hephaestus is the greek god of artisans blacksmiths carpenters craftmans fire metallurgy metalworking sculpture and volcanoes hephaestus roman counterpart is vulcan in greek mythology hephaestus was either the son of zeus and hera or he was hera parthenogenous child he was cats of mount olympus by his mother hera because of his lameness he 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)
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 . The cult of Hephaestus was based in . Hephaestus's symbols are a smith's , and a pair of tongs
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