Post by James ToupinPost by r***@sdf.lonestar.orgIn Clovis time, Crater, the Grail, was rising. Upcoming book.
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What everyone appears to forget in regards to the "Grail" is that when it
was first written about, by Chrétien de Troyes, it was not a cup or goblet
or chalice; it was in fact first represented by a large gold platter that
was ever-full of food. Also the word "Grail" itself has no meaning apart
from that given to by de Troyes and subsequent generations. The word was,
most likely, a misspelled version of a Latin original meaning a certain type
of dish used to serve specific courses during a formal meal or simply
invented by de Troyes.
James
In fact, Chretien never states that it was always full of food -- in fact, he
indirectly affirms that it was a fish platter, probably used in a Celtic pagan
ritual involving sacred salmon (by way of "protesting too much", as Shakespeare
would say). The reference to the "wafers" is a later interpolation, probably by
one of the 3 continuators of "Li Conte del Graal".
The theme of "bottomless dish" is based on the Irish cauldrons of the Tuatha de
Danaan, which would only boil the meat of heroes, and would always provide
exactly the piece of meat that the warrior that approached wanted/deserved.
It's amazing how much of Welsh tradition was originally Irish.