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  Straying |
Newman called this motif Straying. It first appears in the
prelude to act III, where it represents Parsifal's confused and stumbling course through the
world. We hear it again when Parsifal tells Gurnemanz of his wanderings on paths of
suffering
and of how dangers, battles and duels
forced him from the path that leads
to Monsalvat. This motif is a simple derivative of the Riding motif
(#7).