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- From: thorfinn@wixer.cactus.org (Thorfinn Einarsson)
- Subject: Re: Alcoholism in Scandinavia
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.195110.9897@wixer.cactus.org>
- Organization: Real/Time Communications
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 19:51:10 GMT
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- According to Norse Heathen tradition, ale and mead are holy sacraments.
- Over the years their use has been greatly secularized. Christianity's
- repressive doctrines have actually contributed to this abuse.
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- As O'dhinn says in Ha'vama'l 12:
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- Era sva' gott, sem gott kvedha,
- o"l alda sonom;
- thi'at faera veit, er fleira drekkr,
- sins til gedhs gumi.
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- Ale is not so good as they say
- for the sons of men.
- The mind of a man knows less
- the more he drinks.
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- =-= Thorfinn Einarsson =-=-=-=-=-= ALU =-=-=-=-=-= O'dhinn er alfadhir! =-=
- "En stundum vakti hann upp daudha menn o'r io"rdhu edha settisk undir hanga;
- fyrir thvi' var hann kalladhr draugadro'ttinn edha hangadro'ttinn."
- =-= ALU =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ynglinga saga ch. 7 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ALU =-=
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