Talk:Enhanced Crafting/@comment-173.212.111.124-20120215140000

There are many Smithing Gods.

The Anglo-Saxon Wayland Smith, known in Old Norse as Völundr, is a heroic blacksmith in Germanic mythology. The Poetic Edda states that he forged beautiful gold rings with wonderful gems. He was captured by king Níðuðr, who cruelly hamstringed him and imprisoned him on an island. Völundr eventually had his revenge by killing Níðuðr's sons and forging objects to the king from their skulls, teeth and eyes. He then seduced the king's daughter and escaped laughing on wings he himself had forged.

Aulë (J. R. R. Tolkien), is Middle Earth's Hephaestus

In Celtic mythology, the role of Smith is held by eponymous (their names do mean 'smith') characters : Goibhniu (Irish myths of the Tuatha Dé Danann cycle) or Gofannon (Welsh myths/ the Mabinogion )

Gobannus (Gallo-Roman god of Forging)

Hadúr (Hungarian Mythology)

Ikenga (Nigerian deity)

Inari (Japanese mythology/legend) and her fox spirits help the blacksmith Munechika forge the blade kogitsune-maru (Little Fox) in the late 10th century.

Kotar (Canaanite patron god)

Ninegal (minor Akkadian god, patron of smiths)

Ogoun - In the Yoruba and Haitian traditional belief system is an orisha and loa who presides over iron, hunting, politics and war. He is the patron of smiths, and is usually displayed with a number of attributes: a machete or sabre, rum and tobacco.

Seker or Sokar is a falcon god of the Memphite necropolis. He's also a forging god.

In Etruscan mythology, Sethlans was the god of fire, the forge, metalworking, and by extension craftsmanship in general

Seppo Ilmarinen, the Eternal Hammerer, blacksmith and inventor in the Kalevala, is an archetypal artificer from Finnish mythology.

Tubal-Cain (not to be confused with Cain, brother of Abel) is mentioned in the book of Genesis of the Old Testament (the first book of the Torah) as the original smith.

Luke Ainsworth (Sacred Blacksmith)