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i think i found some information on the first galatine but i dont know what it means so if anybody understand this please tell. thank you

Every light casts a shadow. Excalibur is probably the most celebrated sword in Arthurian legend, since it was wielded by King Arthur. However, there is a sword from the Lady of the Lake that rivalled it in power, yet is often overlooked — Galatine. She gave Galatine to Gawain, one of the greatest Knights of the Round Table, to aid King Arthur in his reign.“Then Sir Gawaine was all abashed, and with Galatine his good sword he smote through shield and thick hauberk made of thick mails, and all to-rushed and break the precious stones, and made him a large wound, that men might see both liver and lung.”

Galatine is often seen as the ‘shadow to Excalibur’s light’. At the same time, its strength is said to be greatest when there is ample sunlight — since the sun is associated with justice and glory. Unfortunately, even with Galatine, Gawain was no match for the evil-doings of Mordred, and died while defending King Arthur’s throne from Mordred’s armies.