Hephaestus

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*please note that some of the correspondences are that of my own and not described from other sources*

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Ἡφαιστος | 

Hephaestus | 

Vulcanos, Vulcan ]
god of smiths, fire, metalworking

Disowned at birth by his mother Hera for his deformed appearance, Hephaestus was dropped from Olympus.

Thetis and Eurynome found Hephaestus and took him in, surrounded by Oceanus. He is often described as lame and ugly compared to the other gods. 

correspondences

ａｎｉｍａｌｓ 

donkey, crane, spiders, octopus, centipedes/millipedes, bear

ｃｏｌｏｒｓ 
gold, red, orange, yellow, black, grey

ｓｙｍｂｏｌｓ

anvil, tongs, hammer, pickax, fire

ｇｅｏｌｏｇｙ

gold, obsidian, ruby, muscovite, fire opal, garnet, smoky quartz

“Hephaestus is the god of fire, especially in so far as it manifests itself as a power of physical nature in volcanic districts, and in so far as it is the indispensable means in arts and manufactures, whence fire is called the breath of Hephaestus, and the name of the god is used both by Greek and Roman poets as synonymous with fire. As a flame arises out of a little spark, so the god of fire was delicate and weakly from his birth, for which reason he was so much disliked by his mother, that she wished to get rid of him, and dropped him from Olympus.” – theoi.com

𝐈𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐬, 𝐇𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚 “𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫” 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐬. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐝 𝟏𝟖.𝟑𝟕𝟏, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐳𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 – wikipedia

There are also many sites that describe Hephaestus as a kind, peace-loving, introverted god.