Myth ritual and metallurgy in ancient Greece and recent Africa The Greek daimones Iconography and metallurgy African iron: history ritual and investigation Birth craft and the daimones: the eretrian hymn to the daktyloi Gender and production: the Fipa The daimones: fertility and ritual performance Pharmaka and apotropaia: the daimones and medicine Iron and political power: Africa Bakongo investiture: kings iron and autochthones Daimones and political power: idaian daktyloi in the phoronis Pindars telchines