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Hephaestus

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) the lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vulcan.  Synonym: Hephaistos.





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... Hephaestus (Roman Vulcan), the god of fire, was a sort of jester at the Olympian court, and provoked perpetual laughter from his awkwardness and lameness. He forged the thunderbolts for Zeus, and was the armorer of heaven. It accorded with the grim humor ...
— Beacon Lights of History, Volume I • John Lord


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