#smith god

Alright, I finally get to talk about a god, who I do have a lot of comparative knowledge about. Hephaestus. For those who do not know: He is the god of fires, vulcanoes, forging, metalworking and other crafts. He also is associated with automatons.

And he is a god that shows up throught basically all of Indo-European mythology: The Indo-European smith god. In Greek mythology he is Hephaestus, in Roman he is Vulcan, in Norse he is Wayland, in Slavic he is Svarog, in Hinduism he is Tvastr and in Irish mythology he is Goibniu.

Like with all gods that show up throughout all the Indo-European mythology, this shows us that he is definitely a god that was there from the very beginning, when the Proto-Indo-European living in the area of today's Ukraine. And this also shows us that smithing was something that was considered important.

Something that shows up, too, throughout all those mythologies is, that the smith gods also create a weapon for one other god - often the Sky Father. Hephaestus creates the bolt for Zeus, while Goibniu in some versions creates Lough's spear. It is a theme that shows up again and again.

Today’s October 1st! You know what that meeeans?

Inktober! Or in the case of this piece of fanart! Soulstober (I checked and I was surprised this tag already existed! Neato!) :D

Now that I’ve submitted my Thesis, I can go back to completing “Deities of Dark Souls” Part 2!