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Deities associated with blacksmiths
This is a list of deities associated with
blacksmiths and craftspeople.
African religions
Egyptian
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Ptah, patron god of craftsmen and architects
Igbo
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Ikenga,
Alusi of time, success, achievement, farming, blacksmiths, and industry
Yoruba
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Ogun, patron god of warriors, soldiers, blacksmiths, metal workers, and craftsmen
Asian religions
Arabian
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Qaynan, Sabean patron god of smiths
Hindu
Japanese
Meitei
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Pisatao, god of architecture and crafts
Vietnam
Ugaritic
European religions
Celtic
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Brigid, goddess of spring, blacksmiths, fertility, healing, and poetry
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Gobannus, Gallo-Roman deity whose name means 'the smith'
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Gofannon, Welsh god of blacksmithing, ale, architecture and building
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Goibniu, Irish god of blacksmithing, one of the Trí Dée Dána
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Lugh, god of craftsmen, games, arts, oaths, truth, and law
Circassian
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Tlepsh, god of fire, smithing, metal, weapons and virility
Finnish
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Ilmarinen, god of Blacksmithing and archetypal artificer.
Greek
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Athena, goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare
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Hephaestus, god of metalworking and the forge
Hungarian
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Hadúr, god of metalworking and war
Germanic
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Thor, god of lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of mankind, hallowing, and fertility[
dubious –
discuss]
Ossetian
Roman
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Vulcan, god of metalworking and the forge
Slavic
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Svarog, god of the forge, fire, the sun, and creation
Baltic
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Kalvis, god of blacksmiths who creates the sun every day and makes rings so the morning star (Aušrinė) can marry the sun.
See also