Abstract
Perceval mistranslates a Welsh name meaning ‘pierced-knee’: connotations are physical impairment, infertility, and generational dissociation. The Fisher King episode has analogues in Welsh and Irish tales of an elderly king wounded by a domestic object in a maritime setting. A graal or fish platter would be a natural accompaniment. (WS)
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