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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... Unferth the hyle , " who occupies an ambiguous place at the king's feet and whose chief purpose in the poem is to act as a foil to Beowulf . Actually , the role of both figures is complimentary although only that of the latter has been ...
... Unferth the hyle , " who occupies an ambiguous place at the king's feet and whose chief purpose in the poem is to act as a foil to Beowulf . Actually , the role of both figures is complimentary although only that of the latter has been ...
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... Unferth will " put the alien through the necessary paces " . " Once the stranger's character has been tested , the queen can then enter , as Wealhtheow does , and restore harmony by renewing formality , bidding the king be amiable and ...
... Unferth will " put the alien through the necessary paces " . " Once the stranger's character has been tested , the queen can then enter , as Wealhtheow does , and restore harmony by renewing formality , bidding the king be amiable and ...
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... Unferth , the hyle , the cáinte as he may be called , who insults Beowulf in the service of his master . This latter individual is less important than the prophetess but is worthy of some remark in our discussion because of his place in ...
... Unferth , the hyle , the cáinte as he may be called , who insults Beowulf in the service of his master . This latter individual is less important than the prophetess but is worthy of some remark in our discussion because of his place in ...
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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