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Based on my opinion only it would be warm milk with honey (and some cinnamon). Calming, filling, delicious, good for breakfast, snacks, or after dinner, and quite an old recipe. It has nothing to do with historicity though just my personal love for the comfort milk+honey brings.
I think milk and honey is mentioned in the Bible? I’ll have to double check this.
Edit: mainly stating that even though there may not be a religious reason for you, the drink mixture does have a religious (I think) background.
Likely, as I said it's old as a recipe - and it's nutritious. I think there are a few mentions in the odyssey of having it with cheese as well? Not completely sure, it might have been cheese + honey + wine instead.
In a tongue and cheek sense, mead.
In a “how I practice” sense, I offer summery wines for the Greek gods I work with and various nature spirits. Mead to the Norse gods. Spiced drinks and teas all around, especially in the winter. But anything I offer up has to be something I love and don’t normally buy or consume. It feels more like an actual sacrifice that way haha.
I spend most of my attention working with local spirits, depending on what I’m doing. For example, I have an Earth altar in my backyard and I live in south Texas, so when I ask the spirits of the land to bring forth my dream of a native flowering garden with drought resistant trees, I offer tequila instead of the “European-witchy-traditional” offering like mead or wine because I think the native spirits might prefer something they’re more familiar with.
Maybe it’s just a combination of coincidences like mild weather and plenty of rain, but I’m pleased to say that my garden is thriving more than ever before with desirable plant species!
Depends of the pantheon. Depends on the biome.
Metaphorically, for me, pipa - coconut water. Full of electrolytes, insanely refreshing, always makes me feel better.
For Roman gods, wine.
For Greek gods, milk mixed in with honey.
For Arab gods, any anise-based drink, from alcoholik arak to non-alcoholic milk with anise.
It depends on the culture.
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Depends on the god. Odin is associated with the Mead of poetry. I associate Perun with rakija, it just fits somehow to me
That makes sense that it would depend on the god.
Based on my opinion only it would be warm milk with honey (and some cinnamon). Calming, filling, delicious, good for breakfast, snacks, or after dinner, and quite an old recipe. It has nothing to do with historicity though just my personal love for the comfort milk+honey brings.
I think milk and honey is mentioned in the Bible? I’ll have to double check this. Edit: mainly stating that even though there may not be a religious reason for you, the drink mixture does have a religious (I think) background.
Likely, as I said it's old as a recipe - and it's nutritious. I think there are a few mentions in the odyssey of having it with cheese as well? Not completely sure, it might have been cheese + honey + wine instead.
Greek mythology, ambrosia. Mead is a close comparison.
Honestly apply cider for me like some good homemade stuff is just fantastic
In a tongue and cheek sense, mead. In a “how I practice” sense, I offer summery wines for the Greek gods I work with and various nature spirits. Mead to the Norse gods. Spiced drinks and teas all around, especially in the winter. But anything I offer up has to be something I love and don’t normally buy or consume. It feels more like an actual sacrifice that way haha.
That makes sense. That it would need to be something you love and then that way it's more of a sacrifice.
Exactly! Although it is always also based on what I can afford at that moment too. Some months a $10 bottle of pink moscato is just gonna have to do.
I spend most of my attention working with local spirits, depending on what I’m doing. For example, I have an Earth altar in my backyard and I live in south Texas, so when I ask the spirits of the land to bring forth my dream of a native flowering garden with drought resistant trees, I offer tequila instead of the “European-witchy-traditional” offering like mead or wine because I think the native spirits might prefer something they’re more familiar with. Maybe it’s just a combination of coincidences like mild weather and plenty of rain, but I’m pleased to say that my garden is thriving more than ever before with desirable plant species!
Ayahuasca Ergot infused wines.
Wow! You're really going to be tripping then aren't you?
That’s the plan lol
Depends of the pantheon. Depends on the biome. Metaphorically, for me, pipa - coconut water. Full of electrolytes, insanely refreshing, always makes me feel better.
For Roman gods, wine. For Greek gods, milk mixed in with honey. For Arab gods, any anise-based drink, from alcoholik arak to non-alcoholic milk with anise. It depends on the culture.
Spiced Chai with honey and milk 3/4ths of the year. Warm mulled cider is my go-to in the winter for offerings.
A & W root beer 100% lol
I like that. In my opinion. I think the nectar of the gods is mountain dew . At least the gods I follow.
H2O