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¶ … Individualistic Quest
Despite the many differences between the different incarnations of the Grail quest, all of the Holy Grail quest narratives are essentially individualistic quest narratives, as defined by the historian of mythology Joseph Campbell. Both "Percival" and "Parzival" are defined by their uniqueness as individuals, from the rest of their knights, because of their upbringing in isolated circumstances, from the rest of the chivalric Round Table. And in the "Quest for the Holy Grail," Galahad is likewise isolated from the other knights because of his purity and removal from the earthly fray of sexual desire and worldly attainments. The hero is defined as a hero, not because he is part of his society, but because he is alien to his society. The hero embodies the values of his society, but they are values of either the past or future, such as the 'holy fool' of Percival/Parzival or the chaste monastic ideal of Galahad -- the individualistic hero does not embody the ideals of the current society's spiritually desolate present day.
In the last narrative of the "Quest for the Holy Grail," the Holy...
Joseph Campbell, in his lecture on the individualistic quest narrative of the Holy Grail stresses the following line: "They [Arthur's knights] agreed that all would go on this quest, but they thought it would be a disgrace to go forth in a group so each entered the forest at a point that he, himself, had chosen, where it was darkest and there was no path." The darkness of the world becomes a metaphorical parallel for the spiritual darkness all human beings dwell in, on earth, even while they struggle and search for the light of salvation, embodied in the form of the Holy Grail.
The contrast between the light-seeking individual and the corruptness of dark society is also seen in the saga of the hero Percival/Parzival. The heroes of the earlier incarnations of the healing Holy Grail narratives, although pure and holy men, and untouched by corrupting social mores of ambition, still go astray at the palace of the…
Works Cited
Campbell, Joseph. "Lectures: Individualistic Quest."
De Troyes, Christian. "Percival." The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Seventh edition. Volume 1.
"Parzival." The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Seventh edition. Volume 1.
"The Quest for the Holy Grail." The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Seventh edition. Volume 1.
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