#the quest for the holy grail

[talesfromtheenchantedforest]

snake are beasts of the air, that’s a new one to me

“I’ll tell you what I did,” she said, “I had spent a long time raising in my castle one of the beasts they call serpents; he was more useful to me than you can imagine. Yesterday, that beast flew by chance to this mountain and found a lion cub that she carried to this rock. You ran after her with your sword and killed her, though she had done nothing to you. Tell me why you did this. Had I done something to you to warrant this killing? Was the lion yours or in your charge, so that you felt obliged to fight on its behalf? Are the beasts of the air so insignificant that you can kill them without cause?”

— The Quest for the Holy Grail, Chapter 29, E. Jane Burns translation

#the quest for the holy grail #the lancelot-grail #serpents #flying serpents??? #medieval science #medieval shenanigans

[freckles-and-books]

Since I’m in an Arthur mood, I decided to find a book I remember reading and liking as a kid. It’s so cute and small. 🥰

#parzival #the quest for the holy grail #Katherine Paterson #arthuriana #King Arthur #books

[biterflies]

gawain and his cringe green silk girdle of shame vs galahad and his holy god ordained girdle made of hair.

FIGHT

#sir gawain #sir galahad #sir gawain and the green knight #the quest for the holy grail #arthuriana

[innervoiceartblog]

Detail from ‘The Quest For The Holy Grail’ by Edwin Austin Abbey.

From the artist’s set of murals, The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail, which adorn the Boston Public Library.

#edwin austin abbey #art and soul #arthurian mythology #holy grail #boston public library #imagika #art for art's sake #The Quest For The Holy Grail

[zladdsmith]

What, behind the rabbit? It is the rabbit!

#utahartist #drawing #drawingforfun #doodle #art #characterdesign #character development #scribble #sketch #sketchbook #artist #fanart #zladdsmithart #monty python #monty python and the quest for the holy grail #the quest for the holy grail #Tim the enchanter #rabbit #rabbit of caerbannog

[chubbie-bunnie-96]

"You can't command systematic power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"

#monty python #the quest for the holy grail #help i'm being repressed

[a-dux]

Thinking about how Perceval got sidelined from "Guy Who Got the Holy Grail" to "Guy Whose Broski Got the Holy Grail and He Was Also There." Why! Why why why! Why does Galahad exist? Why bother keeping Perceval around at all?

#arthurian legends #the quest for the holy grail

[retrocgads]

UK 1985

#UK1985 #EPIC SOFTWARE #ADVENTURE #BBC #ELECTRON #THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE #CASTLE FRANKENSTEIN #THE QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRAIL #THE KINGDOM OF KLEIN

[rainbluealoekitten]

I've read a couple of versions of the tale of the sangreal now and i'm a little disappointed bc in theory i should be obsessed but it just reads like a fever dream to me and i haaaaate it

#it makes me feel sick the same way alice in wonderland does #blue screams into the void #the quest for the holy grail #the holy grail #arthuriana #le morte d'arthur

[eyeoftheheart]

Arthur Hughes, Sir Galahad, the quest for the Holy Grail, 1870

#arthur hughes #sir galahad #the quest for the holy grail #holy grail #heros journey #grail quest #art #art community #art is life

[tgoldwalker]

There’s no way you can convince me this plot point isn’t a direct Monty Python reference

#dungeon meshi spoilers #delicious in dungeon #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon spoilers #laios dungeon meshi #laios touden #dunmeshi #dunmesh spoilers #senshi #monty python #quest for the holy grail

[talesfromtheenchantedforest]

Corbenic: still the worst

Hector left the courtyard and galloped out through the castle as fast as his horse would carry him. When the residents saw him flee, they shouted after him, hooting and cursing the hour of his birth and proclaiming him to be a failed knight and a coward. Hector was so mortified that he wished he were dead. He rushed ahead until he had left the castle behind, and cut into the forest where it was thickest.

When King Pelles returned to Lancelot and gave him the news of his brother, the knight was at a loss to know what to do. He could not hide his dismay from the castle residents, who saw the tears run down his face. The king felt great regret for having relayed the news to Lancelot. He would not have mentioned it if he had known that Lancelot would take it so hard.

— The Quest for the Holy Grail, Chapter 78, E. Jane Burns translation

also “didn’t know Lancelot would take it so hard” have you MET him

#on this blog we hate corbenic and everyone in it #lancelot #hector #the lancelot-grail #the quest for the holy grail #arthuriana

[illustratus]

The Arming and Departure of the Knights

#arthurian #knights #holy grail #tapestries #stanmore hall #art #middle ages #medieval #mythology #chivalric romance #chivalry #morte d'arthur #holy quest #william morris #john henry dearle #sir edward burne-jones #england #britain

[cuubism]

now that i've managed to pull a few people's attention towards dream & art

please consider

edwin austin abbey's "the golden tree" but with hob, knight of the dreaming

#what's the context of this you ask? simple. it's the quest for the holy grail but the grail is dream's freedom #the sandman #hob gadling #dreamling #obsessed with this mural which is apparently more obscure than i'd thought #but abbey is so good his hamlet illustrations are incredible #fanartist extraordinaire amirite #btw pls go look at his whole quest for the holy grail series theyre magnificent #its art commentary night i guess

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

“The Night of the Holy Grail”  by Frederick J Waugh

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“A time may come soon,“ said he, "when none will return. Then there will be need of valour without renown, for none shall remember the deeds that are done in the last defence of your homes. Yet the deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.” She answered: “All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and honour, you have leave to be burned in the house, for the men will need it no more. But I am of the House of Eorl and not a serving-woman. I can ride and wield blade, and I do not fear either pain or death.” “What do you fear, lady?” he asked. “A cage,” she said. “To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

#grail #holy grail #Frederick J.Waugh #about art #quotes #J.R.R.Tolkien #The Return of the King #quest

[kingarthurtournament]

Round 1 Side B Poll 3

King Arthur (Quest for Camelot)

"This was one of my favorite movies as a kid!"

"Kind of a DILF"

King Arthur (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

"All I know is, I didn't vote for him"

#king arthur tournament #bracket #round 1 #poll #king arthur #arthur pendragon #quest for camelot #monthy python and the holy grail