11) Cabiri. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...legend they were also patrons of navigation. In Greek religion they were associated with Hephaestus, Hermes, and Demeter....
12) Olympian. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...ruled the sea and underworld respectively. The divine children were Ares, Hermes, Apollo, Hephaestus, Athena, Aphrodite, and Artemis. It was said that Zeus' sister...
13) Ptah. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...craftsman, he was a patron of metalworkers and artisans. The Greeks identified him with Hephaestus....
14) Vulcan, in Roman religion and mythology. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...His festival, the Volcanalia, was held on Aug. 23. He was later identified with the Greek Hephaestus....
15) Aphrodite. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...genitals had fallen after he had been mutilated by Kronos. Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus. She loved Ares, by whom she bore Harmonia and, in some myths, Eros...
16) Cadmus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ares and Aphrodite. At their wedding he presented her with a sacred robe and necklace, made by Hephaestus, which later brought misfortune to their possessors (see...
17) Limnos. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...chief towns. In ancient Greece, the island, because of its volcanic origin, was sacred to Hephaestus. It became a colony of Athens c.500 B.C. After the fall (1204)...
18) Chapter 49. Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals. § 3. Attis, Adonis,
and the Pig. Frazer, Sir James George. 1922. The Golden Bough
...the infant Adonis was born. According to yet another story, he perished at the hands of Hephaestus on Mount Lebanon while he was hunting wild boars. These variations...
19) Book VIII. Homer. 1909-14. The Odyssey. The Harvard Classics
...Ares and Aphrodite, of the fair crown, how at the first they lay together in the house of Hephaestus privily; and Ares gave her many gifts, and dishonoured the marriage...
20) Homer. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...mother of Achilles, to comfort her grieving son and of the forging of new armor by Hephaestus for Achilles. Achilles then determines to avenge his friend, kills Hector,...
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