Talk:Drinking horn
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Two very simple reasons why this is not a plain dictionary entry:
1 - The mention of the drinking horn in literature. 2 - The mention of the drinking horn in Dunvegan castle.
I was amazed actually that Wikipedia had no entries on this subject, but there you go... --MacRusgail 14:11, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
"Viking" focus
the article was repeating the common misconception that the drinking horn is somehow native to "Northern Europe" in particular, while it is clearly part of the "cultural package" adopted by the Celts from the Scythians / the Balkans together with iron etc. (which in turn passed from the Celts to the Germanic tribes later on). There remains a strong tradition of drinking horns in the Caucasus, which I suppose can plausibly be assumed as continuity since antiquity. The drinking horn, if "native" to anywhere, should be considered a prehistoric "steppe pastoralist" custom in origin. --
- I don't think it was claiming that it was native to any particular area. However, it became particularly well developed in Northern Europe, and there are many notable examples in myths and history in that region. If anything, the original article which I wrote had a Scottish bias. That's because it was written mainly from copyright free Scottish content - and I'd agree that that was not a good focus. However, it has moved on since then.--MacRusgail (talk) 17:00, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
too much or too little detail?
According to Sadads (talk · contribs), [1]
- "The article is substantial, but is still missing important content or contains a lot of irrelevant material."
I would be interested, in your opinion, which is it? Is the article missing important content? On what topic? or does it contain irrelevant material? In what section?
Or did you just copy Berig's assessment[2]? Which, of course, applied to an entirely different revision, for which a "C" was actually being rather kind. Or am I missing something? --
Adding the article to the Dacian culture category
The article has been added to the
yes, fine, I do not object to the addition of this category. Since drinking horns have been part of the culture of at least three dozen peoples and nations over time, I still must say it isn't very constructive to go around and tag articles for your personal favourite pet culture instead of looking at the article topic and decide which categories are most relevant to that. --
- Thank you. Based on my detailed justification, I don't think it is just about a pet culture. But you are right, you can't categorize very generic concepts with all cultures. Maybe, if notable enough, and supported by enough evidence, a Paleo-Balkan drinking horn section or independent article would more sense. Thanks again. --Codrin.B (talk) 19:46, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Method of use
I see that at least some pictures depict persons drinking from the horn's broad end, essentially using it as a cup. Were there types of horns from which the tip of the narrow end was cut off and from whose narrow end the liquid was drunk? The method(s) of use need(s) to be addressed. 96.37.67.222 (talk) 16:42, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
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