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Repanse gives birth to Prester John, and they preach Christianity through their kingdom. He marries the Grail bearer Repanse de Schoye, and after celebrating Parzival's coronation, Feirefiz and his new wife return to his lands in the east. He agrees to be baptised if it will help him in love, and as soon as he renounces his heathen god Jupiter, he can see the Grail. It is revealed that Feirefiz cannot see the Holy Grail because he is not a Christian. Parzival heals the Fisher King Anfortas and becomes the new Grail King. While there, the Grail servant Cundrie arrives to take Parzival to the Grail Castle of Munsalvaesche, and Parzival invites Feirefiz to join him. They identify themselves, and after realising they are brothers, they embrace and go off to a feast with King Arthur and his court. Feirefiz would not fight an unarmed man, so he puts an end to the duel, asserting that Parzival would have won the battle had his sword held out for one more blow. Though Feirefiz proves himself to be Parzival's only equal, Parzival thinks of his wife Condwiramurs, which inspires him to break his sword across Feirefiz's helmet. Later, Feirefiz travels to Europe with a huge Saracen army to seek his father. He dies soon after as a result of dark magic used against him in a joust outside of Baghdad, and is acknowledged as the finest knight of his time. Returning to Europe, he marries Herzeloyde of Waleis (probably Wales), and she bears him Parzival ( Percival). Before he can go back, he learns that his brother, the king of Anjou, has died, leaving him to inherit the kingdom.

Belacane would not allow her husband to participate in tournaments, so he leaves one night and travels to Spain to seek knightly combat in secret. The two marry, and she soon becomes pregnant with Feirefiz.

While serving the 'Baruch' of 'Baldac' ( Baghdad), French knight Gahmuret defends Belacane, queen of the heathen nation of Zazamanc, from her enemies. His appearance is compared to that of a magpie or a parchment with writing on it, though he is considered very handsome. Because his father was white and his mother black, Feirefiz's skin consists of black and white patches. He is the child of their father Gahmuret's first marriage to the Moorish queen Belacane, and equals his brother in knightly ability. He is the half-brother of Parzival, the story's hero. 339, 1st book, page 540v.įeirefiz (also Feirefis, Feirafiz, Ferafiz, Firafiz ) is a character in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Arthurian poem Parzival. From: Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival (handwritten), Hagenau, Werkstatt Diebold Lauber, 443-1446, Cod.

Parzival by wolfram von eschenbach