Fast Facts
#1 Vulcan is the God of Fire and craftsman for all Gods.
#2 He was the creator of aegis armor, thought to be the greatest armor at the time, deeming worthy for Gods.
#3 His mother is Juno (roman Hera), his father is Jupiter (roman Zeus), and his wife is Venus (roman Aphrodite).
#4 He was born a lame child and was said to have been thrown out of heaven.
#5 Despite his hard exterior he is quite soft and dislikes it when his parents fight.
#6 He creates swords, shields, and armor for Gods and some mortals using the magma he summons.
#7 The anvil and the forge are his symbols which represent his job as a blacksmith.
#8 He can also create art, like statues; jewelry, like necklaces and wrist cuffs; and war items, for warriors and Gods.
#9 Mars, the roman God of War, is one of the main Gods that asks Vulcan for weapons.
#10 Other items Vulcan creates are the carts for Venus, the thunderbolts for Jupiter, and arrows for Apollo.
#11 His festival called Vocanalia, the one day of the year that was the hottest in Rome; it is celebrated on August 23.
#12 During his festival, fires were lit throughout the town and live fish and livestock were sacrificed to his temple.
#13 His forging station was located beneath Mt. Etna, and he spent most of his time there.
#14 Bona Dea the "good goddess" was a healer of the sick using medical herbs and was good friends with Vulcan.
#15 Hephaestus is the greek God of Fire and was adapted by the romans to become Vulcan.
#16 In many myths he was the cause of forest fires and volcanic eruptions.
#17 Vulcan, as the God of Fire, can summon burning flames and boiling magma which he uses to melt metals when he is forging.
#18 While Vulcan is married to Venus she was forced to marry him and is often cheating on him.
#19 At his forging station he works with the Cyclops whom helped make Jupiter's thunderbolts.
#20 In ancient rome, upper gods had white victims sacrificed to them while black tributes were given to Gods in the underworld.
#21 Alongside Jupiter, he created the first mortal woman named Pandora to taint the humans.
#2 He was the creator of aegis armor, thought to be the greatest armor at the time, deeming worthy for Gods.
#3 His mother is Juno (roman Hera), his father is Jupiter (roman Zeus), and his wife is Venus (roman Aphrodite).
#4 He was born a lame child and was said to have been thrown out of heaven.
#5 Despite his hard exterior he is quite soft and dislikes it when his parents fight.
#6 He creates swords, shields, and armor for Gods and some mortals using the magma he summons.
#7 The anvil and the forge are his symbols which represent his job as a blacksmith.
#8 He can also create art, like statues; jewelry, like necklaces and wrist cuffs; and war items, for warriors and Gods.
#9 Mars, the roman God of War, is one of the main Gods that asks Vulcan for weapons.
#10 Other items Vulcan creates are the carts for Venus, the thunderbolts for Jupiter, and arrows for Apollo.
#11 His festival called Vocanalia, the one day of the year that was the hottest in Rome; it is celebrated on August 23.
#12 During his festival, fires were lit throughout the town and live fish and livestock were sacrificed to his temple.
#13 His forging station was located beneath Mt. Etna, and he spent most of his time there.
#14 Bona Dea the "good goddess" was a healer of the sick using medical herbs and was good friends with Vulcan.
#15 Hephaestus is the greek God of Fire and was adapted by the romans to become Vulcan.
#16 In many myths he was the cause of forest fires and volcanic eruptions.
#17 Vulcan, as the God of Fire, can summon burning flames and boiling magma which he uses to melt metals when he is forging.
#18 While Vulcan is married to Venus she was forced to marry him and is often cheating on him.
#19 At his forging station he works with the Cyclops whom helped make Jupiter's thunderbolts.
#20 In ancient rome, upper gods had white victims sacrificed to them while black tributes were given to Gods in the underworld.
#21 Alongside Jupiter, he created the first mortal woman named Pandora to taint the humans.