Hephaestus Research Paper

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Hephaestus's mother was Hera, the god of marriage and the queen of all the gods. Zeus, the god of Heaven and the king of all gods, was his father. It is rumored that Hera gave birth to Hephaestus without Zeus's assistance because she was angry at him for giving birth to Athena through his head without her assistance. Zeus and Hera were some of the first Olympian gods that overpowered their parents and began their rule over Heaven and the other gods. Hephaestus's sister, Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war, was born from Zeus's head because Gaia said his son (Even though Athena turned out to be a girl) would overthrow him once he was born. Zeus swallowed Athena before she was born so that she would be unable to overpower him, but Hephaestus used an ax to bust open Zeus's head and allow Athena to be born. Zeus and Hera had many other children besides Athena and Hephaestus. Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, was Hephaestus's wife. Zeus forced Aphrodite to marry Hephaestus in exchange for Hera's freedom from the throne he made for her that imprisoned her. Later, Aphrodite ended up cheating on Hephaestus by getting with Ares. Some say that Hephaestus and Aphrodite divorced afterward. Hephaestus was very unfortunate because he was the only god to be physically ugly. Along with being the only physically ugly god, he was also very lame and homely. Hephaestus was often laughed at by the other gods, simply because they felt that they were better than him and that he was pathetic (his ugliness and lameness). He was thrown off Olympus by his own mother (Hera) because she was so ashamed of him. This ended up causing him to permanently damage his foot. Hephaestus is in charge of making weapons, armor, trinkets, and other equipment for... ... middle of paper ... ...fter Hephaestus is sent by Hera to assist in the Trojan War by fighting the River God Skamandros (Scamander) by using his fire powers until he surrendered by begging Hera to tell her son to spare him. After that, not much else is said about Hephaestus, but I suppose he still continued his career of crafting things for the other gods. There are a few ways that Hephaestus left his mark on the world today. Nowadays, there is a movie/T.V. Series called Star Trek and one of the characters is the race called Vulcan (The Roman name for Hephaestus). He also inspired and gave the idea to pursue learning new things and new technologies to people of the past, present, and future. He also represents the idea of no prejudice because even though he seemed useless, it turned out that he was a great craftsman. Besides that, he doesn't really appear anywhere else in modern cultures.

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