Sir Percival

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Sir Percival is a legendary knight of King Arthur’s Round Table, best known for his role in the quest for the Holy Grail in Arthurian romance.

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Sir Percival canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian legendary figure ⓘ
Knight of the Round Table ⓘ
affiliation King Arthur ⓘ
appearsIn Chrétien de Troyes’ unfinished poem "Perceval, le Conte du Graal" ⓘ
Middle Welsh tale "Peredur son of Efrawg" (as Peredur, a related figure) ⓘ
linked to: Mabinogion

The Vulgate Cycle (Lancelot-Grail cycle) ⓘ
linked to: Vulgate Cycle

Thomas Malory’s "Le Morte d’Arthur" ⓘ
linked to: Le Morte d'Arthur

Wolfram von Eschenbach’s "Parzival" ⓘ
associatedWith Camelot ⓘ
Fisher King ⓘ
Grail Castle ⓘ
Holy Grail ⓘ
King Arthur ⓘ
Sir Bors the Younger ⓘ
linked to: Sir Bors

Sir Galahad ⓘ
basedIn Britain (legendary setting) ⓘ
linked to: Britain (legendary)
characterTrait chaste (in many versions) ⓘ
courageous ⓘ
naive ⓘ
pure-hearted ⓘ
culture medieval European literature ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
inspiredBy possibly earlier Welsh hero Peredur (scholarly hypothesis) ⓘ
literaryPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
medium medieval romance literature ⓘ
memberOf Round Table ⓘ
mentor Gornemant (in some versions, knightly tutor) ⓘ
nameVariant Parzival ⓘ
linked to: Perceval

Perceval ⓘ
Peredur ⓘ
notableFor Arthurian romance ⓘ
linked to: Arthurian legend

quest for the Holy Grail ⓘ
occupation knight ⓘ
quest Holy Grail ⓘ
healing of the Fisher King (in some versions) ⓘ
raisedIn seclusion in the wilderness (in many versions) ⓘ
relative Aglovale (in some versions, brother) ⓘ
Dindrane (in some versions, sister) ⓘ
King Pellinore (in some versions, father) ⓘ
linked to: King Pellinore

Lamorak (in some versions, brother) ⓘ
religion Christianity (legendary context) ⓘ
roleInGrailQuest companion of Galahad and Bors in some versions ⓘ
one of the principal Grail knights ⓘ
sometimes achiever of the Grail (depending on version) ⓘ
theme innocence and experience ⓘ
redemption through faith ⓘ
spiritual enlightenment ⓘ
tradition Arthurian legend ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Matter of Britain → hasKeyCharacter → Sir Percival ⓘ
Sir Bors → coAchieverOfHolyGrailWith → Sir Percival ⓘ
Corbenic → visitedBy → Sir Percival ⓘ
Round Table of Camelot → associatedWith → Sir Percival ⓘ
subject linked to: mythical Round Table of Camelot