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Motif

Name_eng:

Smith kneads iron with his bare hands

Description:

A skillful smith has a power to take and knead the hot iron with his bare hands producing the desired form. Usually the smith breaks some taboo and his power is lost

Name_rus:

Кузнец мнет железо руками

Description_rus:

Искусный кузнец, в виде особого дара, может брать раскаленное в горне железо голыми руками, разминать его как тесто, придавая желаемую форму. Обычно он нарушает некий запрет и лишается своего дара

Motif type:

Cosmology and etiology

Motif group:

06 Origin and interpretation of culture elements, in particular related to agriculture, inadequate forms of subsistence and economic activity before the establishment of the present norms

Motif analysis result:

1. Only those Old World motifs that are not found in America besides among the Aleuts, Eskimo and Northern Athabaskans.

Motif analysis result tradition count all:

Linked traditions:

Areal ID	Tradition
3.5.1.2	Bulgarians
4.1.3.2	Russian Pomors (“seasiders): Arkhangelsk province without its southern part (Shengur district and Konosha dstrict), Karelia White Sea coast
5.1.3.3	Cherkassians, Adyghe, Kabardin
5.2.2.1	Armenians
5.4.2.4	Highland Tajik
5.4.2.8	Uzbek
5.5.1.3	Kirghiz