&KUpWLHQLVWKH¿UVWWRFRQQHFWWKHJUDLOWRWKH$UWKXULDQOHJHQGEXWwhen the procession passes through the hall of the Fisher King, hesays only that there is un grail, or “a grail,” meaning that it hadbecome a common enough term for a platter at this point, and therewasn’t yet any conception of a singular, unique Holy Grail.
Chrétien is the first to connect the grail to Arthurian legend, but when...
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