LOS ORíGENES DEL GRIAL EN LAS LEYENDAS ARTúRICAS: INTERPRETACIONES CRISTIANAS Y VISIONES SIMBóLICAS

This paper traces the origins and literary development of the legend of the Holy Grial as it appears initially in the first Arthurian mythos. Even though it most probably had pagan origins, the HolyGrial soon came to be identified with the Holy Chalice, the vessel which Christ used at the Last Supper.This transmutation wraps the stories which include the motif of the quest for the Holy Grail with religious connotations. From the fourteenth century onwards that religious character started to fade awayand when the theme was brought back into literature and art it acquired mystical and spiritual valueswhich went beyond the simple Christian character it treasured during Medieval times.