Encyclopedia of the Holy Grail (Mcfarland Myth and Legend Encyclopedias)

Dixon, Jeffrey John

McFarland & Co Inc（2023/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 336 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781476687940
• DDC分類 809.915

Full Description

In the twelfth century, a French poet wrote a verse romance about a young knight who witnesses a mysterious procession centered on a radiant vessel, a "grail." Left unfinished, the poem inspired other writers of prose and verse, until the story was completely rewritten into the Arthurian romances, in which the vessel becomes a relic of the Last Supper, the Holy Grail.

For hundreds of years, the Grail story has haunted the western imagination. But the original medieval texts are full of inconsistencies, as different writers attempted to complete the story in varied ways. This encyclopedia illuminates a path through the Perilous Forest of literature and legend. Entries summarize the stories of the principal characters, sacred objects and places associated with the Grail. An Afterword shows how mysteries of the grail continue to enchant the scholars and creative writers who have transformed the medieval legend into modern mythology.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction: THE ABSENT PATH

The Encyclopedia

Afterword: Higher Mysteries: Grail Initiation as Twentieth Century Mythology

Appendix I: The Grail Chronology

Appendix II: The Medieval Grail Literature

Appendix III: The Company of the Grail: Some Twentieth Century Writers

Bibliography

Index