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Haphaestus, or Vulcan (in Roman mythology), was ruler of fire and the forge. You could say he was the blacksmith. He was Hera and Zeus' son, a quite ugly one and also lame (because, while still a child, Zeus pushed him off Olympus in a fit of rage). Eventually he became indispensable, as he made weapons and armour for the gods and the mortals the gods favoured. He helped Zeus deliver his daughter, Athena, by cracking his father's skull (the goddess had been swallowed by Zeus while still inside her mother's womb, and somehow grew inside his head).

He was the one assigned to create Pandora, the first woman.

It's assumed that Hephaestus was the inventor of the forge, and he protected weaponsmiths and armorers.

On a darker note, he and Hermes chained Prometheus, the creator of mankind and its benefactor, on Mt. Caucasus.

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