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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_48956" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_48956" /> == | ||
<p> in | <p> in British fable, was the famous guard and protector of the sacred Graal. He saved Elsa, the princess of Brabant, from a magician, by coming to her as a swan. She married the valiant knight, but on condition that she would not inquire as to his ancestry. [[Finally]] she asked about this, and [[Lohengrin]] fled on his swan back to the sacred Graal. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76181" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76181" /> == | ||
<p> [[Hero]] of a German 13th-century poem; son of Parzival, and a | <p> [[Hero]] of a German 13th-century poem; son of Parzival, and a Knight of the Grail; carried by a swan to [[Brabant]] he delivered and married the [[Princess]] Elsa; subsequently returning from war against the Saracens, she asked him of his origin; he told her, and was at once carried back again by the swan. Wagner adapted the story in his opera "Lohengrin." </p> | ||
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