Alcohol in the Swedish History Museum

Alcohol Picture Stone

A picture stone shows several people with drinking horns. In the Viking Age alcoholic drinks were brewed – most commonly mead and ale. The lower scene are two men battling with swords around a large vessel – it probably depicts Oden stealing mead from the giant Suttung.

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