Hephaestus Reflection

Hephaestus: The Stone Making God.

Hephaestus is the Greek Olympian of metal working, stone making, and also architecture. He is also one of the twelve Olympians, some examples of these other Olympians are Poseidon, Hermes, and more. Olympians are Greek descendants of the pantheon. Pantheon meaning a child from a god that is recognized inside of the Greek temple. Hephaestus had a few rough patches in his life that made him stronger, and to be able to do more things than the other gods could not. His ambition was triggered by his mother. As Hephaestus was a newborn child, his mother looked at him in disgust. To the eyes of his mother Hera, she thought her newborn son was hideous. To her disgust she grabbed her son and threw him out of heaven,

Thetis and Euyome took Hephaestus to a small cave in where they lived (The Olympian). The cave was dark, but the strange thing about this cave was, it was near a volcano. The volcano was named "Mount Ethna". This volcano would play a big role in what Hephaestus would become in the next few years of his life. He lived with them for nine years of his life. During these years they taught him the skills of being a god. Some of these skills were using natural resources to make objects that would help in the future which included knives, swords, lightning bolts, and creating things for his

She thought that his hideousness was ugly and distracting. Aphrodite soon found someone that she loved and that was Ares. Ares thought it was a good idea for him and Aphrodite to start a family, and to marry each other. But Hephaestus knew something was up, so he took action. He constructed a bed that would catch the two together. As Ares and Aphrodite were together laying in bed, chains sprang up from the bed and captured the two together. Hephaestus appeared in the distance from the bed, and he brought the Olympians to the site of the incident. The couple was surrounded by laughter and humiliation