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Sir Gawain and the Green
Knight
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| a King Arthur story; Green Man story | |
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| Sound recording, story; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, from the legends of King Arthur, told by Hugh Lupton, told by Hugh Lupton, and recorded in a studio for a website project entitled A Web of Tales, 1999. | |
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| Story told by Hugh Lupton. The story about a challenge between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Gawain cuts off the Green Knight's Head, on the understanding that in one year he will go to a green chapel, where it will be the turn of the Green Knight to cut his head from Sir Gawain's shoulders. A year passes and Gawain travels in search of the green chapel. It is near Christmas and he seeks out a castle where he can join Christmas mass. The lord and lady of the castle provide great hospitality over Christmas and, then learning of Gawain's search for the green chapel, provide him with a place to rest. For three days Gawain rests while the lord hunts, on the understanding that the lord will give him half of everything he gains from his hunt, provided Gawain gives him half of everything he gains from his rest. Each day Gawain is tempted by the lord's wife, but he resists her; taking one kiss on the first day, two on the second, and three and a piece of green ribbon to protect him, on the third. Gawain reveals these kisses to the lord as agreed, but he does not reveal the gift of the green ribbon. The time comes for Gawain to meet the Green Knight. At the green chapel the Green Knight takes three strokes with his axe to cut Gawain's head from his shoulders. The first two strokes miss him completely. The third stroke just draws blood from his neck. The Green Knight then reveals himself to be the lord of the castle, and explains that the three strokes represent Gawain's honesty. The third stroke had drawn blood because he had not told him of the gift of green ribbon. From that time on, King Arthur's Knights of the round table have each worn a peice of green ribbon. | |
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| The web site project and the associated website no-longer exists. This was a relatively early story website project which ran under the domain name www.webtales.com. It invited interaction and reponse to stories and offered downloadable stories. | |
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| recording quality | |
| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 30 minutes, 28 seconds |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Hugh Lupton male / British / English / Welsh |
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Britain
Ireland
Brittany
Celtic |
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1999 website project: A Web of Tales |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty |
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