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  Holy Grail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although the practice of Holy Communion was first alluded to in the Christian Bible and defined by theologians in the first centuries A.D., it was around the time of the appearance of the first Christianized Grail literature that the Roman church was beginning to add more ceremony and mysticism around this particular sacrament.
Galahad, bastard son of Lancelot and Elaine, the world's greatest knight and the Grail Bearer at the castle of Corbenic, is destined to achieve the Grail, his spiritual purity making him a greater warrior than even his illustrious father.
For the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail, who assert that their research ultimately reveals that Jesus may not have died on the cross, but lived to wed Mary Magdalene and father children whose Merovingian bloodline continues today, the Grail is a mere sideshow.
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 Holy Grail - Crystalinks
The fate of the Holy Grail is unknown.
The legend of the Holy Grail is the basis of the use of the devalued term holy grail in modern-day culture.
The Grail was overripe, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) deflated it and all pseudo-Arthurian posturings.
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 Grail Legends (Galahad's Tradition)
The Grail maiden told the heroes that the sword was called the Sword of the Strange Belt or Sword of the Strange Straps, while the scabbard was called the Memory of Blood.
Galahad and his companions were welcomed to Corbenic, by his grandfather King Pelles and his family and retinues.
Galahad was finding the table very heavy to carry, so he asked a cripple to help him carry the table to the palace.
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 HOLY GRAIL: TEXTS, IMAGES, BASIC INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Holy Grail is generally considered to be the cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper and the one used by Joseph of Arimathea to catch his blood as he hung on the cross.
Rhys, Ernest (1859-1946), "The Quest of the Grail: On the Eve" (1905)
Stassen, Franz (1869-1949), "Montsalvat, the Castle of the Grail" (1903)
www.lib.rochester.edu /camelot/grlmenu.htm   (1102 words)

  
 THE HOLY GRAIL
Galahad and Perceval were translated immediately into heaven after the service was over, but Sir Bors came home later to tell his story.
Lancelot is so clearly the hero of the story despite his failings, that I suspect he got the grail in the original legend, and the story of his son is simply added because his sins seemed too great for even honest repentance and the resolution of amendment to allow him to succeed.
Galahad thought only of himself and of God and he was therefore perfect, and he succeeded, according to the story.
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 Holy Grail and King Arthur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Holy Grail is the cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper and which was used by Joseph of Arimathea to catch Christ's blood as he hung on the cross.
The Holy Grail was introduced into the King Arthur legends by Robert de Boron in his romance Joseph d'Arimathie which was probably written at the very end of the twelfth century or the first decade of the thirteenth.
In medieval romance, the Holy Grail was said to have been brought to Glastonbury in Britain by Joseph of Arimathea, though one would assume that to be an unlikely thing for him to have done.
www.legendofkingarthur.co.uk /holy-grail.htm   (272 words)

  
 Arthurian Romance Project
At some point during his journeys, Sir Galahad found the Sword of David and because he was the purest knight he was worthy enough to unsheathe it and he heals the king who before him, was un-worthy and unsheathed the sword.
Galahad then made a chest of gold that then had gems and precious stones placed on it and around it, and the chest was placed near the table of silver.
The Fisher King is custodian of the Holy Grail and of the spear that wounded Christ on the cross.
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 Galahad: The Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Galahad was also the original name of Sir Lancelot before he was taken to live with the Lady of the Lake as the result of a lost battle.
Galahad was the only knight of the Round Table that never killed anybody including any his enemies, nor he ever lied, and he was the only person that could wear his shield, everybody else ended up in ashes.
The Holy Grail was the cup that Jesus used during the Last Supper, it is also said that it was the cup in which Joseph of Arimathea gathered blood from Christ's wounds.
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 Holy Grail - Uncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Besides, in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Sir Galahad was played by Michael Palin, the nice one, while Sir Lancelot was played by John Cleese, the loud shouty one who does the silly walk.
The Holy Grail is supposed to be a cup used by a Roman soldier to catch the blood of Jesus on the cross.
Another story says that the Holy Grail was actually the cup that Jesus drank from at the Last Supper, which makes more sense because there's no reason to want to catch blood in a cup like that.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Holy_Grail   (928 words)

  
 Holy Grail
The Grail was sought by the knights of King Arthur in several medieval romances, the earliest of which was the late-twelfth-century Perceval by Chretien de Troyes.
The quest for the Grail, which can only be found by a hero free from sin, is treated at length in the Morte d’Arthur (circa 1469) of Sir Thomas Malory and in Wolfram von Eschenbach's epic, Parzifal (circa 1210), which inspired the German composer Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal (1877-82).
Legends of the Isle - The Holy Grail.
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 The Holy Grail
This survey of the subject defends the sensible thesis that the original Grail stories, which were written between 1180 and 1250, were closely connected with the development of Eucharistic adoration and of the concept of the Beatific Vision.
In later German tradition, the Grail is made from a jewel that fell from Lucifer's crown, and of course Wolfram himself introduced the disturbing idea that the guardians of the Grail had been the Neutral Angels, who neither rebelled against God nor remained obedient to him.
Evola argued, along with Dante, that the Holy Roman Empire was a divine institution, and essentially the European expression of the primordial archetype of universal dominion.
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 King Arthur and the Holy Grail Part II
The quest for the Holy Grail was not for worldly men such as these, but only for the pure in heart.
The first was carrying the Holy Grail, as before, but this time it was uncovered.
Then they all went into the chapel and celebrated Mass, but only Sir Galahad drank from the uncovered Holy Grail, for he alone of all the Knights of the Round Table was utterly pure in thought and deed.
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 King Arthur in Legend: The Holy Grail
The Holy Grail was a vessel used by Christ at the Last Supper.
Corbenic where it was housed in a spectacular castle, guarded always by the Grail Kings, descendants of Joseph's daughter, Anna (Enygeus) and her husband, Brons.
When such a man arrived in the form of Galahad, the son of Lancelot, along with a miraculous, though brief, vision of the Grail itself, a quest to find this holiest of relics began.
www.britannia.com /history/arthur/grail.html   (1001 words)

  
 Background material on the Holy Grail
Gawain at the Grail Castle of Corbenic from the Prose Lancelot
Set in the grail were precious stones of many kinds, the best and costliest to be found in earth or sea: the grail's stones were finer than any others in the worlds, without any doubt.
Thus the grail is 'holy' (tant sainte chose) because of what is conveyed in it, not bacause, as in Chrétien's successors, of its intrinsic value as prototype of the chalice in the Mass (the wine cup from the Last Supper).
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 ISO - The The Holy Grail
Under the lead of Galahad 12 knights left Camelot to search the Holy Grail.
Galahad, so the tale, took it back to the Holy Land.
The church has never recognized the Holy Grail as a relic.
www.ponilla.org /Nimoy/ShowsISO_HolyGrail.htm   (140 words)

  
 Sir Galahad - The Quest for the Holy Grail Arthur Hughes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Sir Galahad - The Quest for the Holy Grail Arthur Hughes
Sir Galahad and The Quest For the Holy Grail
Arthur Hughes Sir Galahad and The Quest for the Holy Grail
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 grail
Perhaps it was a subtle change in the balance of the elements, a minuscule shift in the office chemistry, or that stench that could choke a horse.
Be that as it may, some six months later, Sir Galahad and his retinue of approvers at last emerged from the gates of Camelot.
Sir Galahad was a mass of hornet stings.
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MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL OST ORIG.
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 Holy Grail
However, it would be revealed only to a pure knight, and the Grail Quest appears in different stories.
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.
Holy Grail - Holy Grail: see Grail, Holy.
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 Find in a Library: The Holy Grail; the Galahad quest in the Arthurian literature.
Find in a Library: The Holy Grail; the Galahad quest in the Arthurian literature.
The Holy Grail; the Galahad quest in the Arthurian literature.
Galahad (Legendary character) -- Romances -- History and criticism.
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 eBay.co.uk - Holy Grail, monty python, holy grail reverb, electro harmonix holy grail items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The holy blood and the holy grail (new)
Bloodline of the Holy Grail Softback - Laurence Gardner
Bloodline of the Holy Grail by Laurence Gardner
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 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
That is your purpose, Arthur -- the Quest for the Holy Grail.
The ferocity of the French taunting took him completely by surprise, and Arthur became convinced that a new strategy was required if the quest for the Holy Grail were to be brought to a successful conclusion.
He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the Holy Grail in the Castle of uuggggggh'.
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 Holy Grail
The Holy Grail: From Romance Motif to Modern Genre.
Andrea M. Williams: the Adventures of the Holy Grail: a Study of 'La Queste del saint Graal'.(Book Review)
Cracking the Poussin Code: the key to the Shepherd's Monument at Shugborough: ever since the publication in 1982 of The Holy Blood......
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 Malory, Sir Thomas. 1909–14. The Holy Grail. Vol. 35, Part 2. The Harvard Classics
How the Queen Desired to See Galahad; and How After, All the Knights Were Replenished with the Holy Sangreal, and How They Avowed the Enquest of the Same
How Sir Galahad Rode with the Damosel, and Came to the Ship Whereas Sir Bors and Sir Percivale Were in
How Galahad and His Fellows Came to a Castle, and How They Were Fought Withal, and How They Slew Their Adversaries, and Other Matters
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 Harvard Gazette: Straus Center team finds Holy Grail
It takes a delicate touch, or many delicate touches, to transform the murals beneath a century of city grime to their original opulence.
Working from a temporary office and lab beneath scaffolding in the Abbey Room, the Straus Center team won't soon forget the 15 murals depicting the quest for the mythic grail from the birth of Sir Galahad through his presentation of the grail by angels.
Abbey, an American painter who shared a studio with the better-known Sargent in England, painted the murals on canvas there; like the Sargent murals, they were fastened to the BPL's walls much like wallpaper, using a technique called marouflage.
www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2004/05.06/16-bplmurals.html   (649 words)

  
 How an Angel Rowed Sir Galahad across the Dern Mere by Sir Joseph Noel paton, RSA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
This painting is one of a series of three, of scenes in the story of Sir Galahad, the other two being in upright format, entitled Sir Galahad and his Angel, and Sir Galahad's Vision of the Sangreal.
They were painted at different times in Paton's career, but form a set, and have at some time been framed as such.
A subject entitled Sir Galahad and the Holy Grail was exhibited at the RGIFA and the RSA 1880 (the drawing for it is dated 1879): Sir Galahad and his Angel was exhibited RSA 1885 (the drawing for it is dated 1882).
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 Sir Galahad
He was a particularly popular character in the Arthurian revival, and this page offers you a glimpse of his appearances in 19th- and early 20th-century illustration and text.
The painting on the right is "Sir Galahad," painted by British artist Arthur Hughes (1832-1915) c.
The painting on the left is "The Quest of the Holy Grail," c.
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 Sideshow Collectibles.com - Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Sir Galahad
Sideshow Collectibles.com - Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Sir Galahad
This 12" figure is based on the Sir Galahad character from the Monty Python comedy 'The Holy Grail.' He has over 20 points of articulation and come with themed accessories which include Grail-shaped beacon, longsword and guantlets.
Series content, product specifications, release dates and pricing are subject to change.
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 Tennyson's "Sir Galahad"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Return to the Holy Grail Menu of The Camelot Project at the University of Rochester
Return to the Galahad Menu of The Camelot Project at the University of Rochester
By bridge and ford, by park and pale,
www.lib.rochester.edu /camelot/Galahad.htm   (117 words)

  
 Monty Python and the Holy Grail plot summary
Monty Python and the Holy Grail plot summary
He finds Sir Bedevere, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Galahad the Pure, Sir Robin the not-quite-so-brave-as-Sir-Lancelot and the aptly named Sir Not-appearing-in-this-film.
Sir Galahad sees the Holy Grail in a light above the Castle Anthrax.
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 Monty Python and the Holy Grail from Mystic Realms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" explores the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
Considered by many to be one of the funniest movies ever made, this comedy classic features the talents of: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam (Patsy), Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail : Sir Galahad Surcoat
www.lundyisleofavalon.co.uk /mythology/holygrail/python.htm   (725 words)

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