In Sir Gawain, the Pentangle is also a reference to the virgin Mary and her five stages with Jesus. “There is great significance in the fact that the events in this poetry occur in multiples of three. Three times Gawain is tempted by the beautiful lady,... The Green Knight strikes Gawain three times... The meaning of all these three is that Christianity teaches the trilogy: the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit... The fact that the events take place in the count of three explains the…poet trying to connect this story and this passage to the Bible and biblical events” (Parkins). In Beowulf, the kingdom of the Geats was Christian and they prayed to God during the difficult and constant battle with the demon. Beowulf also mentioned that Jesus is Lord and
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