![]() Sir Galahad. Image by George Frederic Watts, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
The GalahadsGalahad Galahad Character in Arthurian legend For other uses, see Galahad (disambiguation). Not to be confused with the half-giant Arthurian knight Galehaut. Galahad (/ˈɡæləhæd/), sometimes referred to as Galeas (/ɡəˈliːəs/) or Galath (/ˈɡæləθ/), among other versions of his name (originally Galaad, Galaaz, or Galaaus[1]), is the prime achiever of the Holy Grail in the cyclical prose tradition of the Arthurian legend in which the teenage Galahad is the greatest knight of King Arthur's Round Table. A Christ-like figure, Galahad is an illegitimate son of Lancelot and Elaine of Corbenic after the latter raped the former through deception, belonging to the lineage of the Grail kings and descended from Biblical figures. Eventually, immediately after completing the Grail Quest, and while still… (Source: Wikipedia)
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