Entertainment / Literature / Beheading Game: A motif from Celtic literature that appears in diverse works such as the Middle Irish Briciu's Feast and the Middle English Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, this situation is one, according to Marie Boroff, 'in which an unknown challenger proposes that one of a group of warriors volunteer to cut off his head, the stroke to be repaid in kind at some future date, the hero accepts this challenge, and at the crucial moment of reprisal is spared and praised for his courage' (See viii, Introduction to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Trans. Marie Boroff, NY: W. W. Norton Company, 1967.)
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Game Noun Synonyms: amusement, pastime, diversion, distraction, recreation, play, sport
Game Adjective Synonyms: gamble
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