Hephaestus
Hephaestus (/hɪˈfiːstəs/, /həˈfɛstəs/ or /hᵻˈfɛstəs/; aicht spellings; Auncient Greek: Ἥφαιστος Hēphaistos) is the Greek god o blacksmiths, craftsmen, airtisans, sculptors, metals, metallurgy, fire an volcanoes.[1] Hephaestus' Roman equivalent is Vulcan. In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was the son of Zeus and Hera, the king an queen of the gods. In another version, he was Hera's parthenogenous bairn, rejected by his mother because of his deformity and thrown oot of heaven and down to earthd.[2]
| Hephaestus | |
|---|---|
| God o fire, metalwirkin, stane masonry, forges an the airt o sculpture, blacksmiths | |
 Hephaestus at the Forge by Guillaume Coustou the Younger (Louvre) | |
| Abode | Moont Olympus |
| Symbol | Haimer, stiddie, tongs, an/or quail |
| Personal Information | |
| Consort | Aphrodite, Aglaea |
| Childer | Thalia, Eucleia, Eupheme, Philophrosyne, Cabeiri an Euthenia |
| Parents | Hera an Zeus, or Hera alane |
| Siblins | Ares, Eileithyia, Enyo, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Dionysus, Hebe, Hermes, Heracles, Helen of Troy, Iasion, Perseus, Minos, Tantalas, the Muses, the Graces |
| Roman equivalent | Vulcan |
As a smithin god, Hephaestus made aw the wappens o the gods in Olympus. He servit as the blacksmith o the gods, an wis worshippit in the manufacturing an industrial centers o Greece, pairticularly Athens. The cult o Hephaestus wis based in Lemnos.[1] Hephaestus' seembols are a smith's hammer, anvil, an a pair o tongs.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Walter Burkert, Greek Religion 1985: III.2.ii; see coverage o Lemnos-based traditions and legends at Mythic Lemnos)
- ↑ Graves, Robert (1955). The Greek Myths:1. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, ongland: Penguin Books. p. 51.