THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH
KNIGHTS OF KING ARTHUR
THE WASTE LAND
CUPS & CAULDRONS
GRAIL MISCELLANY
100
HE TRAVELED TO MALACANDRA AND PERELANDRA BEFORE COMING TO ST. ANNE'S.
WHO IS ELWIN RANSOME?
100
IN SOME STORIES, GALAHAD; IN OTHERS, PERCEVAL.
WHO is THE KNIGHT WHO FOUND THE GRAIL?
100
T. S. Eliot dedicated his poem to this man, with this recognition in Italian: " il miglior fabbro"
Who is Ezra Pound?
100
The false etymology of the grail's meaning refers to this, translated: san graal; sang real.
What is holy cup; royal (holy) blood?
100
He was the first to write of "a grail" in his "Perceval le Gallois."
Who is Chretien de Troyes?
200
THE ST. ANNE'S COMMUNITY REPRESENTS THE LAST REMNANT OF THIS KINGDOM IN GREAT BRITAIN.
What is LOGRES?
200
THE SON OF SIR LANCELOT.
WHO IS GALAHAD?
200
Eliot references this famous poetic work in the opening lines of part 1, The Burial of the Dead.
What is the Canterbury Tales?
200
Scholars believe that the grail legends stem in part from Celtic stories about these magic objects.
What are cauldrons?
200
In some stories, the grail is not a cup or plate, but this.
What is the lapis excillis (or stone, or sorcerer's stone).
300
N.I.C.E.
What is THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COORDINATED EXPERIMENTS?
300
HE CHOPPED OFF THE HEAD OF THE GREEN KNIGHT.
WHO IS SIR GAWAIN?
300
She had a bad cold and was a famous clairvoyante.
Who is Madame Sosostris?
300
In Irish legend, this king had a cauldron that could bring men back to life.
Who is Bran the Blessed?
300
Now reposing in a bank vault in London, this relic has been nibbled to bits by the devout.
What is the Marian Chalice, or the Nanteos Cup?
400
THEY VISIT DR. RANSOM ON JANE'S FIRST VISIT.
What ARE THE ELDILA? (ANGELS)
400
HE WAS THE FOSTER BROTHER OF "WART," AKA KING ARTHUR.
WHO IS SIR KAY?
400
The Wasteland has 5 chapters. This is the last.
What is "What the Thunder Said?"
400
Tradition holds that he took the cup of the last supper to Glastonbury, England.
Who is Joseph of Arimathea?
400
These 4 objects make up the "grail hallows."
What are the cup, the lance (of Longinus), the sword (that beheaded John the Baptist), and the platter.
500
ELWIN RANSOM IS BASED UPON THIS REAL "INKLING."
WHO IS TOLKIEN?
500
THE TUTOR OF WART (ARTHUR), HE WAS ENCHANTED BY THE SORCERESS NIMUE, AND RESURRECTS IN THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH.
WHO IS MERLIN?
500
Along with From Ritual to Romance, this was a major influence on Eliot's The Wasteland.
What is The Golden Bough?
500
Some modern traditions hold that the grail is not a cup, but this...
What are the descendants of Mary Magdalene (or Jesus' children, or the Merovingian line, etc.)
500
This philosopher and mythologist believes the real grail is man's quest for meaning in life.
Who is Joseph Campbell?
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