The Lovely Appearance of Sir Gawain

"All colored green were the creature and his clothes. He spotted a very tight straight-coat that stuck to his sides. With a lovely mantle on top and a lining within. Whose fur clearly was trimmed with a facing that was fair...I swear, a gorgeous green: Both of the bosses on his belt and the brilliant, shiny stones that were elaborately arranged on the noble array of his saddle and on his own clothes spun from silk....With the gay, gaudy green and the gold interwoven on the hanging of his breast-band...The stirrups that he stood on, stained the same color..."


I find this passage to be an interesting description of Gawain sue to how much the story gasses him up.  I didn't think he actually was green or even had a ton of green accessories on him. This is also an incredibly long winded explanation in an attempt to explain how stoic and epic he is despite this being a ridiculous concept overall. In fact, this goes on for about two pages until we get back to the story again. I love this.

This was the image I had in my head the whole time