This is a list of deities associated with blacksmiths and craftspeople.
The African and Ancient Greek blacksmith deities have been compared and contrasted in scholarly literature.
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.
See also List of fire gods
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