# Furrow-Maker — Fifty-One Tales character guide

> Furrow-Maker in Fifty-One Tales by Lord Dunsany.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0041-furrow-maker

## Who they are

A personified figure, appears in his own tale.

## In the story

### [Time and the Tradesman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/chapters/time-and-the-tradesman)

The tradesman is described as having a 'little cunning face' into which Time puts furrows.

### [Furrow-Maker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/chapters/furrow-maker)

Referred to as 'furrow-maker' throughout, representing Man and his agricultural and industrial endeavors.

### [The Return of the Exiles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/chapters/the-return-of-the-exiles)

The old man with a hammer is implied to be the Furrow-Maker, a figure associated with ancient agricultural or sacrificial traditions.

## Links

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