![]() For example, in Chrétien de Troyes’ original version of the story, Perceval, 1 the grail is simply identified with a serving dish or bowl, not the cup used at the last supper. ![]() ![]() Yet, earlier versions of grail legend are far more nuanced. Likewise, these versions of the story identify the knight destined for the grail with Galahad on account of his monkish purity. According to these iterations of the tale, the grail is identified with the chalice from which Christ drank at the last super and into which his blood spilled later as his side was pierced on the cross. ![]() In its later articulations, the legend of the holy grail is an essentially ecclesiastical myth. ![]()
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