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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French queste, Vulgar Latin *quaesta, from [[Latin]], feminine of quaestus, past participle of quaerere

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French queste, Vulgar Latin *quaesta, from [[Latin]], feminine of quaestus, past participle of quaerere

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 a : a [[jury]] of inquest  

*1 a : a [[jury]] of inquest  

The [[hero]] normally aims to obtain something or someone by the quest, and with this object to return [[home]]. The object can be something new, that fulfills a lack in his life, or something that was stolen away from him or someone with [[authority]] to dispatch him.

The [[hero]] normally aims to obtain something or someone by the quest, and with this object to return [[home]]. The object can be something new, that fulfills a lack in his life, or something that was stolen away from him or someone with [[authority]] to dispatch him.

Sometimes the [[hero]] has no [[desire]] to return. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galahad Sir Galahad]'s quest for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Grail Holy Grail] is to find it, not return with it. A return may, indeed, be impossible: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneas Aeneas] quests for a homeland, having lost [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy Troy] at the beginning of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil Virgil]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid Aeneid] he does not return to Troy to re-found it but settles in Italy (to become an [[ancestor]] of the [[Romans]]).

Sometimes the [[hero]] has no [[desire]] to return. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galahad Sir Galahad]'s quest for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Grail Holy Grail] is to find it, not return with it. A return may, indeed, be impossible: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneas Aeneas] quests for a homeland, having lost [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy Troy] at the beginning of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil Virgil]'s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid Aeneid] he does not return to Troy to re-found it but settles in Italy (to become an [[ancestor]] of the [[Romans]]).

If the [[hero]] does return after the culmination of the quest, he may face false heroes who attempt to pass themselves off as him, or his initial [[response]] may be a rejection of that return, as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell Joseph Campbell] describes in his critical [[analysis]] of quest [[literature]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_With_a_Thousand_Faces The Hero With a Thousand Faces].

If the [[hero]] does return after the culmination of the quest, he may face false heroes who attempt to pass themselves off as him, or his initial [[response]] may be a rejection of that return, as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell Joseph Campbell] describes in his critical [[analysis]] of quest [[literature]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_With_a_Thousand_Faces The Hero With a Thousand Faces].

If someone dispatches the [[hero]] on a quest, the overt reason may be false, with the dispatcher actually sending him on the [[difficult]] quest in [[hopes]] of his [[death]] in the attempt, or in order to remove him from the scene for a time, but the [[story]] often unfolds just as if the claim were [[sincere]], except that the tale usually ends with the dispatcher being unmasked and punished. Stories with such false quest-objects include the legends of Jason and Perseus, the fairy tales [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dancing_Water,_the_Singing_Apple,_and_the_Speaking_Bird The Dancing Water], the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_I_Know_Not_Whither_and_Fetch_I_Know_Not_What Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What], and the story of Beren and Lúthien in J. R. R. Tolkien's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion Silmarillion].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest]

If someone dispatches the [[hero]] on a quest, the overt reason may be false, with the dispatcher actually sending him on the [[difficult]] quest in [[hopes]] of his [[death]] in the attempt, or in order to remove him from the scene for a time, but the [[story]] often unfolds just as if the claim were [[sincere]], except that the tale usually ends with the dispatcher being unmasked and punished. Stories with such false quest-objects include the legends of Jason and Perseus, the fairy tales [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dancing_Water,_the_Singing_Apple,_and_the_Speaking_Bird The Dancing Water], the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_I_Know_Not_Whither_and_Fetch_I_Know_Not_What Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What], and the story of Beren and Lúthien in J. R. R. Tolkien's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion Silmarillion].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest]

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[[Category: Languages and Literature]]