drinking horn

Medieval beverage container

A drinking horn is a vessel for beverages made from an animal horn, typically from cattle or buffalo.

Associated with ancient and medieval cultures, particularly Norse and Germanic peoples, drinking horns appear in historical reenactments, fantasy media, and ceremonial contexts: They raised their drinking horns in a toast to the fallen.

Norse

mead

Honey-fermented alcoholic drink

Thor · skald · saga · longship · warrior · berserker · chieftain · Asgard · Midgard · runes

celebration

toast

Heated bread; glass-raising honor

banquet · feast · carousing · conviviality · gathering · festivity · wassail · prost · salud · huzzah

vessel

goblet

Stemmed drinking vessel

  • chaliceOrnate ritual drinking vessel
  • tankardHandled drinking vessel, often lidded
  • mugHandled cup for beverages

stein · cup · flagon · beaker · auroch · bovine · carved · mounted · curved · hollowed

material

auroch

Extinct wild ox

  • oxCastrated male cattle
  • cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
  • buffaloLarge North American bovine

ibex · goat · keratin · polished · carved · engraved · decorated · mounted · silver · brass

ritual

libation

Ceremonial drink offering

consecration · rite · altar · pagan · ancestor · deity · invocation · oath · blessing · divination

Categories
Opposites
vessel type

drinking horncrystal glass

Premium transparent drinkware

paper cup · plastic cup · goblet · wine glass · stemware

cultural/historical association

drinking hornchampagne coupe

Shallow stemmed drinking vessel

demitasse · cocktail glass · sake cup

cultural/temporal association

drinking hornstyrofoam cup

Polystyrene drinking vessel

solo cup · coffee mug · water bottle · sports bottle · sippy cup

Family

drink, drunk, horn, drinking, horns, drank, drinks, drinker, horned

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG