![]() In their second meeting she scolds him for failing to understand the nature of his quest and goal, ultimately pushing him to the atonement needed to fully grasp his duty as Graal King. She directs him to Arthurs’s Court, and in doing so heads him off to the quest. Her first contribution is to provide Parzival his identity, an essential detail for a man that his mother was not able to impart. Her appearance (at three times in the tale) is essential and occurs on each occasion at a significant stage in his progress, at a point when he is in urgent need of some kind of guidance. The womanly kinship of Sigune is the next guide that Parzival shall encounter. Her advice is interpreted in the context of his finding both love and God as guidance towards better being prepared to take on the Graal. ![]() With a selfless devotion and the humility which is another vital attribute to the Graal King and as a descendent of the Graal family, she makes both the conscious and unconscious choice to guide Parzival on the quest to take his fated place as next in the lineage. ![]() The character of Herzeloyde, Parzival’s mother, is a virtuous woman. ![]() The characters like that of Herzeloyde, Sigune and Condwiramurs are not only intimately involved in Parzival’s search but also closely related to the Graal itself. The place of women in medieval German literature was in general an exalted one and Wolfram as an author purports this by making womanhood as an ideal for his characters. ![]()
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