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

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.