Throughout the more or less recent history of this rockin’ country and abroad, we have been blessed with many larger than life heroes. More often than not these heroes don colorful or fearsome costumes. A super hero “cult favorite” (or something like that) seems to have developed around the color green. Now you may be asking yourself, “Green?! What kind of color scheme is that?” And to tell you the truth, I don’t know. Enumerated among the ranks of green heroes are many surprisingly cool heroes, such as The Incredible Hulk, the Green Lantern, the super-cool and totally awesome Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the mysterious, yet cool sounding Martian Manhunter, and the Jolly Green Giant (…maybe). Another such character comes straight out of British Arthurian legend. A daring knight, dubbed only as ‘The Green Knight,’ challenges King Arthur and any other knight who wishes in a beheading contest. Contrary to the laws of common sense and logic, King Arthur and his fellow madman, Sir Gawain, take the challenge. Being the knightly type, the Green Knight allows Sir Gawain to take the first shot. Ironically, Sir Gawain Severs the Knight’s neck with a single swipe. But this didn’t seem to hurt the Green Knight too much, as he promptly picked himself up, picked up his head, and told Gawain to show up at his castle in a year and a day (probably to give his head a little bit of re-attaching time), if Gawain wasn’t too afraid to carry out the challenge. Being the knight that he is, Gawain shows up for the fight on time, but he is unexpectedly tempted by the Knight’s wife. While admirably fending off her advances, she makes an offer that any sensible person would have taken (aside from not taking the challenge to begin with). She offers Sir Gawain her green sash that makes him invincible, and ultimately saves his life when the Green Knight attempts to behead him for getting all up on his wife and not telling him about it.
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