From Ritual to RomanceCourier Corporation, 1997 M01 1 - 240 páginas Acknowledged by T. S. Eliot as crucial to understanding "The Waste Land, " Jessie Weston's book has continued to attract readers interested in ancient religion, myth, and especially Arthurian legend. Weston examines the saga of the Grail, which, in many versions, begins when the wounded king of a famished land sees a procession of objects including a bleeding lance and a bejewelled cup. She maintains that all versions defy uniform applications of Celtic and Christian interpretations, and explores the legend's Gnostic roots.Drawing from J. G. Frazer, who studied ancient nature cults that associated the physical condition of the king with the productivity of the land, Weston considers how the legend of the Grail related to fertility rites--with the lance and the cup serving as sexual symbols. She traces its origins to a Gnostic text that served as a link between ancient vegetation cults and the Celts and Christians who embellished the story. Conceiving of the Grail saga as a literary outgrowth of ancient ritual, she seeks a Gnostic Christian interpretation that unites the quest for fertility with the striving for mystical oneness with God. |
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... tradition . The Rig - Veda . Extreme importance assigned to Indra's feat of ' Freeing the Waters . ' This also specific achievement of Grail heroes . Extracts from Rig - Veda . Dramatic poems and monologues . Professor von Schroeder's ...
... tradition . The Rig - Veda . Extreme importance assigned to Indra's feat of ' Freeing the Waters . ' This also specific achievement of Grail heroes . Extracts from Rig - Veda . Dramatic poems and monologues . Professor von Schroeder's ...
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... tradition . Instances given . Real significance of Lance and Cup . Well known as Life Symbols . The Samurai . Four Symbols also preserved as Suits of the Tarot . Origin of Tarot discussed . Probably reached Europe from the East . Use of ...
... tradition . Instances given . Real significance of Lance and Cup . Well known as Life Symbols . The Samurai . Four Symbols also preserved as Suits of the Tarot . Origin of Tarot discussed . Probably reached Europe from the East . Use of ...
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... tradition . Possible survival from pre - literary form . Evidence of the Triads . Peredur as Healer . Evolution of theme . Le Dist de l'Erberie . pp . 96-106 CHAPTER IX THE FISHER KING Summary of evidence presented . Need of a ' test ...
... tradition . Possible survival from pre - literary form . Evidence of the Triads . Peredur as Healer . Evolution of theme . Le Dist de l'Erberie . pp . 96-106 CHAPTER IX THE FISHER KING Summary of evidence presented . Need of a ' test ...
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... tradition not Celtic Folk - tale . Comparison of version with Finn story . With Messianic tradition . Epitaph of Bishop Aberkios . Voyage of Saint Brandan . Connection of Fish with goddess Astarte . Cumont . Connection of Fish and Dove ...
... tradition not Celtic Folk - tale . Comparison of version with Finn story . With Messianic tradition . Epitaph of Bishop Aberkios . Voyage of Saint Brandan . Connection of Fish with goddess Astarte . Cumont . Connection of Fish and Dove ...
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... tradition . Process of evolution sketched . Bleheris . Perlesvaus . Borron and the Mystery tradition . Christian Legendary , and Folk - tale , secondary , not primary , features . pp . 141-154 CHAPTER XII MITHRA AND ATTIS Problem of ...
... tradition . Process of evolution sketched . Bleheris . Perlesvaus . Borron and the Mystery tradition . Christian Legendary , and Folk - tale , secondary , not primary , features . pp . 141-154 CHAPTER XII MITHRA AND ATTIS Problem of ...
Contenido
CHAPTER I | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 11 |
CHAPTER IV | 32 |
CHAPTER V | 49 |
CHAPTER VI | 62 |
CHAPTER VII | 77 |
CHAPTER VIII | 96 |
CHAPTER IX | 107 |
CHAPTER X | 130 |
CHAPTER XI | 141 |
THE SECRET OF THE GRAIL | 151 |
CHAPTER XII | 155 |
CHAPTER XIII | 165 |
THE AUTHOR | 178 |
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Adonis adventure Alfred Nutt appears Aryan Attis belief Bledri Bleheris Borron celebrations Celtic ceremony Chapel chapter character Chrétien Chrétien de Troyes Christian classic criticism cult Cumont curious Dead death deity Drama early elements evidence existence fact feast feature Fertility Fish Fisher King Folk-lore Gawain Grail Castle Grail legend Grail romances Grail story Greek hero Hippolytus illustrations importance Indra initiation knight Korybantes Kouretes Lance Lancelot land Legend of Sir literary literature Mannhardt Maruts Mead Medieval Mithra Mithraism Morris Dance Mumming Play Mysteries Mysterium und Mimus Mystic Naassenes origin parallel Parzival Pentangle Perceval Perlesvaus Phrygian poem popular possess practice Professor von Schroeder Quest Quester quoted referred religion remarks represented Rig-Veda rites rôle Saint Salii scholars significance suggestion survival Sword Dance symbols tale Tammuz Tarot theme theory tion tradition translation Vegetation Wauchier worship wounded writer youth