King Arthur is the most famous figure to seek the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper, but others came before him—and their tales are as ornate as the object itself.
  • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
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    6 months ago

    King Arthur never existed, the first reference to him comes about 600 years after his supossed reign and most details we associate with him were written about 300 years after that.

    It is unlikely the Grail (as we know it) ever did either.

    Yes there may have been a cup he drank from but the chances it was preserved are pretty much zero. It is not even mentioned till 500+ years after the event,

    From the article:

    The first mention of the existence of an actual Grail relic comes in 570 in the form of an anonymous travelogue to the Holy Land, written by a man scholars call the pilgrim of Piacenza.

    It is the equivalent of someone today claiming they were shown the quill pen Shakespeare used to write Romeo and Juliet.