Drinking horn Valhalla 1.5 L, light

Product description

Drinking horns were already used in antiquity by the Greeks and Romans, and during the Middle Ages drinking horns had a ritual and ceremonial function. This enormous drinking horn can be filled with no less than 1.5 liters of your favorite drink. The inside of the horn is treated so that it is suitable for drinking consumption, and a wax layer has also been applied for extra durability. With this enormous drinking horn you steal the show!

Historically, drinking horns have deep symbolic meaning. Almost all Indo-European peoples used drinking horns. Friends drank together from the same horn to emphasize their relationship, based on oath-bound reciprocity. Viking women are regularly depicted with drinking horns, which signified the sacred role of the hostess. The Greeks and Romans used horns during libations, which emphasized an oath-bound reciprocal relationship with the gods. Drinking horns were ideal for this, because the horns emphasize cattle that played a central role in our originally nomadic steppe culture more than 5,000 years ago. We also see this in stories about cattle raiding