Odin's saliva - Odin's saliva

…Masticated sake was once widespread in the regions surrounding the Pacific Ocean, and traces of it remain in Northern Europe and Africa. According to Northern European mythology, the fermentation agent in beer is said to be the saliva of the god Odin, which tells us that beer made by mastication existed. In Japan, it is recorded in the Osumi no Kuni Fudoki, and in Okinawa Prefecture and Oshima County, Kagoshima Prefecture, until recently, at the grand festival to offer the first fruits to the gods, unmarried maidens who had cleansed their teeth with salt would chew steamed rice and raw rice that had been soaked in water, spit it into a jar, and offer the sake that had been fermented for several days. …

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…口嚼酒はかつて太平洋を取り巻く各地域に広く分布し，その痕跡は北ヨーロッパ，アフリカにも残っている。北ヨーロッパの神話によると，ビールの発酵素はオーディン神の唾液であるといわれ，口嚼による麦酒が存在していたことを物語っている。日本では《大隅国風土記（おおすみのくにふどき）》に記録され，沖縄県や鹿児島県大島郡では，最近まで初穂を神にささげる大祭には，塩で歯を清めた未婚の乙女が蒸した米と，水を十分吸わせた生米をかんで壺に吐きため，数日間発酵させた酒を供えた。…

※「オーディン神の唾液」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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