Smithing gods

This is a list of deities associated with blacksmiths and craftspeople.

The African and Ancient Greek blacksmith dieties have been compared and contrasted in scholarly literature.^[1]

African religions

Egyptian

Ptah, patron god of craftsmen and architects

Igbo

Ikenga, Alusi of time, success, achievement, farming, blacksmiths, and industry

Yoruba

Ogun, patron god of warriors, soldiers, blacksmiths, metal workers, and craftsmen

Asian religions

Arabian

Qaynan, Sabean patron god of smiths

Hindu

Ribhus
Vishvakarman, architect of the gods

Japanese

Ame-no-Mahitotsu, god of metal-working and blacksmiths
Kagu-tsuchi, patron god of blacksmiths, ceramic workers, and fire

Meitei

Pisatao, god of architecture and crafts

Vietnam

Bà Kim, goddess of metal and blacksmithing
Tổ nghề Khổng Lồ, god of bronze casting

Ugaritic

Kothar-wa-Khasis, patron god of metalworking

European religions

Celtic

Brigid, goddess of spring, blacksmiths, fertility, healing, and poetry
Gobannus, Gallo-Roman deity whose name means 'the smith'
Gofannon, Welsh god of blacksmithing, ale, architecture and building
Goibniu, Irish god of blacksmithing, one of the Trí Dée Dána
Lugh, god of craftsmen, games, arts, oaths, truth, and law

Circassian

Tlepsh, god of fire, smithing, metal, weapons and virility

Finnish

Ilmarinen, god of Blacksmithing and archetypal artificer.

Greek

Athena, goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare
Hephaestus, god of metalworking and the forge

Hungarian

Hadúr, god of metalworking and war

Germanic/Norse

Wayland the Smith, legendary master blacksmith (in some sources considered as with god-like origins)

Ossetian

Kurdalægon, god of blacksmiths

Roman

Vulcan, god of metalworking and the forge

Slavic

Svarog, god of the forge, fire, the sun, and creation

Baltic

Kalvis, god of blacksmiths who creates the sun every day and makes rings so the morning star (Aušrinė) can marry the sun.

References

↑Blakely, Sandra (2006). Myth, ritual, and metallurgy in ancient Greece and recent Africa. Cambridge University Press. pp. 73–76. ISBN 9780521855006. Retrieved 13 July 2026.

[1] Blakely, Sandra (2006). Myth, ritual, and metallurgy in ancient Greece and recent Africa. Cambridge University Press. pp. 73–76. ISBN 9780521855006. Retrieved 13 July 2026.

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Smithing gods

African religions

Egyptian

Igbo

Yoruba

Asian religions

Arabian

Hindu

Japanese

Meitei

Vietnam

Ugaritic

European religions

Celtic

Circassian

Finnish

Greek

Hungarian

Germanic/Norse

Ossetian

Roman

Slavic

Baltic

See also

References

関連するトピック

blacksmiths

craftspeople

Ptah

Ikenga