Percivale

[lucky_kari]

No: HPFGUIDX 35822

During all our discussions of Percy, much speculation has been given 
over to whether Percy is derived from Percivale, and what this means 
from the story.

But, reading T.H. White's "The Once and Future King", I began to 
wonder. You see, Percivale is plain Percy in that story and is a bit 
of a joke. Here's his brother Aglovale.

"Well, a lady appeared at this point - they found out afterwards she 
was a fairy, and not a very nice one at that - and asked him fiercely 
what he was trying to do. Percy said: "I do neither good nor great 
ill, what?" So the lady lent him a black horse which turned out to be 
a fiend, and it vanished in dramatic circumstances when Percy luckily 
crossed himself that evening....

It goes on like that, and finally Guenever says,

"I don't mean to be rude, Sir Aglovale, but your brother does not 
seem to have done much."

"He has preserved his integrity," said Arthur.

I suppose it's mean to dear old Percy, but perhaps he's derived from 
Percivale by way of White's Percy?

Eileen