Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail / With Especial Reference to the Hypothesis of Its Celtic Origin

THE HON. J. ABERCROMBY.
A. MACHADO Y ALVAREZ.
THE EARL BEAUCHAMP, F.S.A.
EDWARD BRABROOK, F.S.A.
DR. G. B. BRINTON.
JAMES BRITTEN, F.L.S.
LOYS BRUEYRE.
MISS C. S. BURNE.
EDWARD CLODD.
PROFESSOR D. COMPARETTI.
G. LAURENCE GOMME, F.S.A.
A. GRANGER HUTT, F.S.A.
SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, Bt., F.R.S.
REV. DR. RICHARD MORRIS.
ALFRED NUTT.
EDWARD PEACOCK, F.S.A.
Z. D. PEDROSO.
PROFESSOR A. H. SAYCE, M.A.
CAPTAIN R. C. TEMPLE.
HENRY B. WHEATLEY, F.S.A.

AUDITORS.

G. L. APPERSON.
JOHN TOLHURST, F.S.A.

LOCAL SECRETARIES.

Ireland: G. H. KINAHAN, R.I.A.
South Scotland: WILLIAM GEORGE BLACK, Esq.
North Scotland: Rev. WALTER GREGOR.
India: Captain R. C. TEMPLE.
China: J. STEWART LOCKHART.

HONORARY SECRETARIES.

A. GRANGER HUTT, F.S.A., 8, Oxford Road, Kilburn, N.W.
J. J. FOSTER, 36, Alma Square, St. John’s Wood, N.W.

STUDIES ON THE LEGEND OF THE HOLY GRAIL.

Works by the same Author.

The Aryan Expulsion and Return Formula among the Celts.—Folk-Lore Record, Vol. IV. 10s. 6d.

“Interessante Étude de mythographie comparÉe.”—Revue Celtique.

Mabinogion Studies, I. The Mabinogi of Branwen, daughter of Llyr.—Folk-Lore Record, Vol. V. 10s. 6d.

“Eingehendes und sehr beachtenswerthes Studium.”—Prof. Ernst Windisch, in Ersch und Gruber.

“These careful and searching studies deserve to be honourably mentioned.”—Mons. Henri Gaidoz, in the Academy.

STUDIES

ON THE

Legend of the Holy Grail

WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE HYPOTHESIS

OF ITS

CELTIC ORIGIN.

BY
ALFRED NUTT.

“Welchem Volke das MÄrchen (von Parzival’s Jugendgeschichte) angehÖrte, welches die schriftliche oder mÜndliche Ueberlieferung mit der Gralsage in Verbindung brachte, ist schwer zu bestimmen, doch wÜrde dasjenige Volk den meisten Anspruch darauf haben, bei welchem sich dies MÄrchen ausserhalb jenes Zusammenhangs nachweisen liesse.”—K. Simrock.

“The Celtic hero who in the twelfth century became Perceval le Chercheur du basin ... in the end became possessed of that sacred basin le Saint Graal, and the holy lance which, though Christian in the story, are the same as the talismans which appear so often in Gaelic tales ... the glittering weapon which destroys, and the sacred medicinal cup which cures.”—J. F. Campbell.

“In all the Fenian stories mention is made of Fionn’s healing cup ... it is the same as the Holy Grail of course.”—J. F. Campbell.

London:
DAVID NUTT, 270-71, STRAND.
1888.

HARRISON AND SONS,
PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY,
ST. MARTIN’S LANE, LONDON.

DEDICATION.

To the Memory
OF
J. F. CAMPBELL,
FROM WHOM
I FIRST LEARNT TO LOVE CELTIC TRADITION.

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