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Vulcan is a main character in the novel The Automation by B.L.A. and G.B. Gabbler. His role is often a "deus ex machina" one, but he and his wife (called Venus) are still essential to the overall plot. [84] [85] Vulcan is a character in the Starz TV series American Gods, based on the novel by Neil Gaiman. He is not a character in the novel and ...
Articles relating to the god Vulcan and his cult. He is the god of fire , including the fire of volcanoes , deserts , metalworking and the forge . He was identified with the gods Hephaestus and Sethlans , and may have originated as the god Velchanos .
Vulcan statue, the world's largest cast-iron statue and the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama, US; Vulcan, an EP by Snake River Conspiracy; Vulcan, an album by Chris Wood; Vulcan Raven, a character in the Metal Gear Solid video games; Aegis Vulcan, a spaceship in the Star Citizen video game "Vulcan Bomber", a song by Nebula from the 1998 EP ...
One day while she was sitting by the hearth, a spark landed on her and she was impregnated. When the child was born, she exposed him near the temple of Jupiter, where he was found, lying next to a fire, by a group of girls (one version says that these girls were also sisters of the Depidii), who had come to fetch water from a nearby spring. The ...
The painting represents a tale from Greco-Roman mythology. Mercury, the messenger of the gods, watches the club-footed blacksmith god, Vulcan, punish the bold and cunning Titan Prometheus for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to mortals. Prometheus's punishment is to be bound to a rock and to have his liver consumed daily by an eagle ...
The Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world, and is the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama, United States, reflecting its roots in the iron and steel industry. The 56-foot (17 m) tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan , god of the fire and forge, with ironworking equipment.
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Vulcan is staring at him in astonishment after having heard the news of his wife's adultery with the god Mars, for whom he is forging armour at this very moment. The cave in which the blacksmith god forges weapons for the other deities in this painting is shown as a smithy, similar to those Velázquez could have seen in Spain or in Rome.