From Ritual to RomanceCosimo, Inc., 2007 M12 1 - 240 páginas From Ritual to Romance is a 1920 landmark study of anthropology and folklore that examines the roots of the King Arthur-Holy Grail legends. Jessie Weston's revolutionary theory holds that most elements of the Grail story are actually the remnants of incredibly old fertility rites -- with the lance and the cup serving as sexual symbols. Drawing on James George Frazer's seminal works on folklore, magic, and religion, Weston seeks to make connections between the legend's early pagan elements and its later Christian influences, uniting the quest for fertility with the striving for mystical oneness with God. T.S. Elliot cited this work as a major influence for his famous epic poem, "The Waste Land." JESSIE LAIDLAY WESTON (1850-1928) was an independent scholar and folklorist who specialized in mediaeval Arthurian texts. |
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... tion from Pagan Mystery to Christian Ceremonial , but also proof of that wider significance I was begin- ning to apprehend . The problem involved was not one of Folk - lore , not even one of Literature , but of Comparative Religion in ...
... tion from Pagan Mystery to Christian Ceremonial , but also proof of that wider significance I was begin- ning to apprehend . The problem involved was not one of Folk - lore , not even one of Literature , but of Comparative Religion in ...
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... tion the essential centre of Ritual . Muharram too late in date and lacks Resurrection feature . Relation between defunct heroes and special localities . Sanctity possibly antecedent to connection . Mana not necessarily a case of relics ...
... tion the essential centre of Ritual . Muharram too late in date and lacks Resurrection feature . Relation between defunct heroes and special localities . Sanctity possibly antecedent to connection . Mana not necessarily a case of relics ...
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... tion of theme . Le Dist de l'Erberie . pp . 101-112 CHAPTER IX The Fisher King Summary of evidence presented . Need of a ' test ' ele- ment . To be found in central figure . Mystery of his title . Analysis of variants . Gawain version ...
... tion of theme . Le Dist de l'Erberie . pp . 101-112 CHAPTER IX The Fisher King Summary of evidence presented . Need of a ' test ' ele- ment . To be found in central figure . Mystery of his title . Analysis of variants . Gawain version ...
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... Isles . Possible explana- tion of unorthodox character of Grail legend . Evidence of survival of cult in fifth century . The Elucidation a pos- sible record of historic facts . Reason for connecting Grail xvi Contents.
... Isles . Possible explana- tion of unorthodox character of Grail legend . Evidence of survival of cult in fifth century . The Elucidation a pos- sible record of historic facts . Reason for connecting Grail xvi Contents.
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... tion , the story itself is non - Christian , and Folk - lore in origin . Both groups have a basis of truth for their argu- ments : the features upon which they rely are , in each case , undeniably present , yet at the same time each ...
... tion , the story itself is non - Christian , and Folk - lore in origin . Both groups have a basis of truth for their argu- ments : the features upon which they rely are , in each case , undeniably present , yet at the same time each ...
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Is it possible to establish chain of descent connecting | 52 |
CHAPTER VI | 65 |
CHAPTER VII | 81 |
CHAPTER VIII | 101 |
CHAPTER IX | 113 |
CHAPTER X | 137 |
CHAPTER XI | 149 |
CHAPTER XII | 164 |
CHAPTER XIII | 175 |
CHAPTER XIV | 189 |
Index pp 211217 | 211 |
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Adonis adventure Alfred Nutt appears Aryan Attis belief Bledri Bleheris Borron celebrations ceremonies Chapel chapter character Chrétien Chrétien de Troyes Christian closely connected criticism cult Cumont curious death deity Drama elements evidence existence fact feast feature Fertility Fish Fisher King Folk-lore Grail castle Grail legend Grail romances Grail story Greek healing herbs hero Holy Grail importance Indra initiation J. G. Frazer Korybantes Kouretes Lancelot land later Legend of Sir literary literature maidens Mannhardt Maruts Medieval Mithra Mithraism Morris Dance Mumming Play Mysterium und Mimus Mystery Naassene Nature ritual origin parallel Parzival Pentangle Perceval Perlesvaus Phrygian poem popular possess practice Professor von Schroeder Quest Quester referred remarks represented restoration Rig-Veda rites rôle Saint Salii scholars significance Sir Gawain Sone de Nansai suggestion survival Sword Dance symbols tale Tammuz Tarot theme theory tion Wauchier worship wounded writer youth
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Página 204 - The Grail story is not du fond en comble the product of imagination, literary or popular. At its root lies the record, more or less distorted, of an ancient Ritual, having for its ultimate object the initiation into the secret of the sources of Life, physical and spiritual.
Página 189 - Probably we shall never know, but of this one thing we may be sure, the Grail is a living force, it will never die; it may indeed sink out of sight, and, for centuries even, disappear from the field of literature, but it will rise to the surface again, and become once more a theme of vital inspiration...
Página 183 - ... and reacting with fatal results upon the physical. We have already seen in the Naassene document that the Mystery ritual comprised a double initiation, the Lower, into the mysteries of generation, ie, of physical Life; the Higher, into the Spiritual Divine Life, where man is made one with God. Some years ago I offered the suggestion that the test for the primary initiation, that into the sources of physical life...
Página 187 - The Otherworld is not a myth, but a reality," Miss Weston explains, "and in all ages there have been souls who have been willing to brave the great adventure, and to risk all for the chance of bringing back with them such assurance of the future life.
Página 176 - Students of the Grail romances will remember that in many of the versions the hero - sometimes it is a heroine - meets with a strange and terrifying adventure in a mysterious Chapel, an adventure which, we are given to understand, is fraught with extreme peril to life. The details vary; sometimes there is a Dead Body laid on the altar; sometimes a Black Hand extinguishes the tapers; there are strange and threatening voices, and the general impression is that this is an adventure in which supernatural,...
Página 188 - Grail stories, concludes that these stories "repose eventually," not upon a poet's imagination, but upon the ruins of an august and ancient ritual, a ritual which once claimed to be the accredited guardian of the deepest secrets of life."30 Yet she supposes that certain historical incidents have crept into these narratives.
Página 188 - ... Weston's book From Ritual to Romance which is concerned with Romance literature and the origin of the Grail. At one point she connects the Templars with pagan priests in Rome, known as the Salii, and later has this to say about the Templars and their possible connection with surviving pagan mysteries: Had they, when in the East, come into touch with a survival of the Naassene, or some kindred sect? It seems exceedingly probable. If it were so we could understand at once the puzzling connection...
Página 204 - Mystery' form it was freely utilized for the imparting of high spiritual teaching concerning the relation of Man to the Divine Source of his being, and the possibility of a sensible union between Man, and God.
Página 188 - The Grail romances repose eventually, not upon a poet's imagination, but upon the ruins of an august and ancient ritual, a ritual which once claimed to be the accredited guardian of the deepest secrets of Life. Driven from its high estate by the relentless force of religious evolution — for after all, Adonis, Attis, and their congeners were but the 'half-gods' who must needs yield place when 'the Gods' themselves arrive — it yet lingered on; openly, in Folk practice, in Fast and Feast, whereby...