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{{quote|''"Under a spreading chestnut-tree |
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''The village smithy stands; |
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''The smith, a mighty man is he,https://allthetropes.org/w/index.php?title=The_Blacksmith&action=edit |
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''With large and sinewy hands; |
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''And the muscles of his brawny arms |
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''Are strong as iron bands."''|'''Henry Wadsworth Longfellow''', ''The Village Smithy''}} |
''Are strong as iron bands."''</poem>|'''Henry Wadsworth Longfellow''', ''The Village Smithy''}} |
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Someone who shapes things out of iron and steel, so called because iron is a "black" metal. This craft has been around since humans first learned to shape iron and iron alloys. Metalworkers specializing in bronze or copper are sometimes referred to as "redsmiths", and those that work with tin or pewter are known as "whitesmiths." |
Someone who shapes things out of iron and steel, so called because iron is a "black" metal. This craft has been around since humans first learned to shape iron and iron alloys. Metalworkers specializing in bronze or copper are sometimes referred to as "redsmiths", and those that work with tin or pewter are known as "whitesmiths." |
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* In ''[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/124threebrothers.html The Three Brothers]'', the middle one becomes a ''very'' silled blacksmith. |
* In ''[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/124threebrothers.html The Three Brothers]'', the middle one becomes a ''very'' silled blacksmith. |
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* In ''[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/stories/norroway.html Black Bull of Norroway]'', the heroine works for a smith for seven years, and he makes her iron shoes to get over a glassy hill. |
* In ''[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/stories/norroway.html Black Bull of Norroway]'', the heroine works for a smith for seven years, and he makes her iron shoes to get over a glassy hill. |
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== Fan Works == |
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* Xander, and eventually Cordelia in ''[[I Am What I Am (fanfic)|I Am What I Am]]'', a ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' fic by M. McGregor. In the future timeline, Super!Willow (re)discovers how magic weapons are created -- by smiths who have little to no magic of their own to interfere with the imbuement of magic into the weapons they create. Xander has no magic at all -- lower than anyone else, ever -- and is able to forge the most powerful of magical weapons. |
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