Holy Grail
Množina: Holy Grails
A cup supposedly used by Jesus at the Last Supper.
In medieval Christian legend, the dish or cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper, supposed to have supernatural powers. Together with the spear with which he was wounded at the Crucifixion, it was an object of quest by King Arthur's knights in certain stories incorporated in the Arthurian legend.
According to one story, the blood of Jesus was collected in the Holy Grail by Joseph of Arimathaea at the Crucifixion, and he brought it to Britain where he allegedly built the first church, at Glastonbury. At least three churches in Europe possess vessels claimed to be the Holy Grail.
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Sveti gral
IPA: / sʋeti ɡral /Čaša koju je koristio Isus Hrist tokom Poslednje večere.
Sveti gral je predmet za kojim se tragalo u legendi o kralju Arturu iz 5. ili 6. veka, koji je po predanju bio vođa Kelta, starosedelaca Britanije i sa svojim vitezovima "Okruglog stola" odupirao se najezdi Angla i Sasa. Mit o Svetom gralu je doživeo mnogobrojne umetničke obrade.
Pretpostavlja se da potiče, mada se o tome stalno raspravlja, iz kultova plodnosti stare Grčke, keltskih legendi i hrišćanske liturgije. Sam pojam "gral" vezuje se za mnoge pred
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