Here is the patron saint of hunters for beer and honey. A naked, puffy wreath on it is woven of hop wattle and leaves; the sling on it is hop. In his right hand he holds a ladle from which he wants to drink; around it are heaps of skulls from broken jugs; he himself sits on a fragile barrel overturned upside down. The Slavs prayed to him, speaking at drunken fights. For in ancient times, not only among the Slavs, but also in the whole of Europe, he was not considered a small hero who could drink everyone. Then, as in our cleansed times, drunkenness not only did not bring shame, but he also had to endure mockery, who either did not drink or could not drink a lot.
The Caesar says the same about the Germans, that they are a drunken drink, brewed in a known way (beer) to excess, and whoever drinks more than others gets a great honor. But did not the Persians also say in honor of Alexander that he is brave, beautiful, smart and drinks everyone? For a long time (and hardly even now) this vice was considered by the Greeks a virtue or, better, boastfulness and youth. Anacreon, singing love, together with her glorifies his horns, from which they used to drink, and in the form of these very horns there were poka, made of metal or wood. But our ancestors, especially the warriors, loved to drink at solemn feasts from the skulls of their worst enemies they killed, as a sign of triumph over them. And this custom is not actually Slavic. Almost all semi-enlightened peoples, who believed their main exercise in war, did so. An example of this is the Celts (Danes),Normans (Swedes), etc. And even now this custom is preserved among many wild peoples.
KORS is the god of drunkenness, the patron saint of alcohol lovers - beer and mead. G. Glinka depicts Kors with a wreath on his head, woven from hops with leaves, also girded with hops. He is sitting on a barrel overturned upside down with a ladle in his hand, from which he is going to drink, and around him are already emptied, broken jugs. There is nothing but lashes of hops on Kors's body (is it all drunk?). Kors was worshiped before fights on the subject of who would drink whom.
The name of Kors as the patron god of alcohol lovers is not mentioned by all researchers of Slavic mythology, however, the image of such a deity, perhaps under a different name (patronized by lovers of alcohol and Delight or Oslad), should have existed. Worship him is likely. The ability to drink a lot, to drink others was considered in ancient Russia a manifestation of heroism, and those unable to drink a lot were ridiculed. Drunken competitions were not uncommon. Sadko, recruiting a heroic squad for himself, tested those who wanted to join it, including with a ladle of wine. The ancient Greeks, who created the image of Dionysus-Bacchus, the god of winemaking, who made the fountains of wine gush out of the ground, the patron saint of bacchanalia and orgies, learned to drink wine undiluted with water from the Scythians.
They say about the name of God as follows: Also Kors, Korsha and Korsh. Initially, the "bucket" was called a korsh, because until now in Little Russia they say "korchik" and "korets" in diminutive terms, sometimes both "korshik" and "korchaga". Why is this God given a name from the tool most often used in his drinking.
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In fact, the words "kovsh" and "korchaga" are etymologically unrelated (the word kovsh is a borrowing from the Baltic "kaushas").
Of course, conspiracies were considered a means of getting rid of hard drinking.
“You, heaven, hear, you, heaven, see what I want to do over the body of a slave (such and such). Maereno's body, teze liver. You are clear stars, descend into the wedding bowl, and in my bowl is water from a tanned student. You're a red month, come down to my cage; and in my crate there is no bottom, no tires. Sunshine, you are free, come into my yard, and in my yard there are no people or animals. Stars, take away the slave (such and such) from the wine; month, turn away the slave (such and such) from wine; sun, pacify the slave (such and such) from wine. My word is strong!"