The Fisher King
Grail castle's guardian
The Fisher King is a figure from Arthurian legend—a wounded king whose injury (often to the groin or thigh) renders him impotent and causes his kingdom to become a barren wasteland.
He guards the Holy Grail and can only be healed when a questing knight asks the right question.
The story symbolizes the connection between a ruler's vitality and the land's fertility: The CEO's paralysis had turned the company into a Fisher King's domain.
- Holy GrailLegendary cup from scripture
- woundedHaving sustained harm
- questSeeking journey for something
- ArthurianOf Camelot's mythology
- Arthurian legendBritish medieval king mythology
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