Lord Ganesha often is shown in tandem with his much adored pet rat. He is the Gatekeeper of Hindu Magick and is spoken to first, to open the gate between matter and spirit, before calling on the other Gods and then last, to close the gate. In Christian Magick, Saint Peter is the Gate Keeper and in Haitian Voodoo, it is Papa Legba.
Most religious types of magick have a form of Gate keeper. Lord Ganesha is a very wise deity who is fond of sweet things. He also likes orange flowers and plants.
A South American lady I knew once told me about a very helpful deity connected to the Umbanda religion called Exu (or Eshu) Lock-Streets. This deity was shown as a man wearing a wide brimmed black hat, sometimes with a cape, and often with a moustache, smoking a cigar.
A similar looking Folk Saint is San Simon or Maximon as he is also known. I have a statue of Maximon/San Simon and we give him weekly cigars. He has a big bag of them now next to his statue, they are his gifts.
