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The Grail was considered a bowl or dish when first described by Chrétien de Troyes.
Hélinand of Froidmont described a grail as a " wide and deep saucer " ( scutella lata et aliquantulum profunda ).
Other authors had their own ideas: Robert de Boron portrayed it as the vessel of the Last Supper ; and Peredur had no Grail per se, presenting the hero instead with a platter containing his kinsman's bloody, severed head.
In Parzival, Wolfram von Eschenbach, citing the authority of a certain ( probably fictional ) Kyot the Provençal, claimed the Grail was a stone ( called lapis exillis ) that fell from Heaven, and had been the sanctuary of the neutral angels who took neither side during Lucifer's rebellion.
The authors of the Vulgate Cycle used the Grail as a symbol of divine grace.
Galahad, illegitimate son of Lancelot and Elaine, the world's greatest knight and the Grail Bearer at the castle of Corbenic, is destined to achieve the Grail, his spiritual purity making him a greater warrior than even his illustrious father.
Galahad and the interpretation of the Grail involving him were picked up in the 15th century by Sir Thomas Malory in Le Morte d ' Arthur, and remain popular today.

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