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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 * Ribhus * Vishvakarman, architect of the gods Japanese * Ama-Tsu-Mara, 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 blacksmith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blacksmith
A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from #Other metals, other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, grilles, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils, and weapons. There was a historical distinction between the heavy work of the blacksmith and the more delicate operations of a whitesmith, who usually worked in Goldsmith, gold, Silversmith, silver, pewter, or the finishing steps of fine steel. The place where a blacksmith works is variously called a smithy, a forge, or a blacksmith's shop. While there are many professions who work with metal, such as farriers, wheelwrights, and Armourer, armorers, in former times the blacksmith had a general knowledge of how to make and repair many things, from the most complex of weapons and armor to simple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gofannon
Gofannon () is a Middle Welsh reflex of Gobannus, one of the List of Celtic deities, deities worshipped by the Celts, ancient Celts. He features in Welsh mythology, Middle Welsh literature as a great Smith (metalwork), metal worker and as the son of Dôn. His name can be compared with the Old Irish ''gobae'' (gen. ''gobann'') ‘blacksmith, smith’, Middle Welsh / Cornish language, Cornish / Breton language, Breton ''gof'' (pl. ''gofein'') ‘blacksmith, smith’, Gaulish language, Gaulish ''gobedbi'' ‘with the blacksmith, smiths’, all of which are cognate with Lithuanian language, Lithuanian ''gabija'' ‘sacred home fire’, ''gabus'' ‘gifted, clever’. His apparent counterpart in Irish mythology, Goibniu, in addition to his metallurgy, duties as a smith, also takes on the role of a divine hero who brewed an ale of immortality, in addition to being an architect and builder. In Welsh mythology, Gofannon killed his nephew, Dylan Ail Don, not knowing who he was. One of the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Fire Gods
This is a list of deities in fire worship. African mythology Bantu mythology * Nyambe, god of the sun, fire and change * Nzambia, NZambi, Zambia a Kikongo Mpungu, Nzambi Mpungu, 1st half or other side of God, considered the Chief Creation Deity in Palo Mayombe and it’s various branches also known as Ramas in the Marawa dialect. *Lukankazi, Lungambe, Kadiempembe, a Kikongo Mpungu, Lukankazi Mpungu, the other half or opposite side of God, considered the Chief Destruction Deity in Palo Mayombe and it’s various branches also known as Ramas in the Marawa dialect. Egyptian mythology * Ra, fire god of the sun, light, warmth, and growth * Sekhmet, protective lioness goddess of war, along with some elements of disease and curing of disease. Sometimes referenced in relation to the sun and its power, so possibly had to do with upkeep of the sun at times and fire * Wadjet, the protective serpent goddess who sends fire to burn her enemies Yoruba mythology * Ogun, fire god and pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalvis
Kalvis or Teliavelis is a deity from the Baltic religion. He is the Lithuanian god of blacksmiths. According to Lithuanian pagan mythology, Kalvis or Teliavelis is a divine blacksmith who creates the Sun every morning and makes rings so the deity Aušrinė can marry it. An assistant of Perkūnas, Kalvis also makes a silver belt and golden stirrups for ''Dievo sūneliai'' (). Kalvis was worshipped by the Lithuanians up until the 15th century. The appearance of this deity is historically most likely tied to the appearance of Bronze Age and smithing in Lithuania. In mythology Czech theologian Jerome of Prague wrote about a Lithuanian tribe that prayed to the Sun and worshipped a large hammer. Upon enquiring on their traditions, the tribe's seers explained that for many months they had not seen any light from the Sun since a powerful king imprisoned it. The zodiac signs eventually used the large hammer and freed the Sun from a tower and returned it to humans. In a similar legend m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svarog
Svarog is a Slavic god who may be associated with fire and blacksmithing and who was once interpreted as a sky god on the basis of an etymology rejected by modern scholarship. He is mentioned in only one source, the ''Primary Chronicle'', which is problematic in interpretation. He is presented there as the Slavic equivalent of the Greek god Hephaestus. The meaning of his name is associated with fire. He is the father of Dazhbog and Svarozhits. Etymology The theonym ''Svarog'' presents in several forms. The ''Primary Chronicle'' has ''Соварога'' (''Sovaroga''), ''Сварогъ'' (''Svarogǔ''), ''Сварогом'' (''Svarogom''), and ''Сварога'' (''Svaroga''). The ''Sofia Chronograph'' has ''Сварог'' (''Svarog'') and ''Сварож'' (''Svarož''). The fire etymology was one of the first to be proposed by the Slovenes, Slovene linguist Franc Miklošič (1875), who explained the theonym ''Svarog'' as consisting of the stem ''svar'' ('heat', 'light') and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vulcan (mythology)
Vulcan (, in archaically retained spelling also ''Volcanus'', both pronounced ) is the god of fire including the fire of volcanoes, deserts, metalworking and the forge in ancient Roman religion and Roman mythology, myth. He is often depicted with a blacksmith's hammer. The Vulcanalia was the annual Roman festival, festival held August 23 in his honor. His interpretatio graeca, Greek counterpart is Hephaestus, the god of fire and smithery. In Etruscan religion, he is identified with Sethlans (mythology), Sethlans. Vulcan belongs to the most ancient stage of Roman religion: Varro, the ancient Roman scholar and writer, citing the Annales Maximi, records that king Titus Tatius dedicated altars to a series of deities including Vulcan. Etymology The origin of the name is unclear. Roman tradition maintained that it was related to Latin words connected to lightning (), which in turn was thought of as related to flames. This interpretation is supported by Walter William Skeat in his et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurdalægon
Kurdalægon (), also spelled and known as Kuịrdalägon, Kurd-Alägon, Aläugon, Kurd-Alä-Uärgon, is the heavenly deity of blacksmiths in Ossetian mythology. His epithet is "the heavenly one"; he shoes the dead man's horse, thus helping him on his journey to the other side. He is a close friend of the Narts. Despite being associated with other blacksmith deities in different Indo-European mythologies (like Vulcan) he does not have the status of a god. Ossetian mythology is considered to be monotheistic, with only Xwytsau being considered God, and all the others (called ''zædtæ'' and ''dæwdžytæ'') being considered deities of a lower class. Etymology Ossetian is a contraction of , where ''Kurd'' and ''Alæ'' are epithets, meaning "blacksmith" and "Alan/Aryan", respectively, and ''Wærgon'' is the original name of Kurdalægon. The whole phrase means "Alan/Aryan Blacksmith Wærgon". ''Kurd'' originates from ''*kur-ta-'' or ''*kur-tar-'', which is agent noun of ''*kur-' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayland The Smith
In Germanic mythology, Wayland the Smith (; , ; Old Frisian: Wela(n)du; ; ; (); from ', lit. "crafting one") is a master blacksmith originating in Germanic heroic legend, described by Jessie Weston as "the weird and malicious craftsman, Weyland".Weston, J. (1929). 'Legendary Cycles of the Middle Age', in Tanner, J.R. (ed.), ''The Cambridge Medieval History'' Vol. VI, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 841f. Wayland's story is most clearly told in the Old Norse sources '' Völundarkviða'' (a poem in the ''Poetic Edda'') and '' Þiðreks saga''. In them, Wayland is a smith who is enslaved by a king. Wayland takes revenge by killing the king's sons and then escapes by crafting a winged cloak and flying away. A number of other visual and textual sources clearly allude to similar stories, most prominently the Old English poem ''Deor'' and the Franks Casket. Wayland is also mentioned in passing in a wide range of texts, such as the Old English '' Waldere'' and ''Beow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hadúr
Hadúr, or Hodúr in old Hungarian, short for Hadak Ura, meaning "warlord" or "lord of the armies" in Hungarian, was the god of fire, later became a war god in the religion of the early Hungarians (Magyars). In Hungarian mythology, he was the third son of Arany Atyácska (Golden Father) and Hajnal Anyácska (Dawn Mother), the main god and goddess. He had many siblings, including his two brothers: Napkirály (King Sun) and Szélkirály (King Wind). In Heaven, on the top of the World Tree on the first level there was the castle of Arany Atyácska, and Napkirály's Golden Forest below it, and Szélkirály's Silver Forest below it, and Hadúr's Copper Forest was the third. There he lived as a blacksmith of the gods. He is thought to be a great man with long hair and with armour and weapons made of pure copper, since copper was his sacred metal.''Encyclopedia mythica'' He supposedly made the legendary sword, Sword of God (Isten kardja) which was discovered by Attila the Hun A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hephaestus
Hephaestus ( , ; wikt:Hephaestus#Alternative forms, eight spellings; ) is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture and volcanoes.Walter Burkert, ''Greek Religion'' 1985: III.2.ii; see coverage of Lemnos-based traditions and legends at Lemnos, Mythic Lemnos In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was the son of Hera, either on her own or by her husband Zeus. He was cast off Mount Olympus by his mother Hera because of his lameness, the result of a congenital impairment; or in another account, by Zeus for protecting Hera from his advances (in which case his lameness would have been the result of his fall rather than the reason for it). As a smithing god, Hephaestus made all the weapons of the gods in Olympus. He served as the blacksmith of the gods, and was worshipped in the manufacturing and industrial centres of Greece, particularly Athens. The cult of Hephaestus was based in Lemnos. Hephaestus's symbols are a smith's ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athena
Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretism, syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regarded as the patron and protectress of various cities across Greece, particularly the city of Athens, from which she most likely received her name. The Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens is dedicated to her. Her major symbols include Owl of Athena, owls, olive trees, snakes, and the Gorgoneion. In art, she is generally depicted wearing a helmet and holding a spear. From her origin as an Aegean tutelary deity, palace goddess, Athena was closely associated with the city. She was known as ''Polias'' and ''Poliouchos'' (both derived from ''polis'', meaning "city-state"), and her temples were usually located atop the fortified acropolis in the central part of the city. The Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis is dedicated to her, along with numero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilmarinen
Ilmarinen () is a god and archetypal artificer from Finnish mythology. He is immortal and capable of creating practically anything. In addition, he is described as working the known metals of the time, including brass, copper, iron, gold, and silver. The great works of Ilmarinen include the crafting of the dome of the sky and the forging of the Sampo. Ilmarinen was the successor of the original sky god from West Uralic mythology. In runic songs, many of his roles were later shifted to the new sky god Ukko, but both became less important than the new Odin-resembling hero Väinämöinen. In the ''Kalevala'', he is a blacksmith and an inventor. His usual epithet in the Kalevala is ''seppä'' or ''seppo'' ("smith"), which is the source of the given name Seppo. Etymology and origin Cognates of the Finnish word ''ilma'' ('air') are attested in almost all the main Finno-Ugric languages apart from the Mari language, Mari and Mordvinic languages, allowing the reconstruction of proto-Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
