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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).