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thumb|Duel between Parzival and Feirefiz. From: Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival (handwritten), Hagenau, Werkstatt Diebold Lauber, 443-1446, Cod. Pal. germ. 339, 1st book, page 540v.

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thumb|Duel between Parzival and Feirefiz. From: Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival (handwritten), Hagenau, Werkstatt Diebold Lauber, 443-1446, Cod. Pal. germ. 339, 1st book, page 540v.

Feirefiz (also Feirefis, Feirafiz, Ferafiz, Firafiz) is a character in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Arthurian poem Parzival. He is the half-brother of Parzival, the story's hero. He is the child of their father Gahmuret's first marriage to the Moorish queen Belacane, and equals his brother in knightly ability. Because his father was white and his mother black, Feirefiz's skin consists of black and white patches. His appearance is compared to that of a magpie or a parchment with writing on it, though he is considered very handsome.

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