Burning a candle, it was perhaps thought, would please Vulcan just a bit. As far as the Roman God was concerned, it could be argued he was much the Roman version of Yin and Yang. Droughts, volcanoes, fires, he’d allow the blacksmiths and cooks their ovens, and for the temps to rise in the summer.
This one was responsible for everything basically heat related, if you will. No doubt Vulcan was an iron-fisted god, metaphorically. It was hoped the harvest would not dry or burn away those last summer months as a result. Campfire not igniting no matter how long your try? It’s not because the wood’s too wet, it’s because Vulcan’s not willing it for some reason.Īncient Romans would hold summer rituals during The Vulcanalia where animal sacrifices were made in order to satiate his supposed thirst for: well, ‘something’, anyway. This God was motivated to get’r done. The climate, every flame on Earth, all his. This God would wake up Monday morning and have no need for coffee to get started, as he was motivated to get the work of the day over with, and if that meant he stepped on a few toes, so be it. Traditionally, his ill-matched consort was Aphrodite, though Homer lists Charis, the personification of Grace, as Hephaestus’s wife in the Iliad.Enough astronomy for now: The original God of both hindering and helpful fire was the Roman God Vulcan. This Vulcan is the one that started it all. A blacksmith and craftsman, Hephaestus made weapons and military equipment for the gods and certain mortals, including a winged helmet and sandals for Hermes and armour for Achilles. (CBS) - A church was left in ruins after a massive eight-alarm fire damaged the building and threatened a nearby. He was brought back to Olympus by Dionysus and was one of the only gods to have returned after exile. Fire destroys New Jerseys Fountain of Life Center 02:43 FLORENCE TOWNSHIP, N.J. His Roman counterpart was Vulcan.Īccording to myth, Hephaestus was born lame and was cast from heaven in disgust by his mother, Hera, and again by his father, Zeus, after a family quarrel. His cult reached Athens not later than about 600 bce (although it scarcely touched Greece proper) and arrived in Campania not long afterward. Originally a deity of Asia Minor and the adjoining islands (in particular Lemnos), Hephaestus had an important place of worship at the Lycian Olympus. Hephaestus, Greek Hephaistos, in Greek mythology, the god of fire. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.
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