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Corbenic Corbenic
Corbenic A magic castle in the legends of King Arthur, in which it is said the Holy Grail was kept. It was guarded by two lions. Lancelot tried to enter it by his own strength, but instead of leaning on God for guidance, he was struck dumb by a fiery wind. In this state he remained for... Read more
Parsifal Parsifal
Parsifal , figure of Arthurian legend also known as Sir Percivale, who is in turn a later form of a hero of Celtic myth. The name originally occurs as Pryderi, an alternative name of Gwry in Pwyll Prince of Dyved, a tale in the Mabinogion . Gwry is the original of Gawain, and in the later... Read more
Holy Grail Holy Grail
Holy Grail a feature of medieval legend and literature. It appears variously as a chalice, a cup, or a dish and sometimes as a stone or a caldron into which a bleeding lance drips. It was identified by Christians as the chalice of the Last Supper brought to England by St. Joseph of Arimathea.... Read more
Sir Galahad Sir Galahad
Sir Galahad , hero of Arthurian legend . He was the son of Launcelot and Elaine, the daughter of King Pelles. Because he was the noblest and purest of the knights of Christendom, he alone, according to Sir Thomas Malory , achieved the Holy Grail (see Grail, Holy ).... Read more
Lohengrin Lohengrin
Lohengrin , in medieval German story, a knight of the Holy Grail , son of Parzival. He is sent to rescue Princess Elsa of Brabant from an unwanted suitor. Led to Antwerp by a swan, Lohengrin saves Elsa and marries her. She is forbidden to ask his identity, but, overcome by curiosity, she asks. As a... Read more
sangrail sangrail
sangrail another term for the Grail; recorded from late Middle English, the word comes from Old French sant graal ‘Holy Grail’, although later spurious etymologies suggested that the original form was sang roial ‘royal blood’ or Sangreal, referring to the actual blood of... Read more
Competency Competency
COMPETENCY The determination of competency is a critical one in a liberal democracy as it tries to balance the values of self-determination and the protection of innocents from harm. This determination becomes particularly important in elderly persons for whom chronic illness and mental disability... Read more
Edwin Austin Abbey Edwin Austin Abbey
Edwin Austin Abbey 1852-1911, American illustrator and painter, b. Philadelphia, studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Employed by Harper & Brothers, he was sent to England, where he gathered materials for his illustration of Herrick's poems and other works. His illustration of... Read more
Antioch Antioch
Antioch or Antakya , city (1990 pop. 124,443), capital of Hatay prov., S Turkey, on the Orontes (Asi) River, near the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of Mt. Silpius. Antioch is the trade center for a region where grains, cotton, grapes, olives, and vegetables are grown. The city's manufactures... Read more
chalice chalice
chalice [Lat.,=cup], ancient name for a drinking cup, retained for the eucharistic or communion cup. Its use commemorates the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper. Celebrated examples are the Great Chalice of Antioch (Syriac), of embossed silver, excavated there in 1910 and attributed to the 1st... Read more

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