Hephaestus

Hephaestus

Greek god of blacksmiths

For other uses, see Hephaestus (disambiguation).

Hephaestus

Hephaestus (left) hands to Thetis the armour of Achilles. Berlin Foundry Cup, an Attic red-figure kylix, 5th-century BC

AbodeMount Olympus
Symbolhammer, anvil, tongs
ParentsZeus and Hera, or Hera alone
SiblingsAres, Hebe, Eileithyia, and many paternal half-siblings
ConsortAphrodite(divorced)
Aglaea
ChildrenThalia, Erichthonius, Eucleia, Eupheme, Euthenia, Philophrosyne and Cabeiri
RomanVulcan

Hephaestus (hif-EE-stəs, hif-EST-əs; eight spellings; Ancient Greek: Ἥφαιστος, romanized: Hḗphaistos) is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture and volcanoes.[1] Hephaestus's Roman counterpart is Vulcan. 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

Hephaestus

The smith god Hephaestus / Vulcan, forging a sword. No transparency used. Basic (linear) gradients.

Description

The smith god Hephaestus / Vulcan, forging a sword. No transparency used. Basic (linear) gradients.

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Hephaestus (DC Comics)

Comics character

Hephaestus is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is adapted from the Greek god of the same name. Hephaestus first appeared in Wonder Woman #226.

Fictional character biography

Hephaestus is the Olympian Gods' blacksmith whose history is largely the same as his mythological counterpart.[1] Post-Crisis, Hephaestus forged Wonder Woman's golden Lasso of Truth and bracelets.[2]

In The New 52, Hephaestus is assisted by a group of laborers who were abandoned male children from Themyscira. Wonder Woman attempts to release them, but they choose to stay.[3][4][5]

Powers and abilities

Like the Olympian Gods, Hephastus has supernatural abilities that include size-changing, shapeshifting, and immortality. He also has genius-level intellect and is an expert blacksmith.

In other media

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