Duke Gilain

Role: duke · First appears: Chapter 12 · Part 1

Life events

• Tristan defeats Urgan and cuts off the giant’s hand.(Chapter 12 · Part 1 · 📍 Wales)
  • With: Tristan Urgan
  • “and they fought hard and long, till courage conquered strength, and Tristan, having cut off the giant’s hand, bore it back to the Duke.”
• Duke Gilain gives Tristan the fairy dog as his promised reward.(Chapter 12 · Part 1 · 📍 Wales)
  • With: Tristan
  • “‘Friend,’ said the Duke, ‘take it, then, but in taking it you take away also all my joy.’”

Chapter 12 · Part 1

• with Tristan (Duke Gilain rewards Tristan with the fairy dog.) “And ‘Sire,’ said he, ‘since I may choose a reward according to your word, give me the little fairy dog. It was for that I conquered Urgan, and your promise stands.’ ‘Friend,’ said the Duke, ‘take it, then, but in taking it you take away also all my joy.’”
• friends with Tristan “‘Friend,’ said the Duke, ‘take it, then, but in taking it you take away also all my joy.’”
• with Tristan (Tristan performed the deed in order to claim Duke Gilain’s promised reward.) “And ‘Sire,’ said he, ‘since I may choose a reward according to your word, give me the little fairy dog. It was for that I conquered Urgan, and your promise stands.’”

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Extracted from the original text of The Romance of Tristan and Iseult. Made with Rho MD.