Smithing gods

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

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

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

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
  • Thor, god of lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of mankind, hallowing, and fertility

Ossetian

Roman
  • Vulcan, god of metalworking and the forge

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

See also
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