The Grail : : From Celtic Myth to Christian Symbol / / Roger Sherman Loomis.
The medieval legend of the Grail, a tale about the search for supreme mystical experience, has never ceased to intrigue writers and scholars by its wildly variegated forms: the settings have ranged from Britain to the Punjab to the Temple of Zeus at Dodona; the Grail itself has been described as the...
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| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- I. The Chief Romances of the Grail: a Preview
- II. The Origins and Growth of Arthurian Romance
- III. Celtic Myths, their Mutations and Combinations
- IV. The First Grail Story, the Conte del Graal of Chrétien de Troyes
- V. The Grail Bearer, the Question Test, and the Fisher King
- VI. The First Sequel to the Conte del Graal: the Corpse on the Bier and the Broken Sword
- VII. Irish Echtrai: the Waste Land and the Bleeding Lance
- VIII. Manessier's Sequel and Peredur: the Mission of Revenge
- IX. Perlesvaus : Welsh Talismans and a Welsh Elysium
- X. Sone de Nansai and the Mabinogi of Branwen
- XI. The Prose Lancelot: Combat and Scandal in the Castle of King Pelles
- XII. The Queste del Saint Graal: Celtic Story-Patterns in Cistercian Allegory
- XIII. Parzival, the Spiritual Biography of a Knight
- XIV. Joseph of Arimathea, an Evangelist by Error
- XV. Glastonbury, School of Forgery and Isle of Avalon
- XVI. The End of the Quest
- Appendixes
- Index