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Hephaestus

Hephaestus (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}UK: /hɪˈfiːstəs/ hih-FEE-stəs, US: /hɪˈfɛstəs/ hih-FES-təs; eight spellings; Ancient Greek: Ἥφαιστος, romanized: Hḗphaistos) is the Greek god of…

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Mythology

OdysseyMetisApollodorusEarthItaly
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Iconography and descriptions

ChitonArgonautSamothraceCrabHesychius
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UKUSAncient GreekRomanizedGreek god
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Worship

SolinusLyciansHephaestiaPataraApollo
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Abode
Mount Olympus
Children
Thalia, Erichthonius, and Cabeiri
Parents
Zeus and Hera, or Hera alone
Roman
Vulcan
Siblings
Ares, Hebe, Eileithyia
Spouse
Aphrodite (divorced) Charis/Aglaia

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Hephaestus

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Triples240
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Hephaestus

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related to Etymology · 62
Hephaestus → A-pa-i-ti-jo, Aegean, AlteSchwabacher, Artaxerxes, AtlantisFraktur, Attic Hēphastos, Breitkopf Fraktur, BreitkopfFraktur, Cankama, Code2001, Cprt, FetteFraktur, Fraktur3, FreeSerif, Hano, Hāphaistion, Hēphaistos, Knossos, KochFraktur, KochFraktur OT
related to Parentage · 34
Hephaestus → Achilles, Adranus, Apollodorus, Apollonius, Athena, Earth, Greek, He, Hephaestus's, Hera, Hiera, His, Homer, Homer's Iliad, Iliad, Imbros, In Hesiod's Theogony, In Homer's Iliad, Italy, Lemnos
related to Other myths · 20
Hephaestus → Achilles, Aeëtes, Agamemnon's, Aristaeus, As, At, Diomedes, During, Giant, Giants, Greeks, He, Helios, Helios's, Mimas, Peleus, Thetis, Trojan War, Trojans, When
related to Return to Olympus · 17
Hephaestus → According, Aphrodite, Ares, At, Athena, Attica, Corinth, Dionysus, Hera, Hyginus, In, It, Olympians, Olympus, Poseidon, The, Zeus
related to Craft of Hephaestus · 15
Hephaestus → Aegis, Aphrodite's, Eros's, Greek, He, Helios's, Hephaestus's, Heracles's, Hermes's, In, Olympus, Palace, Pandora, Pelops, Prometheus
related to Comparative mythology · 14
Hephaestus → As Herodotus, Egyptian, Hephaestus's, In Hinduism, In Norse, Kothar-wa-Khasis, Kurdalagon, Parallels, Ptah, Smith, The Ossetian, The Ugarit, Tvastr, Weyland
related to Fall from Olympus · 14
Hephaestus → Achilles, Greek, He, Hera, Homer, In, Later, Lemnos, Nereids, Oceanid Eurynome, Sintians, Thetis, Zeus, Zeus's
related to Epithets · 13
Hephaestus → Aetnaean, Agaklytós, Aithalóeis, Aitnaîos, Amphigyḗeis, Khalkeús, Klytotékhnēs, Kyllopodíōn, Mount Aetna, Polýmētis, Polýphrōn, The, The Greeks
related to Iconography and descriptions · 13
Hephaestus → Cabeiri, Detienne, He, Hephaistos, Hesychius, In, Olympus, Other, Samothrace, The, The Argonaut Palaimonius, The Cabeiri, Vernant
related to Namesakes · 11
Hephaestus → According, Alternatively, Corycus, Elder, Hephaestitis, Hephaestus's, Hephaistos, Lyudmila Chernykh, Pliny, Soviet, The

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hera zeus aphrodite gods greek athena also olympus god one thetis ares hephaestus's lemnos athens achilles charis fire would called

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HephaestusAbodeMount Olympus1.00infobox
HephaestusChildrenThalia, Erichthonius, and Cabeiri1.00infobox
HephaestusParentsZeus and Hera, or Hera alone1.00infobox
HephaestusRomanVulcan1.00infobox
HephaestusSiblingsAres, Hebe, Eileithyia1.00infobox
HephaestusSpouseAphrodite (divorced) Charis/Aglaia1.00infobox
HephaestusSymbolhammer, anvil, tongs1.00infobox
Lipariinstance ofbut he also frequented other volcanic islands0.80text
Hierainstance ofbut he also frequented other volcanic islands0.80text
Imbrosinstance ofbut he also frequented other volcanic islands0.80text
Sicilyinstance ofbut he also frequented other volcanic islands0.80text
which were called his abodes or workshops.Fall from OlympusIn one branch of Greek mythologyinstance ofbut he also frequented other volcanic islands0.80text

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