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Vulcan (Hephaestus)

Vulcan (Hephaestus). Son of Zeus and Hera. He is god of technology , blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals, metallurgy, fire and volcanoes .

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Vulcan (Hephaestus)

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  1. Vulcan (Hephaestus)

  2. Son of Zeus and Hera

  3. He is god of technology, blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals, metallurgy, fire and volcanoes.

  4. He served as the blacksmith of the gods, and he was worshipped in the manufacturing and industrial centers of Greece, particularly in Athens.

  5. Hephaestus's symbols are a smith's hammer, an anvil and a pair of tongs (for metal working).

  6. A major concern of his worshippers was to encourage the god to avert harmful fires.

  7. As an infant, Vulcan was small and ugly, and Juno was so horrified that she hurled the tiny baby off the top of Mount Olympus.

  8. Unfortunately, one of his legs broke as he hit the water, and never developed properly. The sea-nymph, Thetis, found him, and raised him as her own son.

  9. He grew to become the most talented blacksmith, and fashioned fine jewelry for his “mother” Thetis. When she wore this jewelry to Olympus, Juno was jealous and demanded that Vulcan return. He refused.

  10. Instead, he sent Juno a beautifully constructed chair made of silver and gold, inlaid with mother-of-pearl. As soon as she sat in it, metal bands sprung forth to hold her; the chair was a cleverly designed trap!

  11. Jupiter finally saved the day - he promised Vulcan that he could have Venus the goddess of love and beauty as his wife if he released Juno. Hephaestus and Aphrodite, Hendrik van Elder Balen

  12. He later built a smithy under Mount Etna on the island of Sicily. It was said that whenever Venus is unfaithful, Vulcan grows angry and beats the red-hot metal with such a force that sparks and smoke rise up from the top of the mountain, to create a volcanic eruption.

  13. Mt. Etna

  14. Aphrodite and Ares Aphrodite is most often unfaithful with Ares, god of war. Aphrodite and Ares have 8 children together, most notably, Eros (Cupid, Love). Eros became the male counterpart of Aphrodite.

  15. Ares and Aphrodite, Fresco, Imperial Roman,

  16. Aphrodite and Ares Eventually, Hephaestus found out about Aphrodite’s promiscuity from Helios, the all-seeing Sun, and planned a trap for them during one of their trysts. While Aphrodite and Ares were together in bed, Hephaestus set an unbreakable chain-link net as a trap. Once they were ensnared, he called all the gods to ridicule them.

  17. Venus Visiting in the Smith, Gandolfi, 1755

  18. Vulcanalia The Vulcanalia was the annual festival held August 23 in his honor, when the summer heat placed crops and granaries most at risk of burning. **You should also celebrate Ms. Mason’s birthday on that date every year 

  19. During the festival bonfires were created in honor of the god, into which live fish or small animals were thrown as a sacrifice, to be consumed in the place of humans. EugepaeVulcanalia!

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