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* In ''[[The Song of Roland]]'', the Durandal is said to contain numerous artefacts in this vein embedded in its hilt.
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The Holy Grail: The cup which Jesus Christ supposedly drank from at the Last Supper and/or the cup used by Joseph of Arimathea to capture the blood of Christ at the crucifixion. First popularized by [[King Arthur|Arthurian Legend]], and used absolutely everywhere since, from ''[[Monty Python]]'' [[Monty Python and
The history of the Grail is rather complicated. Ostensibly the cup that Jesus drank from during the Last Supper, brought to Glastonbury by Joseph of Arimathea, it's a [[Celtic Mythology|Celtic invention]] that was unknown on the continent before the Arthurian mythos brought it there. It first surfaced in the late 1100s, in an incomplete poem by [[Chrétien de Troyes]] (whose contributions to Arthurian canon were action-packed and unconcerned with spiritual matters), in which a naive Welsh knight named Perceval meets the [[Fisher King]]. A grail appears as part of a larger and quite bizarre mystical procession and is referred simply as "a grail" with no holy context, apart from carrying a host wafer. Perceval fails in his quest by not asking the Fisher King what the hell's going on (making this story the first ever [[Sierra]] adventure game).
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** Though at least in the [[Nasuverse]], it's explicitly stated that there are dozens of artifacts which claim to be the Holy Grail, and that whether that particular one had anything to do with Jesus is irrelevant considering its power. Turns out {{spoiler|it was made from scratch in the 1800s}}.
* As previously mentioned in ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' it is the Holy Grail that transforms Sailor Moon into Super Sailor Moon. That being said it may not be ''the'' Holy Grail as in the manga, and the videogame ''[[Sailor Moon: Another Story]]'', there's ''two'' of them - Sailor Chibi Moon has one as well.
* [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-little-known-legend-of-jesus-in-japan-165354242/ According to Real Life local legend], Jesus is buried in Shingō, a small town in Aomori prefecture, Japan... the same prefecture where, during episode 4 of ''[[Bakuon!!]]'', Hane helped "clean-shaven Jesus" when he was stranded on the side of the road to Aomori, out of gas, and was given what may well be the genuine Grail for helping him. It's also a rare collector's Suzuki tea cup. Unlike most tea cups, though, it seems impervious to damage... and might be a literal [[Deus Ex Machina]].
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