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282-Gawain: All Knight Long

Myths and Legends

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The Stepmother's Curse Was Not to Marry the Best Knight, but the Best Man

Dame ragnell is not mentioned anywhere in the legends of king arthur. The story to correct this has dame Ragnell died from illness just five years after her marriage to gawayne. Still, she lives on as a powerful character who was unapologetically herself and stood proudly when others told her to hide. She was a force of nature in arthur court, and the one true love of sir gawaine whose memory would stay with him until the day he would die for arthur and finally go to join her.

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