Cold Iron

Origin

The etymological origin is the decisive canonical vocabulary of English 'Cold Iron (cold iron)' — the decisive canon of the weakness of fairies (fairy) in medieval British folklore — and the decisive canon of the etymology of Hanja 'han-cheol (cold iron)'. The decisive folklore canon is the decisive canon of 'iron drives off fairies' in the medieval British, Irish, Scottish fairy folklore — the decisive canon of the Irish Thomas Crofton Croker's (Thomas Crofton Croker) Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland of 1825. The decisive Shakespeare canon is the decisive canon of fairies and iron in the English William Shakespeare's (William Shakespeare, 1564-1616) A Midsummer Night's Dream (A Midsummer Night's Dream) of 1595. The decisive Kipling canon is the decisive canon of the poem 'Cold Iron' in the poetry collection Rewards and Fairies (Rewards and Fairies, published 1910) of the English Rudyard Kipling (Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936) — 'Gold is for the mistress, silver for the maid, copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade. Good! said the Baron, sitting in his hall, But Iron — Cold Iron — is master of them all'. The decisive Tolkien canon is the decisive canon of the Morgul-blade in J.R.R. Tolkien's (J.R.R. Tolkien, 1892-1973) The Lord of the Rings of 1954. The decisive D&D canon is the decisive canon of Cold Iron in Gary Gygax's (Gary Gygax) Dungeons & Dragons of 1974.

Features

• Weakness of fairies in medieval British folklore
• Main axis — 1910 Kipling poem 'Cold Iron' decisive canon
• 1595 Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream fairies and iron
• Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Morgul-blade canon
• 1974 Dungeons & Dragons Cold Iron decisive canon
• Classification — un-forged iron or unprocessed iron

Stories

Kipling's 1910 poem 'Cold Iron' is the decisive canon, and the weakness of fairies in medieval British folklore is the decisive folklore canon. The decisive canon used as the nemesis of fairies, and the decisive canon invoked as the master of all. The decisive folklore canon is the decisive canon of the medieval fairy weakness, and the decisive Shakespeare canon is the decisive canon of A Midsummer Night's Dream of 1595. The decisive Kipling canon is the decisive canon of the poem 'Cold Iron' of 1910, and the decisive Tolkien canon is the decisive canon of The Lord of the Rings of 1954. The decisive D&D canon is the decisive canon of Dungeons & Dragons of 1974, and the decisive 21st century canon is the decisive canon of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files.

Weakness

Cold Iron's weaknesses are: (1) binding of definition — the decisive canonical weakness — the decisive canon of ambiguous definition with two interpretations ('unprocessed iron' and 'iron forged with special rituals'); (2) binding of fairies — the decisive canon of being effective only on fairies; (3) binding of price — the decisive canon of double price in D&D; (4) binding of magic — the decisive canon of weakness to magic; (5) binding of Kipling — the decisive canon of the binding of the 1910 poem; (6) binding of the sacred domain — the decisive canon; (7) binding of Shakespeare — the decisive canon of the binding of A Midsummer Night's Dream; (8) binding of time — the decisive canon of medieval binding. The decisive canonical finale is the decisive mythological canon of Dungeons & Dragons of 1974.

Cultural Significance

Cold Iron is not merely a metal icon but the canonical iconographic figure of the decisive British folklore-Shakespeare-Kipling-Tolkien-gaming canon, traversing the weakness of fairies in medieval British folklore, fairies and iron in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream of 1595, Thomas Crofton Croker's Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland of 1825, Kipling's poem 'Cold Iron' of 1910, the Morgul-blade in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings of 1954, and Cold Iron in Dungeons & Dragons of 1974. The etymological origin settled as the decisive canon of English 'Cold Iron (cold iron)' — the decisive canon of the weakness of fairies (fairy) in medieval British folklore. The decisive folklore canon is the decisive canon of 'iron drives off fairies' in the medieval British, Irish, Scottish fairy folklore — the decisive canon of the Irish Thomas Crofton Croker's (Thomas Crofton Croker, 1798-1854) Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland (Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland) of 1825, and the decisive canon of 'horseshoe iron drives off fairies' by Walter Scott (Walter Scott) of 1828. The decisive Shakespeare canon is the decisive canon of King Oberon (Oberon) and Queen Titania (Titania) of fairies in the English William Shakespeare's (William Shakespeare, 1564-1616) A Midsummer Night's Dream (A Midsummer Night's Dream) of c. 1595. The decisive Kipling canon is the decisive canon of the poem 'Cold Iron' in the poetry collection Rewards and Fairies (Rewards and Fairies, published 1910) of the English Rudyard Kipling (Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936, Nobel Prize in Literature 1907) — 'Gold is for the mistress, silver for the maid, copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade. Good! said the Baron, sitting in his hall, But Iron — Cold Iron — is master of them all' — the decisive poetic canon of the weakness of fairies. The decisive Tolkien canon is the decisive canon of the Morgul-blade (Morgul-blade, the sword of the Witch-king) of the Nazgûl in the English J.R.R. Tolkien's (J.R.R. Tolkien, 1892-1973) The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings) of 1954, and the decisive D&D canon is the decisive canon of Cold Iron (Cold Iron) in the American Gary Gygax's (Gary Gygax) Dungeons & Dragons (Dungeons & Dragons) of 1974 — the decisive canon of the weakness of fairies, and the decisive 21st-century canon is the decisive canon of Cold Iron in the American Jim Butcher's (Jim Butcher) Dresden Files (Dresden Files) of 2000.

In Popular Culture

• Weakness of fairies (fairy) in medieval British folklore — decisive folklore canon
• Shakespeare (William Shakespeare) A Midsummer Night's Dream (A Midsummer Night's Dream) (1595) — decisive Shakespeare canon
• Thomas Crofton Croker (Thomas Crofton Croker) Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland (1825) — decisive Irish canon
• Walter Scott's (Walter Scott) horseshoe iron (1828) — decisive Scott canon
• Kipling's (Rudyard Kipling) poem 'Cold Iron' (Rewards and Fairies) (1910) — decisive Kipling canon
• J.R.R. Tolkien's (Tolkien) The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings) Morgul-blade (1954) — decisive Tolkien canon
• Gary Gygax's (Gary Gygax) Dungeons & Dragons (Dungeons & Dragons) Cold Iron (1974) — decisive D&D canon
• Jim Butcher (Jim Butcher) Dresden Files (Dresden Files) (2000) — decisive 21st-century canon
• Pathfinder (Pathfinder) Cold Iron — decisive gaming canon
• Iconography of iron as fairy weakness — decisive iconography canon

Trivia

The etymology of Cold Iron (English Cold Iron, Latin ferrum frigidum) is the decisive canonical vocabulary of English 'Cold Iron (cold iron)' — the decisive canon of the weakness of fairies (fairy) in medieval British folklore — and the decisive canon of the etymology of Hanja 'han-cheol (cold iron)'. Aliases — Cold Iron (Cold Iron), ferrum frigidum (Latin), nemesis of fairies, weakness of faeries, fae metal, master of all — are the decisive canonical vocabulary. The decisive folklore canon is the decisive canon of 'iron drives off fairies' in the medieval British, Irish, Scottish, Welsh fairy folklore — the decisive canon of the mythological origin of fairies as spirits of Bronze Age people and the fear of Iron Age invaders, and the decisive canon of 'the Irish sídhe fear iron' in the Irish Thomas Crofton Croker's (Thomas Crofton Croker, 1798-1854) Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland (Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland) of 1825. The decisive Shakespeare canon is the decisive canon of King Oberon (Oberon) and Queen Titania (Titania) of fairies and fairies and iron in the English William Shakespeare's (William Shakespeare, baptized 26 April 1564, died 23 April 1616) A Midsummer Night's Dream (A Midsummer Night's Dream) of c. 1595. The decisive Kipling canon is the decisive canon of the poem 'Cold Iron' (11-stanza poem) in the poetry collection Rewards and Fairies (Rewards and Fairies, published by Doubleday Page in 1910) of the English Rudyard Kipling (Rudyard Kipling, born 30 December 1865 in Bombay, India, died 18 January 1936 in London, England, Nobel Prize in Literature 1907) — 'Gold is for the mistress, silver for the maid, copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade. Good! said the Baron, sitting in his hall, But Iron — Cold Iron — is master of them all' — the decisive canon of the refrain, and the decisive canon of 'Cold Iron is master of them all'. The decisive Tolkien canon is the decisive canon of the 'Morgul-blade (Morgul-blade, the sword of the Witch-king)' of the Nazgûl in The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, trilogy) of the English Oxford University J.R.R. Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, born 3 January 1892, died 2 September 1973) of 1954-1955, and the decisive canon of 'the iron weakness of elves and fairies'. The decisive D&D canon is the decisive canon of Cold Iron (Cold Iron) in Dungeons & Dragons (Dungeons & Dragons, D&D) of the American Gary Gygax (Gary Gygax, 1938-2008) of 1974 — the decisive canon of 'effective on fairies and demons, with double price', and the decisive 21st-century canon is the decisive canon of Cold Iron in the American Jim Butcher's (Jim Butcher, 1971-) Dresden Files (Dresden Files, 17-volume urban fantasy) of 2000, and the decisive Pathfinder canon is the decisive canon of Cold Iron in the American Paizo's Pathfinder (Pathfinder) of 2009.