HEPHEASTUS

FACT FILE

• He's male
• Age unknown
• Build short muscular hunched over
• Complexion pale although usually covered in soot
• Brown hair

INFO

• His roman name is Vulcan
• Other nicknames are Vulcanus and mr. Smith
• Hephaestus is god of fire,blacksmiths,craftsmen,technology and volcanoes
• He was self taught
• His political view is he's a zeusian

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• He is the son of Zeus and Hera or of Hera alone
• He was thrown off mount Olympus by Hera because he was weak and crippled
• His siblings are Hebe the goddess of youth, Ares the god of war,Elieithayia the goddess of childbirth
• His children are erichthonius and pandora
• His best friend was Orion

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• His enemies are Hera his "loving" mother and Are his wife's lover
• He is married to Aphrodite
• His favorite quote is " be nice to nerds. Some day you might work for one."( bill gates)
• His temple is in Athens
• People pray to him when there machinery broke or a volcano erupted

HEPHEASTUS'S FAVORITE BOOKS

• Percy Jackson and the heroes of Olympus series
• The time machine
• I robot

HEPHEASTUS'S FAVORITE MOVIES

• Iron man
• Beauty and the beast
• The hunchback of Notre dame
• Walle
• Star Wars

HEPHEASTUS LIKES

• Flame throwers
• Volcanic eruptions
• Power tools

DID YOU KNOWS

• Did you know Hephaestus's roman name Vulcan is the same name as spocks home planet in Star Trek
• Hephaestus is also a genus of fish

HEPHAESTUS'S SYMBOL

• Hammer
• Tongs
• Anvil

THE STORIES

• Hephaestus with the help of Cyclopes built Zeus's master lightning bolt, hades's helm of darkness and Poseidon's trident
• Hephaestus caught his wife cheating on him with ares by trapping them in a golden net in front of all the other Olympians
• When Hephaestus returned to Olympus he designed a throne for his mother that trapped her in it

GROUPS HES IN

• Gods and goddesses of Olympus
• Modern blacksmiths of America
• Volcano lovers
• Victims of infidelity support group
• Nerds of Olympus

CITATION

• http://www.shmoop.com/hephaestus-vulcan/