The Fisher King

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The Fisher King

• by
• Vernique Sibert
• Dalton Turman
• and
• Haley Smith

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History
The Fisher King first appears in Chrétien de
Troyes' Perceval. In this story neither his
father or his wound are described. Also, the
item is never called the holy grail in this
story, because the story was in no way associated
with Christ until Robert de Boron suggested
it. The grail is the only way the kings wound
can be healed.
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Book Titles Authors

• Chrètian de Troyes
• Ronan Coghlan
• Roger Sherman Loomis
• Robert de Boron
• Wolfram von Eschenbach
• Thomas Mallory

• Perceval, the Story of the Grail
• Encyclopedia of Arthurian Legends
• The Grail From Celtic Myth to Christian Symbol
• Joseph dArimathie
• Parzival
• Le Morte dArthur

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Role in Legends

• The central role that the fisher king plays in
  the majority of the legends is using the grail to
  catch Jesus blood.
• There are a few other things hes credited with
  such as the birth of Galahad, giving the severed
  head to Percival on a platter, and catching the
  fish that is eaten at the grail table.

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Quests

• The Fisher King rarely went on quests
• because of his injury, which was given to
• him by Sir Balin, making him the wound
• king.

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Source List

• www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fisher_king
• www.uidaho.edu/student_orgs/arthurian_legend/grail
  /fisher