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Hephaestus' favourite place in the mortal world was the island of Lemnos, where he liked to dwell among the Sintians, [59] but he also frequented other volcanic islands such as Lipari, Hiera, Imbros and Sicily, which were called his abodes or workshops. [60] Hephaestus fought against the Giants and killed Mimas by throwing molten iron at him. [61]
In Homestuck Hephaestus is the denizen, a sort of final boss, in Land of Heat and Clockwork. In the video game Smite Hephaestus appears in-game under his Roman name Vulcan, he is a playable god whose role is a mage. He also has a prosthetic left leg and right hand, in reference to both his lameness from mythology and his own ingenuity and ...
This is a list of children's animated television series (including internet television series); that is, animated programs originally targeted towards audiences aged 12 and under in mind. This list does not include Japanese, Chinese, or Korean series, as children's animation is much more common in these regions.
Pages in category "Children of Hephaestus" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ardalus; C.
A coin featuring the profile of Hera on one face and Zeus on the other, c. 210 AC. Roman conquerors of the Hellenic East allowed the incorporation of existing Greek mythological figures such as Zeus into their coinage in places like Phrygia, in order to "augment the fame" of the locality, while "creating a stronger civil identity" without "advertising" the imposition of Roman culture.
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The story of the breath of life in a statue has parallels in the examples of Daedalus, who used quicksilver to install a voice in his statues or to make them move; of Hephaestus, who created automata for his workshop; of Talos, an artificial man of bronze, and (according to Hesiod) of Pandora, who was made from clay at the behest of Zeus.
In Greek mythology, Thalia or Thaleia (/ ˈ θ eɪ l i ə / [1] or / θ ə ˈ l aɪ ə /; [2] Ancient Greek: Θάλεια Tháleia, "the joyous, the abundance", from θάλλειν / thállein, "to flourish, to be green") was a nymph daughter of Hephaestus, and the mother of the Palici.