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The Holy Grail and
the Celtic Tradition
The quest for a divine vessel was a popular
theme in Celtic legend long before medieval writers introduced the Holy Grail
to British mythology.
It appears in the Mabinogion tale of Culhwch
and Olwen, but particularly well-known is the story of the Preiddeu Annwfn or
"Spoils of the Otherworld" as recounted by Taliesin.
Arthur and his
warriors sail off to the Celtic Otherworld to capture the pearl-rimmed Cauldron
of Annwn: like the grail it was a giver of plenty, but also of prophecy. It was
at last discovered at Caer-Siddi (or Wydyr), an island bound castle of glass,
where it was guarded by nine divine maidens; but the ensuing perils were too
much for even Arthur's men. The mission was abandoned and only seven of their
number returned home.
Celtic Cauldrons
were used in ceremonial feasting as early as the Late Bronze Age. Ritual deposits in Llyn Fawr (Glamorgan,
The magic Otherworld vessel was the Cauldron
of Ceridwen, the Celtic Goddess of Inspiration. She is remembered today in the
archetypal hideous cauldron-stirring witch. She once set about brewing a drink
of knowledge and wisdom for her hideous son, but her kitchen-boy, Gwion,
accidentally tasted the concoction, preventing anyone else from benefitting
from its affects. A great battle of wills ensued, for Gwion now held all the
knowledge to escape the Goddess' wrath. The two changed themselves into various
animals in an attempt to outwit each other before Gwion was swallowed whole as
a grain of wheat. He was eventually reborn as the great bard, Taliesin!
The cauldron then
reappears in the story of Bran Fendigaid (the Blessed), not only as a vessel of
knowledge and plenty, but also of rebirth. The great Celtic warrior God, Bran,
obtained his life-giving vessel from a giantess (or thinly veiled Ceridwen) who
had been expelled from a
The Emerald Isle
here personifies the Celtic Otherworld. The magic vessel would restore to life
the body of any dead warrior placed within it: a scene apparently depicted on
the Gundestrup Cauldron. Bran's sister marries the King of
However, when
hostilities between the two countries break out, Bran travels across the ocean
to regain this dangerous prize. He is eventually successful, but is wounded by
a poisoned spear and, like Arthur, only seven of his men return home. The name,
the castle, the wound, the mystic vessel, the journey: Bran Fendigaid is
clearly Brons, the Grail King, son-in-law of Joseph of Arimathea.
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Born
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The restored and
landscaped Chester Amphitheatre
Some historians
believe that this was the site
of King Arthur’s
Round Table. Chester’s Roman fortifications
and its proximity to
the Welsh border have always made it a
strong candidate for the location of Camelot.
Chester is also often credited with
being the site of
“ The Battle of the
City of the Legion”
which was King Arthur’s ninth victory
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