Fisher King

The Fisher King ( Old French roi peschierres ) is in legends of the Holy Grail of the guardian of the Grail. He was by Robert de Boron, a son of Veronica, sister of Joseph de Berimathie (Joseph of Arimathea ). In Chrétien de Troyes he is a maternal uncle of Perceval.

In Perlesvaus he is Josue, the son of Glais and brother Alain, the father of Perlesvaus ( Parzival ). His descendants are here Aminadap, Catheloys, Manaal, Lamborghini, Pelleams ( the lame king) and Pelles, who becomes the grandfather of Galahad by Lancelot.

Modern treatments

In T.S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land ( The Waste Land ) from 1922 also plays the Fisher King an important role.

In Terry Gilliam's The Fisher King ( The Fisher King ) in 1991, playing in New York, many other allusions in addition to the cited in the title story of the Fisher King in the Grail legends. The homeless former literature professor Parry (Robin Williams ) tells the cynical radio host Jack Lucas ( Jeff Bridges), the legend of the suffering Fisher King, who is rescued by the fool Parzival - a key to the plot of the film.