Galaxy/The codex of Hephaestus

Hephaestus is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture, and volcanoes. In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was the son of Hera, either on her own or by her husband Zeus. He was cast off Mount Olympus by his mother Hera because of his lameness, the result of a congenital impairment; or in another account, by Zeus for protecting Hera from his advances.

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AT A GLANCE

Greek nameHephaistos (Ἥφαιστος)
Roman nameVulcan
Typeolympian
Domainsfire · metalworking · craftsmanship · volcanoes
EpithetsAmphigyeeis · Kyllopodion · Klytotechnes
ParentageHera · Zeustellings differ →
Symbolshammer · anvil · tongs
Sacred animalsdonkey · crane
Cult centersLemnos · Athens (Hephaisteion) · Mount Etna (his forge in later myth)
EtymologyPre-Greek; in Homer his very name can stand for fire itself.
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