[[▲Narratives]] *** Theft of [[mead]]/[[soma-cup]]/[[ambrosia]] = Motif A153.1 theft of-ambrosia-food-of-the-gods-stolen ## Biblio [[sterken2018]] [[*nmrtom]], [[mead]], [[tricksters]] # The Ambrosia Cycle, or, The Cycle of the Mead > A Trickster steals the drink of immortality for mankind but fails in freeing humans from death. ## Scholarship [[dumezil]] [[mallory-adams-d1977]]: "Sacred Drink" p. 538. [[rolinson2021-12-29-t]] ## Branch Parallels ### Arthurian Myth Holy Grail ### Indic Vasuki [[myth-churning-of-the-ocean]] ### Germanic - [[hymiskviða]]: After Thor and Tyr recover a giant kettle, Ægir preparsed beer for the gods. Jörmungandr takes the place of Vasuki. ([[oosten]])