Be prepared to perform what you promised, Gawain
Seek faithfully till you find me A New Year s feast at King Arthur s court is interrupted by the appearance of a gigantic Green Knight, resplendent on horseback.
The following winter.
Sir Gawain accepts the challenge and decapitates the Knight but the mysterious warrior cheats death and vanishes, bearing his head with him.
He challenges any one of Arthur s men to behead him, provided that if he survives he can return the blow a year later.
Be prepared to perform what you promised, Gawain
Seek faithfully till you find me A New Year s feast at King Arthur s court is interrupted by the appearance of a gigantic Green Knight, resplendent on horseback