From Ritual to Romance
About this book
A study of the Grail legend explores the saga's Gnostic roots and its relationship to ancient nature cults that associated the physical condition of the king with the productivity of the land.
Subjects
- arthurian romances
- christendom
- dans la littérature
- graal
- graal (volkskunde)
- grail
- history and criticism
- knights and knighthood in literature
- legenden
- légendes
- legends
- littérature médiévale
- medieval literature
- mythe
- quests (expeditions) in literature
- riten
- ritual
- ritual in literature
- rituels (livres liturgiques)
- romances
- romances, history and criticism
- thèmes, motifs