Kyot

Kyot was, according to Wolfram von Eschenbach, a Provençal troubadour to whom he owes the source for his Parzival poetry. Since Kyot is not historically identifiable, he is usually considered to be a pure invention of Wolfram. Occasionally, he is also identified with the Northern French trouvère Guyot or Guiot de Provins (* c. 1150; † after 1208), who came from Provins in Champagne and was very well-known at the time; he probably wrote dozens of songs, but only six of them have survived. He also wrote two moral satires, of which La Bible Guiot (Bible here simply means "satire") is the better known. No "Parzval" poetry is known from him, however, which is why his identification with Wolfram's Kyot is increasingly considered unlikely. In Umberto Eco's novel "Baudolino", Guiot appears, mixed with Kyot's features, as the title character's companion.

Wolfram mentions Kyot quite abruptly only in the 8th book (416, 21-30) of his Parzival poetry and then tells his story in more detail in the 9th book (453, 5 - 455, 22).

Kyôt ist ein Provenzâl, der dise âventiur von Parzivâl heidensch geschriben sach. swaz er en franzoys dâ von gesprach, bin ich niht der witze laz, dez sage ich tiuschen fürbaz. (416, 21-30)

Kiot is a Provençal, Who found the tale of Parzival Written in a pagan book. As he transferred it into French, So it will be, if I lack not the wit, By me in German verily retold.

Literature

• Wolfram von Eschenbach, Jessie L. Weston (Translator): Parzival. A Knightly Epic. Volume 1 & 2. London 1894 Volume 1 Volume 2
• Rudolf Steiner: Christ and the Spiritual World. The Search for the Holy Grail. CW 149. Translated by Charles Davy and D. S. Osmond. Rudolf Steiner Press 1963 rsarchive.org

German

• Wolfram von Eschenbach, Karl Simrock (Übers.): Parzival und Titurel. 2 Bände, Stuttgart 1862 pdf
• Wolfram von Eschenbach, Karl Lachmann (Hrsg.), Parzival, 5. Auflage, Berlin 1891 pdf
• Rudolf Steiner: Christus und die geistige Welt. Von der Suche nach dem heiligen Gral, GA 149 (2004), ISBN 3-7274-1490-1 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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