Gawain is known by different names and variants in different languages. The character corresponds to the Welsh Gwalchmei ap Gwyar, and is known in Latin as Walwen, Gualguanus, Waluanus, etc.; in French as Gauvain; in German as Gawein, Gawan, Walewein, etc.; in Italian as Galvagin and Galvano, and in English as Gawain.The later forms are generally assumed to derive from the Welsh Gwalchmei.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Middle English Sir Gawayn and þe Grene Knyȝt) is a late 14thcentury Middle English chivalric romance.It is one of the best known Arthurian stories, with its plot combining two types of folk motifs, the beheading game and the exchange of winnings. Written in stanzas of alliterative verse, each of which ends in a rhyming bob and wheel, it draws on Welsh ...
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