A golden statue discovered in Kul Oba depicts two Scythian men using a drinking horn to engage in this rite, which, according to Herodotus, involved the mutual consumption of wine tainted by both individuals. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this rite that, in the Fóstbrœðra (“FOAST-bry-dhrah”) and Gísla (“ghees-LAH”) sagas occurred underneath an arch of turf held aloft by spears. In a Mongol account, this ritual known as anda (“UHN-dah”) involved the exchanging of knucklebones.
ANSWER: becoming blood brothers [accept answers of forging a foster brotherhood, sworn brotherhood, sworn friendship, or swearing loyalty to each other as brothers and similar; accept brœðralag; prompt on creating friendships or alliances; prompt on answers indicating unrelated men swearing loyalty to each other that do not mention “brothers”; prompt on blood oaths or blood compacts; prompt on leikr] (Scythian wine was tainted by blood; knucklebone exchange was between Temujin and Jamukha.)
[10h] A bloody battle that ends in a draw forges a blood-brotherhood between this man and Hjalmar (“yahl-MAR”). This man took on the moniker “Barkman” after becoming a recluse following a bloody battle with the half-troll Ogmund.
ANSWER: Orvar-Odd [or Arrow-Odd]
[10e] In his namesake poem, this deity invokes the rite of hospitality after referencing his blood-brotherhood with Odin. That poem features this god’s flyting, or series of insults, against Bragi, Idunn, and Thor.
ANSWER: Loki [accept Lokasenna]
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