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In the alliterative poem The Awntyrs (“AHN-ters”) off Arthure, this knight and his riding companion Guinevere meet her mother’s ghost at Tarn Wadling. The otherworldly Inglewood Forest features in a group of “northern” romances named after this knight set mainly in Cumbria, including a poem in which he sleeps with the daughter of the Carle of Carlisle. In Le Morte d’Arthur, this knight accidentally kills a lady while trying to retrieve a white hart during the first quest of the Round Table, and his ghost later warns Arthur not to fight at Camlann. This knight fathers Gingalain, (10[1])sometimes known as the “Fair Unknown,” in a poem (-5[1])in which he marries the loathly lady Ragnelle. (10[2])This (10[1])knight returns (-5[1])to his host the kisses, (10[2])but not the protective (10[5])girdle, (10[2])that he (10[2])receives (10[1])from Lady Bertilak. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])name this nephew of Arthur who beheads the Green Knight. ■END■ (10[1])

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