Lohengrin

This article is about the literary character. For the opera by Richard Wagner, see Lohengrin (opera). For other uses, see Lohengrin (disambiguation).
Lohengrin by Walter Crane, 1895

Lohengrin (German: [ˈloːənɡʁiːn]) is a character in German Arthurian literature. The son of Parzival (Percival), he is a knight of the Holy Grail sent in a boat pulled by swans to rescue a maiden who can never ask his identity. His story, which first appears in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, is a version of the Knight of the Swan legend[1] known from a variety of medieval sources. Wolfram's story was expanded in two later romances. Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin of 1848 is based upon the legend.[1]

  1. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lohengrin" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 922–923.