"The Gods of Pegāna: Of Roon, the God of Going, and the Thousand Home Gods" by Lord Dunsany

The stories are really starting build up one upon the other now.

The picture used is of Zao Jun (灶君), the Kitchen God. But imagine if you will instead that it is Roon, and the small ones at his feet are the little gods of the hearth and home.

The follow along: https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/8395/pg8395-images.html#OF_ROON_THE_GOD_OF_GOING_AND_THE_THOUSAND_HOME_GODS