GRAIL, HOLY

a feature of medieval legend and literature. It appears variously as a chalice, a cup, or a dish and sometimes as a stone or a caldron into which a bleeding lance drips. It was identified by Christians as the chalice of the Last Supper brought to England by St. Joseph of Arimathea. Miraculous in its powers, it could provide food and healing. However, it would be revealed only to a pure knight, and the Grail Quest appears in different stories. In Arthurian legend the purest knight is variously Parsifal or Galahad. The Grail is one of the most difficult problems of Arthurian legend, introducing as it does features of Christian story, Celtic myth, and ancient fertility cults.

See R. S. Loomis, The Grail (1963); E. Jung and M.-L. von Franz, The Grail Legend (tr. 1971).

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Visio Pacis, Holy City and Grail: An Attempt at an Inner History of the Grail Legend
Book by Helen Adolf; Pennsylvania State University Press, 1960
Subjects: Fiction, Grail
...Conte del Graal v. 6426 : "The Grail is so holy a thing, and he is so spiritual...sustenance is a wafer that comes in the Grail." Perceval, himself a member of...assume that the room adjacent to the Grail hall represented the Other World...
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The Sword and the Grail
Book by Andrew Sinclair; Birlinn, 2005
Subjects: America--Discovery And Exploration--Italian, Explorers--America--Biography, Grail, Rhode Island--Antiquities, Roslin (Scotland)--Antiquities, Sinclair, Henry--Sir--1345-Ca. 1400, Templars--History, Zeno, Antonio--D. Ca. 1405
...Hobbs, William Herbert 133 HodF,rtnan. Edwin 163 Holy (or 131ack) Rood 34, 35, 39, 207- O8, 212, 222 Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, 77re 225 Holy Grail see Grail Holy Lance 77, 79, K3. 255-6 Holy Rood sec...
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A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle
Book by Carol Dover; D.S. Brewer, 2003
Subjects: Arthurian Romances, Grail--Legends--History And Criticism, Lancelot (Legendary Character)--Romances--History And Criticism, Lancelot (Prose Cycle)
...40 grace 9 , 46 , 167 , 198 9, 203 ; see also grail grail 8 9, 11 , 14 16, 26 7, 45 , 48 , 50 , 59 , 66 , 68...n.25, 250 n.33 Hogenbirk, Marjolein 218 n.44 Holy Grail see grail Holy Lance 48 , 109 Hopcyn ap Thomas 222 Huber, Christoph...
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The Unholy Grail: A Social Reading of Chraetien de Troyes's Conte Du Graal
Book by Brigitte Cazellles; Stanford University, 1996
Subjects: Arthurian Romances--History And Criticism, Chivalry In Literature, Grail--Romances--History And Criticism, Literature And Society, Perceval (Legendary Character)--Romances--History And Criticism, Social History--Medieval, 500-1500
...recounts how he avenges the death of the Grail kings brother, but refuses the kings...Arthurs court, where he learns that the Grail king has died and bequeathed his kingdom...Perceval retires to a hermitage, and the holy Grail, the holy lance, and the holy silver...
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Love, War, and the Grail
Book by Helen Nicholson; Brill, 2001
Subjects: Grail--Romances--History And Criticism, Literature, Medieval--History And Criticism, Military Religious Orders In Literature
...Supper and identified it with the Holy Grail. If Chretien had heard this story...might have inspired him to place his Grail in the Holy Land. However, as James...no mention of this dish being the Grail; and as Chretien made no reference...
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"Vision" in "The Holy Grail": Tennyson's Theistic Skepticism
Journal article by James R. Bennett; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 75, 1996
Subjects: English poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Tennyson, Alfred Lord--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Holy Grail (Poem)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
"Vision" in "The Holy Grail": Tennysons theistic...the long beam stole the Holy Grail" (188). However...the incredibility of the Grails appearance, and in its...skeptical writings, "The Holy Grail" damns the credulity...
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The Holy Grail: Imagination and Belief
Journal article by Julianne Smith; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 54, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Holy Grail: Imagination and Belief (Book)--Book reviews
The Holy Grail: Imagination and Belief...manuscript The Story of the Grail, which was eventually "finished...Chretiens original concept of the Grail, indefinite as it was. Because...the time of Chretiens death, Grail history has taken on dimensions...likely not intended by the Grails first literary creator. Meanwhile...
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Gemstone of Paradise: The Holy Grail in Wolfram's Parzival
Journal article by Curtis Gruenler; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 58, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Gemstone of Paradise: The Holy Grail in Wolfram's Parzival (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
Gemstone of Paradise: The Holy Grail in Wolframs Parzival. by Curtis Gruenler Gemstone of Paradise: The Holy Grail in Wolframs Parzival. By G. Ronald...Murphys hook is that he has found the Grail--Wolframs idea of it, that is...
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Andrea M. L. Williams: The Adventures of the Holy Grail: A Study of 'La Queste del Saint Graal'
Journal article by Elspeth Kennedy; Medium Aevum, Vol. 73, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Adventures of the Holy Grail: A Study of 'La Queste del saint Graal' (Book)--Book reviews
...Williams: The Adventures of the Holy Grail: A Study of La Queste del Saint Graal...Williams, The Adventures of the Holy Grail: A Study of La Queste del saint Graal...conclusion, the treatment of the Grail theme moves closer and closer to true...
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G. Ronald Murphy, SJ, Gemstone of Paradise: The Holy Grail in Wolfram's Parzival
Journal article by Yvonne Dellsperger; Medium Aevum, Vol. 77, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Gemstone of Paradise: The Holy Grail in Wolfram's Parzival (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...Gemstone of Paradise: The Holy Grail in Wolframs Parzival...von Eschenbachs Parzival the Grail is identified as a stone...Wolframs representation of the Grail stone was related to medieval...the importance of Wolframs Grail stone to the most diverse of...Wolframs poetic work. Some of the Grails characteristics have resonances...
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Mary Magdalen and the Kings of France: Susan Haskins Suggests That the Authors of the Holy Blood and the Holy Grail and Dan Brown, Who Famously Faced Each in Court Earlier This Year, Are Guilty of the Same Thing-Writing Bad Fiction
Magazine article by Susan Haskins; History Today, Vol. 56, August 2006
Subjects: Authors--Evaluation, Authors--Works, Baigent, Michael--Works, Brown, Dan (American writer)--Works, Leith, Richard--Works, Lincoln, Henry--Works, Mary Magdalene, Saint--Evaluation, Mary Magdalene, Saint--History, Merovingians, 476-750--Evaluation, Merovingians, 476-750--History, The Da Vinci Code (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Writers--Evaluation, Writers--Works
...Suggests That the Authors of the Holy Blood and the Holy Grail and Dan Brown, Who Famously Faced...in The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail (1982), by Michael Baigent...The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail uses the Gnostic texts of the...
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Looking for the Holy Grail: Richard Barber Explores the Origin of the Holy Grail Story, Its Significance in Its Own Time and Its Wider Impact in Subsequent Centuries
Magazine article by Richard Barber; History Today, Vol. 54, March 2004
Subjects: Grail--Criticism and interpretation, Grail--History
...tensions between the Grails religious idealism and...spiritual quest of the Grail. Malory sees the Grail...container of a relic of the Holy Blood, a theme which...of the truest and the holiest that is in this world...medieval portrayal of the Grail, its history deeply...first claims that the Grail might be of Celtic origin...Saint Graal, and the holy lance ... though Christian...
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Holy Grail: A Trip to Redwood National Park
Magazine article by Robert Nguyen; PSA Journal, Vol. 70, May 2004
Subjects: California--Description and travel, Grail, Redwood National Park, California--Description and travel
Holy Grail: A Trip to Redwood National Park. by Robert...that by this time has become our "holy grail." Before settling for the night we enjoyed...we set out early in search of our "holy grail." It was still eluding us. No one seemed...
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Americas: Holy Grail!
Magazine article; Futures, Vol. 30, December 2001
Americas: Holy Grail! Holy Grail! Robert Ryan, former trader for Delphi Capital Management, found an easy way to make money without financial risk, although legal risk turned out to be a factor. He allegedly placed orders in his employers...
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Why Focusing on Processes Is the Holy Grail of Business Management
Magazine article by Terry Richardson; Management Services, Vol. 51, Autumn 2007
Subjects: Business process reengineering, Strategic management, United Kingdom
Why Focusing on Processes Is the Holy Grail of Business Management by Terry Richardson In business...undertaken in medieval fables by knights seeking the Holy Grail. To win that Holy Grail today you need to run your organisation so that...
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Free Dvd for Every Reader: Beyond the Da Vinci Code - the Holy Grail
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 27, 2009
Subjects: A&E Television Networks--Alliances and partnerships, Cable television broadcasting industry--Alliances and partnerships, Video recordings
...Every Reader: Beyond the Da Vinci Code - the Holy Grail. THE mystery of the Holy Grail has enthralled countless generations, yet answers...Today you can claim your free copy of The Holy Grail, which focuses on one of Christianitys most sacred...
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My Quest for the Holy Grail; the Daving Code Week RICHARD HAMMOND TACKLES HISTORY'S GREATEST MYSTERY
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), May 15, 2006
My Quest for the Holy Grail; the Daving Code Week RICHARD...about searching for the Holy Grail, I couldnt pack my bag...actually finding the Holy Grail and I didnt want to let...now southern France. Grails have been guarded by bears...
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Grail; Medieval Writers Invented Quest for the Holy Vessel
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 4, 2004
...by Michael Baigent, "Holy Blood, Holy Grail," is dismissed...each and every modern Grail theory, story or film...panoply of postmodern Grails - even the most loony...medievalist eye. The Grail is a mirror, as he says...started it all. "The Holy Grail" is a major contribution...
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TV Show Pours Scorn on Wales' Claim to Holy Grail
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), August 25, 2004
...Pours Scorn on Wales Claim to Holy Grail. Byline: By TRYST WILLIAMS...rejected Wales contender for the holiest of relics, concluding that...Even if its not the Holy Grail it is something Welsh and in...like one would imagine the Grail to be - this rather scruffy...could be thought of as the Grail, so it does have this mystique...several of Europes so-called grails, including a controversial...
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Wales Challenges Da Vinci Code's Claim of Holy Grail's Resting Place
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), January 17, 2006
...Challenges Da Vinci Codes Claim of Holy Grails Resting Place. Byline...Owen Morgan, who claimed the Grail was not an object but the landscape...that she doesnt believe the Grail ever existed but she said the...academics who would argue the Holy Grail actually existed. Its a medieval...interest in the search for this holiest of relics. As to why such...
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Grail, Holy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GRAIL, HOLY a feature of medieval legend and literature...revealed only to a pure knight, and the Grail Quest appears in different stories. In...knight is variously Parsifal or Galahad . The Grail is one of the most difficult problems of...
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Holy Grail
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HOLY GRAIL see Grail, Holy . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Arthurian Legend
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...earliest extant literary version of the quest of the Holy Grail (see Grail, Holy ). Two medieval German poets important in the...Launcelots son, who was the hero of the quest for the Holy Grail; Sir Kay, Arthurs villainous foster brother; Sir...
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Galahad, Sir
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...noblest and purest of the knights of Christendom, he alone, according to Sir Thomas Malory , achieved the Holy Grail (see Grail, Holy ). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission...
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Chalice
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ornamented chalice found in 1868 at Ardagh, Ireland, and believed to be Celtic work of the 9th or 10th cent. See Grail, Holy . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia...
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