Ocean vs. Judge vs. Flag vs. Forbear vs. Awesomely vs. Fat vs. Sonhood vs. Ricochet vs. Channel vs. Trending Comparisons. Mandate vs. Ivermectin vs. Skinwalker vs. Socialism vs. Man vs. Supersonic vs. Gazelle vs. Jem vs. Mouse vs. You vs. If Apollo is to be believed, Vulcan once caused Mount Vesuvius to erupt simply by losing his temper. Point to Heph for. Members of the Hephaestus Cabin at Camp Half-Blood may not get much help from Dad, but they have still managed to create some wondrous things, like the famous automaton, Festus.
Despite their disinterest in humans, Hephaestus and Vulcan receive prayers from those seeking protection from wildfires. Monuments to Vulcan, in particular, can be found across the United States and England. Thankfully, when the statues of him were cast, most of his lumps got smoothed out. Another point for the Romans! Since April 3, , you are visitor. And the renowned smith called back: "Thetis I stayed with them Nine years, forging all kinds of jewelry, Brooches and bracelets and necklaces and pins, In their hollow cave, while the Ocean's tides, Murmuring with foam, flowed endlessly around.
No one knew I was there, neither god nor mortal, Except my rescuers, Eurynome and Thetis. Now the goddess has come to our house. I owe her my life and would repay her in full In the Odyssey , and in Ovid's Metamorphoses , when Helios tells Hephaestus of Aphrodite's and Ares' coupling, Hephaestus devises a trap to capture them and display them in the act of lovemaking. He entangles them in an invisible net, and then exposes them to the laughter of the gods.
Unfortunately, although he reveals his cleverness in the process, he also exposes himself as the cuckold, attempting unsuccessfully to retain the love and devotion of his wife. All too frequently, Hephaestus is the target of the gods' laughter. Several stories tell that Hephaestus, unhappy in marriage, turned his attention to Athena, who also spurned him. In fact, he fell in love with her the moment he released her from Zeus' head, and again when she came to his forge, seeking for him to make for her a spear.
When he tried to initiate intercourse, Athena rejected him, and he spilled his seed upon her leg. As she fled, his sperm fell on the earth, and resulted in the birth of Erichtonius, who was initially carried in Gaia's womb. Ancient Athenians celebrated a yearly fertility festival called the Chalkeia, honoring the attempted union between Hephaestus and Athena, and their offspring.
Apart from Aphrodite as his wife and Athena as an object of his desire, Hephaestus has also been associated in other myths with other goddesses. Other wives associated with him include Kabeiro of Lemnos, Ocresia and Anticleo.
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