JHCC Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Quote Among the Yakut, blacksmiths receive their skill from K'daai Maqsin, chief blacksmith of the whole underworld. He lives in an iron house, and owns black cattle with white heads, and spotted red horses. For many versts [1 verst = roughly 2/3 mile] before the approach to his house, the ground is covered with remains of fired iron slag. The forehead of this deity is covered with dirt nine fingers thick, his cheeks with rust three fingers thick, the face is like a chunk of earth torn from the mountain; his eyes are always closed, and when he wishes to see, eight men from above and eight men from below drag the iron lids apart with iron hooks. K'daai Maqsin is a great master. If a valiant hero, a vassal of the evil spirits, loses his arm or leg, he forges him a new one and fixes it in its proper place. He can make rifles that do not miss and a garb which will protect against bullets. He can add strength to a weaker hero. He makes a very hard iron which he tempers in a special liquid made from the blood of a lion, the tears of a species of seal, blood from the lips of a young man and the blood of the cheeks of a young girl. His bellows are made of thirty cowhides. He has as assistants hammer-men, bellows-men, and file-men. Popov, A. “Consecration Ritual for a Blacksmith Novice among the Yakuts.” The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 46, no. 181, 1933, pp. 257–271. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/535717. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Cool! I have a little cultural anthro in my background. Ive always been curious why North & South America have no or very little iron in their history. Especially post Viking ironmaking around Nova Scotia. Once you see the process, making iron is not difficult. Im sure the vikings were observed by the locals back in their day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 1 hour ago, anvil said: Cool! I have a little cultural anthro in my background. Check this one out, then: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 I had to sign up to read the whole article so I'll have something else to do on this oh SO smoky day. Pretty interesting so far. THANKS John! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 Working as I do at a college, I keep forgetting that other folks don't have automatic full access to JSTOR. Sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 No need to be sorry, they accepted me as for independent studies with no school affiliation so I'm good. Better yet, I don't know if my friend with the masters in history has seen this one and it's a good one. Seriously a patron god who requires 8 men above and 8 men below with iron hooks to pull his eyelids open IF he wants to take a look HAS to have a GOOD STORY! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Probably forges by the Braille method... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 thanks,you guys. I'll check it out. If you ever see something specific about Iron in north/south America, let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Now I"m kind of bummed I suckered someone else into being president of the club. I'd really like to institute the hammering cow heads on the anvil ritual for new members. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emilsa Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 On 9/1/2019 at 10:18 PM, anvil said: thanks,you guys. I'll check it out. If you ever see something specific about Iron in north/south America, let me know. I just read this on afro-american metalwork in the Americas. And it has propelled me into a wormhole of stuff to read https://www.academia.edu/26550751/African_and_African-American_Metallurgy?email_work_card=thumbnail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Emilsa said: I just read this on afro-american metalwork in the Americas. Thanks for the link, Emilsa. Looking forward to reading that. Also, Welcome to IFI! If you haven't yet, please READ THIS FIRST!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Thanks! On 8/30/2019 at 11:24 AM, JHCC said: Check this one I just ordered it. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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