Had an epiphany

Was thinking about how tolkein’s dwarves were based on his notion of proto-hebraic culture (so, phoenician/canaanite)— & the depictions of craftsman/metallurgic gods as dwarves— dwarves associated with the north, & in nordic mythos come from elsewhere...

Entirely possible that the copper mines in chalcolithic british isles tie this all together— considering Blake’s Urthona/Los, Hephaestus, the creator of the Earth in Egyptian mythology Ptah, all sharing these same traits. Metallurgy as the “creation of the World”— maritime trade

Metallurgy is everthing— if you have metal in pre-antiquity, you win— you get btfo by people with metal— you have to wonder “where does this come from”— most valuable substance by weight— basic medium of exchange— mining creates the world.