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The Holy Grail and the Fountain of Youth are well known images in appearing often in popular culture and are often associated in Christian context with the blood of Christ in Arthurian legend.
However healing bowls, wells and vessels, resurrecting cauldrons and draughts of knowledge and inspiration appear often in European Mythology, particularly among the Celtic peoples.
In this video - a longer version of a previously released video about the Welsh Cauldron of Ceridwen from the Mabinogion - I will explore some of these healing and knowledge imparting grails.
Other similar vessels include the Well of Mimir and Urd from Norse Mythology that Odin drinks from to gain knowledge. In one instance he dies and is reborn.
The Celtic Gundestrupp bowl found in Denmark potentially depicts dead warriors being reborn.
The Irish God the Dagda has a Bowl of Plenty and a resurrecting Club.
And the Iron Age British Dobunni tribe are sometimes called the 'people of the Cauldron'