Eve (first woman)

Le Morte d'Arthur

• attestation: Eve and Adam interact in passage 636 (Le Morte d'Arthur > Book XVII > Chapter V. How King Pelles was smitten through both thighs because he drew the sword, and other marvellous histories.)

  "These spindles, said the damosel, were when sinful Eve came to gather fruit, for which Adam and she were put out of paradise, she took with her the bough on which the apple hung on"

Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail)

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 5 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 5)

  "that his name be entirely revealed;"

• attestation: The Holy Grail vessel is referenced in connection with Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 5 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 5)

  "But he will reveal and say openly how the lofty history of the holy Graal was entrusted and delivered to him, and at what time, and who delivered it to him."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 5 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 5)

  "It came to pass, seven hundred and seventeen years after the Passion of Jhésu-Crist, that I, the greatest sinner of all other sinners, lay in a small dwelling, at precisely that"

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 5 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 5)

  "For these three things, he does not wish that his name be entirely revealed;"

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7)

  "and said to me: "Have you understood, even in the least, the word"

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7)

  "and each one has as much power as all three;"

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7)

  "nor are they by nature anything other than one."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7)

  "" At this word, I awoke and looked about me;"

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7)

  "and I saw so great a brightness that no so great a light could issue from any earthly source."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7)

  "Then I saw a man standing before me, so fair and so wondrous that his beauty could not be told or written by the tongue of any mortal man;"

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7)

  "and when I saw him, I was so astonished that I did not know, under heaven, what to say or what to do."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7)

  "And he looked upon me and said to me: "Have you understood, even in the least, the word that I said to you?"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7)

  "" And I answered him, trembling: "Lord, I am not yet fully certain."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7)

  "" And he said to me again: "This is the knowledge that I have brought," for I had been in doubt as to how it could be that the Trinity had three persons and yet had but one single godhead and but one single power;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7)

  "Then he said to me: "Can you yet know or perceive who I am?"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7)

  "nor had I ever, in anything, doubted my faith except on this single point."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 16 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 16)

  "mortal being, to my mind, could tell their number."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 16 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 16)

  "And it was, in my judgment, so close to me that if these had been visible things, I could have touched them with my hand;"

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 16 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 16)

  "And yet I understood well that they were praising, in their song, our Lord and that they always said at the end of their song: "Honor and glory and power and dominion be everlastingly to the destroyer of death and to the destroyer of everlasting life."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 16 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 16)

  "" This praise I understood well, but of all the rest of the song I could not understand what it meant."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 16 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 16)

  "But above all things, it was sweet and pleasing to hear."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 16 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 16)

  "In this manner, they sang a good seven times, and when it came to the eighth time, they broke

off their song so suddenly that it seemed as if they"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 16 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 16)

  "And when they had sung thus, there sounded on high some great wonders — I know not from what instruments — that resembled small bells in their ringing, and when they stopped ringing, the voices began again."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 16 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 16)

  "but however much I looked, I could never see a single one of all those who were singing."

• attestation: A religious ritual or devotional act is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 24 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 24)

  "And when you have left this place, you shall take the main road and then turn onto a path to the right, which leads to the crossroads of seven ways, in"

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 24 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 24)

  "road and then turn onto a path to the right, which leads to the crossroads of seven ways, in"

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 40 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 40)

  "and to hasten his coming to earth."

• attribution: Eve is described with negative attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 40 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 40)

  "and when the devil had led them there, he thought he had accomplished a great deal, yet they were"

• attestation: Narrative content at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 40 line 1 attests to events in the Grail history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 40)

  "and to hasten his coming to earth. And in that time of which I speak to you, all went to hell, even the prophets went there; and when the devil had led them there, he thought he had accomplished a great deal, yet they were"

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 40 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 40)

  "And in that time of which I speak to you, all went to hell, even the prophets went there;"

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 42 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 42)

  "then Eve sinned through the cunning of the enemy."

• attestation: Military action involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48)

  "He was of great honor and great reverence toward those above him."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48)

  "but he had come to Jhérusalem a good seven years before Jhésu-Cris was put on the cross."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51 (sentence 11) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51)

  "This was the richest gift that any mortal man ever gave;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51)

  "for if he had believed in the great majesty and in the power of him whose body he had given, he would not have taken for it all the wealth nor all the lordship of the world."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51)

  "for he had been his soldier for a full seven years."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54)

  "Seven days before Pasques it happened that the enemies of Jhésu-Crist were gathered together for a long while, at the house of a man whose name was Ka"

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80)

  "of such great power that he healed leprosy?" "Indeed," said the knight, "he did even more, for he raised the dead."

• attestation: A healing or recovery of Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80)

  ""Indeed, lord, because he preached the truth and because he rebuked the Jews for their wickedness, and I truly believe that if you were to touch something that he had held, you would be healed at once."

• attestation: Military action involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80)

  "" "Indeed," said the knight, "he did even more, for he raised the dead."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 103 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 103)

  "And they told him that everything they had heard about him was true, and even more."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 103 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 103)

  "" And they said: "Great thanks, for we believe indeed that it will be of use to him."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 112 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 112)

  "for even if all those in the world had sworn it, he could not return him alive, unless God himself did so;"

• attestation: A healing or recovery of Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 112 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 112)

  "For he healed me, who never served him, of the vilest sickness that ever was."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 112 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 112)

  "said to Caïphas that he would carry out upon him the greatest justice that was ever done to a man, if he did not return Josef to him."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 112 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 112)

  "And Cayphas told him that he could then do with him whatever justice pleased him;"

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131)

  "for they marvelously resembled angels in appearance, and never before had they seen ones so extraordinary."

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131)

  "Nor had anyone ever seen or heard any news of him in the land;"

• attestation: Military action involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131)

  "and they had defeated him in battle and driven him from the field, not even three days before."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 136 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 136)

  "at the end of twenty-seven years after he had been crowned, it came to pass"

• attribution: The title bishop is attributed to Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  "Now I shall tell you what the next one signifies, which is green, and no priest should wear it so lightly, nor should any wear the other one above it unless he is a bishop."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  "the publican who dared not even look up, such fear he had that God would be angered because he was such a sinner;"

• attestation: A religious ritual or devotional act is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  "The one that is green signifies endurance, which shall never be conquered;"

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  "rather, it is ever verdant."

• attribution: Eve is described with negative attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  "And it is always of one strength, and none goes against it without it carrying away the victory and the honor, for no one can so well vanquish his enemy as through enduring."

• attribution: Eve is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  "This other vestment above that one, which is so white, signifies righteousness."

• attribution: Eve is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  "For all those who wish to guard holy Church loyally must uphold righteousness."

• attribution: Eve is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  ""Righteousness is a virtue of such great majesty that through it all things are kept at their proper measure."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 (sentence 10) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  "Nor shall it ever change, and to each it shall render what he has deserved;"

• attribution: Eve is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  "righteousness gives to none out of love, nor does it withhold from any out of hatred."

• attribution: Eve is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  "Thus must he conduct himself who wishes to uphold righteousness."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  "rather, he stood far below, away from the altar, and beat his breast with his fist and said: 'God, Lord, have mercy on this sinner.' In such manner must he conduct himself who wishes to fulfill the works of humility."

• attestation: A celestial being or divine intervention is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 201 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 201)

  "And even if you had ever wished to speak of it, you would not have been able to speak the truth, and because you have been mute and blind in the spiritual knowledge to which you should have devoted all your speech and seen clearly, for this I shall show you that earthly knowledge has no power against the spiritual."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 201 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 201)

  "For you have always possessed earthly knowledge and never wished to know spiritual knowledge, nor can you see a drop of it."

• attribution: The title King is attributed to Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 210 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 210)

  ""When Augustus César had held the empire of Roume for twenty-seven years, a rumor arose that a man would be born who would bring the whole world under his rule—and it spoke truly, for Jhésu-Cris, the God of gods and the King of kings, was born in that year."

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 210 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 210)

  "And when Augustus César heard this prophecy, as the wise men had set it forth—though they could not say who it would be—he feared that the lands under the lordship of Roume might wish to rebel and cast off the empire of Roume, so he decreed that every head of man and woman should pay a penny in acknowledgment that they were subject to the empire of Roume."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 210 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 210)

  ""When Augustus César had held the empire of Roume for twenty-seven years, a rumor arose that a man would be born who would bring the whole world under"

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 211 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 211)

  "Roume, both one and the other regarded you with very great wonder, for they believed that you must be of greater lineage than all the other children,"

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 221 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 221)

  "Then he swore his oath that he would never leave from before the castle, even if he had to leave half his men there, until he had starved them out."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 221 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 221)

  "So he remained that night, and when some time had passed, a spy came to him and said: "Sire, never has such good fortune come to any man as has come to you, if you do not lose it through foolishness."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 221 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 221)

  "was so grieved that he nearly went mad with rage."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 228 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 228)

  "For he had not believed that in the city there was even a quarter of the people they saw issuing forth;"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 228 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 228)

  "but nevertheless they met them boldly, for they were much more confident because they had defeated the king and driven him back twice."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 228 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 228)

  "And when they clashed, never again was a rein held back;"

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 31 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 31)

  "For he was not yet more than twenty-seven years old."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 238 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 238)

  "he never failed to cut off either an arm or a fist, or a head, or a body, whether of man or horse;"

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 238 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 238)

  "And yet there had never before been great talk of his prowess, so all those who watched were greatly astonished, and he himself was no less astonished than the others, but even more so;"

• attestation: Military action involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 240 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 240)

  "newly arrived) and he was completely astonished, for he had been waiting for nothing else but to see him grow weary, because he wanted to come to his aid, and from the great wonder that he felt at this, he said: "By my faith, that man would never be tired, even if the whole world came down upon his body, and if I waited until he gave up fighting, I would never go strike a single blow, and curse me if I wait any longer."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 240 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 240)

  "m the great wonder that he felt at this, he said: "By my faith, that man would never be tired, even if the whole world came down upon his body, and if"

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 247 (sentence 10) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 247)

  "but they had so fully given themselves to flight that no exhortation he could give them could ever make them turn back."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 247 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 247)

  "o fully given themselves to flight that no exhortation he could give them could ever make them turn back."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 267 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 267)

  "Now it happened, a good twenty-seven years ago, that in our country there was a good man in a hermitage, most saintly and most devout, for whom God performed many beautiful miracles and many beautiful wonders."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 267 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 267)

  "Now it happened, a good twenty-seven years ago, that in our country there was a good man in a hermitage, most saintly and most devout, for whom God pe"

• attribution: Eve is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 276 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 276)

  "For never, since you and I received the baptism of Jhésu-Crist by the hand of the holy man, was there an hour that I did not have the body of the one who, for my sake and for yours, deigned to deliver his own body to torment, in my company."

• attribution: Eve is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 276 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 276)

  "And this body I have held and have kept all this time from then until now, and never since, God be thanked, was there a day that I did not see it, even though I am not worthy of it."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (daughter) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 276 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 276)

  "And yet, beautiful daughter, you never knew before that I kept it, for I did not wish to show it to you because there was too great a sin in me, who kept it and who saw it."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 276 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 276)

  "For never, since you and I received the baptism of Jhésu-Crist by the hand of the holy man, was there an hour that I did not have the body of the one"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 281 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 281)

  "And when it was all covered with earth and the good man had said all that he was required to say, he began to speak to me about our Lord, then he began to look at my two servants and my cousin, and he said to them:

"'Come now, and what are you seeking in the holy places, you who are not worthy even to see his house, and yet you are so bold as to enter within, you who are in the filth and the sin of the devil whom you worship and serve day and night.' He spoke to them so much about our"

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 281 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 281)

  ""'Come now, and what are you seeking in the holy places, you who are not worthy even to see his house, and yet you are so bold as to enter within, you"

• attestation: Military action involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 388 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 388)

  ""

"'I am the beginning and the end of all things — this you shall tell him — I am the one who rescued you from the seven knights when you were so battered that the blood was streaming from your ears and from your eyes."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 388 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 388)

  "f all things — this you shall tell him — I am the one who rescued you from the seven knights when you were so battered that the blood was streaming fr"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294)

  "And she told him that the good man who baptized her would never change her name, but said that it suited her well, for it meant the same as "full of faith."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294)

  "been a good twenty-seven years, and she told him how this had come about, just as she had told Josephe."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294)

  "" And when these people had been baptized, the others came so eagerly that they would not have gone so quickly, by all appearances, to gather up a great heap of coins, even if they had been scattered about;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 305 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 305)

  "But when they saw the holy vessel, Naschiérs said that everything they had seen was as nothing compared to that holy vessel."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 305 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 305)

  "ts in which Jhésu-Crist had consecrated Josephe, they praised them greatly, and even more so the chair in which he had sat, and they said that it was"

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 321 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 321)

  "they numbered by count two hundred and seven."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 327 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 327)

  "King, without your even asking for anything, I promised that within the fifteen days after my return, I would come to render you justice at your house"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 330 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 330)

  "and if they had wished to leave from within, they could not have, for they could not see to guide themselves, and even if they could see well, they would not have moved, so stunned were they by the great marvels that they saw."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 330 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 330)

  "om within, they could not have, for they could not see to guide themselves, and even if they could see well, they would not have moved, so stunned wer"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 330 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 330)

  "In this manner and in this grief and in this anguish they remained for a long while, until they heard what seemed like a trumpet sounding, and it gave forth so great a sound that between the king and Nascien they truly believed, and it seemed to them indeed that it was"

• attestation: The Holy Grail vessel is referenced in connection with Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 338 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 338)

  "When he had looked around him long enough, he was even more bewildered than before, for he saw nothing but the clouds below him, and around him he saw nothing but the sea, except only the space that a portion of the rock occupied — that was the place where he stood."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 338 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 338)

  "And when he was on the ground, he began to look around him, like one who was quite bewildered and lost in thought, for he found himself alone in a strange land and place from which he believed he would never escape."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 338 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 338)

  "nor did it seem to him that these marvels would ever cease, because of the great anguish he had suffered."

• attestation: A death event (kill) involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 343 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 343)

  "And when one of his knights saw that he was taking it so much to heart, he reflected that Pompée was putting himself in very great peril, for no assault by men could be of any use there, and if he were killed in such a manner, the empire would suffer very great dishonor from the fact that robbers would have slain the emperor."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 343 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 343)

  "Then he called out to Pompée and said to him:"

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 343 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 343)

  "e down upon those who were attacking, and it was great and heavy, and it killed everything it struck before it and cast them into the sea."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 343 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 343)

  "shattered against the rock."

• attestation: Military action involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 343 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 343)

  "At this blow Pompée lost eleven of his knights, and he felt such grief over it that he nearly went mad."

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 343 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 343)

  "Then he himself leapt forward after those who were attacking and swore he would rather die in the assault than fail to avenge the knights he had lost."

• attestation: A death event (kill) involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 343 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 343)

  "And when that timber came loose from above, it came down upon those who were attacking, and it was great and heavy, and it killed everything it struck before it and cast them into the sea."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 346 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 346)

  "And when Pompée saw that they were holding out so long, he felt very great anguish, and he leapt at once to the fire where the robbers had already all come down to extinguish it, and he drove them so hard by his own valor that they dared not face him any longer;"

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 346 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 346)

  "those who had been greatly injured and exhausted and battered severely, some of them."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 346 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 346)

  "instead they fled back into the cave, and Pompée charged after them along a narrow path that was cut into the rock, by which one went to the cave, for by no other way could one get there."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 346 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 346)

  "For the cave was in so steep a place that no one could climb up to it were it not for the path that was cut into the rock itself;"

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 346 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 346)

  "nor was the cave at the highest point of the rock, but rather on one of its sides."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 346 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 346)

  "On the part where it was widest, the entrance was so low and so narrow that only one man at a time could enter, and even then he had to go in sideways."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 346 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 346)

  "The melee lasted a great while, and they were all badly wounded on both sides."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386 (sentence 10) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386)

  "and he was seized by so great a desire for sleep that he fell deeply asleep at the foot of the rock, upon what little space there was."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386)

  "And when he held it, he did not want to delay even long enough to examine it, but put it whole to his mouth to bite into it."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386)

  "lying upon the steps a loaf of bread, exceedingly black."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386)

  "And when he saw it, he felt very great joy, and he rose at once to go take it, as one whom hunger was tormenting beyond all measure."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386)

  "And as soon as he had opened his mouth and was about to sink his teeth into the bread, he heard a great roaring come from the sky, so that it seemed to him that he had the wings of all the birds of the air all around him;"

• attestation: Military action involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386)

  "and because of the great fear he felt, he raised his head upward and looked."

• attestation: Military action involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386)

  "And he saw descending straight toward him a bird, very large and very wondrous and so strange that he had never before seen its like, nor spoken of it, nor heard of it."

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386)

  "This bird had a head as black as pitch, and eyes as red as burning coals,

all dazed with fear and despair."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386)

  "Then he made the sign of the holy cross upon his head and upon his body, and prayed to the glorious savior of the world that He, by His mercy, would give him so firm and so steadfast a heart that he might be sure and strong amidst these marvels and these terrors."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386)

  "Then the king sat down again;"

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386)

  "And when he had awakened, he was gripped by a hunger so great and so anguishing that he truly believed he would never escape it except through death."

• attestation: An emotional response involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 386)

  "And when he had very long lamented and bewailed his suffering, he looked"

• attestation: An imprisonment of Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 407 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 407)

  "and Nascien remained a full twenty-seven days in such imprisonment as you have heard, until on the seventeenth night, when he was in his bed sitting upright, for he could not lie down, he began to doze."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 407 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 407)

  "and Nascien remained a full twenty-seven days in such imprisonment as you have heard, until on the seventeenth night, when he was in his bed sitting u"

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 411 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 411)

  "and they took him and raised him upright, but he was in such a state that he could not stand upon his feet even if his head were to be cut off for it."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 411 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 411)

  "The household of Galafres grieved greatly, for they truly believed he was dead because of the horse they had seen return without him."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (brother) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7)

  ""Lady," they said, "send to seek your brother and have him searched for until he is found, and we will place our persons and our lands at his mercy, to do whatever pleases him and whatever he thinks good."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7)

  "" When the queen Sarrasinte heard them speak thus, she felt very great joy, and she immediately took five of her messengers and gave them a great store of wealth and very fine horses, and commanded them, as dearly as they valued their lives, that they should never cease seeking Nascien through all lands as long as the wealth and the horses could last, and so that he would not disbelieve anything that they would tell him,"

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7)

  "and even the boldest among them wished they had never conceived of such a thing."

• attestation: A religious ritual or devotional act is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 429 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 429)

  "And because the sky and the air and the earth and the water had been in one mass, even though some were contrary to the others, it could not be that one was not enveloped by another and entangled in diverse ways that were in each."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 429 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 429)

  "d because the sky and the air and the earth and the water had been in one mass, even though some were contrary to the others, it could not be that one"

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434)

  "rtunes that had befallen him and all the sorrows and all the separations — yet never for any joy that was taken from him, nor for any misfortune that"

• attestation: Military action involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434)

  "and had he not been of such steadfast heart toward his savior, who in many ways wished still to test him, he would not have remained in his faith, for all the misfortunes that had befallen him and all the sorrows and all the separations — yet never for any joy that was taken from him, nor for any misfortune that befell him or grew upon him, did he swerve from his faith so much that he could be led to repentance."

• attestation: Military action involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434)

  "But just as Job, who had had so many fine riches in his life, suffered willingly and with good wisdom all his misfortunes up to his lying down, even in so foul a place as a dunghill, and never did his mouth speak a single vile word against his creator — just so did Nascien meekly endure his great pains and his great misfortunes, of which many befell him, and he took them in good grace without anger toward God or anyone else, and for this he had great merit."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449)

  "nor is it granted to any man who now lives or who is yet to come that they should be removed by him;"

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449)

  "d so feeble in appearance that it did not seem they could support the sword for even a single hour without breaking."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449)

  "to look neither up nor down, so that he could not determine in his heart, nor say with his mouth, what it could be made of, but he knew well that it was as red as a rose petal, and upon it there were many letters, some of which were of gold and the others of azure;"

• attestation: Military action involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449)

  "and there were no straps that were fitting for so rich a sword, nor for so rich a scabbard as it was."

• attestation: Military action involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449)

  "For they were of such base material and so poor, being of hemp tow, and they were so humble and so thin and so feeble in appearance that it did not seem they could support the sword for even a single hour without breaking."

• attestation: Military action involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449)

  "And the letters of the sword that were on the scabbard said such words as you shall hear: "He who shall bear me upon him must be more valiant and more bold than any other, and more steadfast, if he bears me as the letters of the sword prescribe."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449)

  "For the body at whose side I shall hang cannot be shamed in any place so long as he is girded with the straps to which I shall be attached;"

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449)

  "and let no one be so bold as to remove the straps that are here;"

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449)

  "for such great misfortune and so many great misadventures would come of it that neither he nor any other mortal man could make amends for it;"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (daughter) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 449)

  "rather they must be removed by the hand of a woman, the daughter of a king and a queen, and she shall put in exchange for those that are there new ones made from the thing upon her that she holds most"

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 451 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 451)

  "and he wished to prove it to himself by the fact that he had never seen anything of its size that could weigh so much."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 451 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 451)

  "de, because he could neither think nor say what it could be made of, he was now even more astonished still, for at one moment he thought, and it truly"

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 451 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 451)

  "greatly astonished when he had first looked at the other side, because he could neither think nor say what it could be made of, he was now even more astonished still, for at one moment he thought, and it truly seemed, that it was made of some manner of wood, and the next moment he swore that it was made of leather, but he could neither name nor identify from what beast it came, whether of iron or of some manner of metal;"

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 5 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 5)

  "were carnal and naked, for before that they were nothing but spiritual beings, even though they had bodies."

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 5 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 5)

  "all their qualities that they had possessed before were changed, and then they saw that they were carnal and naked, for before that they were nothing but spiritual beings, even though they had bodies."

• attestation: A celestial being or divine intervention is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 5 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 5)

  "And yet the tale does not affirm that they were so expressly spiritual, for a thing formed from so base a substance as clay cannot be of spiritual purity, but they were as if spiritual beings, inasmuch as they were formed to live forever, if it had come to pass that they had always refrained from sin."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477)

  "t it did not seem to him that for any knight had such a rich and powerful array ever been made as this one was."

• attestation: Military action involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477)

  "and he saw the whole arrangement so rich that it did not seem to him that for any knight had such a rich and powerful array ever been made as this one was."

• attestation: Military action involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477)

  "And he said that he wished, if it could be, that no one would ever draw it from the scabbard without regretting it, until the good knight for whom it was prepared should lay his hand upon it."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477)

  "And then came the voice that had spoken to him before and said to him: "Salemon, no one shall ever draw it without regretting it, until the one for whom you have thus prepared it shall draw it."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477)

  "" When Salemons heard these words, he was very glad, and straightaway he wrote with his own hand the letters such as the tale has already described."

• attestation: Military action involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477)

  "And when he had done this, he wished to put on the sword a belt such as he thought fitting for the sword;"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (wife) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477)

  "but his wife would not allow it: instead she brought a belt so ugly and so poor, made of hemp, and so feeble in appearance that it could not even hold the sword."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477)

  ""Do you wish to put this on it?"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477)

  "" "Yes," she said, "it shall have no other in our time;"

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477 (sentence 10) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477)

  "but yet, if God wills, a time will come when a maiden shall change them and put on, in place of these, others so beautiful and so rich that it"

• attestation: Military action involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 477)

  "When he had fitted the sword with the pommel and the scabbard, just as you hear, he placed the sword in the scabbard and began to examine the scabbard and the sword and to handle them;"

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 488 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 488)

  "to himself that the richest man in the world, nor the richest prince, as he believed, could not appraise even half of them."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490)

  "see it again," said the worthy man, "even better furnished than you saw it then."

• attribution: Eve is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490)

  ""The ship that you saw, so beautiful and so rich that in your whole life you had never before seen one so beautiful — it signifies holy Church, which is the most beautiful and most delightful that exists in the world;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490)

  "The inscription that forbade anyone from entering unless he was, in every way, full of faith, signifies holy Scripture, which forbids anyone from entering holy Church unless he is first cleansed of his sins by confession of the mouth and by repentance of the heart."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490)

  "And however full of faith and belief he may be, let him not be changeable, just as the"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Son of) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 492 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 492)

  "By the bed, you should understand the holy cross where the Son of God, by"

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 492 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 492)

  "appear above all sins, clean and purged of all vileness, just as gold, refined seven times, appears to be purified above all other metals, and just as"

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 492 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 492)

  "and through the sins so that he is neither soiled nor debased by them, nor takes the stain of mortal sin."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 492 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 492)

  "Holy Church thus makes its good servant, its good minister, appear above all sins, clean and purged of all vileness, just as gold, refined seven times, appears to be purified above all other metals, and just as the sun appears in splendor above all the stars."

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 492 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 492)

  ""Now I have described to you what the ship signifies and what you should understand by it."

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 492 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 492)

  "Now I will tell you what the bed signifies that was in the middle of the ship."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Son of) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 492 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 492)

  "The bed that was so rich and well adorned and so beautifully decorated with all manner of marvelous things and so many virtuous ones signifies the holy table where the Son of God is consecrated each day, where the wine is changed into blood and the bread into true flesh by the holy words and the exalted ones that are spoken there by the mouth of the blessed person who undertakes this."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807)

  "good virtues that lead a man to the joy of the heavens, to the joy that shall never end, he is cast down into the dark house that is called hell."

• attestation: A religious ritual or devotional act is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807)

  "Now I have explained to you what the heaped-up earth signifies."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807)

  "Now I shall tell you what you must understand by the serpent."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807)

  "The serpent signifies death, which is to the soul so cruel and so treacherous a companion that as soon as it comes to see a man, it takes from him all that he has, and the pleasures of the world, and if it does not find him furnished with good virtues that lead a man to the joy of the heavens, to the joy that shall never end, he is cast down into the dark house that is called hell."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807)

  "Now you can see, by the meaning of your dream that I have explained to you, just as the high master has taught it to me, that you are not to be valued in such vileness as you are, no more than is the vessel full of earth."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807)

  "And so that you may believe me even better about this, I shall tell you yet tonight something that you did not long ago, for you think that no one knows of it except yourself alone;"

• attestation: A celestial being or divine intervention is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807)

  "but indeed someone does, for He in heaven knows it, from whom nothing can be hidden or concealed."

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807)

  "And He has made it known to me, know this truly."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807)

  ""

When the king heard these words, he was utterly astonished and flushed with shame."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807)

  ""Tell me," he said, "what is this that I did that I believe no one knows except myself?"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807)

  "" Then Gélydoines said to him: "This I shall tell you well, but there shall be none but you and me;"

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807)

  "but this I wish to say to you in the presence of your barons, and the high master sends you this word, He who knows all things that are to come: that the serpent you saw in your dream signifies the power of death that has come upon you."

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Eve is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807)

  "" said the king, "shall I then die?"

• attestation: Eve participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 807)

  "you are all of that in truth."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Eve at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 535 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 535)

  "but you shall perish as soon as you enter therein, and you may be well assured that you shall never return to the kingdom of Perse, from which the king cast you out."

• attestation: Eve is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 535 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 535)

  "another, "you can make him die even better and we shall be more assured of his death."