Motif
extraordinary smiths producing heroic swords
extraordinary_smiths_producing_heroic_swords
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Forged Weapons, Armor, and Rescue Tools. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER II. THE CAVE OF CEISCORAN / CHAPTER III. DONN SON OF MIDHIR / CHAPTER IV. THE HOSPITALITY OF CUANNA'S HOUSE / CHAPTER V. CAT-HEADS AND DOG-HEADS; lines 8949-9047 confidence: high
A large ugly young man with one foot and one eye, black-skin cloak, and a reddening blunt ploughshare says he is Lon, son of Liobhan, a smith of the King of Lochlann; the Fianna follow him across Ireland.
A one-eyed, one-footed smith leads the Fianna to a smithy where four seven-handed smiths make swords that the Fianna take away and later use.
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