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<blockquote data-quote="luke11685" data-source="post: 252049" data-attributes="member: 15559"><p>The <strong>Holy Grail</strong> (<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" target="_blank">French</a>: <em>Saint Graal</em>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breton_language" target="_blank">Breton</a>: <em>Graal Santel</em>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language" target="_blank">Welsh</a>: <em>Greal Sanctaidd</em>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_language" target="_blank">Cornish</a>: <em>Gral</em>) is a treasure that serves as an important <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motif_(narrative)" target="_blank">motif</a> in <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthurian_literature" target="_blank">Arthurian literature</a>. Various traditions describe the Holy Grail as a cup, dish, or stone with miraculous healing powers, sometimes providing eternal youth or sustenance in infinite abundance, often guarded in the custody of the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_King" target="_blank">Fisher King</a> and located in the hidden Grail castle. By analogy, any elusive object or goal of great significance may be perceived as a "holy grail" by those seeking such.</p><p>A mysterious "grail" (Old French: <em>graal</em> or <em>greal</em>), wondrous but not unequivocally holy, first appears in <em><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceval,_the_Story_of_the_Grail" target="_blank">Perceval, the Story of the Grail</a></em>, an unfinished chivalric romance written by <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chr%C3%A9tien_de_Troyes" target="_blank">Chrétien de Troyes</a> around 1190. Chrétien's story inspired many continuations, translators and interpreters in the later-12th and early-13th centuries, including <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram_von_Eschenbach" target="_blank">Wolfram von Eschenbach</a>, who portrayed the Grail as a stone in <em><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parzival" target="_blank">Parzival</a></em>. The Christian, Celtic or possibly other origins of the Arthurian grail <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trope_(literature)" target="_blank">trope</a> are uncertain and have been debated among literary scholars and historians.</p><p></p><p>In the late 12th century, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Boron" target="_blank">Robert de Boron</a> in <em><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_d%27Arimathie_(poem)&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Joseph d'Arimathie</a> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_d%27Arimathie_(roman)" target="_blank">fr</a>]</em> portrayed the Grail as <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus" target="_blank">Jesus</a>'s <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl" target="_blank">vessel</a> from the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Supper" target="_blank">Last Supper</a>, which <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea" target="_blank">Joseph of Arimathea</a> used to catch <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_of_Christ" target="_blank">Christ's blood</a> at <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" target="_blank">the crucifixion</a>. Thereafter, the Holy Grail became interwoven with the legend of the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Chalice" target="_blank">Holy Chalice</a>, the Last Supper cup, an idea continued in works such as the <em><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot-Grail" target="_blank">Lancelot-Grail</a></em> cycle, and subsequently the 15th-century <em><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Morte_d%27Arthur" target="_blank">Le Morte d'Arthur</a></em>. In this form, it is now a popular theme in modern culture, and has become the subject of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore_studies" target="_blank">folklore studies</a>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudohistory" target="_blank">pseudohistorical</a> writings, works of fiction, and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theories" target="_blank">conspiracy theories</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="luke11685, post: 252049, member: 15559"] The [B]Holy Grail[/B] ([URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language']French[/URL]: [I]Saint Graal[/I], [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breton_language']Breton[/URL]: [I]Graal Santel[/I], [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language']Welsh[/URL]: [I]Greal Sanctaidd[/I], [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_language']Cornish[/URL]: [I]Gral[/I]) is a treasure that serves as an important [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motif_(narrative)']motif[/URL] in [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthurian_literature']Arthurian literature[/URL]. Various traditions describe the Holy Grail as a cup, dish, or stone with miraculous healing powers, sometimes providing eternal youth or sustenance in infinite abundance, often guarded in the custody of the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_King']Fisher King[/URL] and located in the hidden Grail castle. By analogy, any elusive object or goal of great significance may be perceived as a "holy grail" by those seeking such. A mysterious "grail" (Old French: [I]graal[/I] or [I]greal[/I]), wondrous but not unequivocally holy, first appears in [I][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceval,_the_Story_of_the_Grail']Perceval, the Story of the Grail[/URL][/I], an unfinished chivalric romance written by [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chr%C3%A9tien_de_Troyes']Chrétien de Troyes[/URL] around 1190. Chrétien's story inspired many continuations, translators and interpreters in the later-12th and early-13th centuries, including [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram_von_Eschenbach']Wolfram von Eschenbach[/URL], who portrayed the Grail as a stone in [I][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parzival']Parzival[/URL][/I]. The Christian, Celtic or possibly other origins of the Arthurian grail [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trope_(literature)']trope[/URL] are uncertain and have been debated among literary scholars and historians. In the late 12th century, [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Boron']Robert de Boron[/URL] in [I][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_d%27Arimathie_(poem)&action=edit&redlink=1']Joseph d'Arimathie[/URL] [[URL='https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_d%27Arimathie_(roman)']fr[/URL]][/I] portrayed the Grail as [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus']Jesus[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl']vessel[/URL] from the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Supper']Last Supper[/URL], which [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea']Joseph of Arimathea[/URL] used to catch [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_of_Christ']Christ's blood[/URL] at [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus']the crucifixion[/URL]. Thereafter, the Holy Grail became interwoven with the legend of the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Chalice']Holy Chalice[/URL], the Last Supper cup, an idea continued in works such as the [I][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot-Grail']Lancelot-Grail[/URL][/I] cycle, and subsequently the 15th-century [I][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Morte_d%27Arthur']Le Morte d'Arthur[/URL][/I]. In this form, it is now a popular theme in modern culture, and has become the subject of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore_studies']folklore studies[/URL], [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudohistory']pseudohistorical[/URL] writings, works of fiction, and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theories']conspiracy theories[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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