![]() ![]() Usually dismissed as literary fancy, Arthur’s quest for the Grail in the same area inhabited by Joseph of Arimathea is at least logical, for it is said that Joseph brought the Grail with him to England. It traces these traditions from their origins in the. Apart from the mysterious Tor, there is the 7th century. ![]() Another interesting coincidence is Arthur’s quest for the Holy Grail, the chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper. This chapter examines the Glastonbury traditions about King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathea. The small size of the town belies its prominent place in the legends and myth-history of Britain. Joseph of Arimathea later received the Grail from an apparition. įrom the location of Arthur’s tomb it is evident that the Isle of Avalon was really the Isle of Glastonbury. In his late 12th century Joseph dArmathie the Grail was the cup Jesus used at the Last Supper. Arthur’s famous sword, Excalibur, passed to Henry II’s son, Richard the Lion-Hearted, who took it with him when he left England on his Crusade. As for the purported links between Glastonbury and Joseph of Arimathea, Baldwin says, There is no biblical, historical or hard evidence of him ever having come to Glastonbury, but there are whispers and echoes. Strands of plaited golden hair on the smaller skeleton turned to powder under the fingers of a curious monk. Joseph was said to have been a trader, who travelled on occasions to Britain to buy tin from the mines of Cornwall. Arthur’s skeleton was enormous, and his skull showed the effects of ten wounds. The best known and relevant story involves the fabled personage of Joseph of Arimathea, the saint credited with bringing Christianity - and the Holy Grail - to. It is said that Joseph of Arimathea, a rich Judean merchant associated to Mary, visited Britain a few years after Christs death. Engraved letters on a leaden cross identified the remains as that of Arthur and his wife Guinevere. Sixteen feet below the floor of the Glastonbury Abbey was found a huge, hollowed out log, a common burial custom among Celtic Britons. It happened in 1193, during the reign of Henry II, six centuries after Arthur’s death.
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