Spear is a 2022 fantasy novella by Nicola Griffith. It is a queer feminist retelling of the myth of Percival and the Holy Grail. Plot In Ystrad Tywi, an unnamed girl lives with her mother Elen. Elen tells the girl stories about the Tuath Dé and their treasures. Elen implies that the girl is the daughter of one of the Tuath, and that Elen stole Dagda's Cauldron before fleeing into the wilderness with her daughter. As the girl grows, she develops the ability to move unseen and to communicate with animals. She uses these abilities to save a group of knights from bandits; these knights are Companions in service to King Arturus of Caer Leon. The girl decides to leave her mother. Elen names her Peretur after the Tuatha's spear; she then casts a geas which prevents Peretur from speaking of her childhood. Peretur disguises herself as a boy and travels toward Caer Leon, following visions of a magical lake. She challenges Cei, the king's reeve, and disarms him; he presents her before Arturus and Gwenhwyfar. Arturus declines to accept Peretur as a knight because she is unable to reveal her parentage. Peretur meets Nimuë, Arturus's chief counsellor and the keeper of the lake that Peretur has been seeing in her visions. Peretur accidentally breaks Elen's geas. Nimüe reveals that Myrddyn, the king's sorcerer, was seeking the four treasures of the Tuath Dé. While powerful, these treasures will eventually corrupt their mortal owners. Myrddyn helped Arturus to find the Sword Caledfwylch as well as the Stone, which can seal things away from the mortal world. Nimüe was horrified by Myrddyn's lust for power, so she trapped him in a magical coma and sealed him within the Stone. Nimüe plans to remove the treasures from the world to protect humanity. Nimüe and Peretur make love. Peretur learns that her father Manandán is seeking both Elen and the Cauldron. Elen sends out a cry which is sensed by many mortals; Arturus's Companions begin having dreams of the Holy Grail. Peretur tells Arturus that she is Myrrdyn's nephew; he allows her to accompany Nimüe and Llanza to search for the Grail. The group rides to Peretur's childhood home. Elen has committed suicide rather than be found by Manandán. Peretur and her father fight; she kills him with his own spear and claims the weapon for herself. Nimüe is stabbed by Manandán in the