Secret_History

306 The Secret History of the World
Department of the Aube, and Albaci, Spain, that are currently identified as Gothic
may actually be Alanic. If that is the case, then we cannot understand Gothic in
any way at all without understanding the Sarmatian-Scythian origins in the
Northeast Iranian traditions that constitute its foundation.
One of the more fascinating discoveries of this intrepid team of Grail questors
was Linda Malcor’s elucidation of the fact that one group of Alanic Sarmatians
allied with Alaric’s Visigoths, seems to have been responsible for a famous theft
of some vessels of great value from the Basilica of St. Peter’s during the sack of
Rome in 410 AD. Whether or not one of these vessels was a sacred chalice
associated with the Last Supper is not definitively known, but the fact is that the
pagan marauders carried the treasure to southern Gaul, to the very region
traditionally associated with the Grail legends. The treasure disappeared shortly
thereafter, and it seems that the stories of these stolen “holy vessels” were
combined with the stories of the Holy Cup of the Narts, the Nartamongae, which
was hidden from all but the bravest and purest warriors. And so, a cup stolen from
a church became the object of a sacred quest, obscuring the true history and
meaning of the stories.
The genealogies given for the Grail knights, Perceval, Galahad, and Bors, are
extensive, and they are all related to Lancelot - Alanus-a-Lot - a specific tribe or
family of Alans from the region around the Lot river in France. In the Perlesvaus,
Perceval’s father is Alain le Gros de la Vales. Littleton and Malcor present a
fascinating etymology of many of the names involved in the stories, showing their
connection to the Nart Sagas, and the reader is encouraged to dig more deeply into
these matters there. For the moment, let us just mention that the prenomen “Pant”,
as in “Pantdragon”, evolving to “Pendragon”, in what now seems to be the most
likely Scythian-Steppe culture etymology, was a word meaning “king” or “ruler
over” whatever followed. Thus, the family of “Pendragon”, rather than being
“sons of the dragon”, become “rulers over the dragon”, or Dragon Slayers. The
title Ban, Pant, and Pen was very likely an original Scythian word, carried to
Britain by the Iazyges and to Gaul by the Alans. Thus, the banners of the
Sarmatians emblazoned with dragons signify their function as rulers over, and
slayers of dragons, in the same way that warriors collect trophies of their victories
to display and advertise their prowess in a particular famous battle. This subtle
difference will be very important as we go along.
Perceval was the best known of the Grail heroes, but he was not the original one.
There are also many medieval stories about this Perceval that have nothing to do
with the Grail. He was so popular that he was depicted on wall frescoes, carvings
on assorted items, tapestries, and so on. You could say that he was a “Star” in the
Medieval Hollywood. The question is: was this just propaganda, or was it, as is
suggested by experts on esotericism, conveyance of a symbolic meaning?
Perceval was also known as Parsifal, Percival, Persevelle, Peredur, Perlesvaus,
Paladrhir, and so on. His name has been generally interpreted as meaning “Pierce
the valley”, implying a tantric connotation, or general balance in a person’s life, as
in Taoist teachings. He has been called the “Spearman with a Long Shaft”, relating
him to Osiris, who was the “Mummy with a Long Member”, which would be
literally “he who Pierces the valley” in sexual terms - a sexual reference that
probably did not originally relate to sex.