Mary (Virgin, mother of Jesus)

Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail)

• relationship: A kinship relationship (daughter) is attested between figures 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)

  "sinners, to deliver them from hell, it pleased him that he should make of his daughter his mother."

• attestation: Mary participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 42 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 42)

  "And so it had to be, in order to redeem the people who through Evain and Adan were lost."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Father) is attested between figures 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)

  "Now hear in how many ways he redeemed them: through the Father, through the Son, through the Holy Spirit — all these three parts are one and the same thing."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Father) is attested between figures 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)

  "And it pleased Diu the Father that the Son of Diu be born of the virgin Marie without sin and without stain, and took human form in her."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Father) is attested between figures 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)

  "Most full of humility was that Lord, to whom it pleased to come to earth, to save the work of his Father, for he made both Adan and Evain;"

• attestation: Mary participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 42 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 42)

  "When she had sinned, she brought it about that Adan sinned;"

• attestation: Mary participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 42 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 42)

  "and when he had sinned, he saw himself and felt shame;"

• attestation: Mary participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 42 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 42)

  "And at once he was cast out of great delight into great wretchedness, among the torments of this"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 46 (segment 2) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 46)

  "if there were others who believed in him, there were very few, for the scripture says: "Fair Father, if it can be allowed that I need not endure this passion" — for he was not so grieved on account of"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 46 (segment 3) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 46)

  "— for he was not so grieved on account of the anguish of the body, but rather because he saw that his death had not yet redeemed anyone, nor did he see anyone whom he had won through his death,"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 46 (segment 4) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 46)

  "he see anyone whom he had won through his death, save only the thief who cried mercy to him on the cross. And for this reason the scripture says: "I am just like one who gathers the stubble," which is"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 150 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 150)

  "He was first of all conceived without sin — that is the first manner. The second manner is that He was conceived without carnal union, and this had never before been heard of. The third was that His mother, who"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 150 (segment 2) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 150)

  "been heard of. The third was that His mother, who was a maiden, never lost her maidenhood by it, neither in the conceiving nor in the birthing; rather, He who chose her to be His mother left it just as"

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Mary is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 164 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 164)

  "so truly show your great power and your great mercy upon this sinful king, and upon the others of this city, who are so led astray from truth that they do not know their Creator, but rather worship images of stone and wood that cannot help them, and they have placed their belief in them, thinking that these will defend them from evil, yet they lead them to the everlasting death of hell, which shall endure for them forever, if they do not return to the right way and to right belief and come back to your mercy."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Mary is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 164 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 164)

  ""Fair Lord, glorious King of all things, who, to save the world that was perishing, deigned to suffer the anguish of death upon the cross where I saw you nailed;"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Mary at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 164 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 164)

  "Lord, who by your great power delivered me safe and sound from the prison where I remained forty-two years, never tasting any earthly food;"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Mary at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 164 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 164)

  "glorious Lord, full of all pity, who saved King Davit your servant against Goulias the giant who had done such great harm to your people;"

• attestation: Mary participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 164 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 164)

  "who, to the glorious Marie Madalaine, pardoned her sins in the house of Symon the leper;"

• attestation: Mary participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 164 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 164)

  "who saved Susenain and Joachin from the false testimony that the two young men bore against them;"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 164 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 164)

  "glorious Lord, spiritual Father, who delivered the sons of Israël from the bondage of Pharaon,"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 277 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 277)

  ""Beautiful dear daughter, I now leave you, and I pray you and beseech you and command you that, as soon as I am dead, you go to the holy man from whom we received the holy faith, and tell him"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 277 (segment 2) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 277)

  "from whom we received the holy faith, and tell him to be ever mindful to remember in his prayers the soul of this sinful woman, and ask him, for the blessed love of the Lord in whose service he lives,"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 277 (segment 3) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 277)

  "blessed love of the Lord in whose service he lives, that he accompany you with that Lord before you pass from this sorrowful life, without receiving your everlasting salvation. I know well that he will give it to you willingly."

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 277 (segment 4) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 277)

  "know well that he will give it to you willingly. And take care, as dearly as you value your life, that you do not place it in any spot where any earthly thing has dwelt. But take this white box,"

• attestation: Mary participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457)

  "of those days there was no such thing."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Mary is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457)

  "So she took it at once and thrust it into the earth, so that it stood upright, and said that thus she would see it often enough."

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Mary is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457)

  "The branch was fixed in the earth by the will of the Creator, to whom all things are obedient."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Mary at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457)

  "It grew, took root, and established itself in the earth — that branch that Eve the first sinner carried out of paradise — and it was full of great significance, for just as she carried it in her hand, it signified a great joy, as if she were speaking to her heirs who were yet to come, for she was still a virgin, and just as if she were saying to them: "Do not be dismayed that we have been cast out of our heritage, for we have not lost it forever;"

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457)

  "behold here the signs that we shall yet enter into it again in some season."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Mary is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457)

  "" And if one wished to ask the tale for what reason the man did not carry that branch out of paradise rather than the woman, since man is a higher being than woman, to this the tale answers that the carrying of the branch did not pertain to the man at all, but only to the woman;"

• attestation: A religious ritual or devotional act is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457)

  "for in that the woman carried it, it signified that through woman was life lost and that through woman it would be restored."

• attestation: A religious ritual or devotional act is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457)

  "And this was a sign that through the virgin Marie, the glorious heritage that had been lost would be recovered."

• attestation: Mary participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457)

  "But now the tale returns to the branch that had taken root"

• attestation: Narrative content at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457 line 1 attests to events in the Grail history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 457)

  "of those days there was no such thing. So she took it at once and thrust it into the earth, so that it stood upright, and said that thus she would see it often enough."

• attestation: Mary participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 505 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 505)

  "but he who looks according to the truth can see it quite differently, plainly resembling the meadow which, in the morning, is green and full of flowers, and in the evening, when the heat of the sun has lingered a little, one can see it withered and dead and dried up."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Mary is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 505 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 505)

  "Just so is the body of man, when the soul has departed from it."

• attestation: A religious ritual or devotional act is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 505 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 505)

  "By this reasoning that I have shown you, you can see what the meadow signifies;"

• attestation: The Holy Grail vessel is referenced in connection with Mary at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 505 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 505)

  "and after that, the meaning of the vessel, which is a weak and wretched thing, of such poor substance that it can be broken at any moment, and that which the potter made from clay of poor earth signifies man, who is so poor a thing and drawn from so poor a seed, who is as fragile and as wretched as the pot that is easily broken;"

• attestation: Mary participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 505 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 505)

  "Now behold the truth of the flower that never faded and whose beauty never diminished in the slightest, save only the flower that is called the Virgin Marie."

• attestation: Mary participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 505 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 505)

  "But the beauty of that flower was never harmed nor diminished: for where all others are by nature deflowered and violated, that is in conceiving and in giving birth, there that blessed and fortunate lady preserved the flower so nobly that never was the whiteness of her virginity diminished or harmed;"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Mary at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 505 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 505)

  "and that flower which endures forever in its freshness and its beauty, you did not see in the likeness of your dream, for you saw flowers that faded from a little heat."

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 505 (segment 2) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 505)

  "evening, when the heat of the sun has lingered a little, one can see it withered and dead and dried up. Just so is the body of man, when the soul has departed from it. By this reasoning that I"