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person offers a drink from the cup, which the protagonist refuses or discards - with the vessel's discarded liquid often acting corrosively. Usually the vessel is stolen by the human protagonist of the tale, them then being consumed by fear and often chased by angry supernatural beings - the vessel
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The form of these cups differs from those found in Roman or Anglo-Saxon burials in
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Church Cup (Viöl); Church Cup (Ragebøl); Church Cup (Hjordkær); The Altar Cup in
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300:) considered that the generally detailed decoration made them impracticable for general daily use, and that they were made specifically for burial with the dead.
262:) "The Story of Luran", West Highlands, Scotland. Standard form of tale concerning a butler boy named Luran - in it the cup ends in the possession of
150:, Framley, Denmark - in this tale the protagonist returns the cup for supernatural strength, but is then bothered by the 'fairy' as a result of it.
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