Smithcraft

Some small jobs he might now and then chance to be alone in -- when the lock of a door had slipped, or the door came off its hinges, or some kind of smithcraft was required at a moment's notice. ❋ Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie (1870)

Brigid, the triple goddess of poetry, smithcraft and healing, is a help and guide. ❋ Grove Harris (2012)

Early Hebrews disliked the Great Mother who drank the blood of Abel the herdsman, after his slaying by the elder god of agriculture and smithcraft, Cain Gen. 4:11 Gen. 4:11: And now art thou Cain cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; - King James Version. ❋ Jan (2008)

She is the patron saint of poetry, childbirth, and smithcraft. ❋ Brigindo (2008)

But he saw enough to realize that the delivery came from a variety of sources, tanner, weaver, smithcraft for the heaviest boxes, wine from many of the yards, but none, he was pleased to note, from Benden. ❋ McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- (1979)

He said that his name was Roster (Hrosstheow), and that he was skilled in smithcraft. ❋ Grammaticus Saxo (N/A)

But they had a smith there who was professor of the three new designs in smithcraft, and none else would be desired. ❋ Kenneth Morris (1908)

The whole poem which he compares to a ring was the ring of a strong male finger; but the posy of the ring, and the comparison is again his own, tells how it was a gift hammered and filed during the years of smithcraft “in memoriam”; in memory and also with a hope. ❋ Dowden, Edward (1904)

Only a few words of Welsh origin relating to agriculture, household service, and smithcraft, were introduced by the serfs into the tongue of their masters. ❋ Grant Allen (1873)

The origin of Groundhog Day is derived from earlier celebrations held on the cross-quarter day of February 2, dates variously known as Brigid's Night in Ireland (festival of the Celtic goddess of poetry, birth, weddings, smithcraft, and healing), Oimelc / Imbolc / Imbolg in Scotland, and Candlemas in England. ❋ Unknown (2009)

greek: Apollon - roman: Apollo god of smithcraft and fire: ❋ James Gurney (2008)

i see that Brigid has given you at least one of Her gifts - in this case, poetry. how are you at smithcraft and/or healing? ❋ Unknown (2004)