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- Fisher_King abstract "In Arthurian legend, the Fisher King, or the Wounded King, is the latest in a long line charged with keeping the Holy Grail. Versions of his story vary widely, but he is always wounded in the legs or groin and incapable of moving on his own. The location of the wound is of great importance to the legend. In most medieval stories, the mention of a wound in the groin or more commonly the "thigh" (such as the wounding of the ineffective suitor in Lanval from The Lais of Marie de France) is a euphemism for the physical loss of or grave injury to one's "manhood" (quite literally, the penis). In medieval time, acknowledging the actual type of wound was considered to have robbed a man of his dignity; thus, the use of the substitute terms groin or thigh, although any good medieval listener or reader would have known exactly the real nature of the wound. Not surprisingly, such a wound was considered worse than actual death as it signaled the end of a man's ability to function in his primary purpose--the wielder of said part to propagate his line which then, in the instance of the Fisher King, negates his ability to honor his sacred charge with respect to the Grail. In the Fisher King legends, not only does he become impotent and unable to keep his task himself, but he also becomes unable to provide for a next generation to do so and his kingdom suffers as he does, his impotence affecting the fertility of the land and reducing it to a barren Wasteland. Little is left for him to do but fish in the river near his castle Corbenic and wait for someone who might be able to heal him. Not surprisingly, said healing would involve the expectation of the use of magic. Knights travel from many lands to heal the Fisher King, but only the chosen can accomplish the feat. This is Percival in earlier stories; in later versions, he is joined by Galahad and Bors.Confusingly, many works have two wounded Grail Kings who live in the same castle, a father and son (or grandfather and grandson). The more seriously wounded father stays in the castle, sustained by the Grail alone, while the more active son can meet with guests and go fishing. For the purposes of clarity in the remainder of this article, where both appear, the father will be called the Wounded King, the son the Fisher King.".
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- Fisher_King wikiPageRevisionID "604937793".
- Fisher_King hasPhotoCollection Fisher_King.
- Fisher_King noFootnotes "February 2014".
- Fisher_King refimprove "May 2010".
- Fisher_King subject Category:Arthurian_characters.
- Fisher_King subject Category:Holy_Grail.
- Fisher_King subject Category:Mythological_kings.
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- Fisher_King comment "In Arthurian legend, the Fisher King, or the Wounded King, is the latest in a long line charged with keeping the Holy Grail. Versions of his story vary widely, but he is always wounded in the legs or groin and incapable of moving on his own. The location of the wound is of great importance to the legend.".
- Fisher_King label "Fischerkönig".
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- Fisher_King label "Król Rybak".
- Fisher_King label "Le Roi pêcheur".
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- Fisher_King wasDerivedFrom Fisher_King?oldid=604937793.
- Fisher_King isPrimaryTopicOf Fisher_King.