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Vulcan may refer to Vulcan (mythology), the blacksmith god of fire and volcanoes in Roman mythology. The name may also mean: • Vulcan (Star Trek), a science-fictional humanoid race in Star Trek . •...
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The Roman god of fire, especially destructive fire, and craftsmanship. His forge is located beneath Mount Etna. It is here that he, together with his helpers, forges weapons for gods and heroes. ... In Ostia he was the chief god as the protector against fire in the grain storages. He is identified with the Greek Hephaestus.
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This scene was a favorite in Greek art. Hephaestus released Hera after being given the beautiful Aphrodite as his bride. Dionysus was rewarded by being made one of the Olympian Pantheon. ... The Romans took Hephaestus as one of their own gods attaching the myth and cult to their god of fire and calling him Vulcan (Volcanus).
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In the Roman pantheon Vulcan was the son of Jupiter and Juno; in this role he was the counterpart of the Greek god Hephaestus, and later assumed many of the latter's characteristics.
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Hephaestus is the lame, craftsman god and husband of Aphrodite. ... Hephaestus is the lame, craftsman god and husband of Aphrodite. Hephaestus was known as Vulcan by the Romans. ... Hephaestus; Hephaestus was the blacksmith of the Greek gods.
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Hephaestus is a Greek god of volcanoes, a craftsman and blacksmith. He lusted after Athena, another crafts person, and in some versions is the husband of Aphrodite. He was thrown from Mt. Olympus and in some version landed in Lemnos where he built his furnaces under a volcano. ... Roman Equivalent Vulcan:
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HEPHAISTOS was the great Olympian god of fire, metalworking, stonemasonry and the art of sculpture. He was usually depicted as a bearded man holding hammer and tongs--the tools of a smith--and riding a donkey. ... The Romans, when speaking of the Greek Hephaestus, call him Vulcanus, although Vulcanus was ... Vulcanos, Vulcan...
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role | god of smiths and metal-workers; symbols | axe ; Hephaistos in Greek Mythology; "Hephaistos [Hephaestus], ... from Bulfinch's Mythology; The god Hephaistos was identified with Vulcan in Roman mythology. Hephaistos in Art History; Gallery | For pictures and information about Hephaistos in art, visit the gallery!
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In many cases the Romans found there was a Latin and a Greek god for one and the same thing. They tended to take the two and make them one. So for example, Vulcan, was the old Latin god of fire. But the Greeks had a god called Hephaistos, who was very similar.
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