Amfortas
noun
(in medieval legend) the leader of the knights of the Holy Grail
Historical Examples
He realises that the seductions aimed at him are those to which amfortas succumbed, and he bids the accursed sorceress begone.
Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas W. J. Henderson
Is the Grail, too, then turned into a mocking spirit to the unhappy amfortas?
Parsifal H. R. Haweis
It can not wound the guileless and pure one as it wounded the sinful amfortas.
Parsifal H. R. Haweis
“No, uncover it not,” cries amfortas, in a passion of despair.
Richard Wagner and his Poetical Work Judith Gautier
amfortas waves it to and fro—the knights gaze in ecstatic adoration.
Parsifal H. R. Haweis
Growing old, he has delegated his headship to his son amfortas.
The Opera R.A. Streatfeild
In her rage she discloses to Parsifal that it was Klingsor who wounded amfortas with the sacred spear.
Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas W. J. Henderson
The Fool, though guileless, has not been enlightened by pity to inquire the cause of amfortas’s wound.
Stories of the Wagner Opera H. A. Guerber
Shield-bearers and serving-brothers then enter, bearing the litter upon which amfortas lies.
Richard Wagner and his Poetical Work Judith Gautier
The cause of the maimed kings (amfortas) hurt is his having taken up arms in the cause of worldly and unlawful love.
Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail Alfred Nutt
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