Green Chapel

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The Green Chapel is the mysterious, remote site in the Arthurian poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" where Sir Gawain must meet the Green Knight to fulfill their beheading-game pact.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Green Chapel canonical 2
the Green Chapel 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location ⓘ
literary setting ⓘ
appearsIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Green Knight ⓘ
Sir Gawain ⓘ
linked to: Gawain
associatedWithEvent Gawain’s final trial ⓘ
fulfillment of beheading-game pact ⓘ
associatedWithTheme chivalric testing ⓘ
honor and integrity ⓘ
the supernatural ⓘ
trial and judgment ⓘ
countryOfOriginContext England ⓘ
culturalContext Arthurian romance tradition ⓘ
medieval English literature ⓘ
describedAs mysterious ⓘ
natural cave-like hollow ⓘ
overgrown ⓘ
remote ⓘ
wild ⓘ
environment covered with grass and vegetation ⓘ
rugged landscape ⓘ
firstAppearanceDateApproximate late 14th century ⓘ
hasGenreContext alliterative revival literature ⓘ
chivalric romance ⓘ
hasRole meeting place of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
site of beheading game conclusion ⓘ
languageOfWorkContext Middle English ⓘ
locatedInFictionalUniverse Arthurian legend ⓘ
mediumOfOrigin poetry ⓘ
narrativeFunction climactic setting ⓘ
testing ground for knightly virtue ⓘ
nearFictionalLocation Bertilak’s castle ⓘ
linked to: Bertilak's castle
ownedByInNarrative Green Knight ⓘ
partOfWork Middle English alliterative poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
perceivedAsByCharacters haunted or uncanny place ⓘ
relatedMotif beheading game ⓘ
exchange of blows ⓘ
quest fulfillment ⓘ
religiousConnotation parodic or subversive chapel ⓘ
symbolizes boundary between civilization and wilderness ⓘ
confrontation with truth ⓘ
intersection of Christian and pagan elements ⓘ
place of judgment ⓘ
terrainType valley or hollow ⓘ
timeOfKeyEvent New Year’s Day ⓘ
visitedBy Sir Gawain ⓘ
linked to: Gawain

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Green Knight → journeyDestination → Green Chapel ⓘ
Bertilak's castle → connectedNarrativelyTo → the Green Chapel ⓘ
linked to: Green Chapel
Lord Bertilak → woundedAt → Green Chapel ⓘ