# Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — Character guide

> Key figures in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Anonymous.

- [Sir Gawain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_gawain_and_the_green_knight_se/characters/sir_gawain.md): Arthur's courteous nephew, who takes up the Green Knight's monstrous dare when no other knight will, binding his honor to a blow he must one day repay.
- [The Green Knight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_gawain_and_the_green_knight_se/characters/the_green_knight.md): A giant stranger who rides into Camelot's Christmas feast glowing all over green, offering a deadly game of blows that no knight dares refuse.
- [King Arthur](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_gawain_and_the_green_knight_se/characters/king_arthur.md): Camelot's stalwart liege, who will not eat at a feast until some marvel of chivalry or knight-errantry has been told or dared before him.
- [Morgan le Fay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_gawain_and_the_green_knight_se/characters/morgan_le_fay.md): Arthur's half-sister, a sorceress whose hidden hand shapes the marvel that rides into Camelot's hall, testing the Round Table's pride.
- [Bertilak de Hautdesert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_gawain_and_the_green_knight_se/characters/bertilak_de_hautdesert.md): A hearty lord whose castle offers Gawain shelter and a strange exchange of winnings, while his hunting parties range the winter woods outside.
- [Lady Bertilak](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_gawain_and_the_green_knight_se/characters/lady_bertilak.md): The lord's beautiful wife, whose courteous attentions in the private chamber press Gawain's chivalry and chastity to their limits.
- [Queen Guinevere](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_gawain_and_the_green_knight_se/characters/queen_guinevere.md): Arthur's queen, present at the New Year's feast in Camelot.
- [Gringolet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_gawain_and_the_green_knight_se/characters/gringolet.md): Gawain's loyal horse, which he rides on his quest.
- [Bishop Baldwin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_gawain_and_the_green_knight_se/characters/bishop_baldwin.md): A bishop present at Arthur's court during the feast.
- [Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_gawain_and_the_green_knight_se/characters/christ.md): Referenced in oaths and prayers by characters in the poem.
- [Cuchulinn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_gawain_and_the_green_knight_se/characters/cuchulinn.md): Mythical Irish hero mentioned in the poem.
- [Gath](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_gawain_and_the_green_knight_se/characters/gath.md): A biblical or legendary figure briefly mentioned.

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