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The Green Knight: Kingship, Trial, and the Sacred Forest

By Peta Oakes (Gaelic Mac Dubhdara)
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$24.27
By Peta Oakes (Gaelic Mac Dubhdara)
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The Green Knight: Kingship, Trial, and the Sacred Forest explores one of the most enduring and mysterious figures of medieval legend.

In the deep forests of myth and memory, the Green Knight stands as a guardian of sacred law, seasonal renewal, and the ancient bond between kingship and the land.

Tracing the legendary world of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, this volume follows its roots beyond Arthurian romance into older traditions of the Green Man, sacred groves, oak and holly kings, ritua...