2006-10-08 02:28:05 · 16 answers · asked by sumit d 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Depends on whom you believe, whether you feel it was an item (the chalise that Chirst drank from at the Last Supper) or a person (Mary Magdaline, who bore Christ a chilld)
2006-10-08 02:30:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 2⤋
The Holy Grail is a bit of Christianity and Paganism mixed together.
In Christian myths of the middle ages (the grail did not become an issue until Middle Ages) the Holy Grail was the cup used by Jesus at the last supper and supposedely was also used to contain the blood from the wound inflicted by a Roman spear.
It was supposedely brought to England by Joseph of Ariamatha (however you spell that) where it was later found by King Arthur's Knights - the Arthur of Middle Age legends not the Dark Age Arthur.
The properties of the Grail seems to share a number of similarities with the magical cauldrons of Celtic mythology which provided food and substance in endless abundance. Some could even bring the dead back to life. One of the Dark Age Arthur tales is about him recovering such a cauldron from the Other World.
Both the grail and the cauldrons seem to represent a link to the divine which once mankind was linked more strongly with but became seperated over time. They represent a return to a natural and divine state of existence.
Now all this bloodline of Christ stuff just seems like anti-catholic revisionist historian crap. The anwer to the grail lies in mythological psychology not bizarre thousand year old catholic conspiracies.
2006-10-09 02:49:39 · answer #2 · answered by samurai_dave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We will never know exactly what the Holy Grail was, or if it was. The first references to it were in association with the Arthurian legends. It has been alternately the cup which Christ drank from at the Last Supper, the cup which caught his blood at the Crucifixion, one of the treasures of Ireland, and more recently, Mary Magdalene. It has been claimed that the Knights Templar protected it. Since the first mention of the grail was in the Arthur legends, it probably was never a real object, since those stories were first put to paper in about 1200.
2006-10-09 16:21:55 · answer #3 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in my opinion THE HOLY GRAIL is neither the Cup CHRIST drank out of at The Last Supper nor Mary Magdalene.there is far more to THE HOLY GRAIL than these myths and legends as one has to understand the quest before one can even begin to search for THE HOLY GRAIL. am certain there are those who come here who know to what I refer and there are those who do not. seek and ye shall find knock and the door will be opened unto you.
2006-10-11 12:39:21 · answer #4 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Biblical mythology, the Holy Grail is the chalice that Jesus used in the last supper, as he distributed communion. The grail has inspired much literature and film as a symbol of man's search for spiritual truth. The history of this myth can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_grail
2006-10-08 16:20:24 · answer #5 · answered by Nikhil O 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the Christian tradition, The Holy Grail is a dish, plate or cup used by Jesus at The Last Supper. It is said to possess miraculous powers.
2006-10-08 09:34:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
As far as i know, there is no holy grail in the Bible
2006-10-08 10:09:30 · answer #7 · answered by m c 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You'll get as much truth about the Holy Grail from the Monty Python and Indiana Jones films as you will from the Da Vinci code.
2006-10-08 09:31:48 · answer #8 · answered by kirun 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
the holy grail?
there is no reality or myth
we will never know
2006-10-08 09:35:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's just a myth. The stuff of legends and storybooks. Fun to read about, not worth believing in.
2006-10-08 09:40:57 · answer #10 · answered by ratboy 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋