[[social-gods]] *** # Smith God AKA Craftsman, Artificer ## Biblio [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_mythology#Smith_god) [[mallory-adams-d2006]]:410 [[EIEC]]:139 [[west2007]]:154-157 [[jakobson1985]]:26 ## Etymology Cannot be reconstructed ## Branches Hittite [[Hasammili]] Vedic [[tvastr]] Ossetian [[Kurdalagon]] Greek [[Hephaestus]] Germanic [[Wayland]] Irish [[Goibniu]] Lithuanian [[Teliavelis]] Slavic [[Svarog]] ## Motifs [[motif--forging-chief-gods-weapon-by-artificer]] [[motif--craftsman-god-associated-with-drink]] [[motif--craftsman-god-lame]] [[narrative--artificer-escape-island-via-wings]]