The Fisher King

So, Dr.Sexson asked us to google Fisher King since it is that name you come up with when you invert the words of Kingfisher from the poem we looked at on Monday. Fisher King is a character associated with Arthurian legend, he is also called "The Wounded King" because he is always depicted as injured in either the legs or groin which renders him unable to move on his own (and infertile) and so all he can do is fish. Basically when he is injured his country suffers as well without a strong virile king, but the most interesting part of the story is that the fisher king is the man in charge of keeping the holy grail. What seems of note about the holy grail in a class about epiphanies to me is the miraculous powers it possesses and the constant search for it. Supposedly the grail is something that cannot be found until the knight or searcher is able to prove himself to be worthy of finding it. According to some the grail is symbolic of the grace of god and while it is possible for everyone to find it, only those who become spiritually worthy are able to. Since an epiphany in the religious sense is the appearance of a deity could the holy grail as a symbol of god be an epiphanic object? Yes I know that epiphanic object makes really no sense but if it is the symbol of a deity and an epiphany is the appearance of a deity couldn't finding the holy grail be in essence finding an epiphany? If we are to follow this twisted mess of logic then couldn't we further deduce that this makes the Fisher King a guardian or keeper of epiphanies? Yes well, I think this line of reasoning is pretty clear proof that I really shouldn't try and blog before my first cup of coffee, so I will leave you with that.