In a mighty castle stands the Round Table ; it is here that Galahad conquers the Siege Perilous, and where the knights see a vision of the Holy Grail and swear to find it.

The challenge of drawing a sword from a stone also appears in the Arthurian legends of Galahad, whose achievement of the task indicates that he is destined to find the Holy Grail.

Galahad, Bors, and Percival achieve the Grail.

Galahad, illegitimate son of Lancelot and Elaine, the world's greatest knight and the Grail Bearer at the castle of Corbenic, is destined to achieve the Grail, his spiritual purity making him a greater warrior than even his illustrious father.

* The Lancelot section of the vast Vulgate Cycle, which introduces the new Grail hero, Galahad.

* The Queste del Saint Graal, another part of the Vulgate Cycle, concerning the adventures of Galahad and his achievement of the Grail.

Another hero of the Grail quest, Sir Galahad ( a 13th-century literary invention of monks from St. Bernard's Cistercian Order ) was depicted bearing a shield with the cross of Saint George, similar to the Templars ' insignia: this version presented the " Holy " Grail as a Christian relic.

# religious chivalry, in which a knight's chief duty is to protect the innocent and serve God, as exemplified by Sir Galahad or Sir Percival in the Grail legends.

His pious sister had beheld the Grail and named Galahad her “ knight of heaven ”, declaring that he, too, would behold it.

Galahad, he says, will see the Grail, and perhaps Percivale and Lancelot also, but the other knights are better suited to physical service than spiritual.

Upon his return to court, Lancelot takes part in the Grail Quest with Percival and Galahad, though as an adulterer and a man minded of earthly honours that have come with his knightly prowess, he is only allowed a glimpse of the Grail itself.

It is instead his son, Galahad, who ultimately achieves the Grail to drink from ( along with Lancelot's nephew Sir Bors and Sir Perceval, the son of King Pellinore ).

Sir Galahad (; Middle Welsh: Gwalchavad, sometimes referred to as Galeas () or Galath (), in Arthurian legend, is a knight of King Arthur's Round Table and one of the three achievers of the Holy Grail.

Sir Galahad first appears in the Lancelot – Grail cycle, and his story is taken up in later works such as the Post-Vulgate Cycle and Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d ' Arthur.

The circumstances surrounding the conception of the boy Galahad are explained by Sir Thomas Malory and derive from the Lancelot-Grail cycle: Elaine, the daughter of King Pelles, the Grail King, uses magic to trick Sir Lancelot into thinking that she is Queen Guinevere, whom Lancelot loves.

Merlin prophesies that Galahad will surpass his father in valour and be successful in his search for the Holy Grail.

Sir Galahad is then brought to King Arthur's court at Camelot during Pentecost, where he is accompanied by a very old knight who immediately leads him over to the Round Table and unveils his seat at the Siege Perilous, an unused chair that has been kept vacant for the sole person who will accomplish the quest of the Holy Grail.

Sir Galahad is promptly invited to become a Knight of the Round Table, and soon afterwards, King Arthur's court witnesses an ethereal vision of the Holy Grail.

These men are very holy and they bring Galahad into a room where he is finally allowed to see the Holy Grail.

The story of Sir Galahad and his quest for the Holy Grail is a relatively late addition to the Arthurian legend.

Perhaps it was because King Arthur and the established knights of his kingdom were not deemed to be fit enough for such a holy endeavour, that Sir Galahad was introduced to redeem King Arthur and his knights, and to show that there was one knight alone who was worthy to achieve the quest for the Holy Grail.

" Sir Galahad corrects him, shouting " Three, sir !".

* I will name him Galahad.

She tricks him into believing that she is Queen Guinevere, and he sleeps with her, and the ensuing pregnancy results in the birth of Galahad.

Upon reaching adulthood, Galahad is reunited with his father Sir Lancelot, who knights him.

Sir Galahad survives this test, witnessed by King Arthur who, upon realizing the greatness of this new knight, leads him out to the river where a sword lies in a stone with an inscription reading “ Never shall man take me hence but only he by whose side I ought to hang ; and he shall be the best knight of the world .” ( The embedding of a sword in a stone is also an element of the legends of Arthur's original sword, The sword in the stone.

) Galahad accomplishes this test with ease, and King Arthur swiftly proclaims him to be the greatest knight ever.

It is Sir Galahad who takes the initiative to begin the search for the Grail ; the rest of the knights follow him.

While in a specific sense, this " purity " refers to chastity, Galahad appears to have lived a generally sinless life, like Jesus Christ, and so as a result, he lives and thinks on a level entirely apart from the other knights around him.

De Beverly says that “ High God was urging him to this ”; he claims that God is behind the union of Lancelot and Elaine because He knows that from it Galahad will be born.

When Galahad arrives at the court, Guinevere is upset with Lancelot because he does not want to be her lover anymore and she takes an interest in the young knight, persuading him to go above and beyond regular knightly duties.

Galahad's conception is later glossed by Malory: " And so by enchantment won the love of Sir Lancelot, and certainly she loved him again passing well .” Galahad was conceived for the divine purpose of seeking the Holy Grail.

Galahad, in the Lancelot-Grail cycle and in Malory's retelling, is exalted above all the other knights ; he is the one worthy enough to have the Holy Grail revealed to him and to be taken into heaven.

* HMS Sir Galahad Three Royal Navy vessels named after him, including one lost in the Falklands War.

Underlines the influence of Guinevere on Galahad ’ s knightly training, which ultimately pushed him to exceed all others who surrounded him.

This text expresses how Galahad epitomized perfection in knightly-hood, the clear emulation of him by other knights and the truth behind his personal actions.

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Hank defeats him and seven others, including Galahad and Lancelot, using a lasso.

Guinevere is given to fits of jealousy and pettiness when she finds that Lancelot has shown any degree of affection toward another woman, regardless of the situation ( e. g., the enchantment that caused him to sire Galahad ).

But though his role in the romances had been diminished, Percival remained a major character and was one of only two knights ( the other was Sir Bors ) who accompanied Galahad to the Grail castle and completed the quest with him.

He tries to get back in with Lord Tilbury by stealing Galahad Threepwood's reminiscences, but is scuppered by Percy Pilbeam ; he later takes revenge on Pilbeam, but repents and ends up paying him handsomely for the chance to work for his Detective Agency, the Argus, for a year.

Angry and sorrowful, Merlin accuses her of lying to him about the guardian of Camelot, but he realizes the Lady had meant Galahad instead of Lancelot.