Hephaestus' Roman name was
Vulcan. He was the god of fire and crafts. This is also
called blacksmithing.
He was lame, not that he was a bad person, but his leg was
deformed. Hephaestus was the son of Zeus
and Hera. Because he was lame, Hera threw him off Mount Olympus, which I
might remind you is a mountain. Talk about a loving mother
Even though he was lame he wasn't "good for nothing." He was the
blacksmith of the gods. He even built palaces for the gods on top
of Mount Olympus. Being the god of crafts, he made quite a lot of
things. He made Achilles armor for
the Trojan War. Not only did he make things out of metal, he also
made the first woman who was named Pandora. To make his life even
more interesting, he married Aphrodite,
the goddess of love.
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