Hephaestus is good at building temples and making various weapons and metal articles. He is highly skilled and is known as the ancestor of craftsmen and the patron god of forging.In LimnosSicilyThe islands first regarded him as the god of earth fire. It is said that when the earth roaredVolcano eruptionHe is forging iron.
Hephaestus correspondenceRoman mythInVulcan （Vulcan），Vulcan He was an ancient Roman god, but he did not do more deeds at first. He was just a pure flame incarnation. Later, the Romans confused him with Hephaestus, making him obtain the identity of forging god.It is said that the name of this god originated fromCreteThe word "volcano" in western languages is derived from its name.
HephaestusGreekThe name seems to come from the verb ἅ πτω, which is a smelting term, meaning "bolt on, ignite and burn", so Hephaestus naturally becomes the god of forging and smelting.
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According to《Homer Epic》Hephaestus isZeusAndHeraThe son ofwillpowerHe was born alone), but because Hephaestus was ugly, Hera threw himOlympusNext, Hephaestus tumbled in the air all day and landedLimnosOn.From then on, he fell into a cripple.Fortunately, he wasTethysPick it up and adopt it.
When he grew up, he learned various crafts, and then created an extremely beautiful chair - the throne of Hephaestus.He put it quietly in the place where Hera, his mother, who did not admit the relationship between mother and son, would pass.The vain Hera immediately took the bait. She liked this charming chair and sat on it.Then, her joints were locked by the mechanism of the chair, and she could not move, and her magic power disappeared.The gods asked Hephaestus to return to Olympus and release Hera, but Hephaestus repeatedly refused.
BacchusDionysusGet Hephaestus drunk and put him inMuleI took Mount Olympus on my back.Hephaestus put forward three requirements: first, Hera admitted his mistake of abandoning him;The second is to admit that he is from OlympusMain GodIdentity;The third is to bring God of LoveAphroditeMarry him as his wife.Hera agreed to the three demands of Hephaestus in order to save herself (another way of saying that Hephaestus's marriage to Aphrodite wasZeusBecause Hephaestus is the most single-minded of all the gods, the marriage of Aphrodite to Hephaestus can avoid the incompatibility between the gods due to Aphrodite).So after marrying Aphrodite, Hephaestus finally released Hera.
becomeOlympusLater, Hephaestus built a magnificent palace for the gods.A workshop was also built on the mountain to forge and smelt tools.He gaveZeusMade a magic shieldAegis, the god of wineDionysusMade a Dionysian staff forHeliosHeliosMadeSun carriage, forErosMade a gold arrow and a silver arrow for the sea goddessTethys 's sonAchillesMade invulnerablean armorAnd kneaded out with clayPandora, made the metal giantTaros, BindingPrometheusHephaestus also forged the chain of the "A", although he was very sad about it.
Aphrodite certainly does not like the ugly and lame craftsman god, but there is no way, god kingZeusAnd days afterHeraShe can only obey the promised marriage.In fact, Aphrodite has always liked Hephaestus's brother, the god of warAresAnd often meet secretly when Hephaestus is not at home.Hephaestus made an ingeniousGolden NetTo cover them and make them look ugly before the gods.Aphrodite refused to go out from her own temple and did not see Hephaestus from that day on, because she was ashamed of her own behavior and worried that she would be retaliated by Hephaestus.
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Hephaestus used to have fun every day forAphroditeMake jewelry, cosmetics and food to make her happy.Now Aphrodite refused to see him, which troubled him.heGo and askHera gave him an idea. Hera said, "As long as you can make the unique jewelry in the world, you can certainly make Aphrodite change his mind." So Hephaestus used the stones of the holy mountain toOlympusOfFlameMade a beautiful ring called“roseThe loyalty of ".Hephaestus carved roses representing beauty and love on the ring, and then carved thorns full of thorns, which means that love needs to pay the price and responsibility.At the same time, he warned Aphrodite: "Don't forget the humiliation she was subjected to, and be loyal and single-minded to Hephaestus."
Hephaestus took the ring to see Aphrodite, but the god of love was still closed.So he had to put the ring on the steps of the temple. Aphrodite saw the ring, understood the mind of the craftsman god, and made peace with the craftsman god.
Some legends believe thatAgriaHe was Hephaestus' first wife and his only wife.Agria married Hephaestus.He also gave birth to four daughters for Hephaestus, namely, Ochra (good reputation), Ophelio (praise), Otinia (eloquence) and Philofrocyne (popular).
Earth GoddessGaiaHe predicted that Zeus wouldMetis Give birth to a pair of children, and the boy among them will become the king of God and man.Zeus was afraid of this, so he swallowed Mephis.When it was time to give birth, Zeus had a severe headache and asked Hephaestus, the god of fire, to useAxeSon split his head, soAthenaFrom its headRicochetWhen he came out, Zeus didn't have any headache.
After that, when Athena came to order a new weapon, Hephaestus began to pursue Athena, because he was lame, so it took a lot of effort to finally catch up with Athena.He wanted to marry her, but Athena severely scolded him. But in the process, Hephaestus's semen touched the goddess's thigh, and she quickly wiped it with wool.And he left the wool on earth, and the wool fell to the ground and became Alectonius.
God of Craftsmen
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Although Hephaestus is lame and grumpy, his arms and shoulders are powerful, and his craftsmanship skills are unmatched.He once made a group of metal men to help himBlacksmith's shopWork;They can even speak and take over the difficult work he entrusted.He also has a set of tripod table with golden wheels, which is surrounded outside the blacksmith's shop. He can go to the meeting of gods by himself, and then run back by himself.
