Yvain, the Knight of the Lion
A knight rides to a spring in the forest of Broceliande, pours water on its stone to raise a storm, kills the lord who comes out to answer it, and then talks his way into the widow's bed with her maid's help. Gawain draws him back onto the tournament circuit for a year he loses count of, and the withdrawal of his wife's favour drives him naked into the woods; what starts him back is a lion he rescues from a serpent. Chrétien composed it alongside the Lancelot, and each poem refers to the other's plot as though both were going on at the same time.
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- companion to ↑ Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart
- shares sources with ↑ The Mabinogion
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