Lady with a Mead Cup: Ritual, Prophecy, and Lordship in the European Warband from La Tène to the Viking AgeLady with a Mead Cup is a broad-ranging, innovative and strikingly original study of the early medieval barbarian cup-offering ritual and its social, institutional and religious significance. Medievalists are familiar with the image of a queen offering a drink to a king or chieftain and to his retainers, the Wealhtheow scene in Beowulf being perhaps the most famous instance. Drawing on archaeology, anthropology and philology, as well as medieval history, Professor Enright has produced the first work in English on the warband and on the significance of barbarian drinking rituals. Lady with a Mead Cup will be of interest to students of Germanic or Celtic culture and kingship, anthropology and Dark Age religion. |
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Page 172
... Medb's army for a great cattle raid on Ulster . The army was forced to delay its departure , however , because " their prophets and druids did not permit them to go thence , but kept them for a fortnight awaiting an auspicious omen ...
... Medb's army for a great cattle raid on Ulster . The army was forced to delay its departure , however , because " their prophets and druids did not permit them to go thence , but kept them for a fortnight awaiting an auspicious omen ...
Page 264
... Medb , for example , means either " the intoxicated one " or " the one who intoxicates " . " The latter is more likely for Medb is one of the goddesses who offers drink and sexual favors to candidates for kingship . The connection ...
... Medb , for example , means either " the intoxicated one " or " the one who intoxicates " . " The latter is more likely for Medb is one of the goddesses who offers drink and sexual favors to candidates for kingship . The connection ...
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... Medb uses much the same language in presenting the champion's cup to each of them as a ruse in order to prevent violence . I cite only the first instance : " Welcome ! You deserve the champion's portion , and so we make you king over ...
... Medb uses much the same language in presenting the champion's cup to each of them as a ruse in order to prevent violence . I cite only the first instance : " Welcome ! You deserve the champion's portion , and so we make you king over ...
Contents
Ritual Group Cohesion and Hierarchy in the Germanic Warband | 1 |
Warlords Hetzerinnen and Sibyls | 38 |
The Liquor Ritual and the Basis of the Lordly Power to Command | 69 |
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