The Goddess Hephaestus means “God of fire" or "god of volcanoes" He creates tools and weapons for other Greek gods. This Greek god is also known as the roman god Vulcan. Hephaestus is one of the brothers of Zeus. He was the husband of Aphrodite.(”Hephaestus.”Hephaestus) Hephaestus was a blacksmith.The Greek god of fire and metalworking and crafts.He possessed few public shrines and temples in ancient Greek. With the torch race festivals and private rites performed by craftsmen his two main cult centuries were the islands of Lemnos and the state of Athens.The Greek God Hephaestus was abandoned by his mother because of his defamation of his face.When his mother abandoned him she threw him down and he broke his leg and now he has a leg deformation as well. The Greek and roman god was given very many epithets such as Amphitheaters”the lame one”,Collocation “the halting”,Khakis”copper smith” Klutziness”renowned artificer” and Metropolis “shrewd,crafty” or of many devices” Hephaestus wasn’t treated the best because of his deformation but he is certainly one of the most important gods because he made the Olympian gods weapons to fight with and show their power and monarchy. “Hephaestus had his own place on mount Olympus,containing his workshop and anvil and 20 servants that worked at his bidding ,his animals was the donkey and his plant was the fennel. Hephaestus crafted much of the magnificent equipment of the Gods,and almost any finely-wrought metalwork imbued with the powers in Greek myth is said to have been forged by Hephaestus.he designed Hermes,winged helmet and sandals …show more content…
In art, Hephaestus was shown lame and bent over his