@billygotgrove true :) but it might have been an oooooold story told from father to son and so on until it was written down, or atleast thats what i think
To cast amd pull a bronze sword from a stone mould certainly required knowledge and skills that were not acquired overnight, but the result was spectacular. Is this the origin of King Arthurs Excalibur, asks the vid? Its an appealing idea, but isnt the age wrong? Bronze Age in Britain: 2000 BC 600 BC. Later came the Iron Age: 600 BC AD 50. These figures are approx. Nobody knows when Arther lived, if he lived at all, but 5th or 6th century AD is a fair guess.
where did the inspiration come from? who looked at rocks and said, im going to melt this in a fire and make a magical substance. were the smiths also chieftains? or were they hired by rich chieftains? i imagine smiths living in isolated huts and nervous villagers or local chiefs approaching them cautiously to ask for bronze implements in return for whoknowswhat. also, who did the mining? the smiths themselves, or apprentices who knew what to look for?
@eatinginfants My bet is it was discovered in a potters kiln. Lets decorated a a pot with these green stones, mm not quite the effect I was looking for chuck those shiny squiggles in the garbage. It took thousands of years for people making crude copper jewelry before useful bronze implements were developed.
@MrMonkeybat you're probably right. time is the answer to many questions about the past. bronze intrigues me because it must have been the super-technology of its day. i wonder what kind of superstitions really surrounded bronze workers. what kind of power did they hold over the leaders of society? were they highly paid servants or loners approached with caution? were the miners also bronze workers, or were they privy to its secrets? things like that make me wonder
I can imagine it would be. It's mysterious, they dont know how he does it. He seemingly has got some kind of power/knowledge others dont have lol. That's kind of scary if you can do something what nobody else can, like making swords out of stone LoL. Don't you think? :-D. I think they's even be scared if it were bunnies instead of swords... To them it probably would be just as logic (or unlogic). Even I am still amazed how its done LoL. But hey, I'm just simple like that :D
Nah- by King Arthur's time, swords were either steel or more commonly iron.
billygotgrove 10 months ago
@billygotgrove true :) but it might have been an oooooold story told from father to son and so on until it was written down, or atleast thats what i think
EgholmViking 2 months ago
Im such a History Nerd. :p
ManTheBush 1 year ago
Thank you! I was looking and this was tagged on my subject. I learned something new tonight!
dreaminggirlish 1 year ago
Grüße aus der Oberlausitz!
Goetterhand 1 year ago
To cast amd pull a bronze sword from a stone mould certainly required knowledge and skills that were not acquired overnight, but the result was spectacular. Is this the origin of King Arthurs Excalibur, asks the vid? Its an appealing idea, but isnt the age wrong? Bronze Age in Britain: 2000 BC 600 BC. Later came the Iron Age: 600 BC AD 50. These figures are approx. Nobody knows when Arther lived, if he lived at all, but 5th or 6th century AD is a fair guess.
archdeaconj 2 years ago
@archdeaconj Most legends recycle bits from older ones.
MrMonkeybat 11 months ago
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MrMonkeybat 11 months ago
The smith was probably the best fed guy in town...he had skills.
alchemistra 2 years ago
where did the inspiration come from? who looked at rocks and said, im going to melt this in a fire and make a magical substance. were the smiths also chieftains? or were they hired by rich chieftains? i imagine smiths living in isolated huts and nervous villagers or local chiefs approaching them cautiously to ask for bronze implements in return for whoknowswhat. also, who did the mining? the smiths themselves, or apprentices who knew what to look for?
eatinginfants 3 years ago
@eatinginfants My bet is it was discovered in a potters kiln. Lets decorated a a pot with these green stones, mm not quite the effect I was looking for chuck those shiny squiggles in the garbage. It took thousands of years for people making crude copper jewelry before useful bronze implements were developed.
MrMonkeybat 11 months ago
@MrMonkeybat you're probably right. time is the answer to many questions about the past. bronze intrigues me because it must have been the super-technology of its day. i wonder what kind of superstitions really surrounded bronze workers. what kind of power did they hold over the leaders of society? were they highly paid servants or loners approached with caution? were the miners also bronze workers, or were they privy to its secrets? things like that make me wonder
eatinginfants 11 months ago
This is fascinating. I wonder if the skills, though highly prized and "weird to others" were kind of scary to them as well.
RiverBirch1967 3 years ago
I can imagine it would be. It's mysterious, they dont know how he does it. He seemingly has got some kind of power/knowledge others dont have lol. That's kind of scary if you can do something what nobody else can, like making swords out of stone LoL. Don't you think? :-D. I think they's even be scared if it were bunnies instead of swords... To them it probably would be just as logic (or unlogic). Even I am still amazed how its done LoL. But hey, I'm just simple like that :D
SjpielseWolf 3 years ago
LOL bunnies!
RiverBirch1967 3 years ago
the Smithy. alchemist. fascinating video.
i am sure we dont look at computer whizkids as magicians, lol
zezt 3 years ago
hahahaha indeedy, atleast I sure dont :-P
SjpielseWolf 3 years ago
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who do we then....;)?
zezt 3 years ago