From Ritual to Romance
Author(s): Jessie L. Weston
Arthurian Lore | Myths, Symbols & Archetypes
Landmark of anthropological and mythological scholarship explores Grail legend, uniting its folkloric and Christian elements by using printed texts to prove the parallels existing between every feature of the legend of the Holy Grail and the recorded symbolism of ancient Mystery cults. A major source for Eliot's The Waste Land.
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER II THE TASK OF THE HERO CHAPTER III THE FREEING OF THE WATERS CHAPTER IV TAMMUZ AND ADONIS CHAPTER V MEDIEVEAL AND MODERN FORMS OF NATURE RITUAL CHAPTER VI THE SYMBOLS CHAPTER VII THE SWORD DANCE CHAPTER VIII THE MEDICINE MAN CHAPTER IX THE FISHER KING CHAPTER X THE SECRET OF THE GRAIL (I) The Mysteries CHAPTER XI THE SECRET OF THE GRAIL (2) The Naassene Document CHAPTER XII MITHRA AND ATTIS CHAPTER XIII THE PERILOUS CHAPEL CHAPTER XIV THE AUTOR INDEX
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- : Dover Publications, Incorporated
- : 0.249
- : 01 May 1997
- : 216mm X 137mm X 11mm
- : United States
- : books
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- : Jessie L. Weston
- : Paperback
- : Dover ed
- : English
- : 240
