Titurel

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Titurel is a legendary Grail king in Arthurian and Grail literature, often depicted as the original guardian of the Holy Grail and ancestor to later Grail knights.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Titurel canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian character ⓘ
Grail king ⓘ
legendary king ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn Arthurian literature ⓘ
linked to: Arthurian legend

Grail literature ⓘ
linked to: Holy Grail legends

Parzival ⓘ
Titurel (poem) ⓘ
associatedWith Amfortas ⓘ
Holy Grail ⓘ
Knights of the Grail ⓘ
Parzival ⓘ
child Frimutel ⓘ
createdBy Wolfram von Eschenbach ⓘ
culture Arthurian tradition ⓘ
linked to: Arthurian legend

medieval German literature ⓘ
depictedAs aged ruler ⓘ
pious king ⓘ
familyRole ancestor of Grail knights ⓘ
ancestor of Parzival ⓘ
grandfather of Parzival ⓘ
genre medieval romance character ⓘ
influenced later Grail king portrayals ⓘ
languageOfWork Middle High German ⓘ
mythologicalContext Christianized chivalric myth ⓘ
narrativeFunction founder of the Grail dynasty ⓘ
link between divine Grail mystery and human knights ⓘ
relatedWork Wagner’s Parsifal ⓘ
linked to: Parsifal
religiousRole guardian of sacred relic ⓘ
residence Grail castle ⓘ
linked to: Grail Castle

Munsalvaesche ⓘ
role original guardian of the Holy Grail ⓘ
roleInWagnerParsifal father of Amfortas ⓘ
former Grail king ⓘ
spouse Richoude ⓘ
symbolism continuity of sacred tradition through lineage ⓘ
ideal of divinely sanctioned kingship ⓘ
timeOfOrigin 13th-century literature ⓘ
title Grail King ⓘ
first Grail King ⓘ
linked to: Fisher King

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Parsifal → character → Titurel ⓘ
Amfortas → father → Titurel ⓘ
The Grail Knights → foundedBy → Titurel ⓘ
The Grail Knights → hasMember → Titurel ⓘ