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Gawain

Gawain (/ˈɡɑːweɪn, ˈɡæ-, -wɪn, ɡəˈweɪn/ GA(H)-wayn, -⁠win, gə-WAYN), spelled in many ways, is one of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian legendary cycle. The prototype of Gawain appears under the name Gwalchmei in the earliest Welsh sources. He has subsequently appeared in many Arthurian tales in Welsh, Latin, French, English, Scottish…

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Occupation
Knight of the Round Table
Based on
Gwalchmei
Children
Various, including Gingalain
Family
Various members of King Arthur's family Le Morte d'Arthur: Lot and Morgause (parents); Agravain, Gaheris, Gareth and Mordred (brothers)
Nationality
Briton
Origin
Orkney and/or Lothian

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Gawain

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Gawain

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Triples512
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related to Bibliography · 129
Gawain → Alan, American Arthurian Literature Since, AMS, Amsterdam, An Annotated Bibliography, Arthurian Fiction, Arthurian Legend, Arthurian Literature, Barber, Barry, Beverly, Blanch, Boydell, Brewer, Britain, British, Bromwich, Busby, Chaucer's Squire's Tale, Chicago
related to Children and relationships · 83
Gawain → Amie, Amurfina, Arthur's, Arthurian, Artus, As, Aue's Erec, Beaudous, Beaujeu's Old French, Besides, Blois, Both Lovell, Bran, Brandles, Chevalier, Chrétien's Perceval, Dame Ragnelle, Damoisels, Duke, Enide
related to Name · 75
Gawain → Brythonic, Celticist Kenneth Jackson, Common Brittonic, English, Galvagin, Galvaginus, Galvam, Galvano, Galván, Galvão, Gauvain, Gauvaine, Gauvan, Gauvayn, Gauvein/Gauveyn, Gauven, Gauwein, Gauweine, Gauweyn, Gauweyne
related to Gwalchmei · 58
Gawain → Amlawdd Wledig, Anna, Arthur, Beddau, Birth, Bonedd, Britain, Brittany, Budic II, Cynddelw's, Dioneta, Early, Emperor, Emyr Llydaw, Englynion, French, Gawain's, Geoffrey, Geoffrey's, Gracia
related to Histories and romances · 45
Gawain → Anna, Arthur, Arthur's, As, Caius, England, Gaius Quintilianus, Galloway, Geoffrey, Geoffrey's Gawain, Gesta Regum Anglorum, Gualguanus, He, Hengest's, Historia Regum Britanniae, Hoel, In, It, King Lot, Lot
related to Origin narratives and alternate siblings · 41
Gawain → Accounts, Anna, Arthur, Arthur's, Brown, Brun, Buzafarnam, Castle, De Ortu Waluuanii, Gauvain, Gesta Romanorum, Gormund, Gwendoloena, He, In, In De Ortu Waluuani, In Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Kay, King Arthur
related to Modern portrayals · 40
Gawain → Alfred Tennyson, An, Anne Crompton's Gawain, Apocalypse, Arthur, As Gwalchmei, Four Knights, Future King, Gerald Morris, Gillian Bradshaw's Celtic-tinged Hawk, Green Knight, His Knight, His Lady, Idylls, In, Isolde, Kazuo Ishiguro's, King, Knight, Knights
related to Attributes and characterizations · 21
Gawain → According, Arthur, Arthur's, Arthurian, Camelot, Chaucer's Squire's Tale, Gawain's, His Appearance, His Courtesy, His Reputation, In, In Gawain, Knights, Merlin, Round Table, Ryan Harper, The Prose Lancelot, Traditionally, Viviane, Vulgate Merlin Continuation
is a · 5
Gawain → also eponymous protagonist of Gliglois, first to declare that he, major character in The Squire's Tales series by Gerald Morris, member of the eponymous Knights, protagonist who achieves the Grail and heals the Fisher King
Based on · 1
Gawain → Gwalchmei

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knight arthur king lancelot also gawain's arthur's sir character later welsh mordred knights arthurian one round le gwalchmei many table

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GawainBased onGwalchmei1.00infobox
GawainChildrenVarious, including Gingalain1.00infobox
GawainFamilyVarious members of King Arthur's family Le Morte d'Arthur: Lot and Morgause (parents); Agravain, Gaheris, Gareth and Mordred (brothers)1.00infobox
GawainNationalityBriton1.00infobox
GawainOccupationKnight of the Round Table1.00infobox
GawainOriginOrkney and/or Lothian1.00infobox
GawainRelativesKing Arthur (uncle)1.00infobox
GawainReligionChristian1.00infobox
GawainSignificant otherMany1.00infobox
GawainSpousesRagnelle, Orguelleuse, Amurfina (in different stories)1.00infobox
GawainTitle(s)Sir, Prince, King1.00infobox
GawainWeaponCaliburn, others1.00infobox
Gawainis aalso eponymous protagonist of Gliglois0.90text
Gawainis aprotagonist who achieves the Grail and heals the Fisher King0.90text
Gawainis afirst to declare that he0.90text
Gawainis amajor character in The Squire's Tales series by Gerald Morris0.90text
Gawainis amember of the eponymous Knights0.90text

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