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| Hephaestus | |
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God of fire, volcanoes, metalworking, artisans, metallurgy, carpenters, forges, sculpting, and blacksmiths | |
| Member of the Twelve Olympians | |
 Hephaestus (left) hands to Thetis the armour of Achilles. Berlin Foundry Cup, an Attic red-figure kylix, 5th-century BC | |
| Abode | Mount Olympus |
| Symbol | hammer, anvil, tongs |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Zeus and Hera, or Hera alone |
| Siblings | Ares, Hebe, Eileithyia, and many paternal half-siblings |
| Consort | Aphrodite (divorced) Charis or Aglaea |
| Children | Thalia, Erichthonius, Eucleia, Eupheme, Euthenia, Philophrosyne and Cabeiri |
| Equivalents | |
| Roman | Vulcan |
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Hephaestus (UK: /hɪˈfiːstəs/ hif-EE-stəs, US: /hɪˈfɛstəs/ hif-EST-əs; eight spellings; Ancient Greek: Ἥφαιστος, romanized: Hḗphaistos) is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture and volcanoes.[1] Hephaestus's Roman counterpart is Vulcan. 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 (in which case his lameness would have been the result of his fall rather than the reason for it).[2][3][4]
As a smithing god, Hephaestus made all the weapons of the gods in Olympus. He served as the blacksmith of the gods, and was worshipped in the manufacturing and industrial centres of Greece, particularly Athens. The cult of Hephaestus was based in Lemnos.[1] Hephaestus's symbols are a smith's hammer, anvil, and a pair of tongs.
- ^ a b Walter Burkert, Greek Religion 1985: III.2.ii; see coverage of Lemnos-based traditions and legends at Mythic Lemnos
- ^ Graves, Robert (1955). The Greek Myths: 1. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books. p. 51. ISBN 0736621121.
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