From ritual to romance / [print]
Jessie L. Weston.
- Garden City, New York : Doubleday, (c)1957.
- 217 pages ; 18 cm.
"An account of the Holy Grail from ancient ritual to Christian symbol"--Cover.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introductory -- The task of the hero -- The freeing of the waters -- Tammuz and Adonis -- Medieval and modern forms of nature ritual -- The symbols -- The sword dance -- The medicine man -- The Fisher King -- The secret of the Grail (1): The Mysteries -- The secret of the Grail (2): The Naassene document -- Mithra and Attis -- The perilous chapel -- The author.