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Myth of the Month 19: The Holy Grail -- pt. 2
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
The Tuata De Danan Are a Kind of Divine Race Related to the Goddess Danu
There is no strong evidence for an initia init tory cult around the objects of the grail procession. But one could still argue for some sort of conceptual connection, some sort of literary influence running from ancient pre christian myths to the grail romances. This line of argument was taken up then by roger sherman lomis, an american scholar who published his major book called celtic myth and arthurian romance in 19 27. He draws a connection to a series of irish celtic stories involving magical cauldrons. These include a cauldron of rebirth in which a dead warrior could be cast and he'd be brought back to life. And this
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