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HOLY GRAIL

In Christian mythology, the Holy Grail (variously spelt Greal, Graal, Granal, Grasal, etc), is the holy vessel, supposed to have been of emerald, from which Jesus dispensed the wine at the last supper. It was said to have been brought to England by Joseph of Arimathea, but to have been taken back to heaven until the appearance of heroes worthy to be its guardians. Titurel, a descendant of the Asiatic prince Perillus, whose descendants had allied themselves with the family of a Breton sovereign, was chosen as its keeper. He erected for it a temple on the model of that at Jerusalem, and organized a band of guardians. It was visible only to the baptized and pure of heart. With this legend that of King Arthur became connected. Three of his knights, Galahad, Percival, and Bors, had sight of it, and on the death of Percival, its last guardian, it was again taken to heaven.
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