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The Grail Legend
Emma Jung & Marie-Louise von Franz

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Foreword7
IIntroduction9
IIPerceval's Early History, according to Chretien de Troyes39
IIIThe Defeat of the Red Knight and the Meeting with Blancheflor52
IVPerceval's First Visit to the Grail Castle66
VThe Sword and the Lance79
VIPerceval's Task98
VIIThe Central Symbol of the Legend: The Grail as Vessel113
VIIIThe Grail as Stone142
IXThe Table, the Carving Platter and the Two Knives161
XThe Continuation of Perceval's Quest173
XIThe Suffering Grail King187
XIIThe Figure of Gauvain; Perceval's Return to Christianity213
XIIIGauvain's Adventures228
XIVPerceval's Further Adventures253
XVThe Redemption of the Grail Kingdom; Perceval's End290
XVIRobert de Boron's Roman de l'Estoire dou Graal302
XVIIThe Problem of the Trinity317
XVIIIThe Figure of Adam331
XIXThe Trinity: The Problem of the Fourth338
XXThe Figure of Merlin347
XXIMerlin as Medicine Man and Prophet357
XXIIMerlin and the Alchemical Mercurius367
XXIIIMerlin's Solution of the Grail Problem379
XXIVThe Disappearance of Merlin390
Bibliography401
Index419

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