51. Sir Gawain and Men's Mysteries (Part 5)

04/30/23 • 22 min

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight isn't just an old poem about chivalry and codes of honour, it also appears to be a meditation upon different types of masculinity. Which story about the sacred masculine is being told here?

In this fifth part of a long rangeing discussion between Dr Gwilym Morus-Baird and the poet and storyteller, Tom Hirons, we enter the final stages of our exploration.

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In this fifth part of a long rangeing discussion between Dr Gwilym Morus-Baird and the poet and storyteller, Tom Hirons, we enter the final stages of our exploration.

Courses on Celtic myth and folklore: https://celticsource.online/courses-page

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50. Sir Gawain and the Pagan Goddess

Dr Gwilym Morus-Baird and Tom Hirons venture into the pagan wilds of the English classic, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Many scholars have commented on the mixture of Christian and Pagan beliefs in the poem, but why did the anonymous author contrast the two types of belief so explicitly? The fourth part in the series. Courses on Celtic myth and folklore: https://celticsource.online/courses-page

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52. The Life of Stories (Part 6)

In this addendum to our long rangeing conversation about Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, poet and storyteller Tom Hirons talks about what brings some poems and stories to life.

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