The Evil Forest

The warrior Roderico, tired of fighting, stops Klingsor from abusing a captive woman.

Klingsor challenges him as a coward before the barbarian king who holds the holy lance.

In the fight, Roderico wins but refuses to kill Klingsor, who treacherously wounds him.

As a young man armed with his father's bow, Parsifal meets the knights again.

He reproaches him, and the knight disarms, revealing Parsifal with Christ-like beard and mane.

Parsifal kneels before the lance and his sword, that are laid in a cross shape.

Kundria has led a life of repentance and washes Parsifal's feet with her hair, like Mary of Bethany did to Jesus.

In the frame story, the soldiers close the book and watch an old priest leaving a chalice on the altar of a ruined church while supernatural light shines on it.