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In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was either the son of Zeus and Hera or he was Hera's parthenogenous child. He was cast off Mount Olympus by his mother Hera because of his lameness , the result of a congenital impairment; or in another account, by Zeus for protecting Hera from his advances (in which case his lameness would have been the result of ...
Erichthonius (son of Hephaestus) In Greek mythology, King Erichthonius (/ ərɪkˈθoʊniəs /; Ancient Greek: Ἐριχθόνιος, romanized: Erikhthónios) was a legendary early ruler of ancient Athens. According to some myths, he was autochthonous (born of the soil, or Earth) and adopted or raised by the goddess Athena. Early Greek texts ...
Ancient Greece portal. Myths portal. v. t. e. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the twelve Olympians are the major deities of the Greek pantheon, commonly considered to be Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus. [2] They were called Olympians because ...
Pandora by John William Waterhouse, 1896. In Greek mythology, Pandora (Greek: Πανδώρα, derived from πᾶν, pān, i.e. "all" and δῶρον, dōron, i.e. "gift", thus "the all-endowed", "all-gifted" or "all-giving") [ 1 ] was the first human woman created by Hephaestus on the instructions of Zeus. [ 2 ][ 3 ] As Hesiod related it, each ...
Talos was a brass humanoid measuring 30 metres high, who was forged by the god Hephaestus and was given to Minos to protect the island of Crete against the invaders. The island was 260 km long and Talos had to cover this distance three times a day. Talos was a brass bull who was forged by the god Hephaestus and was given to Minos.
Charis (mythology) Charis (center), with Thetis and Hephaestus (labelled as Vulcan), in a 1795 engraving after a 1793 drawing by John Flaxman. Charis (/ ˈkærɪs /; Ancient Greek: Χάρις "grace, beauty, and life") is a goddess in Greek mythology. Her name is the singular form of the group called the Charites (Ancient Greek: Χάριτες ...
Through his identification with the Hephaestus of Greek mythology, Vulcan came to be considered as the manufacturer of art, arms, iron, jewelry, and armor for various gods and heroes, including the lightning bolts of Jupiter. He was the son of Jupiter and Juno, and the husband of Maia and Aphrodite (Venus).
Cabeiri. Agamemnon, Talthybius and Epeius, relief from Samothrace, ca. 560 BC, Louvre. In Greek mythology, the Cabeiri or Cabiri / kəˈbaɪriː / [1] (Ancient Greek: Κάβειροι, Kábeiroi), also transliterated Kabeiri or Kabiri, [2] were a group of enigmatic chthonic deities. They were worshipped in a mystery cult closely associated with ...