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SCOUT· 30%3h 07m·2022-04-27·HistoryMyth of the Month 19: The Holy Grail -- pt. 2
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How did the Holy Grail transform from the object of a purifying spiritual quest to a Faustian symbol of the corruptions of power? We consider the evolution of the Grail myth from the later medieval romances through Le Morte D'Arthur, the works of Tennyson, Wagner, and T.S. Eliot, and the portrayals of the Grail by…
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