No one knows what kind of alcoholic beverage came first—wine,
beer, or mead—but by the Neolithic Age it was everywhere. Tales of
liquor abound in folklore. One story relates that at the beginning of time
the forces of good and evil contested with each other for domination of
the earth. Eventually the forces for good won out. But a great many of
them were killed in the process, and wherever they fell, a vine sprouted
from the ground—so it seems some felt wine to be a good force. Other
myths depict the powers of alcohol as gifts from the gods. Some civilizations worshiped specific
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