Hephaestus

Hephaestus was the greek god of fire and blacksmiths. He is a relative of Hebe and Ares. His parents are Hera and Zeus. When Hera was suspended on a golden chain in-between the earth and the sky Hephaestus used one of his newly forged weapons and cut the chain. Zeus was furious and for freeing his mother he banished me from Olympus and was now forced to make weapons on the island of Lemnos. From then on in he forged weapons and items such as Hermes helmet and sandals, Aegis breast plate, Aphrodite's girdle, Agamemnon staff of office, Achilles armor, Hercules bronze clappers, Helios chariot, the shoulder of Pelpos, and Eros arrows. Hephaestus wife was Aprodite the goddess of love. Hephaestus assistants are the cyclops they help him forge weapons in return Hephaestus makes some of the cyclops weapons. Hephaestus signature is a black smiths hammer an anvil and a pair of tongs. He was on of the twelve olympians or was one of the twelve olympians. Hephaestus made a gift to give to the gods so the gods could give it to humans the woman named Pandora and her pithos. Here is a generic picture of Hephaestus. http://projects.frchld.com/midterm/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/hephaestus_by_taekwondonj.jpg

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