What is the Holy Grail?

Answer 1

A movie by Monty Python's Flying Circus

Answer 2

According to Christian mythology, the Holy Grail was the dish, plate, or cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper, said to possess miraculous powers. The connection of Joseph of Arimathea with the Grail legend dates from Robert de Boron's Joseph d'Arimathie (late 12th century) in which Joseph receives the Grail from an apparition of Jesus and sends it with his followers to Great Britain; building upon this theme, later writers recounted how Joseph used the Grail to catch Christ's blood while interring him and that in Britain he founded a line of guardians to keep it safe. The quest for the Holy Grail makes up an important segment of the Arthurian cycle, appearing first in works by Chrétien de Troyes.[1] The legend may combine Christian lore with a Celtic myth of a cauldron endowed with special powers.

The development of the Grail legend has been traced in detail by cultural historians: It is a legend which first came together in the form of written romances, deriving perhaps from some pre-Christian folklore hints, in the later 12th and early 13th centuries. The early Grail romances centered on Percival and were woven into the more general Arthurian fabric.

Answer 3

traditionally, a blending of early Chrisatian lore and Celtic legends of magic chalices, rolled into one.

the earliest Grail legends do not specify its shape, only that it was the receptacle of Jesus' blood at crucifixion. In time, English legends from the 12th/12th century specify it as a cup; the legend then grew that it was also the cup used at the Lasat Supper.

Revisitations to the original lore, combined with Mero-Viringian legends about European monarchs believing themselves to be the descendents of Jesus, combined to make a new Grail legend, as the alleged bloodline of Jesus. The DaVinci Code was a work of fiction incorporating this theme into the devine feminine aspect of theology on the rise in recent decades; and entertaining fiction, but fiction none the less.

Ultimately, the 3rd Indiana Jones movie put it best: it's the quest itself, the search for divine perfection on earth.

Answer 4

"Holy Blood, Holy Grail" is the title of a book, originally published in 1982 by authors Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, & Henry Lincoln. The hypothesis of the book is essentially the underlying story of "The Da Vinci Code."

Answer 5

It's a grail with a lot of holes in it.

Answer 6

The thing they use to cook the holy burgers on. Lol. Sorry, I couldn't resist. It was a plate or cup that Jesus used at the Last Supper that has magical powers.

Answer 7

You don't know what a Grail is? IHS Jim

Answer 8

An imaginary excuse to invade the middle east and take their land during the Crusades.

Answer 9

The supposed cup Jesus drank out of at the last supper.

Answer 10

The cup used at the last supper.