| Table of Contents |
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Foreword |
7 |
| 1 |
Introduction |
9 |
| 2 |
Perceval's Early History, according to Chretien de Troyes |
39 |
| 3 |
The Defeat of the Red Knight and the Meeting with Blancheflor |
52 |
| 4 |
Perceval's First Visit to the Grail Castle |
66 |
| 5 |
The Sword and the Lance |
79 |
| 6 |
Perceval's Task |
98 |
| 7 |
The Central Symbol of the Legend: The Grail as Vessel |
113 |
| 8 |
The Grail as Stone |
142 |
| 9 |
The Table, the Carving Platter and the Two Knives |
161 |
| 10 |
The Continuation of Perceval's Quest |
173 |
| 11 |
The Suffering Grail King |
187 |
| 12 |
The Figure of Gauvain; Perceval's Return to Christianity |
213 |
| 13 |
Gauvain's Adventures |
228 |
| 14 |
Perceval's Further Adventures |
253 |
| 15 |
The Redemption of the Grail Kingdom; Perceval's End |
290 |
| 16 |
Robert de Boron's Roman de l'Estoire dou Graal |
302 |
| 17 |
The Problem of the Trinity |
317 |
| 18 |
The Figure of Adam |
331 |
| 19 |
The Trinity: The Problem of the Fourth |
338 |
| 20 |
The Figure of Merlin |
347 |
| 21 |
Merlin as Medicine Man and Prophet |
357 |
| 22 |
Merlin and the Alchemical Mercurius |
367 |
| 23 |
Merlin's Solution of the Grail Problem |
379 |
| 24 |
The Disappearance of Merlin |
390 |
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Bibliography |
401 |
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Index |
419 |