The pure ones of the Languedoc region of Southern France - The Cathars - wee fully conversant with the Ring Lord culture and in accordance with tradition, referred to the Messianic Bloodline as the Elven race, venerating them as the Shining Ones.
The concept of calling the princely race of the Grail the Shining Ones, while also defining them as Elves, can be traced into Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Canaan (Palestine). The ancient word El which was used to identify a god or 'lofty one' actually meant 'Shining' in old Mesopotamian Sumer. To the north in Babylonia, the derivative Ellu meant 'Shining One' , as did Ilu in Akkad. and the word spread across Europe to become Ellyl in Wales, Aillil in Ireland, Aelf in Saxony and Elf in England. The plural of El was Elohim; the very word used in the Bible to describe the gods. In Gaelic Cornwall, the word el was equivalent to the Anglo saxon engel and the old French angele which in English became 'angel'.
The Shining Ones of the Elohim were identified with the skies or with a high place described as An and often translated to mean heaven (or the heavens). In this context the great gods and overlords of ancient Sumer were called the Anunnaki (Anun-na-ki meaning 'heaven came to earth'). Alternatively, they were the Anannage (An-anan-na-ge), the 'fiery great sons of heaven' and it was from this Anunnaki royal strain that the Grail line ensued.
For this reason, it eas traditionally refered to as the Elven Blodline or the dynasty of the Shining Ones.
