The Goddesses of Metal and Fire: Artisanal Knowledge, Embodied Experience, and the Reframing of Smelters' Cult in China, Fourteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries.

The goddesses of metal and fire were the patron deities of Chinese smelters. This article examines this artisans' cult through historical texts, ethnographic reports, and historical reconstruction of the smelting processes. It demonstrates that the c…

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