sinful ways and unforgiving nature inadvertently lead to the fall of Arthur and the Round Table and, ultimately, his own death by Lancelot's hand.

Name

Gawain is known by different names and variants in different languages. The character corresponds to the Welsh Gwalchmei ap Gwyar (meaning "son of Gwyar"), or Gwalchmai, and throughout the Middle Ages was known in Latin as Galvaginus, Gualgunus (Gualguanus, Gualguinus), Gualgwinus, Walwanus (Walwanius),

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