Fisher King

English

Proper noun

the Fisher King

  1. (mythology) A figure of Arthurian legend, the last in a long line of British kings tasked with guarding the Holy Grail, but rendered impotent by a wound; he is sometimes depicted as spending his time fishing while he awaits a "chosen one" who can heal him.
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