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(CLICK to Enlarge) A Milk River inscription from
southern Alberta, Canada shows the Ancient Irish god Goibhnui. His identity is declared by
deft finger ogam. Goibhnui was
originally a god of blacksmiths, which was probably adopted from the Roman
pantheon. This is because he is lame,
just like Vulcan and Hephaistos, the blacksmiths of Roman and Greek
mythology. In America he appears to
have adopted a new role as the tutelary god of farmers. The ancient Celts in America show him with
his right leg shorter than his left, and using a walking stick (Fell 1982).
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