A QUEST IS a journey initiated by a grand Question.
My Staff hath Murder'd Gyants,/ my Bag a long Knife carries/ To cut Mince-pyes/ from Children's Thighs/ with which I feast the Faries. —song of the mad traveler
The Question has no Answer, but eventually the wayfarer does reach a destination.
Often, it is in hindsight that the sojourner recognizes his or her arrival.