Pagan Portals : Blacksmith Gods, Softcover Book

Fire, iron, and the people who bent both to their will. The blacksmith has always occupied a strange, liminal space in human mythology, too useful to be ordinary, too dangerous to be trusted, touched by something older than civilization.

Pete Jennings digs into the folklore and myth surrounding smith gods across cultures, from Hephaestus sweating in his volcanic forge to Goibniu brewing death-proof ale for the Irish pantheon. This is the kind of dark history that sits naturally alongside your altar books and your worn copy of The Golden Bough, the stuff that reminds you why pagan and alternative paths keep pulling people back. Part of Moon Books' Pagan Portals series, which has quietly become essential reading for anyone serious about the old ways.

Softcover. Compact format, accessible length, dense with folkloric detail.