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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
Amatsumara(天津麻羅) (“one eye of heaven”) or (ironworker of heaven) also known as “Amenomahitotsu” (Heaven's Eye One Kami) is the Shinto kami of ironworking and blacksmiths, was discussed in the Kojiki [1] and is associated with the giant yōkai Daidara-bocchi [2] He is also the patron kami for blacksmiths.
Yama with his famous Yama Pasha. Ankusha (also Elephant Goad), an elephant goad which is one of the eight auspicious objects known as Ashtamangala. Ankusha is also an attribute of many Hindu gods, including Ganesha. (Hindu mythology, Jainism, Buddhist mythology) Ayudhapurusha, the anthropomorphic depiction of a divine weapon in Hindu art ...
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 ...
Hephaestus, god of blacksmiths, crafting, fire, and volcanoes, Roman form Vulcan; Hestia, goddess of the hearth and its fires; Prometheus, god of fire, is credited with the creation of humanity from clay, and who defies the gods by stealing fire and giving it to humanity as civilization; Apollo, god of the Sun, healing, prophecy, and writing
In Norse mythology, Brokkr (Old Norse: [ˈbrokːz̠], "the one who works with metal fragments; blacksmith", anglicized Brokk) is a dwarf, and the brother of Eitri or Sindri. [1] According to Skáldskaparmál, Loki had Sif's hair, Freyr's ship Skíðblaðnir and Odin's spear Gungnir fashioned by the Sons of Ivaldi. Loki boasted greatly of all ...
Wayland in Fredrik Sander's 1893 Swedish edition of the Poetic Edda. In Germanic mythology, Wayland the Smith (Old English: Wēland; Old Norse: Vǫlundr [ˈvɔlundr̩], Velent; Old Frisian: Wela(n)du; German: Wieland der Schmied; Old High German: Wiolant; Galans (Galant) in Old French; [1] Proto-Germanic: * Wēlandaz from *Wilą-ndz, lit. "crafting one" [2]) is a master blacksmith originating ...
High Queen of Britain, wife of King Arthur, famous for her affair with Lancelot Gwyn ap Nudd: Culhwch and Olwen, c. 11th century One of Arthur's knights. Brother of Edern ap Nudd, rival of Gwythyr ap Greidawl, lover of Creiddylad: Hector de Maris† Ector de Maris Quest du Saint Graal, Vulgate Cycle, The Once and Future King