Myths and legends ; the Celtic race . he saw, nor had he askedthe meaning of it. He then rode forth again in questof other adventures, which he had in bewildering abund-ance, and which have no particular relation to the maintheme. The mystery of the castle is not revealed tillthe last pages of the story. The head in the silver dishwas that of a cousin of Peredurs. The lance was theweapon with which he was slain, and with which alsothe uncle of Peredur, the fisher-lord, had been had been shown these things to incite him toavenge the wrong, and to prove his fitness for the
Myths and legends ; the Celtic race . he saw, nor had he askedthe meaning of it. He then rode forth again in questof other adventures, which he had in bewildering abund-ance, and which have no particular relation to the maintheme. The mystery of the castle is not revealed tillthe last pages of the story. The head in the silver dishwas that of a cousin of Peredurs. The lance was theweapon with which he was slain, and with which alsothe uncle of Peredur, the fisher-lord, had been had been shown these things to incite him toavenge the wrong, and to prove his fitness for the nine sorceresses of Gloucester are said to havebeen those who worked these evils on the relatives ofPeredur. On learning these matters Peredur, with thehelp of Arthur, attacked the sorceresses, who were slainevery one, and the vengeance was accomplished. The Contc del Graal The tale of Chrestien de Troyes called the Contedel Graal * or Perceval le Gallois launched the storyin European literature. It was written about the year4°4 4. The wailing and lamenting began even more loudly than before 404 THE CASTLE OF WONDERS 1180. It agrees in the introductory portion with Percdur/* the hero being here called Perceval. Heis trained in knightly accomplishments by an agedknight named Gonemans, who warns him againsttalking overmuch and asking questions. When hecomes to the Castle of Wonders the objects broughtinto the hall are a blood-dripping lance, a graal *accompanied by two double-branched candlesticks, thelight of which is put out by the shining of the graal, asilver plate and sword, the last of which is given toPerceval. The bleeding head of the Welsh story doesnot appear, nor are we told what the graal was. Nextday when Perceval rode forth he met a maiden whoupbraided him fiercely for not having asked the meaningof what he saw—had he done so the lame king (who ishere identical with the lord of the Castle of Wonders)would have been made whole again. PercevaFs sin inquitting his
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