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.
