E41. The blacksmith grinds the iron with his hands. .27.-.30.33.
A skilled blacksmith, in the form of a special gift, can take the hot iron in the furnace with his bare hands, knead it like dough, giving it the desired shape. He usually breaks a ban and loses his gift. (The motive is highlighted and the material was collected by Ruslan Doutaliev).
Bulgarians, Russians (Arkhangelsk), Adygs, (Balkarians?) , Armenians, mountain Tajiks, Uzbeks, and Kyrgyz.
The Balkans. Bulgarians [twin brothers Andon and Atanas worked as blacksmiths in their own forge; ticks had not yet been invented; Atanas grabbed the hot metal with his bare hands; at this time their dog was barking; the master blacksmith looked at her, saw her legs crossed in front of her and understood how to make ticks; since then, Andon has been honored on January 17, and Athanas on January 18, considering them the patrons of blacksmiths, locksmiths, etc.]: Pencheva 1997:137.
Central Europe. Russians (Arkhangelskaya) [an anchor master lived near the ship building; one night he forged; a "Brabant girl" was walking by; seduced by a young blacksmith and not knowing Russian speech, she lifted her hem and began to dance in front of the master; confused, the master grabbed the loose iron from the horn with his bare hand and burned the girl on the "thick meats"; she ran away with a roar; and the anchor master "was given a life for chastity grace": since then, without being horrified, he took the broken iron with his bare hand]: Shergin 1990:310.
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Adygi: Gutov 2012:85-86 [drought came, people were dying; Tlepsh was not yet a blacksmith, he had bread; Tkhagalej lived nearby, he had no bread; his wife went to Tlepsh twice, but he did not give bread; she explained to her husband that Tlepsh required her to surrender to him; Thagalej allowed; seeing that the woman mourned the loss of dignity and honor, Tlepsh said he only tested her; gave her bread; she asked Tha that 12 parts of Tlepsh's body should not be afraid of fire or burn; did that happen],? [Before inventing blacksmithing tools, Tlepsh could use his bare hands to forge metal held by a giant Gorygon. After inventing the instruments, Gorygon could no longer hold hot metal, and Tlepsh could no longer forge because "the meat on his wrist was torn off"]; Kabardian people [Tlepsh is the only blacksmith; he has a stone instead of an anvil, a fist instead of a hammer; Satan sees him crumpling hot iron with his bare hands; she made an anvil and a hammer out of wood, threw T.; he understood what was going on, made them out of metal; but there are no ticks; Tlagolege, who keeps the garden, and Amysh, the lord of the herds, do not know how to make them; S. sees two snakes lying crosswise; she pierced their crossed necks with a sharp stick, T. showed; he made ticks out two strips of metal; after that, T. lost the ability to take hot iron with his hands; hears a voice prohibiting outsiders from entering the blacksmith]: Andreev-Krivich 1957:262-266; (cf. Balkarians []: Malkonduev 2017:?) ; Armenians [the first blacksmith was the prophet David; being a righteous man, he took iron out of the fire with his bare hands and forged it on stone; one day, when David left the forge, only he remained there student; a dog comes and lies next to the student; puts his front legs one on top of the other in the form of scissors, and lowers his face on crossed legs; seeing this, the student made ticks like crossed ones dog paws, then took iron with ticks, put it in the fire, heated it and, taking it out of the fire, began to forge on an anvil he had made; D. comes, reaches out to the fire behind the hot iron and for the first time burned; holds out again - the same thing; D. was surprised and asks the student - why is this so? the student showed him ticks and an anvil; D. immediately leaves everything and leaves the forge]: Ganalanyan 1979, No. 813:262.
Iran - Central Asia. Mountain Tajiks (Vanj, Western 1949) [Iron was brought by Saint Jabrayil (in other versions of Khizr) from heaven for Saint Dowood. He told Dowood to make iron tools with his bare hands. Dowood lit a fire, put iron in it, and began to make plough tips, sickles, hoes, pickaxes. Jabrayil also handed over the mecha to Dovud. Dowood commissioned Master Hurdak to iron. Khurdak forged iron for a while, but once acted unrighteously. He refused to forge a plough tip for the poor man, but made it for a rich man. After that, Khurdak was no longer able to work with iron with his bare hands. Khurdak complained to Dowood that he could not take hot iron with his bare hands. Dowood reproached him for his wrongdoing and ordered him to make ticks like dog's front legs and continue to work with these mites. Khurdak made such ticks. Then Khurdak and other blacksmiths took the hot iron out of the fire with mites. Dowood is considered the patron saint of blacksmiths, jewelers and everyone who works with metal]: Rosenfeld, Rychkova 1990:193; Uzbeks (Sarts of Samarkand) [In the name of God the Merciful and Merciful, Know and Have since the father of the Prophet David was Isha, who was also engaged in this craft (blacksmithing). The prophet had many brothers by father and mother; the youngest of them all was the Holy Prophet David. One day Saint Gabriel, peace be upon him; a voice was heard from the person who feeds the world: "Gabriel, go to Saint David and give him my will." Saint Gabriel, peace be upon him, when he came to Saint David, peace be upon him, said: "Brother, Almighty God sent you this blacksmithing, saying, let them trade, let all the people know from you; let all the people know; let them know from you; let they are working; the glorious Almighty God ordered four close angels: "Bring a stone from the mountains of paradise." Four close angels brought the stone, put it in the fire, and inflated it on four sides. Then they said the following verse: "Glory to the Great God," and that stone became iron. The angels made an anvil out of iron, and the leather of heavenly sheep made furs. After taking fire from hell, dipping it seven times in the water of "mercy", they put it in the coals; having properly prepared all these supplies, the angels brought them and handed them with their hands, and the stone sparkled like lead, with every blow of his hands, the rock melted like lead. Then, collecting it again with his hands, David beat it off, and the stone turned into iron, (from it) he made various kinds of tools, projectiles and weapons. This art has become known all over the world. The following verses were written on the four corners of that anvil: on the first corner: "In the name of God, I swear to God who..."; on the second corner: "In the name of God and from God; on the fourth corner: "In the name of God and the greatness of God "; and on the fourth: "In the name of God, God is great." If they ask: is there a trade of blacksmiths farz, wajib, sunnat, mustahab? Answer: God Almighty ordered Saint Gabriel, peace to him - became a farce filled with angels - became a wajib performed by Saint David, peace be upon him - became a Sunnat. If asked how many feasts were there in this craft? Answer: four "perfect" feasts. Thus, the first was Saint Adam, the purity of God, the second was Saint Noah, the prophet of God, the third was Saint Abraham, a friend of God, the fourth was Saint Muhammad, chosen, may God bless him, the Prov-Murshids were twelve; but if they ask, Who were they? Answer: first Saint Khoja Jalal al-Din learned from Saint David, Saint Khoja Ibrahim studied second, Abu al-Hasan studied third, Khoja Abdu-l-Lah, a saint, learned from him, and Khoja Abdu-l-Lah, a saint, learned from him Tiraz, Saint Khoja Shirazi learned from him, Khoja Hisam al-Din learned from him, and Khoja Jalal-al-al-Din learned from him, and this remains for all the elders who discovered, i.e. made this craft distributed around the world]: Vasiltsov 2014:11.
Turkestan. Kyrgyz [lived a blacksmith, craftsman Dotu. He could put his hand on the red-hot coals without burning. He crushed iron like dough with his hands, made various things out of it, and covered them with intricate patterns of gold and silver. He made "soot" shells and quilted "chopkut" armors for heroes, forged full armor, made gold jewelry and jewelry for people, built fortifications in cities, and arranged wind turbines in the winds mills, put water mills on rivers. He was highly respected by the people, and his fame spread far across the globe. He has taught his skills to thousands of students. However, I asked them never to boast. If you boast, the secret of our craft will be revealed, and after that you will no longer be able to pick up hot iron with your bare hands. When asked by an old man, one negligent student replied that he had surpassed Dota himself. The student came to the workshop, put iron in the fire, and inflated the fur. As the iron warmed up, he took it in his hand, and then the hot iron hissed to his palm. The student realized that he had broken the ban on not boasting. Dotu went to see him and asked him how he was doing. The guy didn't say anything to him. Dotu: - Why don't you even know how a dog gnaws at a bone with its paws? - turned around and, without looking back, went home. The guy understood what to do, he somehow got along with ticks. From that day on, things went well for him. He didn't brag anymore. Once Master Dotu launched a watermill, got along with a millstone, was just about to let the water in, and he looked at the falcon (itelgi in Kyrgyz) sitting on the roof of the mill. The darker greeted Dotu and explained why he was here. "I flew in to bet with you. If I could kick the millstones and stop the mill, would you give me a golden spur? - he asked. Doot answers him: - Leave it, don't bother in vain. If you can't break the millstones, you'll be embarrassed. But the Saker did not want to give up. Their competition has begun. The sucker soared high into the sky and, clenched, rushed to the ground like a stone. He ran into a millstone, tore it in two with a kick, and then soared up again. Before he could turn to the ground, Dootu fastened the broken millstone with staples with lightning speed, turned the water, and started the mill. The sucker turned around, looked, and the mill was working as if nothing had happened. For a long time, disbelieving his eyes, the sucker looked stunned at the mill working. The darker understood all Dotu's resourcefulness and dexterity, and cried away offended. Since then, the Saker Falcon has had tears in the corners of his eyes. He still does not wipe his tears, with resentment he harbored his anger at the various birds he comes across, he blows them in half with a kick. Well, the sucker never returned to Doot. If he came back, he would stop Doota the mill, show the Saker that he was brave enough, and would not let him be offended. They say that Dotu is still waiting for the Saker to return to him]: Kebekova, Tokombaeva 2007:204-206.