A life on the record,
dated by its sources.
Roles, not beliefs
Family
The family of Gawain
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 7
Kinship in an account 6
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Family 1
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching
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Texts
In the texts
Works this figure appears in. A work’s date is the source’s, not this figure’s.
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Written 1485 CELe Morte d'Arthur
1485 reworking of existing tales about King Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory -
Written c. 1203 CEIwein
Middle High German Arthurian romance by Hartmann von Aue -
Four Branches of the Mabinogi ↗
Has references -
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ↗
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Wigalois ↗
Has references
Also in films, games and series: Unidentified Flying Oddball
Sources
Sources and evidence
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12 statements on this record
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