A legend can reveal attitudes about drink without establishing the event it narrates.
Do not turn literary occurrence into first production, causation or an exact event date.
Use Inana, Hathor, imperial China and Norse poetry as attributed lore, with date of attestation distinct from the time portrayed.
Researcher synthesis from fully read source; see linked Literature Note for located excerpts and limitations.
Forsyth: A Short History of Drunkenness — complete source analysis
Atomic idea
A legend can reveal attitudes about drink without establishing the event it narrates.
Reasoning
Use Inana, Hathor, imperial China and Norse poetry as attributed lore, with date of attestation distinct from the time portrayed.
Counterpoints
Do not turn literary occurrence into first production, causation or an exact event date.
Provenance
Connections
Linked Literature Note supplies source context. Original researcher synthesis; Developing, not established.