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* Seppä Ilmarinen from [[The Kalevala]]. Seppä translates to Smith. |
* Seppä Ilmarinen from [[The Kalevala]]. Seppä translates to Smith. |
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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 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]]. |
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* 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. |
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