Chat with us, powered by LiveChat Just as the Pentangle signifies five things about Gawain, it also represents the five times Gawain is tested. What are the tests? Medieval people believed that numbers had great significance - Writeden

Just as the Pentangle signifies five things about Gawain, it also represents the five times Gawain is tested. What are the tests? Medieval people believed that numbers had great significance, especially as they related to religion. Medieval Number Symbolism, especially pages 114-35, can help with this question.