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== Mythology and Religion ==
* Hephaestus, blacksmith to the [[Greek Mythology|Greek gods]]. Also, the Cyclopses, Brontes, Steropes, and Arges, his assistants and proteges.
* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|Most fantasy dwarves]] have this in their makeup somewhere, though they also often work in much more exotic materials. This goes right back to [[Norse Mythology]], the dwarves Brokk and Eiti who forged treasures for the Aseir, including Thor's hammer.
* Wayland the Smith (also known as Volundr) from Norse, Germanic and Old English legends was the creator of magic rings and the swords of heroes.
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* In Persian mythology, Kaveh the blacksmith led an uprising that overthrew the evil demon king, Zahhak. The Derafsh-e Kaviani, used as a battle standard and as a symbol of Iran, is said to be based on the design of Kaveh's apron. Ferdowsi retells the story in [[The Shahnameh]].
* In the book ''Liberty and Freedom'' about mythological motifs of various American factions and subcultures, David Hackett Fischer tells of how slave huts would often keep an iron statue made by a local slave-smith and thinks it a symbol of hoped-for liberty.
== [[Literature]] ==
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