Beer, Wine, and Mead in Myth
Saturday, March 29th, 2008The history and folklore surrounding beer, wine, and mead in myth is extensive. For as long as history has been recorded, all around the world, we can see examples of these beverages being enjoyed and even fought over. In the Bible, alcoholic drink is mentioned often. Going further back, mead is mentioned in the ancient hymns of the Rigveda of India, poets of the Middle ages, and plays an important role in the Nordic mythology of the Eddas. Wine goes very far back, of course, mentioned often by the philosophers of the ancient Greeks. It could be said that, as far as we know, the arts of fermentation were among the first technologies developed by humans.
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