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    Adrian Caballero 6C Hephaestus The greek god Hephaestus is the god of fire, forge, metalworking, sculpture, and blacksmith. The Roman equivalent of Hephaestus is known as Vulcan. Since the god of fire was thrown off Mt. Olympus, he spends his time in Mt. Aetna inside the volcano. Immortality and vitality are the powers that the god possesses along with the ability to withstand fire. Hephaestus is most acknowledged for his competence to forge and create and weapon or sculpture

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    fire and iron, was no easy task. Blacksmiths often bought iron ore in which they melt down and add carbon, turning iron into steel. Blacksmithing has been used for thousands of years, and in the that time, blacksmiths had learned the process in which to combine the steels together to make a flexible yet strong blade. Blacksmiths had no set process for crafting steel or the weapons in which they made according to the customer’s stipulations. However, Blacksmiths didn’t often finish the blades they

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    England. Life was hard for the Deere family when their blacksmith business slowed in 1808. John’s dad took a trip back to his home country in hopes of finding a better life for his family. Unfortunately, Mr. Deere did not return from England and no one ever found out what happened to him. John was only four years old . As a young boy, John spent a lot of time outside a blacksmith shop in his hometown dreaming that he would one day become a blacksmith. At the age

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    My internship at Calerin Forge has been simply phenomenal. The range of things I’ve done and new things I have learned will stick with me for the rest of my life and I will continue to learn from my mentor David Buress as long as I am able to do so. I have learned many new technical skills from working with different materials, new tools, or simply just learning better ways of doing things I already knew. I have also been taught aspects of using blacksmithing to make a living and the needed skills

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    Hephaestus Greek Gods come in many different forms and sizes and looks. The greek god Hephaestus a very smart and strong god he is the god of metal and craftsmanship and he is also the god of fire the legend has it the Hephaestus lived in a volcano where he could craft his weapons and tools he created for all the other gods in the heavens. Hephaestus was born in the heavens. His parents are hera and Zeus. Hephaestus had many brothers and sisters he had a few close one's Ares Athenians Persephot

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    Morrison illustrates how one can either grow stronger or weaker because of tragedy through characters like Florens or Sorrow. Florens who experiences abandonment at an early age is left with a wound that opens up again when she obsesses over the Blacksmith. Florens who is a slave owned by Jacob

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    parenting in their life. For instance, Florens, a girl whose mother voluntarily gives up, naively falls for a blacksmith when she receives a little bit of attention from him. He is also the man she admired during her transition from young child to a woman. Lack of love and care makes Lina feel the need to have something belong to her. She is possessive of Florens and dislikes the blacksmith

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    are only a few artifacts that aren’t damaged. One of the undamaged artifacts is carved bone that is based on African religious sites across the south. These indicate the status for these four particular slave cabins. They were thought to be the blacksmith, political leader, curer/conjurer, and the carver. The Political Leader was like our mayor or governor and made most of the important decisions. The Curer was probably more based on South African legend than true medical remedies. He was most likely

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    buzzard flies a short distance. And he’s hidden in plain sight. The blacksmith is handling marriage these days. Don’t forget the double wedding rings and the five points. And it ain’t the song, it’s the singer of it. It’s got to be sung twice, y’know, the song. That’s the song yet sung.” (18) What I think This quote is foreshadowing what happens later in the book, when Liz and Amber had gone to the Blacksmith’s. At first, the Blacksmith seemed to dislike Liz, and had did not want to help her at all

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    The Tale Of The Fire Dragon Other day in the field for Hades, a sheep farmer who also works hard at his father’s job which is a blacksmith. He is 21 years old and he lives alone plus he is shy so he does not have that many friends. When he was walking to the market he heard some people saying that a rumor that said that there was a dragon burning down villages like his own. He is very concerned about his village being burned down he wants to do something about it. But he is very scared about it

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