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As for the mysterious smith.. Vulcan, or at least

the

Japanese version of the same, correct? Seems

almost every race

has a myth of the lame yet quite powerful

blacksmith/craftsman.
 
Hephasteus, actually. I'm partial to the Greek
versions of the legends. The
Japanese have a god of smiths as well, but his name
eludes me at the moment.

@@  Ama-Tsu-Mara 
      Shinto god of metal workers. Son of 
Ama-Tera-Suu-O-Mi-Kami. He is pictured as a cyclops. 


http://www3.sympatico.ca/untangle/asiang.html

http://www.geocities.com/westhollywood/heights/4617/shinto2.html

http://www.pagan-home.com/gods/amat.htm

http://quasisemi.com/myth/a.htm


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