This is a list of deities associated with blacksmiths and craftspeople.
African religions
editEgyptian
edit- Ptah, patron god of craftsmen and architects
Igbo
editYoruba
edit- Ogun, patron god of warriors, soldiers, blacksmiths, metal workers, and craftsmen
Asian religions
editArabian
edit- Qaynan, Sabean patron god of smiths
Hindu
edit- Ribhus
- Vishvakarman, architect of the gods
Japanese
edit- Ame-no-Mahitotsu, god of metal-working and blacksmiths
- Kagu-tsuchi, patron god of blacksmiths, ceramic workers, and fire
Meitei
edit- Pisatao, god of architecture and crafts
Vietnam
edit- Bà Kim, goddess of metal and blacksmithing
- Tổ nghề Khổng Lồ, god of bronze casting
Ugaritic
edit- Kothar-wa-Khasis, patron god of metalworking
European religions
editCeltic
edit- 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
edit- Tlepsh, god of fire, smithing, metal, weapons and virility
Finnish
edit- Ilmarinen, god of Blacksmithing and archetypal artificer.
Greek
edit- Athena, goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare
- Hephaestus, god of metalworking and the forge
Hungarian
edit- Hadúr, god of metalworking and war
Germanic/Norse
edit- Thor, god of lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of mankind, hallowing, and fertility[dubious – discuss]
Ossetian
edit- Kurdalægon, god of blacksmiths
Roman
edit- Vulcan, god of metalworking and the forge
Slavic
edit- Svarog, god of the forge, fire, the sun, and creation
Baltic
edit- Kalvis, god of blacksmiths who creates the sun every day and makes rings so the morning star (Aušrinė) can marry the sun.