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Bookmark or Share- Hephaestus: The Greek God of Fire | History CooperativeIn the ancient Greek religion, Hephaestus was regarded as the god of fire, volcanoes, smiths, and craftsmen. Due to his patronage of the crafts, Hephaestus was closely affiliated with the goddess Athena. Further, as a master smithing god, Hephaestus naturally had forges across the Greek world.
- Hephaestus | Greek God - Greek MythologyHephaestus | Greek God - Greek Mythology. Hephaistos (ancient Greek Ἥφαιστος Hḗphaistos, Latin Hephaestus, dialect Hephäst) is the god of fire, forging and volcanoes in Greek mythology. Hephaistos corresponds to the later Roman Vulcanus. He is one of the twelve Olympian deities.
- HEPHAESTUS GOD OF - Greek MythologyHephaestus was the Olympian god of fire, smiths, craftsmen, metalworking and stonemasonry. This page describes the divine roles and functions of the god--including fire, smiths and craftsmen, volcanoes and his identification with foreign gods.
- Hephaestus | Definition & Mythology | BritannicaHephaestus, in Greek mythology, the god of fire. Originally a deity of Asia Minor and the adjoining islands (in particular Lemnos ), Hephaestus had an important place of worship at the Lycian Olympus. His cult reached Athens not later than about 600 bce (although it scarcely touched Greece proper) and arrived in Campania not long afterward.
- Hephaestus | Facts, Information, and Mythology - Encyclopedia MythicaHephaestus. The god of fire, was, according to the Homeric account, the son of Zeus and Hera. 1 Later traditions state that he had no father, and that Hera gave birth to him independent of Zeus, as she was jealous of Zeus having given birth to Athena independent of her. 2 This, however, is opposed to the common story, that Hephaestus split the ...
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