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Hephaestus

Author’s Note: This post has mentions of (g)rape. If this is triggering, please go on to 1 of our other posts.

He’s the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture, & volcanoes.

In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was the son of Hera, either on her own or her husband/brother, Zeus. He was cast off Mount Olympus by his mom, Hera, because of his lameness, the result of a congenital impairment. Or, in another account, by Zeus for protecting Hera from his advances.

As a smithing god, Hephaestus created all the weapons of the gods on Olympus. He served as the blacksmith of the gods & was worshipped in the manufacturing & industrial centers of Greece, particularly Athens. The cult of Hephaestus was based in Lemnos. Hephaestus’ symbols are a smith’s hammer, anvil, & a pair of tongs. In Rome, he was equated with Vulcan.

In Hesiod’s Theogony, Hera gives birth to Hephaestus on her own, out of revenge for Zeus having, without her, fathered Athena (the daughter of Zeus & Metis). Apollodorus similarly states that Hera gives birth to Hephaestus alone. Though according to Homer, Hephaestus is 1 of the kids of Zeus & Hera.

Some sources state that the origin myth of Hephaestus was that of a “daemon of fire coming up from the Earth,” that he was also associated with gas “which takes fire & burns & is considered by many people to be divine” & that only later was a volcano considered Hephaestus’ smithy.

He was associated by Greek colonists in southern Italy with the volcano gods Adranus (of Mount Etna) & Vulcanus of the Lipari islands.

The 1st-century sage, Apollonius of Tyana, is said to have observed, “there are many other mountains all over the earth that are on fire, & yet we should never be done with it if we assigned to them giants & gods like Hephaestus.” Nevertheless, Hephaestus’ domain over fire goes back to Homer’s Iliad, where he uses flames to dry the waters of the Scamander River in order to force its eponymous deity, who was attacking Achilles, to retreat.

His favorite place in our mere mortal world was the island of Lemnos. He liked to live among the Sintians. But he also repeatedly went to other volcanic islands like Lipari, Imbros, & Sicily, which were called his abodes/workshops. In 1 version of events, Hera rejects, then ejects Hephaestus from Olympus/the heavens because of his congenital impairment. (It’s implied that his congenital disability is because of Zeus & Hera’s familial relationship, i.e. brother & sister.)

Because of Hera’s actions, he fell into the ocean & of Hera’s actions, he fell into the ocean & was raised by Thetis (Achilles’ mom & 1 of the 50 Nereids) & Eurynome, the Oceanid. In another version, Hephaestus, attempting to rescue his mom from Zeus’ advances, was cast down to earth by Zeus, not Hera!

He (Hephaestus) was cast down for 1 whole day & landed on the island of Lemnos. On Lemnos, he was cared for & taught to be a master craftsman by the Sintians. Later writers describe his physical disability as a result of his 2nd fall. While Homer makes him disabled from birth.

Hephaestus was 1 of the Olympians who came back to Olympus after being exiled. In an archaic story, Hephaestus wanted revenge against Hera for rejecting him by forging her a magical golden throne, which, when she sat on it, didn’t let her stand up again.

The other gods begged Hephaestus to return to Olympus to let her go. But he refused, saying, “I’ve no mom.” It was Ares who undertook the task of fetching Hephaestus at 1st. But he was threatened by the fire god with torches. At last, Dionysus (the wine god) fetched him, got him drunk on wine, & took the subdued smith back to Olympus on the back of a mule, accompanied by revelers.

According to Hyginus, Zeus promised anything to Hephaestus to free Hera. Hephaestus asked for Athena’s hand in marriage (urged by Poseidon, who was hostile toward Athena), leading to his attempted (g)raping of the goddess, who rejected his advances.

In another version, he demanded to be married to Aphrodite to release Hera, & his mom fulfilled the request. Hephaestus had his own palace on Olympus, containing his workshop with an anvil(s) & 20 bellows that worked at his bidding.

He crafted much of the magnificent equipment of the gods, & almost any finely wrought metalwork imbued with powers that appears in Greek myth is said to have been forged by Hephaestus. He designed all the thrones in the Olympian palace, the Aegis breastplate, Hermes’ (not the fashion house) winged helmet & sandals, Aphrodite’s famous girdle, Eros’ bow & arrows, Helios’ chariot, Heracles’ bronze clappers, & the shoulder of Pelops.

Hephaestus also created the gift that the gods gave to mankind: the 1st woman, Pandora, & her pithos (a large jar)/box. In some versions, Prometheus stole the fire that he gave to man from Hephaestus’ forge. Hephaestus gave to the blinded Orion his apprentice Cedalion as a guide. In later accounts, Hephaestus worked with the Cyclopes Brontes, Steropes, & Arges, who were highly skilled blacksmiths in their own right & forged Zeus’ thunderbolts, Poseidon’s trident, & Hades’ helmet of darkness/invisibility.

According to Homer, Hephaestus built automatons of metal to work for him or others. This includes tripods with golden wheels, able to move at his wish in & out of the assembly hall of the celestials; & “handmaidens wrought of gold in the semblance of living maids,” who had “understanding in their hearts, & speech & strength,” as a gift of the gods.

They moved to support Hephaestus while walking. Hephaestus also put golden & silver lions & dogs at the entrance of the palace of Alkinoos in such a way that they could bite the invaders. These guard dogs didn’t age or perish. (So does this mean that they could possibly still be around, hidden somewhere? Like the Nag Hammadi library.)

A similar golden dog was set by Rhea to guard the infant Zeus & his nurse (the goat Amaltheia) on the island of Krete/Crete. Later, Tantalus was said to have stolen the automaton when it guarded Zeus’ temple, or to have persuaded Pandareos to steal it for him.

Later texts attempt to replace the automaton with the idea that the golden dog was actually Rhea, transformed by Hephaestus. Hephaestus fought against the giants & killed Mimas by throwing molten iron at him. He also fought another giant, Aristaeus, but he fled.

During the battle, Hephaestus fell down exhausted & was picked up by Helios in his chariot. As a gift of gratitude, Hephaestus forged 4 ever-flowing fountains & fire-breathing bulls for Helios’ son Aeetus. At the marriage of Peleus & Thetis, Hephaestus gave a knife as a wedding present.

When the Trojan War began, Hephaestus sided with the Greeks & forged the armor of Achilles, the cuirass of Diomedes, & Agamemnon’s staff of office. But Hephaestus was also worshipped by the Trojans & saved 1 of their men from being killed by Diomedes.

Though she was married to Hephaestus, Aphrodite had an affair with Ares, the god of war. Eventually, Hephaestus discovered Aphrodite’s affair through Helios, the all-seeing sun (We’re gonna circle back to this. Keep this in mind.), & planned a trap during 1 of their trysts.

While the lovers lay together in bed, Hephaestus ensnared them in an unbreakable chain-link net so small as to be invisible & dragged them to Mount Olympus to shame them in front of the other gods for retribution. The gods had a good laugh at the sight of these unclothed adulterers. Poseidon persuaded Hephaestus to free them in return for a guarantee that Ares would pay the adulterers’ fine, or Poseidon would pay it himself.

In The Odyssey, Hephaestus says he would give Aphrodite back to Zeus & demand back his bride price. Some versions of the myth state that Zeus didn’t return the dowry. In fact, Aphrodite “simply charmed her way back again into her husband’s good graces.”

In The Iliad, Hephaestus is described as being married to the Grace named Charis during the events depicted in the Trojan War. While in Theogeny, he’s married to the Grace named Aglaea, with no indication of having ever been married to Aphrodite.

In Dionysiaca by Nonnus explicitly stated that, though Hephaestus & Aphrodite were once married (she’s referred to as his “ancient wife”). They’ve since separated & Hephaestus is now married to Charis.

Here’s the keep-in-mind part: In a later detail, Ares put the young soldier, Alectryon, by their door to warn them of Helios’ arrival, as he suspected that Helios would tell Hephaestus of Aphrodite’s infidelity if the 2 were discovered. But Alectryon fell asleep on guard duty. Helios finds the 2 & alerts Hephaestus. Ares, in a rage, turned Alectryon into a rooster, which always crows at dawn when the sun is about to rise.

The Thebans said that the spicy time union of Ares & Aphrodite produced Harmonia. But that of the union of Hephaestus with Aphrodite, there’s usually no issue. Because Harmonia was conceived during Aphrodite’s marriage to Hephaestus, for revenge, on Harmonia’s wedding day to Cadmus, Hephaestus gifted her with a finely worked but cursed necklace that brought immense suffering to her descendants, culminating in Oedipus. (Check out our post on Oedipus.)

An Athenian founding myth tells the city’s patron goddess, Athena, refused a union (spicy time) with Hephaestus. Pseudo-Apollodorus records an archaic legend, which claims that Hephaestus once tried to (g)rape Athena. But she pushed him away, causing him to ejaculate on her thigh.

Athena wiped the happy time juice off using a tuft of wool. She tossed it into the dust. This impregnated Gaia (his own great-grandma). This caused her to give birth to King Erichthonius, whom Athena adopted as her own kid.

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Why the “Hippocampus” Was Poseidon’s Sea Horse Before It Entered Biology Textbooks #poseidon #greekmythology

This week's Former Flame Fridays at troublemaker firestarter features my poem "Poseidon," which appeared in Volume 10. Follow the link to read this whole poem full of queer joy!
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‘The Odyssey’ film fuels online interest in Greek mythology, Google Trends shows

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The Poseidon Adventure (1972) & Poseidon (2006) It's hell upside down, times two, as we compare 1972's The Poseidon Adventure with its 2006 remake, Poseidon. Will either film stay afloat, or are they both all wet? #MovieReview #Poseidon #DisasterFilm #Podcast

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Touristen Bespaßung Minden Edition, 🌞 🛳️

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Coming soon to Time Shifters Podcast, it's a Disaster Double Feature!
It will be "Hell Upside Down" X 2 when we talk about THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972) and POSEIDON (2006)!
Leave any comments on either film below!
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¡Feliz #ViernesDeMitologíaGriega ! En este mes del #OrgulloLGTB, es menester que haga honor a aquellos mitos y figuras #LGTB que tenemos en la #mitologíagriega y que no son pocas.

De hecho, ya hemos hablado de que #Zeus y #Poseidón tenían amantes masculinos, aunque por algún motivo esto pasa muy de tapadillo en recopilatorios modernos.

A mí en clase no me lo enseñaron, para que os hagáis una idea.

Hoy os voy a hablar de un dios que es todo un #iconoLGTB y con el que podéis pegarle en la cabeza a las terfas: #Dioniso, dios del vino, vegetación, jolgorio (sí, hay dios de eso) y locura.

En cultos paganos modernos, Dioniso es considerado una deidad trans o de género fluido y, aunque este aspecto es una reinterpretación moderna, tiene su razón de ser.

Los griegos no tenían una palabra para definir "lo trans", pero sí encontramos representaciones de Dioniso que reunían rasgos masculinos y femeninos. Por un lado, tenemos descripciones y representaciones de Dioniso con barba y otras con la carita bien afeitada, con el cabello largo y con ropas femeninas. Uno de sus epítetos, además, era "andrógino".

Tuvo amantes masculinos y femeninos: #Afrodita, la princesa #Ariadna, el sátiro #Ampelos, el pastor #Polimno... Entre otros.

En el nacimiento de Dioniso ya se ve una naturaleza que se pasa por el forro los roles de género.

#Zeus se lió con Sémele, princesa de Tebas y, para sorpresa de nadie, se embarazó. Se dice que unos viñedos crecieron alrededor de la cama donde hicieron sus cositas y el dios, que estaba muy pillado, le prometió que honraría cualquier deseo de ella.

También, para sorpresa de nadie, Hera intervino (el rol de #Hera lo explico en otro Viernes de Mitología Griega) y la engañó. Se disfrazó de anciana y la convenció de que debía invocar a Zeus y pedirle que se apareciera con el mismo esplendor con el que acudió a su propia boda con Hera. Zeus así hizo, rodeado de truenos que acabaron con la pobre muchacha.
#ViernesDeMitologíaGriega #mitologíagriega

Galactic Wrestling Featuring Ultimate Muscle with Josh “Anoriand” Fagundes

If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if professional wrestling, superhero nonsense, and a generous helping of “did they really just do that?” collided in a PS2-era video game, congratulations you’ve found your people.

This episode dives headfirst into Galactic Wrestling Featuring Ultimate Muscle, a game that asks the important questions, like how many absurdly named wrestlers can fit into one ring and whether flexing harder is a legitimate combat strategy (it is). Along the way, we’re joined by Josh “Anoriand” Fagundes. Yes, that Anoriand from Twitch. He brings his streaming-honed wisdom and an appreciation for delightful chaos.

Between the manga roots, anime flair, and a game that absolutely commits to the bit, there’s plenty to grapple with here. So lace up your boots, oil up your… everything, and get ready for a match that’s less about winning and more about how spectacularly weird the journey can get.

Learn such things as:

• How do you make a sequel to a game and not have it on the same console?
• What happens when the humor and moral values of such different societies don’t really match up?
• Does this game have anything surprisingly good in it, and does it even matter if it does?
• And so much more!

You can find Anoriand on Bluesky @anoriand, TikTok @anoriand, YouTube @AnoriandGD, and Twitch @anoriand. And he was on Super Deluxe GamesCast but as this is getting published, it was announced a few days ago that they’re changing the name to Maximum Hearts and I want to make sure that this horrible timing is saved for prosperity.

If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

The next episode is going to be Dragon Ball Z Budokai 2, so get your thoughts ready and over to me if you want to hear them in the show.

If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.

Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube, or the Play Comics website.

If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children’s media and how crazy it is that we’re supposed to just forget about that now that we’re adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out.

A big thanks to Lee Carvallo’s Podding Challenge and Peace Down and Down for the promos today.

Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who would probably have a glitch somehow as a special move.

Movies of the day (4/8) 🎬 Killing Me Softly(2002) 🎬 Poseidon(2006) 🎬 The Big Blue(1988) 🎬 Switch(1991) © TMDB #KillingMeSoftly #Poseidon #TheBigBlue #Switch #Action #Adventure #Comedy #Drama #Fantasy #Romance #Thriller #Movie #MovieOfTheDay #OnThisDay #TMDB

#Hestia nunca se metía en asuntos humanos y apenas encontramos mitos de ella, más allá de ser devorada por su padre Cronos (otro mito del que hablaré otro día) o cómo le pidió a #Zeus que la permitiera mantenerse soltera cuando #Poseidón y #Apolo pidieron su mano.

La teoría más extendida sobre por qué hay mitos sobre ella es que se trata de una diosa de naturaleza bastante íntima. Se adoraba en el mismo hogar, en familia, y esa misma paz y calidez en un lugar seguro se ve reflejada en el mismo hecho de que no protagoniza grandes relatos. La propia estabilidad que representa Hestia es incompatible con leyendas sobre guerras y aventuras. Y precisamente ése es su encanto y por qué los griegos tenían, dentro de su culto, un lugar muy especial para ella.

Espero que os haya gustado este #ViernesDeMitologíaGriega, tan tranquilo como la misma Hestia. Espero que tengáis paz en vuestro hogar y que penséis en ella cuando tengáis esa merienda alegre y tranquila bajo un techo seguro.

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AROS: Experimental USB 3 support in Poseidon

In mid-December 2025, we reported that USB 3.0 support for the Poseidon USB stack was under development by Nick 'Kalamatee' Andrews, and that an initial experimental ISO was already available. Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz has now improved this approach to such an extent that AROS 64-bit can be booted from USB sticks on motherboards with USB 3 support.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-04-00077-EN.html

#AROS #USB3 #Poseidon

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#nakedman #mature #vintage #physique #classic #model #Poseidon #malebutt #mythology #torso #adonisbelt #hunk #grace

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Il Burevestnik si inserisce nel quadro della rincorsa fra Stati Uniti, Russia e Cina per il rinnovo dei rispettivi arsenali nucleari, tanto da essere stato seguito di pochi giorni da un collaudo del sottomarino-drone russo Poseidon, con testata nucleare accreditata di poter scatenare maremoti.

#Burevestnik #Poseidon #Russia

¡Hoy es #ViernesDeMitologíaGriega!

Y como se acerca la #Navidad, en lugar de mitos os traigo las festividades de la Grecia Antigua.

Los griegos usaban diferentes calendarios. Los atenienses se guiaban por el calendario ático mientras otras polis organizaban el año de otra manera. Esto ha llevado a diversas discusiones de historiadores sobre qué fiestas se situarían en qué época del año.

No obstante, hay bastante consenso con que el festival de #Poseidón, dios del mar, coincidía con los meses de diciembre y enero. No hay mucha documentación sobre qué se hacía en este festival, si bien Homero lo describía en #LaOdisea: se sacrificaban toros en honor al dios y hacía un festín donde se comían la carne de dichos toros en honor al dios, se ofrendaba parte de esta carne y se bebía mucho vino. También se hacían plegarias a Poseidón para agradecer sus dones y pedirle que les concediera viajes marítimos apacibles.

Durante el festival de Poseidón, la ciudad de #Eleusis celebraba el festival de #Haloa, una festividad que honraba a #Deméter, diosa de la agricultura, por los primeros frutos de la cosecha. En este festival, las mujeres eran las protagonistas y los hombres tenían un rol secundario, como preparar fogatas.

Se hacían ofrendas de fruta (a Deméter no se le sacrificaban animales) y se horneaban pasteles en forma de órganos genitales. Más adelante, se incluyó a #Dionisio, dios del vino, en este festival, y se honraban las cosechas de uvas y vino como os imagináis que se honra el vino. Se especula que el nacimiento de Dionisio estaba cerca del #SolsticioDeInvierno.

Durante la Haloa, las mujeres bailaban y se desinhibían, cantando canciones obscenas y gritando guarradas y demás cosas que eran impropias de "una mujer bien de la época".

#mitologíagriega #culturagriegaantigua

#Q: How does #Poseidon #Aegir #GodOfTheSea feel about the Dutch?

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

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From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @[email protected]

⁠ANGELINA #JOLIE IN KHERSON: SHOCK VISIT NEAR FRONTLINE Vlog 1219: War in #Ukraine

While #Putin threatens the entire world with #Oreshnik, #Burevestnik, and #Poseidon, the power at the #Vostochny #Cosmodrome has been cut off due to #debts.
Thank you, #AngelinaJolie for visiting #Kherson. This means a lot for every Ukrainian.

#russia #russoUkrainianWar

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