Siege Perilous

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Siege Perilous is the legendary vacant seat at King Arthur’s Round Table reserved for the knight destined to achieve the Holy Grail, ultimately filled by Sir Galahad.

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Label Occurrences
Siege Perilous canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian legend element ⓘ
legendary seat ⓘ
appearsIn Arthurian romances ⓘ
Le Morte d’Arthur ⓘ
linked to: Le Morte d'Arthur

Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
associatedWith Holy Grail ⓘ
King Arthur ⓘ
Round Table ⓘ
Sir Galahad ⓘ
belongsToTradition Christianized Arthurian tradition ⓘ
createdByTradition medieval French Arthurian writers ⓘ
culturalOrigin medieval European literature ⓘ
dangerTo unworthy knights ⓘ
dedicatedTo the future Grail hero ⓘ
filledInStoryBy Sir Galahad at Pentecost ⓘ
genre myth and legend ⓘ
hasProperty fatal to any unworthy knight who sits in it ⓘ
vacant until the coming of the Grail knight ⓘ
hasRoleInNarrative identifies the true Grail knight ⓘ
tests the worthiness of knights ⓘ
influenced later depictions of chosen or cursed thrones in fantasy literature ⓘ
inscribedWith Galahad’s name in some versions ⓘ
languageOfName Old French ⓘ
linkedToProphecy prophecy of the Grail knight ⓘ
locatedInFictional Camelot ⓘ
nameMeaning Perilous Seat ⓘ
narrativeFunction foreshadowing of Galahad’s destiny ⓘ
occupiedBy Sir Galahad ⓘ
partOf King Arthur’s Round Table ⓘ
relatedConcept Holy Grail quest ⓘ
chivalric purity ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
reservedBy Merlin ⓘ
reservedFor the knight destined to achieve the Holy Grail ⓘ
symbolizes divine election ⓘ
predestined success in the Grail quest ⓘ
purity ⓘ
timeOfOccupationInLegend after Galahad’s arrival at Camelot ⓘ
ultimatelyFilledBy Sir Galahad ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Sir Galahad → seatAtRoundTable → Siege Perilous ⓘ
Sir Galahad → destinedFor → Siege Perilous ⓘ