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Also known as Hephaestos

Hephaestus ( , ; eight spellings; ) is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture, and volcanoes. In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was the son of Hera, either on her own or by her husband Zeus. He was cast off Mount Olympus by his mother Hera because of his lameness, the result of a congenital impairment; or in another account, by Zeus for protecting Hera from his advances.

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Hephaestus is the Greek god associated with craftsmanship, fire, metalworking, and volcanoes, representing the skill and labor involved in creating objects. He matters in Greek mythology as a significant deity whose origin story—being cast out from Mount Olympus by his parents due to his lameness—explores themes of disability, rejection, and the value of work and creation.

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Deity.type: Greek
Deity.name: Hephaestus
Deity.image: Hephaistos Thetis at Kylix by the Foundry Painter Antikensammlung Berlin F2294.jpg
Deity.caption: Hephaestus (left) hands to Thetis the armour of Achilles. Berlin Foundry Cup, an Attic red-figure kylix, c. 500–490 BC
Deity.member_of: the Twelve Olympians
Deity.abode: Mount Olympus
Deity.symbol: hammer, anvil, tongs
Deity.parents: Zeus and Hera, or Hera alone
Deity.children: Thalia, Erichthonius, and Cabeiri
Deity.siblings: Ares, Hebe, Eileithyia
Deity.Roman_equivalent: Vulcan
Deity.spouse: Aphrodite (divorced)Charis/Aglaia

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