What knight from the tales of King Arthur was able to see the Holy Grail?
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Sir Galahad; As I heard the story, the lady of the lake told Arthur to find his champion on the far side of the sea. He made the trip and found Lancelot (we all know how that turned out).\n\nLancelot was good, but it was not he the Lady of the lake spoke of. She meant for Arthur tu find his son, Galahad (who was way too young at the time)
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The Magic Head?  Are you talking about the giant Math, in the Mabinogion, whose head kept talking even after it was cut off?  I don't know what you mean otherwise.  And Excalibur was Arthur's sword, which was magical, and marked him out as the King of the Britons.  He had to return it to the Lady of the Lake at his last battle.  As far as I know, there is no real similarity between these stories, but I might not have the right ones.
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It's Rennes-le-Chateau, and it's in France (the UK church you may be confusing it with was Rosslyn Chapel). Links with details of "the mystery" below, if you enjoy that sort of thing.\n\nThe real story is that the whole fable was started - or at least given widespread publicity - by Noel Corbu, a local restaurateur trying to attract business. They were incorporated by writer and fantasist Pierre Plantard in his book on the Priory of Sion. Plantard faked historical documents to support the stories (and his claim to be King of France, or at least Grand Master of the Priory of Sion).\n\nThe stories and documents drew in the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail, who made a small packet out of treating them as historical truth. Dan Brown in turn took up the story, turned it into a novel, and made a considerably larger packet.\n\nBut the REAL real story is that Jesus was just a man, not the Son of God, so it's all a bit of a waste of time worrying about it!
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Devinci Code is a story by Dan Brown that is based on old gnostic beliefs that Jesus was married to Mary Magdelin and they had children.  It is a quest for the Holy Grail.  Not the cup that everyone thinks of but the Holy blood line of Jesus Christ.  The story believes that the midevil crusaders called the Knights Templar found evidence of this detail and have been blackmailing the Catholic Chuch ever since.  According to the story the secret has been guarded by the Priore of Scion, a secret society once headed by Leonardo DeVinci.  Although this story has been around for hundreds of years there is to date no credible historical or archeological evidence that back up this theory.  But don't let that get you down.  I am a Catholic and I found the story a terrific read and well worth the time, even if I don't believe a word of it.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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the excalibur, which was handed to him by arthur.
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I found these sites to be very insightful.\n\nhttp://www.britannia.com/history/h12.html\n\nhttp://www.kingarthursknights.com/\n\nhttp://legends.dm.net/kingarthur/\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur\n\nHope this satifies your interest.
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By 'frame' story do you mean, I assume you mean like an outline of what happens?\nWell basically somehow this English guy ends up back into the 15th Century, in King Arthur's Court. And he describes how Medieval they are.  For he is speaking is the "Queens English" were they are all talking "Old English" with 'where for art thou' language.  ONe unforgettable instance, is his meetings with Merlin.  He describes the wizard to somewhat of a con-artist, wowing the masses with simple magic tricks.  And there is 'battle of magicians' between them.  The English man predicts an eclipse (which he has known of previously) and dares Merlin to reverse his spell, which Merlin is of course unable.  The english man is then made into a kind of knight, and we see him take a wife and live out his life in this 'backward' world.  He even helps in a big battle at the end, in which he brings in battlefield tactics from the future.
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There are a few Monty Python movies in this house.  Monty Python's Holy Grail is highly quotable.
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As of now, despite research, King Arthur, his knights, Excalibur, and Camelot are considered fiction.  It is believed that once there may have been an Arthur who was a warlord, who was probably the basis for the first story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundtable.  There are people (even archeaologists and historians) who believe there may have been a real King Arthur and a true Camelot (and Avalon), but the scientific proof has not been discovered yet.
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I bet you recently read "The Da Vinci Code". Fascinating story. However, things seldom are or were even as they are presented in films and literature.\n\nI've had the chance to visit the Castle of the Hospitallers of St John, when I visited the Greek island of Rhodos (Rhodes). They used to be stationed there before they moved on to Malta.\n\nThey all (Knights) were organized, and they must have served several purposes to survive for so many years. Until perhaps they started serving their interests more than those of the church and king, which led to their demise.\n\nThere are several Masonic organizations and "knight" orders around today, under the general "Templar" name. I haven't heard of any direct descendant of the Knights Templar though.\n\nThe myth however remains amazing.\n\nSome extra info can be found by visiting the links below:
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There is no specificate year but it is known that the Knights Templar were a group of fighting knights that were used in the Crusades to allow Christians to safely enter the Jerusealm.
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William the Conquerer. Known before then as The Duke of Normandy aka William the Bastard.
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maybe you mean holy grail?
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King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table,\nIndiana Jones,\nChristians,\nPossibly carpenters.
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depends on the story version.  sometimes it is, other times its not.  i always thought it was two different swords.  the way i remember it, arthur pulled the sword out of the stone to prove his right to be king of britain.  then he went to the lady of the lake who gave him excalibur and its magical sheath.  but as all stories of arthur vary, you decide.\n\nIn surviving accounts of Arthur, there are two originally separate legends about the sword's origin. The first is the "Sword in the Stone" legend, originally appearing in Robert de Boron's poem Merlin, in which Excalibur can only be drawn from the stone by Arthur, the rightful king. The second comes from the later Post-Vulgate Suite du Merlin, which was taken up by Sir Thomas Malory. Here, Arthur receives Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake after breaking his first sword in a fight with King Pellinore. The Lady of the Lake calls the sword "Excalibur, that is as to say as Cut-steel."
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Try this site:\nhttp://fajardo-acosta.com/worldlit/walcott/omeros.htm\n\nIn general terms, the "Fisher King" is a character from the tales of King Arthur. He is a king who is wounded in the leg through the misuse of the spear which pierced the side of Christ, and the wound will not heal. As the Fisher King deteriorates, so does his land.\nHe is cured by the Holy Grail, which is found either by Percival or Galahad, depending on which version of "King Arthur" you read.\n\nThe reference in Omeros comes from the Arthurian legends. I would therefore guess that his role is to call the Percival character into service. Percival fails in his duty to serve God and humanity the first time he visits the Fisher King, but remembers to do so the second time. The Fisher King's suffering is a universal suffering of humanity, which can only be cured if good knights like Percival do their duty to use their power in service to others rather than in self interest.