Vulcan - Mythopedia
2022年12月7日 · Vulcan, the God with a Mother Complex. In many ways, Vulcan’s rejection at Juno’s hand was the defining moment in his life. After carrying a grudge against her all his life, Vulcan finally decided to claim his revenge. One day, Vulcan crafted a special chair with a hidden mechanism designed to ensnare the person sitting in it.
Mercury – Mythopedia
2022年12月9日 · Mercury was usually depicted in a nude, beardless youth, though he occasionally wore a short tunic and a cloak fastened around his neck. He wore winged shoes and flew with the help of a winged helm that Vulcan, the god of forge and fire, had fashioned for him. This winged helm soon became synonymous with the messenger god.
Kagutsuchi – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Kagutsuchi’s relationship to blacksmiths, fire, and volcanoes is very similar to that of the Greek god Hephaestus and the Roman god Vulcan. Popular Culture. Kagutsuchi is a popular deity in media, including: In the manga series Noragami, Kagutsuchi appears as a fire-breathing deity.
Hephaestus - Mythopedia
2023年4月18日 · Hephaestus was the god of crafts of all kinds, especially metalworking. He was also the god of fire, and his workshop was said to be located (appropriately) beneath a volcano. Iconography. Hephaestus was usually depicted as a burly man, either bearded or unbearded.
Jupiter - Mythopedia
2023年8月31日 · The Roman fire god Vulcan, the equivalent of the Greek Hephaestus, was often listed as the son of Jupiter and Juno (though he was sometimes said to be the son of Juno alone, just as Hephaestus was sometimes represented as the son of Hera alone).
Liber (Bacchus) – Mythopedia
2023年5月26日 · Liber was an Italian nature god who supervised fertility, vegetation, and wine. Much like the Greek Dionysus or Bacchus (with whom he was commonly identified), Liber came to be seen first and foremost as the god of wine and viticulture. But he had several secondary functions as well.
Iliad: Book 20 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
On adverse parts the warring gods engage: Heaven’s awful queen; and he whose azure round Girds the vast globe; the maid in arms renown’d; Hermes, of profitable arts the sire; And Vulcan, the black sovereign of the fire: These to the fleet repair …
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Mars - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Though Vulcan and Venus had an unhappy marriage, Vulcan still took any affair Venus might have as a great offense. When Mercury saw Venus making love with Mars in Vulcan’s marriage bed, he quickly informed the cuckolded god. Though Vulcan was enraged, he did not act immediately. He waited patiently, and plotted his revenge.
Iliad: Book 18 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
To her the artist-god: “Thy griefs resign, Secure, what Vulcan can, is ever thine. O could I hide him from the Fates, as well, Or with these hands the cruel stroke repel, As I shall forge most envied arms, the gaze Of wondering ages, and the world’s amaze!” Thus having said, the father of the fires To the black labours of his forge retires.