Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from the Green Knight to meet him in a year's time at the Green Chapel to receive a return blow from an axe for striking the first blow against the Green Knight. During his journey to the Green Chapel, Sir Gawain stays with Lord Bertilak and his wife tries to seduce him three nights in a row. On the appointed day at the Green Chapel, Sir Gawain meets the Green Knight and receives a slight nick on the neck from the axe as a sign of his failure to be completely honest during his stay with Lord Bertilak.
Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from the Green Knight to meet him in a year's time at the Green Chapel to receive a return blow from an axe for striking the first blow against the Green Knight. During his journey to the Green Chapel, Sir Gawain stays with Lord Bertilak and his wife tries to seduce him three nights in a row. On the appointed day at the Green Chapel, Sir Gawain meets the Green Knight and receives a slight nick on the neck from the axe as a sign of his failure to be completely honest during his stay with Lord Bertilak.
Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from the Green Knight to meet him in a year's time at the Green Chapel to receive a return blow from an axe for striking the first blow against the Green Knight. During his journey to the Green Chapel, Sir Gawain stays with Lord Bertilak and his wife tries to seduce him three nights in a row. On the appointed day at the Green Chapel, Sir Gawain meets the Green Knight and receives a slight nick on the neck from the axe as a sign of his failure to be completely honest during his stay with Lord Bertilak.