holy grail

     

Accoring to Christian mythology, the Holy Grail was the dish, plate, or cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper, said to possess miraculous powers. The connection of Joseph of Arimathea with the Grail legend dates from Robert de Boron's Joseph d'Arimathie (late 12th century) in which Joseph receives the Grail from an apparition of Jesus and sends it with his followers to Great Britain; building upon this theme, later writers recounted how Joseph used the Grail to catch Christ's blood while interring him and that in Britain he founded a line of guardians to keep it safe. The quest for the Holy Grail makes up an important segment of the Arthurian cycle, appearing first in works by Chrétien de Troyes. The legend may combine Christian lore with a Celtic myth of a cauldron endowed with special powers.

Trivia about holy grail

  • In literature from the 1200s to today, it has been depicted as a type of dish, a talismanic stone & a woman
  • Arthur's round table had a seat reserved for this knight who could find this
  • This object from Arthurian & Christian legend has come to mean the object of any difficult quest
  • In the King Arthur legends, Sir Galahad quested for this sacred vessel
  • The object of a prolonged quest is often referred to as this Christian cup of medieval legend
  • A lot of sleepless "knights" were spent questing for this chalice given to Joseph of Arimathea
  • In some writings, it was Perceval, not Galahad, who went on a quest for this vessel
  • This cup became sort of a family heirloom for the descendents of Joseph of Arimathea
  • Parsifal sought it
  • This object, of course, is what all the endlessly silly questing in "Spamalot" is about
  • Perceval left a note: "Hey, Mer, I'll need help finding" this chalice
  • One derivation of this much-sought relic's name may be from the Latin "Sang Real" or "Royal Blood"
  • Traditional 2-word name for the chalice used by Jesus during the Last Supper
  • The Fisher King is the guardian of this relic