Two legends, portrayed on one beautifully carved pipe!
Grail (Graal)> A Magic vessel with miraculous healing powers protected by an otherworldly keeper or "king." Pagan fertility myths and their related talismans along with the concept of a symbiotic union between the king and the land were all precursors to what was to eventually become the object of Arthur and his knights' Quest. There is a subsequent Christian reassessment that reassigns its powers to their concept of spirituality.(connecting it alternately to The Last Supper, and Christs crucifixion) Although the original iconography related to it never quite disappears.Now, some see the two concepts, are much more harmonious, than once thought.
>[also available as a Figurine. See: The Fantastic "Meerschaum Figurines" page.]
* You might also like; The Lady of The Lake (Music C.D.) on>MOONZ TOONZ, The Sword or Silver Goblets and Arthurian Tarot Deck
ON >STARFIRE MAGIC,"Le Morte d' Arthur","The 21 Lessons of Merlyn" on BOOKSHELF TWO.