Bran the Blessed

High King and Grail Keeper:

Connection to Celtic myth and landscape
Establishment of second table of Holy Grail at Dinas Bran

“13th century in Robert de Boron's Joseph d'Arimathie fr, the first work to connect the Grail with Jesus. Here, the "Rich Fisher" is called Bron, a name similar enough to Bran to suggest a relationship, and said to be the brother-in-law of Joseph of Arimathea, who had used the Grail to catch Christ's blood before laying him in the sepulchre. Joseph founds a religious community that travels eventually to Britain and entrusts the Grail to Bron (who is called the "Rich Fisher" because he catches a fish eaten at the Grail table). Bron founds the line of Grail keepers that eventually includes Perceval.”