Hephaestus

E22278

Greek god Olympian deity smith god

Hephaestus is the Greek god of fire, metalworking, and craftsmanship, renowned as the divine blacksmith of the Olympian gods.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek god ⓘ Olympian deity ⓘ smith god ⓘ
associatedPlace	Lemnos ⓘ Lipara ⓘ Mount Etna ⓘ Mount Olympus ⓘ Sicily ⓘ
associatedWith	craftsmen ⓘ fire of the forge ⓘ metalworkers ⓘ
attribute	craftsmanship skill ⓘ lame legs ⓘ
causeOfLameness	fall from Olympus ⓘ
child	Amphictyon ⓘ surface form: Erichthonius of Athens Eucleia ⓘ Eupheme ⓘ Euthenia ⓘ Palamon ⓘ Philophrosyne ⓘ Thalia ⓘ surface form: Thalia (Charis)
created	Achilles’ armor ⓘ thunderbolt of Zeus ⓘ surface form: Aegis of Zeus Hermes’ winged helmet ⓘ Hermes’ winged sandals ⓘ Pandora ⓘ Zeus’s thunderbolts ⓘ golden automata ⓘ golden throne of Hera ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
domain	craftsmanship ⓘ fire ⓘ forge ⓘ metalworking ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
epithet	Kyllopodion ⓘ ambidexter ⓘ divine blacksmith ⓘ
festival	Chalkeia ⓘ Hephaestia ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
mythRole	blacksmith of the gods ⓘ
parent	Hera ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
possibleMotherOnly	Hera ⓘ
RomanEquivalent	Vulcan ⓘ
sibling	Ares ⓘ Eileithyia ⓘ Hebe ⓘ
spouse	Aglaea ⓘ Aphrodite ⓘ
symbol	anvil ⓘ forge ⓘ hammer ⓘ tongs ⓘ
temple	Ancient Agora of Athens ⓘ surface form: Hephaisteion in Athens
textualSource	Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ surface form: Hesiod’s Theogony Homer's Iliad ⓘ surface form: Homer’s Iliad Homer's Odyssey ⓘ surface form: Homer’s Odyssey
thrownFrom	Mount Olympus ⓘ
worshipCenter	Athens ⓘ Lemnos ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Etruscan god Sethlans → analogousTo → Hephaestus ⓘ

subject surface form: Sethlans

this entity surface form: Roman god Vulcan

Etruscan god Sethlans → analogousTo → Hephaestus ⓘ

subject surface form: Sethlans

this entity surface form: Greek god Hephaestus

Mount Etna → associatedDeityOrMyth → Hephaestus ⓘ

Athena → associatedWith → Hephaestus ⓘ

Cyclopes → associatedWith → Hephaestus ⓘ

Pandora → associatedWith → Hephaestus ⓘ

Zeus → child → Hephaestus ⓘ

Homeric Hymns → containsHymnTo → Hephaestus ⓘ

Pandora → createdBy → Hephaestus ⓘ

this entity surface form: the god Hephaestus

Erechtheion → dedicatedTo → Hephaestus ⓘ

Etruscan god Sethlans → equatedWithByGreeks → Hephaestus ⓘ

subject surface form: Sethlans

Vulcan → equivalentTo → Hephaestus ⓘ

Prometheus Bound → featuresCharacter → Hephaestus ⓘ

Cronus → grandfather → Hephaestus ⓘ

Rhea → grandparentOf → Hephaestus ⓘ

Ancient Greek religion → hasDeity → Hephaestus ⓘ

Greco-Roman mythology → hasDeity → Hephaestus ⓘ

Gigantomachy → involvesDeity → Hephaestus ⓘ

Twelve Olympians → member → Hephaestus ⓘ

Hera → offspring → Hephaestus ⓘ

Cacus → parent → Hephaestus ⓘ

Pandora → parent → Hephaestus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hephaestus (as maker)

Apollo → sibling → Hephaestus ⓘ

Ares → sibling → Hephaestus ⓘ

Eileithyia → sibling → Hephaestus ⓘ

Aphrodite → spouse → Hephaestus ⓘ