Hephaestus

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
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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

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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 meethologie, Hephaestus wis the son o Zeus an Hera, the king an queen o the gods. In anither version, he wis Hera's parthenogenous bairn, rejectit bi his mither acause o his deformity an thrawn oot o heiven an doun tae yird.^[2]

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 centres 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.

References

↑ ^a ^b Walter Burkert, Greek Religion 1985: III.2.ii; see coverage o Lemnos-based tradeetions an legends at Mythic Lemnos)
↑ Graves, Robert (1955). The Greek Myths:1. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books. p. 51.

[ReferenceA-1] Walter Burkert, Greek Religion 1985: III.2.ii; see coverage o Lemnos-based tradeetions an legends at Mythic Lemnos)

[2] Graves, Robert (1955). The Greek Myths:1. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books. p. 51.

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