As a child, the protagonist of this poetic work meets four knights in a forest, then embarks on a journey after his mother gave him some tattered clothing.
After asking a fisherman for shelter, this work's protagonist is taken to a castle whose largest room is lit with one hundred chandeliers and features one hundred canopies each with four knights on them. As a child, the protagonist of this poetic work meets four knights in a forest, then embarks on a journey after his mother gave him some tattered clothing. The title character's father once visited the kingdom of Zazamanch, which was besieged by an army of Negroes and an army of Scots to attack Belacne. The title character's mother, Herzelaide, lost her husband Gamuret in the opening pages of this work, who eventually sees his name etched on the holy grail. It was composed by the author of Titurel, who drew this poetic work off a story about the "knight of the grail" by Chretien des Troyes. For 10 points, name this long epic poem by Wolfram von Eschenbach, which inspired a Wagner opera.
After asking a fisherman for shelter, this work's protagonist is taken to a castle whose largest room is lit with one hundred chandeliers and features one hundred canopies each with four knights on them.
Parzival