The Perilous Bed

“This is the masculine experience of the feminine temperament: that it doesn’t quite make sense, but there it is. That’s the way it’s shifting this time, that’s the way it’s going that time. The trial is to hold on, be patient and don’t try to solve it. Just endure it, and then all the boons of beautiful womanhood will be yours.” J. Campbell on Gawain and The Perilous Bed that flings him around and is targeted by bolts and arrows.