Hephaestus: Craftsmen And Of Fire

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The god I did my project on is Hephaestus. Hephaestus is the god of blacksmiths/craftsmen and of fire.Since Hephaestus is the god of craftsmen/blacksmiths his symbol is a hammer or anvil which is used to represent that. Hephaestus’s father is Zeus and his mother is Hera. Hephaestus also had a brother,Ares, and a sister ,Hebe. Also Hephaestus has many half brothers and sisters including his wife Aphrodite. One story about Hephaestus is when he plotted revenge on Hera. Hera didn't like him due to the fact that he was was born deformed. According to greek-gods.info “...Hera saw him for the first time, she was so frustrated that she took her son and threw him from Mount Olympus to the depths of the seas, causing a deformation to his leg.” When

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