|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
||
|
|||||||
| Register | All Photos | FAQ | Members List | Calendar | ShopStream (Radio/TV) | Search | Today's Posts | Mark Forums Read |
| The Outpost This forum is dedicated to all who share a love for, and a desire to make good knives, and have fun doing it. We represent a diverse group of smiths and knifemakers who bring numerous methods to their craft. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
07-16-2007, 03:27 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
This mythology was brought to our North...
American shores by the Fon people of West Africa during the slavery times:
They believed a devine blacksmith named Gu taught the first humans how to forge tools so that they might work the land. Gu was the fifth born child of Mauli-Lisa, the West African Creator God. Her gift to Gu was strength - the strength of iron, and the knowledge of that strength in the form of its forging. The shared origins of forged tools and forged weapons caused Gu to eventually be interpreted as the Fon God of War but Gu's greatest legacy was teaching the people to forge. Makes you wonder, doesn't it? 
__________________  Avatar ~ custom crank case cover from 1969 Harley shovelhead chopper 
|
| Tags |
| forge, forging |
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Threaded Mode