Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

late 14th-century Middle English chivalric romance
VisualArtwork literary_work Q756715
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
"Gawayin Poet", late 14th century · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Summary

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,976 views/month, #212 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight authored Pearl poet[3].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was published by University of Chicago Press[5].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's genre is chivalric romance[6].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's collection is recorded as British Library[7].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's Commons category is recorded as Gawain and the Green Knight[8].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's language of work or name is recorded as Middle English[9].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of England[10].
  • 1301 marks the founding of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight[11].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's characters is recorded as Green Knight[12].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's characters is recorded as Gawain[13].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's has edition or translation is recorded as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight[14].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's has edition or translation is recorded as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight[15].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's has edition or translation is recorded as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight[16].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's has edition or translation is recorded as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight[17].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's has edition or translation is recorded as Q115665799[18].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sir Gawayn and þe Grene Knyȝt'}[19].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's derivative work is recorded as Sword of the Valiant[20].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's derivative work is recorded as The Green Knight[21].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's narrative motif is recorded as magic girdle[22].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's narrative motif is recorded as magic girdle protects from all wounds[23].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's narrative motif is recorded as way to otherworld hard to find[24].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's narrative motif is recorded as church (chapel) in otherworld[25].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's narrative motif is recorded as green beard[26].
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's narrative motif is recorded as green chapel[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Poem[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 106b8247-2e23-4094-b2a6-23958055eb9c[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight authored Pearl poet[3]. It was published by University of Chicago Press[5].

Publication

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's language of work or name is recorded as Middle English[9]. Its genre is chivalric romance[6].

Why It Matters

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ranks in the top 0.75% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,976 views/month, #212 of 28,446).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Characters Green Knight, Gawain
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    Inception +1301-00-00T00:00:00Z
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