The Grail

Description

"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 chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper, a stone with miraculous youth-preserving virtues, or a vessel containing a man's head swimming in blood. In his classic exploration of the major versions, Roger Sherman Loomis shows how the Grail, once a Celtic vessel of plenty, evolved into the Christian Grail with miraculous powers. Loomis bases his argument on historical examples involving the major motifs and characters in the legends, beginning with the Arthurian legend recounted in the 1180 French poem by Chrétien de Troyes. Loomis's book builds suspense as he proceeds from one puzzle to the next in revealing the meaning behind the legends"--

Subjects

Series Statement

• Mythos

Other Editions

• The Grail: from Celtic myth to Christian symbolPrinceton University Press1991-01-01
• Grail. from Celtic Myth to Christian SymbolColumbia University Press1963-01-01
• The Grail, from Celtic myth to Christian symbol.University of Wales Press1963-01-01
• Grail. from Celtic Myth to Christian SymbolColumbia University Press1963-01-01
• THE GRAILHardcoverGwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press1963-01-01
• The GrailColumbia University Press1963-01-01