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Gender Masculine
Usage Arthurian Cycle
Meaning & History
Beacurs is the name of Gawain’s younger brother in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival. Beacurs is implied to be a Knight of the Round Table. Beacurs takes on the part of Gawain's protect which in Chrétien de Troyes’ Perceval (romance) is assigned to Agravain. But Wolfram seems to assign more respect to Beacurs than is traditional to Agravain. The name Beacurs appears to represent French Beau-corps (‘Fair-body’). Sir Thomas Malory’s “Le Morte d'Arthur” tells a tale of Gawain's brother Gareth in which Gareth is given the nickname Beaumains (‘Fair-hands’), and Gareth uses this name while he conceals his true identity.