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The Fisher King
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| Sir Percivale failed to
ask three vital questions about the Fisher King causing the King unnecessary
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was a king encountered during the Quest for the Holy
Grail. He is sometimes, but not always, identified
with the Maimed King. He is called Pelles in the Vulgate Version, in which
the Maimed King is named Parlan or Pellam. In Manessier's Constitution we
are told he was wounded by fragments of a sword which had killed his brother,
Goon Desert. By Chretien we are told he could not ride as a result of his
infirmity, so he took to fishing as a pastime. Robert de Boron gives his
name as Bron and tells us he earned his title by providing fish for Joseph
of Arimathea. In Sone de Nausay he is identified with Joseph of Arimathea
himself. By Wolfram he is called Anfortas.
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