was not mead but wine sweetened with honey. In Celtic andAnglo-Saxon literature, such as the writings ofTaliesinand in theMabinogionandBeowulf, mead is the drink of kings and thanes.Chaucer’s Miller drank mead, but by the 14th century spicedaleand pyment (a sweetened wine similar tomulsum)...
In the Old English epic poem Beowulf, the Danish warriors drank mead. In both Insular Celtic and Germanic poetry, mead was the primary drink associated with heroes and deities, see for example the Mead of poetry. Mead (Old Irish mid) was a popular drink in medieval Ireland.[46] ...
It has played a role in the writings of the Irish bards, the Icelandic sagas and in the epic poem Beowulf. It has even brought up romantic images in the myth of the Honeymoon. All of this brings up exciting images and in reading all of the folklore you would imagine that this ...