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Here he meets the Green Knight with his ax. They prepare, but as the ax is dropping, Gawain flinches. The Green Knight stops, and says that this cannot be Sir Gawain, who was never afraid. The second time, Gawain does not move, but the Green Knight stops the blow in order to speak. The third time the ax passes by, only lightly cutting the side of Gawain s neck. Then the Green Knight begins to explain, that the first blow was for the first day, back in the castle, the second for the second, because then Gawain had kept his contract, but on the third day he failed, and therefore he was wounded. Sir Gawain is overwhelmed with shame. He confesses his fault, the Green Knight absolves him, and laughs, inviting him back to the castle. Gawain declines blaming women for tempting men, and prefers to leave, asking only for the girdle and the Green Knight’s name. Funny, it was not the woman that lied to the Green Knight and kept the belt. The Green Knight s name is Bercilak de Hautdesert, but explains that he owes everything to Morgan le Faye, the ugly old lady back in the castle. She sent him to frighten Guinevere. Such a feat just to frighten a queen, but I don t think it was Guinevere who was messing herself when the ax blade was swinging. Gawain returns to Camelot wearing the girdle as a sign of repentance and is very humiliated. The court hears his story, and takes the girdle as a general token of valor.In conclusion, my first impulse is to ask what is the moral of our story? Don t lie to a lord when his wife is trying to seduce you? Don t accept gifts from women who seduce you? Don t go on quests when the only likely reasoning for the strife is an old hag trying to scare a queen? Well, I do not know what the moral is, or even if there is to be one, but I know I enjoyed the reading.

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