Hephaestus

=Hephaestus / Vulcan : God of Fire, Forging, and Crafting = Author: Robin Price

= Birth = The birth of Hephaestus is disputed between two theories. One states that both Zeus and Hera are the parents (Appolodorus). Another states that Hera, jealous of Zeus’s birth of Athena, = = chose to bear alone. (Theogony, Homer)

= Children =

- Immortal
Euklia Eupheme Euthenia Kabeiroi Kabeirides Palkoi Philophrosyne Thaleia

- Mortal
Ardalos Erikhthonios Kaikalos Kakos Kerkyons Olenos = = Palaimonios Periphrtrs Philammon Philottos Pylios Rhadamanthys Servius Tullius Spinter

= Symbols = Tongs Hammer Anvil Donkey

= Physical Attributes = Lame (Crippled) Ugly, detested by the other gods

=Friends/Enemies=

Enemy
Aphrodite Ares = =

Allies
None = =

=Story= = = = =

First Fall from Olympus
= = Hera was disgusted at the lameness of her son, Hephaestus. Out of this hatred, she threw him from Olympus into the seas = = below. There he was caught by Thetis and Eurynome, who cared for him in a grotto for seven years.After spending some time with Thetis and Eurynome, he returned to Olympus to confront his mother. He constructed a special throne that would restrict anyone who sat in it. He then proceeded to give this chair to Hera. After sitting in it, she was forced to tell Hephestus who his true parents were. After the tribunal, Hephaestus was allowed to return to Olympus. = =

= Trojan War = · Saved Akhilleus from the river-god Skamandros · Praised by both Greek and Trojans o Preferred Greeks

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