CHAPTER III

The Freeing of the Waters

Enquiry may commence with early Aryan tradition. The _Rig-Veda_.

Extreme importance assigned to Indra’s feat of “Freeing the Waters.”

This also specific achievement of Grail heroes. Extracts from

_Rig-Veda_. Dramatic poems and monologues. Professor von Schroeder’s

theory. _Mysterium und Mimus. Ṛishyaçṛiñga_ drama. Parallels with

_Perceval_ story. Result, the specific task of the Grail hero not a

literary invention but an inheritance of Aryan tradition.

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