A drinking horn was a drinking vessel formerly common in some parts of the world. Drinking is the act of consuming a liquid through the mouth. ...

"All of the Northern European nations formerly drank out of horns, which were commonly those of the urus or European buffalo. These horns were carefully dressed up and their edges lipped all round with silver. One of these immense horns, at least, an ox-horn of prodigious size is still preserved in Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It was only produced before guests, and the drinker in using it, twisted his arms round its spines, and turning his mouth towards the right shoulder, was expected to drain it off." Reference: Dwelly’s [Scottish] Gaelic Dictionary: Còrn

Drinking horns were common amongst the Norse and the Anglo-Saxons, and Thor was supposed to have had a famous one. They also feature in Beowulf, and fittings for drinking horns were also found at the Sutton Hoo burial site. Carved horns are mentioned in the Elder Edda (composed about 1000 AD): This article is about the continent. ... Trinomial name Bos taurus namadicus (Falconer, 1859) Trinomial name Bos taurus mauretanicus (Thomas, 1881) Trinomial name Bos taurus primigenius (Bojanus, 1827) The aurochs (Bos taurus) is an extinct European mammal of the Bovidae family. ... The term European buffalo is used for two creatures: The Aurochs, a primitive ox The Wisent or European bison Category: ... General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Appearance lustrous white metal Atomic mass 107. ... Dunvegan Castle, looking towards MacLeods Tables Dunvegan Castle is a castle at Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye, off the west coast of Scotland. ... looking towards Quiraing, Skye. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Norsemen (the Norse) is the indigenous or ancient name for the people of Scandinavia, including (but not limited to) the Vikings. ... The famous parade helmet found at Sutton Hoo, probably belonging to King Raedwald of East Anglia circa 625. ... Thor carries his hammer and wears his belt of strength (MS SÁM 66, 18th century). ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Sutton Hoo parade helmet (British Museum, restored). ... The Poetic Edda or Elder Edda is a term applied to two things. ...

"On the horn’s face were there

All the kin of letters

Cut aright and reddened,

How should I rede them rightly?

The ling-fish long

Of the land of Hadding,

Wheat-ears unshorn,

And wild things inwards." Reference: The Second Lay of Guðrun, in the Elder Edda (Morris and Magnusson translation)

The Arthurian tale of Caradoc also features the drinking horn. King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Britain. ... The name Caradoc may refer to: In Arthurian legend, Sir Caradoc was one of the Knights of the Round Table. ...

Large drinking horns were also common among the Thracians, often covered with worked silver or gold plating. The Thracians were inhabitants of Thrace and adjacent lands (present-day Bulgaria, Romania, Republic of Moldova, northeastern Greece, European Turkey and northwestern Asiatic Turkey, eastern Serbia and parts of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) [1]. They spoke the Thracian language, an Indo-European language. ...

In parts of the ancient world, the drinking horn gave way to a horn-shaped drinking vessel called a "rhyton" - ADD HYPERLINK - fabricated from metal or clay. When drinking from a rhyton, the vessel is held upright and the liquid flows out of a hole in the end of the "horn", suggesting that natural drinking horns could have been used in the same manner. This would have enabled the same horn to be used for both drinking and for sounding.

They were in use, well into the Middle Ages, dying out mainly in the 1600s. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...

Modern-day Asatru adherents use drinking horns for Blóts and sumbels. satr , also known as Odinism, describes a number of attempts to reconstruct the indigenous religions of Northern Europe. ... The Blót was the pagan Germanic sacrifice to Norse gods and Elves. ... Symbel (from Proto-Germanic *sumlan banquet, continuing *sm-lo-, i. ...

See also

• Cornucopia

The cornucopia (Latin Cornu Copiae), also known as the Horn of Plenty, is a symbol of food dating back to the 5th century BC. In Greek mythology, Amalthea raised Zeus on the milk of a goat. ...

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• Hochdorf drinking horns