something from Gawain. Gawain agreed to this request.
the third part
When the city lord was out hunting the next day, his beautiful lady waited for the opportunity to show her love to Gawain, but was rejected by Gawain. That night, the city lord gave Gawain the prey, but Gawain just kissed him as a gift, and the next day he kissed twice. Until the third day, the wife gave Gawain a special ring, but Gawain still refused. The wife then gave him a green belt, claiming that as long as the belt was worn, he would be invulnerable. Gawain suddenly remembered his axe contract with the Green Knight, so he changed his mind and agreed to accept the green belt presented by his wife. When exchanging gifts with the city lord at night, Gawain did not return the green belt as a gift, but kissed the city lord five times.
the fourth part
Gawain left the castle, and under the guidance of the elf guide, walked all the way to the Green Church. No matter how the elf guide tried to persuade him to no avail, he had to leave him. When approaching the Green Church, Gawain heard the sound of an axe being sharpened and walked towards the sound. Soon after, the green knight appeared in front of him and raised the axe and chopped at his head. Gawain retracted his head in fear, and the green knight saw this and yelled at him for being timid; the second axe, Gawain, didn't dodge, he let him slash, but the green knight didn't hurt him; the third axe just cut through. Gawain scratched his scalp and bleed a little. When the green knight lifted the axe and slashed at him again, Gawain jumped up and demanded the green knight to stop attacking. At this time, the Green Knight revealed his true identity, and it turned out that he was the owner of the castle. He wanted to test whether Gawain followed the noble way of knighthood. The first two axes didn't hurt Gawain, which meant that Gawain didn't break the agreement between them on the first two nights in the castle, and the third axe hurt him because he didn't hand over the green belt given by his wife on the third night. Gawain returned to Camelot and told the truth about what happened. Then King Arthur proposed that all the knights of the round table and court women wear green belts as a commemoration of this event. However, everyone did not know that all this was actually a trap set by the witch Morgan Leffey, in order to make the most elite knight of King Arthur become her green knight, and the hostess of the castle is also her incarnation.
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