This is a list of deities associated with blacksmiths and craftspeople.
African religions edit
Egyptian edit
- Ptah, patron god of craftsmen and architects
Igbo edit
Yoruba edit
- Ogun, patron god of warriors, soldiers, blacksmiths, metal workers, and craftsmen
Asian religions edit
Arabian 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 edit
Celtic 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 edit
- Thor, god of lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of mankind, hallowing, and fertility[dubious ]
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.