Sir Galahad, Knight of the Round Table

Mural depicting Sir Galahad on horseback, carrying a flag. Sir Galahad, in Arthurian legend, is a knight of King Arthur's Round Table and one of the three achievers of the Holy Grail. He is the illegitimate son of Lancelot and Elaine of Corbenic, and is renowned for his gallantry and purity. All of the Knights of the Round Table set out to find the Grail. Galahad for the most part travels alone, smiting his enemies, rescuing Sir Percival from twenty knights and saving maidens in distress. After many adventures, Sir Galahad presents himself at the court of King Pelles and Eliazar, his son. These men are very holy and they bring Galahad into a room where he is finally allowed to see the Holy Grail. Galahad is asked to take the vessel to the holy city of Sarras. After seeing the grail, Galahad makes request that he may die at the time of his choosing. He is visited by Joseph of Arimathea, and thus experiences such glorious rapture that he makes his request to die. Angels take Galahad to heaven; an ascension witnessed by Sir Bors and Perceval. While it is not explicit that The Holy Grail is never to be seen again on earth, it is stated (in Le Morte D'Arthur) that there has since then been no knight capable of obtaining the Sangraal. Mural created by Edwin Austin Abbey, 1902.

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