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# Medieval image of a woman hammering infants on an anvil personifies Nature
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/populiarnyi-srednevekovyi-siuzhet-zhenshchiny-lupiashchei-kuznechnym-molotom-po-mladentsam-lezhashchim-na-nakovalne-na-samom-dele-olitsetvoriaet-prirodu-kotoraia-rozhdaet-v-svoei-kuznit/
- Published: 2021-11-17T14:31:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:54:35.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Observations, Humour

The popular medieval scene of a woman pounding infants laid on an anvil with a blacksmith's hammer is in fact a personification of Nature, who gives birth to children in her forge. She is merely giving her offspring the proper shape, so there is nothing to gawp at here!

*You may recall these pictures when you hear a hoarse fellow at karaoke singing "..people make new people by night"*

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_5436@17-11-2021_17-31-35.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_5437@17-11-2021_17-31-35.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_5438@17-11-2021_17-31-35.jpg)