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Thursday, January 28, 2021

Vagi & Magi 

  • 3 幽精, 胎光, 爽靈, &
  • 3 Magi ― about whom there is an Armenian tradition identifying them―the "Magi of Bethlehem" as Balthasar of Arabia, Melchior of Persia, and Gaspar of India, &
  • 3 achievers of the quest for the Holy Grail, namely Sir Galahad, son of Lancelot, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table famously known for his purity, Bors the Younger and Percival, the original hero in the quest for the Grailbefore being replaced in later English and French literature by Galahad.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti once described Malory's Morte d'Arthur as one of the greatest books in the world and drew inspiration from it for a number of his designs. Here he unites two scenes from the text. One relates to Percival, who achieves the Grail quest with his fellow knights, Galahad and Bors. The other relates to his sister who gives her life to heal a woman who could only be saved by the blood of a virgin. Rossetti shows the knights receiving the Grail before an altar. Beside them, Percival's sister lies on the ground awaiting burial. The lily symbolises her purity.
Avalon, derived from Old Welsh, Old Cornish, or Old Breton aball or avallen(n), "apple tree, fruit tree"

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