Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The god of fire and metalworking.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Gr. myth., the god of fire and the metallic arts, son of Zeus and Hera, and one of the great Olympians, identified by the Romans with their Vulcan, who became assimilated to him.
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- proper noun Greek mythology The
god offire ,smithwork ,metallurgy ,volcanoes , andartisans , who served asblacksmith of the gods.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Greek mythology) the lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vulcan
Etymologies
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Examples
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I'm Hephaestus, which is appropriate given my profession.
I AM A GREEK GOD!!! Walter Jon Williams 2008
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[Greek name Hephaestus] The Roman and Greek god of fire and metalworking; the blacksmith of the gods.
Vulcan 2002
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Chuck Spencer, my Hephaestus, for passing on the flame, and Liz Epstein, my female (and lovely) Hephaestus, for sculpting and sculpting (and sculpting and sculpting . . .)
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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The Annihilator actually appeared in an episode before that called ‘Hawk and Dove’, where it was made by the god Hephaestus for the god Ares, and then given to one side in a conflict in Eastern Europe so Ares could sit back and lol at the peasants killing each other.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Black Cat’s Review Forum 2009
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Zeus went to Hephaestus, the god of artisans and fire, and asked him to create a woman.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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Zeus went to Hephaestus, the god of artisans and fire, and asked him to create a woman.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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At the beginning, Kratos (Force), Bia (Violence), and Hephaestus the smith-god chain Prometheus to a mountain in the Caucasus and then depart.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Named for the Greek god of volcanoes, the Hephaestus Geothermic Siphon consisted of three major components:
365 tomorrows » 2009 » March : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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At the beginning, Kratos (Force), Bia (Violence), and Hephaestus the smith-god chain Prometheus to a mountain in the Caucasus and then depart.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Chuck Spencer, my Hephaestus, for passing on the flame, and Liz Epstein, my female (and lovely) Hephaestus, for sculpting and sculpting (and sculpting and sculpting . . .)
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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