We're knights of the round table. We dance whene'er we're able. We do routines and chorus scenes With foothwork impeccable. We dine well here in camelot. We eat ham and jam and spam a lot We're knights of the rounds table. Our shows are formidable, But many times we're givin rhymes That are quite unsingable. We're opera mad in camelot. we sing from the diaphragm a lot. In war we're tough and able. Quite indefatigable. Between our quests we sequin vests and impersonate Clark Gable I have to push the pram a lot
3:50 Ahh, the classic pommel throw! The ultimate weapon of medieval times, and the best way to end your opponent rightly! Well played Crash Course, well played...
"Brave Sir Robin ran away, (No!) Bravely ran away, away. (I didn't) When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled. (No!) Yes Brave Sir Robin turned about, (I didn't) and gallantly he chickened out Bravely taking to his feet, he beat a very brave retreat. (I never did) Bravest of the brave, Sir Robin (I never!)" Did I miss this part of the story?
9:22 in most Arthurian legends the sword Arthur pulled from the stone was NOT Excalibur, that was given to him by the Lady of Lake well after the sword was pulled from the stone.
This episode is great. The comedy is really well done, and the stories are interesting. The stories in lots of the other episodes are interesting too, but I really like the script and delivery for this one.
So? Join them or stay out of the way. Easy, simple. Or do you take pride and derive pleasure from looking down at others because of their different preferences? In which case, stay and rejoice.
We're knights of the round table We dance whene'er we're able We do routines and chorus scenes With footwork impeccable. We dine well here in Camelot We eat ham and jam and spam a lot. We're knights of the Round Table Our shows are formidable But many times we're given rhymes That are quite unsingable We're opera mad in Camelot We sing from the diaphragm a lot. In war we're tough and able. Quite indefatigable Between our quests we sequin vests And impersonate Clark Gable It's a busy life in Camelot. SINGLE MAN I have to push the pram a lot.
The mysticism around the "Holy Grail" reminds me of Gilgamesh's quest for immortality and so meeting Utnapishtim. Just like in the Gilgamesh epic, there is an absence of understanding of the original story. It is the celebration in drinking the wine symbolizing his blood on the appointed day that gives you life not the cup itself. Also, it isn't called communion but Passover as it is the reality of the old covenant Passover. They wouldn't know this considering the actual regulation had been abolished and many Christians had to keep it in secret. As time goes on people distort these things for their own opinion but the scriptures on this hadn't changed.
OMG OMG OMG, I didn't know until you guys just posted the video but this is my FAVORITE Mythological story and I'm amped you guys did an episode on it!
'Legend of England'? Noo! Arthur is a Welsh hero and legends about him and his companions primarily come from the British tradition, culture and language - it's so sad when people forget this :(
Perceval learns a lesson about the _true_ meaning of...Good Friday? Okay, that's kinda hilarious. From now on, I'm imagining medieval Europe as having old-timey versions of those saccharine Christmas specials for every holiday in the Christian calendar.
Rubbish! Where are the Shrubberys? Where are the Killer Rabbits? Where is Tim and the Anarcho-syndicalist autonomous collective with Reg the peasant? It just isn't a grail quest without them!
De Havilland Vampire Yeah! Where is the French Taunting, the Black knight, Castle Antrax, The Knights who say Ni, The 3 headed man. Help help! They're being repressed.
Correct me if I'm wrong but Perceval seems to have a lot of blame placed on him for unjustified reasons- he only left his mother because he wanted to become a knight (which considering what happened to his siblings and being kept in ignorance for years, justifies his curiosity) , he was blamed for the death of the king by not asking about a grail he never heard of before then, his cousin he never knew existed imposed a quest on him which he happily accepted, and after 5 years of adventuring a hermit tells him that it is ultimately his fault. Poor guy. Great Video, CrashCourse.
Bravely bold Sir Robin, rode forth from Camelot. He was not afraid to die, o Brave Sir Robin. He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways. Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin! He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp, Or to have his eyes gouged out, and his elbows broken. To have his kneecaps split, and his body burned away, And his limbs all hacked and mangled, brave Sir Robin! His head smashed in and his heart cut out, And his liver removed and his bowels unplugged, And his nostrils ripped and his bottom burned off, And his penis--
Brave Sir Robin ran away.Bravely ran away away. When danger reared its ugly head, He bravely turned his tail and fled.Yes Brave Sir Robin turned about. And gallantly he chickened out Bravely taking to his feet. He beat a very brave retrat.Bravest of the brave Sir Robin
The Einzbern family unknowingly sabotage the grail since they summoned Angra Manyu during the 3rd grail war in original Fate. (Zero>Stay Night) (however that never happened in apocrypha because they summoned shirou amakusa instead)
5:47 It was but expected that the commandment to stay quiet wasn't going to be applicable everywhere and in all cases. I feel that irrespective of where we come from, the lack of generality in how we ought to respond to situations has been a recurring theme in our stories.
The one I would like to learn about is Bort 9:12. Why are we not talking about Bort? Who is Bort? Also, now I understand why Bort is more popular than Bart
Nice summary on an anthology of legends all swished around in a cup. If you ever get the chance, then watch the film Excalibur produced by John Boorman. Best wedding scene ever.
I like how Abrahamic religions are perceived as factually correct, whereas Slavic and Germanic pagan religions are considered to be some fairy tales despite the fact that the Abrahamic religions stole so many "ideas" from them.
"The Seat of Danger?" I was waiting for the "Siege Perilous" and I get "The Seat of Danger?"
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I feel like a few mistakes in this episode stem from repeating summaries and retellings, which can lead to an image that is very different from the original text. I _think_ it comes from Thury and Devinney's chapter on King Arthur? It's only a guess, since I could only find older edition of their book. Let's take the example of Perceval. I will not go into omissions -- after all, brevity is a requirment of this show ! -- but let's look at his meeting with the Fisher King. Around 4:50, Mike Rugnetta says "Percy finds out the king has been griveously wounded". What? What are you talking about? And the Thought Bubble portrays said King with a black eye, a bleeding eye and an open chest wound? This makes no sense! The King is indeed referred to as "roi maheignez" by Perceval's cousin (v. 3587, I will be using Poirion's edition at _La Pléiade_) which can be translated as "wounded king" or "maimed king", but he certainly wasn't wounded in between seeing Perceval at the river and welcoming him, nothing in the text says so, it is an _old_ wound. His wounds pertains to his legs and his inability to move. After the banquet, when comes the time to go to bed, he did indeed say : "Je n'ai nul pooir de mon cors / Si covandra que l'an m'an port" (vv. 3342-3343 ed. Poirion) which can be translated somewhat literally "I have no power over my body (i.e. I can't move my limbs) / someone will have to carry me [out]" and four "sergents" come along and do just that. His cousin tells what these wounds consist of "[…] Biau sire, / Rois est il, bien le vos os dire, Mes il fu an une bataille / Navrez et mahaigniez sanz faille Si que il aidier ne se pot. / Il fu feruz d'un javelot Par mi les hanches amedos / S'an est aüz si angoissos Qu'il ne puet a cheval monter. / Mes quant il se vialt deporter Ou d'aucun deduit antremetre / Si se fet an une nef metre Et vet peschant a l'ameçon : / Por ce li Rois Peschierre a non, Et por ce ensi se deduit / Qu'il ne porroit autre deduit Por rien sofrir ne andurer." (vv. 3507-3523 ed. Poirion p. 772) That is (again roughly translated) : "Fair lord, he is indeed a King, I can assure you, but he was wounded during a fight and was left disabled to the point he cannot move without help. He was hit by a javelin in between his legs [or: through both legs] and it left him with such pain he cannot ride on horseback anymore. But, when he wants to entertain himself, and have a little fun [_distraction_], he gets set in a boat to go fishing with a hook [that is with a fishing rod] ; hence his name of Fisher King. And if such is his way of having fun, it's because his condition doesn't allow him any other activity." In the original text, the Fisher King is in a boat in the middle of the river, fishing, sitting. Which makes sense and is explained, but the thought bubble portrays him _standing_ while fishing (at 4:37) which is neither faithful to the original text nor does it help reinforce the idea that he is _maimed_. (also him being in a boat might explain how he arrives at the castle before Perceval, if there is an aquatic shortcut!) That is a communication problem that I imagine to be inevitable, in the same way, in the grail procession (at 4:59 of the video, vv. 3190-3250 ed. Poirion for the text), there is actually _two_ young men carrying candelabras (and maybe more than one candelabra each), and the blood from the tip of the lance drips down along the staff, up to the hand of its carrier! But I'd argue those are details. (On the other hand Gornemant de Goorz being "a weird old man"? Come on!) And so Perceval's cousin tells him : "Ha ! Percevax maleüreus, / Com fus or mesavantureus, Qant tu tot ce n'as demandé / Que tant eüsses amandé Le boen roi qui est maheigniez / Que toz eüst regaaigniez Ses manbres et terre tenist. " (vv. 3583-3590 ed. Poirion p. 774) That is if I translate roughly following Poirion : "Ah, unfortunate Perceval! What misfortune for you that you didn't ask these questions, for you would have healed the good king that is disabled, he would have regained [control over] his limbs and [power over] his lands" Again, I feel that "dying king" (at 5:55) is an excessive translation! Admittedly, I don't know where it comes from but it doesn't seem to be a litteral one, and I don't see Perceval's cousin mentioning the power of the grail in the original text either. A problem we've pointed at before in another context : th-cam.com/video/igrsfx0sLpI/w-d-xo.html
Sorry to be pernickety, but I thought Excalibur was given to Arthur by the Lady of the Lake? The sword he pulled out of the stone was just a random sword
In one version that I've read it's basically this: Uther (King arthurs dad) recieves Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake. and upon Uthers death Merlin sticks the sword in the stone
N O D I G N I T Y I heard it thst Excalibur and Caliburn were different names for the same sword just at a different time period. The names are almost too similar to be different swords. EXcalibur and caliburN. Language was not standardized until much later so I assumed they were the same. The sword in the Stone I've heard called clarent though
Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
There are two stories of Arthur getting a sword - there's the one he pulls out of a stone, and there's the one that he is given by the Lady of the Lake. There are also two stories of him losing a sword - the better known one is the one where, dying on the field at Camlann, he asks Bedevere to cast the sword into the nearby lake, where it's caught by the Lady and Arthur is free to be taken to Avalon for medical assistance. The other is of Arthur, as a young king, attempting to use his magic sword unjustly, causing it to shatter. Some versions have all 4 of those stories; some only have one or two; some link the two swords and have the shattered blade be renewed as Excalibur of the Lake. There's not really a consistent narrative. The one constant is that Arthur's sword is special - both in origin and nature - though the details vary.
Gilgamesh and King Arthur met each other in two Holy Grail Wars
Well, that's Fate
Did you really miss the chance at saying, "Percival wasn't the sharpest lance of the lot"! Really!?
Thank you. I thought it was coming, but nope.
Your profile pic was my response to your Joke 😑😁
hahah
Well,
1. The story isn't about Lancelot
2. It's not Lance of the lot, it's Lancelot
3. Ur mom gay
@@Anti-HyperLink you too aren't the sharpest lance of the lot, are you?
We're knights of the round table.
We dance whene'er we're able.
We do routines and chorus scenes
With foothwork impeccable.
We dine well here in camelot.
We eat ham and jam and spam a lot
We're knights of the rounds table.
Our shows are formidable,
But many times we're givin rhymes
That are quite unsingable.
We're opera mad in camelot.
we sing from the diaphragm a lot.
In war we're tough and able.
Quite indefatigable.
Between our quests we sequin vests and impersonate Clark Gable
I have to push the pram a lot
On second thought , let's not go to Camelot. 'Tis a silly place.
@@recon441 Indeed, such foolishness should be avoided.
Fun fact: depending on when in history you ask, a "grail" is either a cup, a bowl, a plate, or a rock.
Pfhorrest A rock?
An incandescent rock.
That's not false.
Darcy: a flat rock makes a primitive plate; a curved plate makes shallow bowl; a tall, narrow bowl makes a cup.
It means they are all homeomorphic
The question that they should have ask
"African swallow or European swallow"
A swallow can't carry a coconut anyways.
Well, as soon as I get head from one of them (and in general), I'll let you know.
3:50 Ahh, the classic pommel throw!
The ultimate weapon of medieval times, and the best way to end your opponent rightly!
Well played Crash Course, well played...
TheFilthyCasual You forgot the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
+Laura
One can actually use that in the Worms videogame series... ;D
"Brave Sir Robin ran away, (No!) Bravely ran away, away. (I didn't)
When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled. (No!) Yes
Brave Sir Robin turned about, (I didn't) and gallantly he chickened out
Bravely taking to his feet, he beat a very brave retreat. (I never did)
Bravest of the brave, Sir Robin (I never!)"
Did I miss this part of the story?
9:22 in most Arthurian legends the sword Arthur pulled from the stone was NOT Excalibur, that was given to him by the Lady of Lake well after the sword was pulled from the stone.
8:46- *Sir Lances a lot of woman*
I'll see myself out now. And yes, this is an FGO reference.
*_'TIS BUT A SCRATCH!_*
We are the knights who say......
NI!
Ecky ecky ecky patow zoop boing
NO!!! NOT THE KNIGHTS WHO SAY NI!!!!
The Knights Who Say NI demand.... A SACRIFICE!
'It!'
We need... a shrubery!
It's time for the Holy Grail War
I call dibs on Moe-dred.
Lemme just grab my mapo tofu really quick
Saber
Gil
Hello Humans
The real holy grail was the friends we made along the way
First no one cares, but want to thank crash course for perhaps the best and definitely the most useful channel on youtube!!
Mr Random Entertainment agreed
Yep
This episode is great. The comedy is really well done, and the stories are interesting. The stories in lots of the other episodes are interesting too, but I really like the script and delivery for this one.
9:30
Well that explains Saber's insatiable appetite.
Replying to a 2 years old comment
Hahahahaha you're right XD
I thought this was just a typical hungry anime character trope. Turns out this has actual basis in mythology
Ah, Ancient Mythology; making incest cool before Game of Thrones did!
Maradukh GoT is Arthurian fanfic, with the serial numbers filed off.
The royal houses of York and Lancaster would like a word about the origins of GoT :P
Maradukh , I know right!
"and there is alot of incest"
me: ohhai Mordred
Let's ask Saber about this
Ah yes, all the familiar knights of the round table. Lancelot, Percival, Gawain, Galahad and.... *Bort?*
I was waiting for my monty python reference and have been satisfied
Ethan Salinas near the beginning, tote has coconuts
Watch out, the Fate nerds are coming!
Last week Crash Crouse had made Gilgamesh, many nerd responded "zashu"
So? Join them or stay out of the way. Easy, simple.
Or do you take pride and derive pleasure from looking down at others because of their different preferences?
In which case, stay and rejoice.
Here is a simple question. Do you like to play go?
I'm a Fate fan.
3:46 picture: E N D H I M R I G H T L Y
I'm so glad someone else saw it!
*quickly
You forgot the part where Zoot alights the grail-shaped beacon. Wicked, naughty Zoot!
The graphics in this one episode are particularly good!! Would be very nice to have an RPG game made like this!
My friend told me to never trust stairs...
As they're usually up to something.
Even when they're not, they'll always let you down.
You took great steps to make that pun...
This is on a whole other level.
SPAM
Don't search what stairs are in Dutch, it's a trap!
We're knights of the round table
We dance whene'er we're able
We do routines and chorus scenes
With footwork impeccable.
We dine well here in Camelot
We eat ham and jam and spam a lot.
We're knights of the Round Table
Our shows are formidable
But many times we're given rhymes
That are quite unsingable
We're opera mad in Camelot
We sing from the diaphragm a lot.
In war we're tough and able.
Quite indefatigable
Between our quests we sequin vests
And impersonate Clark Gable
It's a busy life in Camelot.
SINGLE MAN
I have to push the pram a lot.
TheRickestDavid On second thought let's not go to Camelot. It is a silly place.
it's only a model
I'm in Spamalot right now!!
Best series on Crash Course. Keep 'em coming.
The sword that Arthur pulls from the stone is called Caliburnus. Excalibur is the sword given him by the Lady of the Lake.
I love Arthurian myths and legens, especially the quest for the Holy Grail!
Obi-Mom-Kenobi Didn't want Percy to go on some Damned Fool Idealistic Crusade like his Brothers did.
The mysticism around the "Holy Grail" reminds me of Gilgamesh's quest for immortality and so meeting Utnapishtim. Just like in the Gilgamesh epic, there is an absence of understanding of the original story.
It is the celebration in drinking the wine symbolizing his blood on the appointed day that gives you life not the cup itself. Also, it isn't called communion but Passover as it is the reality of the old covenant Passover. They wouldn't know this considering the actual regulation had been abolished and many Christians had to keep it in secret.
As time goes on people distort these things for their own opinion but the scriptures on this hadn't changed.
OMG OMG OMG, I didn't know until you guys just posted the video but this is my FAVORITE Mythological story and I'm amped you guys did an episode on it!
'Legend of England'? Noo! Arthur is a Welsh hero and legends about him and his companions primarily come from the British tradition, culture and language - it's so sad when people forget this :(
I was sure you were going to say, "Not the sharpest lance of the lot."
Fate stay night UBW / Fate Zero flashbacks. Papa bless.
Carnival Phantasm for me
SEIHAI-KUN!!!!
More like FGO Camelot PTSD. V_V
Minh Bui 👍👍
Fate/stay night and fate/UBW for me.
That One Guy I was looking for this.
This 13-minute video felt like it was five.
Good job as always.
Was expecting Monty Python references... was not disappointed. :)
Just wanted to say these have been so good and thank you for making them!!!
Arthurian Legend time? I will be thoroughly wroth if there is not mention of Sir Gawain at some point.
:(
3:44 The glorious pommel throw!
Stephan Barbarian A pommel to end him rightly
Perceval learns a lesson about the _true_ meaning of...Good Friday? Okay, that's kinda hilarious. From now on, I'm imagining medieval Europe as having old-timey versions of those saccharine Christmas specials for every holiday in the Christian calendar.
Timothy McLean I can totally believe that was a thing.
LOOOORRRRDD CAMEEELLLOOOTTTT!!!!
"Percy takes this to heart, and you should too. It's gonna come back and bite him."
Thanks for the… advice?
3:20
This entire sequence:
ahahahahaah!
AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
*AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!*
Oh Percival, you dear sweet summer child.
Do an episode on King Arthur
8:34 Mash Kyrielight
3:53 Wait a minute, that's the illustration from the "end him rightly" text! Throw that pommel, Mr. Knight!
So good lol.
when do we see the violence inherent in the system ?
serge00storms did you miss all the killing? Killing=Awesome! Sex=BAD EVIL BOY
Rubbish! Where are the Shrubberys? Where are the Killer Rabbits? Where is Tim and the Anarcho-syndicalist autonomous collective with Reg the peasant? It just isn't a grail quest without them!
De Havilland Vampire Yeah! Where is the French Taunting, the Black knight, Castle Antrax, The Knights who say Ni, The 3 headed man. Help help! They're being repressed.
Correct me if I'm wrong but Perceval seems to have a lot of blame placed on him for unjustified reasons- he only left his mother because he wanted to become a knight (which considering what happened to his siblings and being kept in ignorance for years, justifies his curiosity) , he was blamed for the death of the king by not asking about a grail he never heard of before then, his cousin he never knew existed imposed a quest on him which he happily accepted, and after 5 years of adventuring a hermit tells him that it is ultimately his fault. Poor guy. Great Video, CrashCourse.
0:47 good there was a monty python reference. id be ashamed of you guys if you didnt make one
What about Sir Robin: The not quite as brave as Sir Lancelot?
DoctorGumby I’m more interesting in Sir Not Appearing in this Film.
Bravely bold Sir Robin, rode forth from Camelot. He was not afraid to die, o Brave Sir Robin. He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways. Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin! He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp, Or to have his eyes gouged out, and his elbows broken. To have his kneecaps split, and his body burned away, And his limbs all hacked and mangled, brave Sir Robin! His head smashed in and his heart cut out, And his liver removed and his bowels unplugged, And his nostrils ripped and his bottom burned off, And his penis--
Brave Sir Robin ran away.Bravely ran away away. When danger reared its ugly head, He bravely turned his tail and fled.Yes Brave Sir Robin turned about. And gallantly he chickened out Bravely taking to his feet. He beat a very brave retrat.Bravest of the brave Sir Robin
Packing it in and packing it up And sneaking away and buggering up And chickening out and pissing about Yes, bravely he is throwing in the sponge.
Laura Corum: thanks for the complete lyrics
"The grail, the ultimate wish granting devic-"
Plottwist: Angra corrupted the Grail
Hol' up!!!!
Sorry about that..
The Einzbern family unknowingly sabotage the grail since they summoned Angra Manyu during the 3rd grail war in original Fate. (Zero>Stay Night) (however that never happened in apocrypha because they summoned shirou amakusa instead)
Plott twist: You find 6 versions of King Arthur.
4:25 "Talk less." *What?* "Smile more." *Heh* "Don't let me know what your against or what your for."
5:47 It was but expected that the commandment to stay quiet wasn't going to be applicable everywhere and in all cases.
I feel that irrespective of where we come from, the lack of generality in how we ought to respond to situations has been a recurring theme in our stories.
By far my favorite CC of all!
Percy's old wise man quote basically is "talk less, smile more." I'm living for it.
With Thoth as my guide, a questing I shall go!
This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedemir. Explain again how sheeps' bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.
“Danger...danger...danger” xD Mike is the best!!
One of the best Crash Course series.
Instead of saying "he is not the sharpest lance in the armory" he should have said "he is not the sharpest lance in the lot."
Crash Course host rockin' the comb over
My favorite lesson I've learned in life is that one MUST be the hero of one's own journey. Be your own hero.
Thoth as Tim the Enchanter makes me happy.
Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
I'm in the Monty Python musical right now and that's my line!!
tis but a scratch 5:34
My daughter was asking about the Grail stories last week. awesome episode
Oh … oh no. The pommel throw at 3:52. … ending him rightly.
The one I would like to learn about is Bort 9:12. Why are we not talking about Bort? Who is Bort? Also, now I understand why Bort is more popular than Bart
Your content is just insanely good. thank you.
Grail... Grail never changes.
Song Chain!!! We're knights of the round table. We dance when'er we're able. We do routines and palour scenes with foot work
im-pec-able
What...is his favorite color?
You're everywher
Nice summary on an anthology of legends all swished around in a cup. If you ever get the chance, then watch the film Excalibur produced by John Boorman. Best wedding scene ever.
I like how Abrahamic religions are perceived as factually correct, whereas Slavic and Germanic pagan religions are considered to be some fairy tales despite the fact that the Abrahamic religions stole so many "ideas" from them.
"The Seat of Danger?" I was waiting for the "Siege Perilous" and I get "The Seat of Danger?"
I feel like a few mistakes in this episode stem from repeating summaries and retellings, which can lead to an image that is very different from the original text. I _think_ it comes from Thury and Devinney's chapter on King Arthur? It's only a guess, since I could only find older edition of their book. Let's take the example of Perceval. I will not go into omissions -- after all, brevity is a requirment of this show ! -- but let's look at his meeting with the Fisher King.
Around 4:50, Mike Rugnetta says "Percy finds out the king has been griveously wounded". What? What are you talking about? And the Thought Bubble portrays said King with a black eye, a bleeding eye and an open chest wound? This makes no sense! The King is indeed referred to as "roi maheignez" by Perceval's cousin (v. 3587, I will be using Poirion's edition at _La Pléiade_) which can be translated as "wounded king" or "maimed king", but he certainly wasn't wounded in between seeing Perceval at the river and welcoming him, nothing in the text says so, it is an _old_ wound.
His wounds pertains to his legs and his inability to move. After the banquet, when comes the time to go to bed, he did indeed say :
"Je n'ai nul pooir de mon cors / Si covandra que l'an m'an port" (vv. 3342-3343 ed. Poirion) which can be translated somewhat literally "I have no power over my body (i.e. I can't move my limbs) / someone will have to carry me [out]" and four "sergents" come along and do just that.
His cousin tells what these wounds consist of
"[…] Biau sire, / Rois est il, bien le vos os dire,
Mes il fu an une bataille / Navrez et mahaigniez sanz faille
Si que il aidier ne se pot. / Il fu feruz d'un javelot
Par mi les hanches amedos / S'an est aüz si angoissos
Qu'il ne puet a cheval monter. / Mes quant il se vialt deporter
Ou d'aucun deduit antremetre / Si se fet an une nef metre
Et vet peschant a l'ameçon : / Por ce li Rois Peschierre a non,
Et por ce ensi se deduit / Qu'il ne porroit autre deduit
Por rien sofrir ne andurer." (vv. 3507-3523 ed. Poirion p. 772)
That is (again roughly translated) :
"Fair lord, he is indeed a King, I can assure you, but he was wounded during a fight and was left disabled to the point he cannot move without help. He was hit by a javelin in between his legs [or: through both legs] and it left him with such pain he cannot ride on horseback anymore. But, when he wants to entertain himself, and have a little fun [_distraction_], he gets set in a boat to go fishing with a hook [that is with a fishing rod] ; hence his name of Fisher King. And if such is his way of having fun, it's because his condition doesn't allow him any other activity."
In the original text, the Fisher King is in a boat in the middle of the river, fishing, sitting. Which makes sense and is explained, but the thought bubble portrays him _standing_ while fishing (at 4:37) which is neither faithful to the original text nor does it help reinforce the idea that he is _maimed_. (also him being in a boat might explain how he arrives at the castle before Perceval, if there is an aquatic shortcut!)
That is a communication problem that I imagine to be inevitable, in the same way, in the grail procession (at 4:59 of the video, vv. 3190-3250 ed. Poirion for the text), there is actually _two_ young men carrying candelabras (and maybe more than one candelabra each), and the blood from the tip of the lance drips down along the staff, up to the hand of its carrier! But I'd argue those are details. (On the other hand Gornemant de Goorz being "a weird old man"? Come on!)
And so Perceval's cousin tells him :
"Ha ! Percevax maleüreus, / Com fus or mesavantureus,
Qant tu tot ce n'as demandé / Que tant eüsses amandé
Le boen roi qui est maheigniez / Que toz eüst regaaigniez
Ses manbres et terre tenist. " (vv. 3583-3590 ed. Poirion p. 774)
That is if I translate roughly following Poirion : "Ah, unfortunate Perceval! What misfortune for you that you didn't ask these questions, for you would have healed the good king that is disabled, he would have regained [control over] his limbs and [power over] his lands"
Again, I feel that "dying king" (at 5:55) is an excessive translation! Admittedly, I don't know where it comes from but it doesn't seem to be a litteral one, and I don't see Perceval's cousin mentioning the power of the grail in the original text either.
A problem we've pointed at before in another context : th-cam.com/video/igrsfx0sLpI/w-d-xo.html
Ha. Because Monty Python. Thanks Thoth, you are one of my favorite characters. 😊
Thank you for the Monty python reference. I greatly appreciate it 😂
FINALLY I've been so confused on this for so long. Humanities is hard
Just found this channel and this series and I love it so much subscribing for sure
The arthurian legend of the "On en a gros !" guy
So easy seeing Percival not being the sharpest after Kaamelot :D
Sirop!
I love the Monty Python reference in the intro.
The only version of the Parsifal story I've ever heard he _does_ ultimately ask the Fisher King "What ails you?" Interesting difference.
You can't really blame Perceval for the whole Fisher King debacle. He was told not to talk by the wise old man.
3:55 Huzzah !
"End Him Rightly" -
If you want to mess 'em up, unscrew your #pommel and throw it!
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4:28 Bring our yer dead! *hits bell* bring out yer dead! *hits bell* bring out yer dead!
Woke up this morning
From the strangest dream
I was in the biggest army
The world had ever seen...
You tell the story well. Thank you
Like for the Monty Python reference 😂 yaaasss!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
3:54 we can see a knight ending his opponent rightly
Sorry to be pernickety, but I thought Excalibur was given to Arthur by the Lady of the Lake? The sword he pulled out of the stone was just a random sword
In one version that I've read it's basically this: Uther (King arthurs dad) recieves Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake. and upon Uthers death Merlin sticks the sword in the stone
There are like a million different versions of the story.
N O D I G N I T Y I heard it thst Excalibur and Caliburn were different names for the same sword just at a different time period. The names are almost too similar to be different swords. EXcalibur and caliburN. Language was not standardized until much later so I assumed they were the same. The sword in the Stone I've heard called clarent though
Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
There are two stories of Arthur getting a sword - there's the one he pulls out of a stone, and there's the one that he is given by the Lady of the Lake. There are also two stories of him losing a sword - the better known one is the one where, dying on the field at Camlann, he asks Bedevere to cast the sword into the nearby lake, where it's caught by the Lady and Arthur is free to be taken to Avalon for medical assistance. The other is of Arthur, as a young king, attempting to use his magic sword unjustly, causing it to shatter.
Some versions have all 4 of those stories; some only have one or two; some link the two swords and have the shattered blade be renewed as Excalibur of the Lake. There's not really a consistent narrative.
The one constant is that Arthur's sword is special - both in origin and nature - though the details vary.
The lesson of Galahad: The best employees and minions are those who are dead inside, and you all should strive for that.
These two really had great adventures...
We already have one!
We're the knights of the round table. We dance when e'er we're able...
Perceval's journeys begin @ 1:47