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Smithing gods

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

African religions

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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

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Arabian

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  • Qaynan, Sabean patron god of smiths

Hindu

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Japanese

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Meitei

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  • Pisatao, god of architecture and crafts

Vietnam

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Ugaritic

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European religions

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Celtic

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  • 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

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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
  • Hephaestus, god of metalworking and the forge

Hungarian

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  • Hadúr, god of metalworking and war

Germanic/Norse

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

Ossetian

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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

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