Green Knight of the story turns him green. He tests Moses three times by doing seemingly evil acts, which are eventually revealed to be noble deeds to prevent greater evils or reveal great goods. Both the Arthurian Green Knight and Al-Khidr serve as teachers to holy and upright men (Gawain/Moses), who thrice tested their faith and obedience. It has been suggested that the character of the Green Knight may be a literary descendant of Al-Khidr, brought to Europe with the Crusaders and blended with Celtic and Arthurian imagery. The beheading game appears in a number of tales, the earliest being the Middle
Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn Lancelot over Guinevere and the war between Arthur and his son Mordred ending in the death of Arthur and the end of an age. Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn Guinevere: The Legend of Autumn is a 1993 novel by Persia Woolley. It is the third book of the Guinevere trilogy. The novel relates the events of the Arthurian legend in first-person perspective from the point of view of Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur. Beginning with Guinevere reflecting while imprisoned before being burnt at the stake for her affair with Lancelot, Guinevere retells the quest of the Holy Grail, the