: How about the fact that only dwarves can pick up the
: "keys" to the gates, portholes, and such,
: remember that it was the smiths who built the tain and
: also implemented a way to escape it if ir were ever
: used against them, so it makes sence that it would be
: dwarves.
That was the bit that started the theory. Then, in the TFL manual, the info about spiders comes from Dwarven legends. In Myth II's spider flavors, we have the implication that the Smiths are the Spider-cults, because (paraphrasing) "when Connacht went to assail the Spider-cults, the Smiths were nowhere to be found" - implying that the Smiths and Spider-cults are the same. Then there's the Dwarven Ghost flavors, saying that the Dwarves were the masons of the Mausoleum of Clovis. Masons, smiths, pretty similar.
So:
Dwarves have a long relationship with Spiders.
The Smiths of Muirthemne were Spider-cults.
Dwarves built things for the Cath Bruig.
The Smiths of Muirthemne built things for the Bruig.
Dwarves alone can work the innards of the Tain.
The Smiths of Muirthemne built the Tain.
I see some pretty good correlation there.
