Becoming Inviolable

Steeling the self against magical harm: bodily 'hardness':

"... Give to me an iron coat,
Iron coat, iron cap,
Iron mantle for my shoulders,
Iron mittens for my hands,
Iron boots for my feet,
With which I shall enter the Hiisi's lands,
Move about in Evil's realm,
So that the sorcerer's arrows will not penetrate,
Nor the wizard's knives,
Nor the shooter's weapons,
Nor the tietaja's blades"

(SKVR Kiimasjarvi. 1888. Merilainen 52 - Risto Nikitin)