And the challenge lasting three nights?

Three days has a lunar significance, interesting when we think of Gawain as a solar hero. The moon is dark and unseen for three nights and is in its “hag” aspect.
Gawain is tempted and three times resists (well, almost!) – A reminder that we should not get too carried away and rely, solely, on instinct/bodymind [...]

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and the Green Knight?

In some respects I see The characters of Gawain and the Green Knight as aspects of the one psyche. They too, like Gawain and Arthur, can be seen in terms of Summer/Winter Kings and it is, obviously, a mythology concerned with the natural cycle of the yearly round, but what does the behaeding aspect wish [...]

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Gawain and the Green Knight

Gawain and the Green Knight is a fascinating tale, full of esoteric lessons. A similar story is found in Irish mythology: This pre-dates
the Gawain version and is, probably, the source from which Gawain and the Green Knight derives.
Apart from the Green Knight version, other variants exist ; notably, Sir Gawain and the Carl of Carlisle [...]

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