A closer look
Why search for the Holy Grail in treacherous caves when you can just find it in a Welsh mansion? The Nanteos Cup is a medieval mazer bowl that local folklore insisted was the actual cup of Christ, granting miraculous healing powers to anyone who drank from it. The problem? Desperate Victorian pilgrims weren't just sipping water; they kept biting off chunks of the supposedly sacred wood to take home as souvenirs. The estate owners had to put the battered bowl in a metal rim just to stop the faithful from literally eating the holy relic out of existence.
