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ID: 901000767
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000767
Record Type: Character/Person

Galahad, Sir (character, Arthurian legend)

Note: In Arthurian legend, the illegitimate son of Lancelot and Elaine of Corbenic; a knight of King Arthur's Round Table and one of the three who locates the Holy Grail. He is renowned for his gallantry and purity.

Names:
Galahad, Sir (character, Arthurian legend) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Sir Galahad (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
Galahad (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
Galeas (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
Galath (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Literature and Performing Arts (P)
....<Literary characters> (P)
........Arthurian legend characters (literary characters) (I)
............Galahad, Sir (character, Arthurian legend) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Arthurian legend
..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Literary themes and narratives, Arthurian legend (British legends, by 12th century)) [901001139]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... literary characters
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... knights (landholders)
.....(landholders, people by state or condition, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Ancient British
.....(Ancient European, European, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Galahad, Sir (character, Arthurian legend)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Lupack, Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature (2005)
................Archibald and Putter, Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend (2009)
Sir Galahad (character, Arthurian legend)
................Lupack, Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature (2005)
Galahad (character, Arthurian legend)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85052751
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 82A(Galahad)
Galeas (character, Arthurian legend)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Galath (character, Arthurian legend)
................Britannica Student Encyclopedia Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 29 December 2015
................ Lupack, Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature (2005)
................ Archibald and Putter, Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend (2009)

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