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The Sumerians had a goddess of beer, Ninkasi. They even wrote a hymn to Ninkasi. That's just plain cool. Someone should set it to music.

Date: 2003-03-31 07:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dawn-guy.livejournal.com
That would be Runo 20 of Kalevala. You can get an adequate English translation here (http://kalevala.gov.karelia.ru/songs/song20_e.shtml). The beer starts around line 127, and there's a bit of maiden rubbing wood along her thighs and giving birth to creatures along the way.

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