Hephaestus was the god of fire , metalworking,stone masonry, forges and the art of sculpture. He was the sun of Zeus and Hera and Marie's to Aphrodite by Zeus to prevent a war of the gods fighting for her hand. He was a smithing god , making all of the weapons for Olympus and acting as a blacksmith for the gods
SYMBOL of fire because the symbol of fire was associated with the myth that he introduced fire mortals. SYMBOL of donkey. He was often depicted on the back of a donkey and was also used instead of bellows's to make the forge fire hot