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Kiln Gods—that’s what potters call mythological guardians that supposedly bring good luck to kiln firings, it is small ceramic figures fashioned and placed on top of a kiln. From Homer's Epigram's fragment 14: "Potters, if you give me a reward, I will sing for you. Come, then, Athena [goddess of pottery], with hand upraised over the kiln. Let the pots and all the dishes turn out well and be well fired: let them fetch good prices and be sold in plenty in the market. Grant that the potters may get great gain and grant me to sing to them. But if you turn shameless and make false …