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Though I learned the word "grail" from books I read when I was quite young, I never thought until just now to look it up, to learn its pedigree. I was surprised to find it derives ultimately from "krater' Grail 5ME graal < OFr < ML gradalis, flat dish, cup < ? VL *cratalis < L crater, mixing bowl: see CRATER6 Medieval Legend the cup or platter used by Jesus at the Last Supper, and by Joseph of Arimathea to collect drops of Jesus‘ blood at the Crucifixion: the quest for the Grail, which disappeared, is treated in Malory‘s Morte Darthur, Wagner‘s Parsifal, etc. Also Holy Grail
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the quest for the Grail, which disappeared, is treated in Malory‘s Morte Darthur, Wagner‘s Parsifal, etc.One can't leave Monty Python out of this equation, can one?
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formerly known as etaoin...
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The grail and Morte D'Arthur made me think of The Questing Beast Glatisant, so I did some questing and offer a link for those who may be interested. http://www.employees.org/~pcorless/pendragon/glatisant.txtThis was the most informative of all the links I found. I also came across references to the Lancelot-Vulgate and Post-Vulgate Quest for the Holy Grail legends - all new to me; looking in Amazon I was distressed by the prices for a translation of these works. I am amazed at not having come across them before. I have a good copy of Mallory but these predate him, seem to be better written than Geoffrey of Monmouth's even earlier work, and I lust after them!
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I was distressed
Does that mean you were also disheveled?
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I was quite tidy, but I was less than stinctly gusted. Ummm, not sure that's right.
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