Post by lorifiya on Jan 3, 2012 23:12:26 GMT -5
Vulcan, in Roman mythology, is the son of Jupiter and Juno, and husband of Maia and Venus.
He was the god of fire and volcanoes, and the manufacturer of art, arms, iron, and armor for gods and heroes.
Vulcan's analogue in Greek mythology is the god Hephaestus.
He is also called Mulciber ("softener") in Roman mythology and Sethlans in Etruscan mythology.
His forge was believed to be situated underneath Mount Aetna in Sicily.
At the Vulcanalia festival, which was held on August 23, fish and small animals were thrown into a fire.
Vulcan's shrine in the Forum Romanum, called the Volcanal, appears to have played an important role in the civic rituals of the archaic Roman Kingdom.
Vulcan was the father of Caeculus.
A statue of Vulcan located in Birmingham, Alabama is the largest cast iron statue in the world.
To punish mankind for stealing the secrets of fire, Zeus, ordered the other gods to make a poisoned gift for man. Vulcan's contribution to the beautiful and foolish Pandora, was to mold her from clay and to give her form.
Vulcan made the thrones for the other gods on Mt. Olympus.
He was the god of fire and volcanoes, and the manufacturer of art, arms, iron, and armor for gods and heroes.
Vulcan's analogue in Greek mythology is the god Hephaestus.
He is also called Mulciber ("softener") in Roman mythology and Sethlans in Etruscan mythology.
His forge was believed to be situated underneath Mount Aetna in Sicily.
At the Vulcanalia festival, which was held on August 23, fish and small animals were thrown into a fire.
Vulcan's shrine in the Forum Romanum, called the Volcanal, appears to have played an important role in the civic rituals of the archaic Roman Kingdom.
Vulcan was the father of Caeculus.
A statue of Vulcan located in Birmingham, Alabama is the largest cast iron statue in the world.
To punish mankind for stealing the secrets of fire, Zeus, ordered the other gods to make a poisoned gift for man. Vulcan's contribution to the beautiful and foolish Pandora, was to mold her from clay and to give her form.
Vulcan made the thrones for the other gods on Mt. Olympus.