Talk:Green Knight

Arabic
Could someone provide a transliteration for the Arabic "Green Man"? Using Arabic script in this type of article is superfluous. Those who can read Arabic can make do with a transliteration.

Peter Isotalo 11:01, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I think it's in there, "Al-Khidr". I moved the Arabic script to a more logical place. I'd like to keep it, as I think it makes it look more official, but then again, I'm a bit biased, as I'm an student in Arabic. Wrad 11:22, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

GA candidate comments
I think this article covers the main points, the main literature where the character appears and the main interpretations. I would like to see the prose touched up some. The paragraph split in the lead seems off. The first sentence seems to go better with the first paragraph, with the second paragraph emphasizing the "greenness". I would like to see a mention of other points critics find relevant, such as the beard compared to a bush, and the way the Green Chapel is overgrown. I realize this is not an article on the Gawain text per se, but it is relevant how the character is used in the various texts, and how they differ. The connection with Christmas, the colorful imagery (green and red and gold), and the beheading themes would be worth developing to illustrate how and why this character was used in the Gawain story. Some of this would take research, and is perhaps a bit more of an FA than a GA requirement. So for now:
 * ✅ fixed the intro. Will add more as we push for FA status. Wrad 18:10, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Severely limit the use of the word "also". The word can usually be eliminated, improving the text with no loss of meaning.
 * ✅ Wrad 18:01, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Add something about the nature imagery associated with the Green Knight.
 * ✅ don't know how we missed that one. Added a bit about his connections with nature. Wrad 19:22, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * A bit more on the differences in the character between the three texts mentioned. In Greene Knight, for instance, the character returns to Arthur's court, but not in the Gawain text.
 * ✅ Can't believe we missed that one. Wrad 18:01, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Something, even a sentence, which addresses the question - why is this particular character recurring in medieval literature? The character plays a role in Arthurian legend, but what the role does the character play, or is thought to play, in broader medieval thought? Gimmetrow 07:33, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅ explained this in first paragraph of intro. Wrad 19:09, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks good. Gimmetrow 03:48, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Etymology section
Basically, I put the "Bachlach" info there because it was in a peer-reviewed, scholastic journal. I kind of figure that is enough to back it up. The article says nothing about the specific language, probably because it didn't want to get into technical detail. I'd like to keep it. If anyone knows where "Bachlach" comes from and can add it, that would be great, though. Wrad 04:45, 3 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I'm sure whoever wrote it in the article was just mentioning it in passing. But there's no such thing as a "Celtic language". Welsh would not have the same word for "churl" as Irish or Breton. I'd rather we had a more detailed referenced, but it's probably a minor point.--Cúchullain t/ c 07:54, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

C.S. Lewis Quotation
In this article, C.S. Lewis is quoted as saying that The Green Knight is "as vivid and concrete as any image in literature." In this article at section 6.2, J.R.R. Tolkein is quoted as saying the exact same thing. The citation points to the same source, too.

Who said it?

74.32.224.157 (talk) 22:14, 23 June 2008 (UTC)


 * C. S. Lewis. Wrad (talk) 22:28, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Historical Context;
There does exist another mention of a "Green Knight!  Please see;  http://books.google.com/books?id=xSoLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA331&lpg=PA331&dq=peter+the+bastard&source=bl&ots=NmQoyrWW8E&sig=5hJL3ePt2f-SGvkaVyCcmxOg81s&hl=en&ei=sf6DS5DAEZOA8gbzkaGiAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAcQ6AEwATgU#v=onepage&q=corro&f=false

ON pages; 249, 267 and 332! You might also notice that the above book concerns the life of a 14th century Spanish King, I.e.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_of_Castile, which strikingly fits into the same time period.69.92.23.64 (talk) 17:53, 23 February 2010 (UTC)Ronald L. Hughes

Note no. 30
Note no. 30 reads: Wilson, Edward. "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the Stanley Family of Stanley, Storeton, and Hooton." The Review of English Studies. (August 1979) 30.119 pgs. 308-316.

What does the 30.119 after (August 1979) mean? --Bob Collowân (talk) 19:32, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Vol 30, Iss 119. Wrad (talk) 21:50, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Great, thank you. --Bob Collowân (talk) 10:54, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:The Green Knight (film) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 22:21, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

Really?
" In the Celtic tradition, green was avoided in clothing for its superstitious association with misfortune and death. "

I've never heard of this before 2600:1017:B02B:6281:9823:8F6C:10F7:C6DD (talk) 20:22, 21 April 2022 (UTC)