‘Bi þat watz Gryngolet grayth and gurde with a sadel’: Characterizing Gringolet in Old French and Middle English Romances

Abstract

Abstract: While the development and changes of Gawain’s character is of considerable interest to Arthurian scholars, Gringolet—the famous mount associated with him—receives comparatively less attention. Scholars should consider Gringolet a character himself and moreover, attend to the fact that his characterization changes through different romances, much like Gawain’s own.