Chapter 3

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.