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Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Coeus Crius Cronus Demeter Dionysus Gaia Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phobos Phoebe Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Tethys Themis Uranus Zeus
Bacchus Ceres Diana Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan
Amun Anubis Aten Atum Babi Bastet Bes Geb Hapi hathor heqet Horus Isis Khepri Khnum Khonsu Maat Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Seshat Seth Shu Sobek Thoth
Alfheim Baldur Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdallr Helheim Idun Jotunheim Loki Nerthus Njord Odin Thor Tyr
Aengus Arawn Badb Brigid Cailleach Ceridwen Cernunnos Cu Chulainn Dagda Danu Gwydion Herne the Hunter Lugh Medb Morrigan Neit Nuada Taliesin Taranis
Chalchiuhtlicue Coatlicue Huitzilopochtli Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Ometeotl Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tonatiuh Xipe Totec Xochiquetzal Xolotl
Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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  4. Vulcan

Vulcan

Vulcan was the Roman god of fire and the volcano. Vulcan had two epithets – Mulciber and Quietus.

Vulcan was identified with the Greek god Hephaestus, inheriting his attributes. His Etruscan counterpart was Sethlans. Vulcan became the metal-smith of the gods. Vulcan was the son of Jupiter (Zeus) and Juno (Hera).

Vulcan

Vulcan
Carving in the pillar (column)
of the Nautes found in Notre-Dame
Musée du Moyen Age, Cluny, France

Like the Greek myths, Vulcan married Venus (Aphrodite). Venus, however, was an unfaithful wife who had a long love affair with Mars (Ares).

Volcanalia, his festival, was held on August 23.

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Name

Vulcan.
Mulciber - "Gentle Touch" (Roman).

Hephaestus (Greek).
Sethlans (Etruscan).

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See also Hephaestus and Sethlans.

Jupiter, Juno, Venus, Mars.

Jimmy Joe. "Vulcan." https://timelessmyths.com/classical/pantheon/roman-deities/vulcan. Accessed May 10, 2025.
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Roman Deities:

  • • Jupiter
  • • Mars
  • • Quirinus
  • • Juno
  • • Minerva
  • • Mercury
  • • Janus
  • • Diana
  • • Venus
  • • Cupid (Amor)
  • • Vulcan
  • • Neptune
  • • Pluto (Dis)
  • • Tellus (Terra Mater)
  • • Saturn
  • • Ops
  • • Consus
  • • Ceres
  • • Proserpina
  • • Liber
  • • Bellona
  • • Picus
  • • Faunus
  • • Bona Dea (Fauna)
  • • Silvanus
  • • Flora
  • • Pales
  • • Vertumnus and Pomona
  • • Fornax
  • • Egeria
  • • Salus
  • • Somnus
  • • Oneiroi (Dreams)
  • • Fortuna
  • • Felicitas
  • • Pax
  • • Juturna
  • • Fontus
  • • Vesta
  • • Penates
  • • Lares
Vulcan

Vulcan

Vulcan | The God of Fire and the Forge Vulcan, god of fire and forge, was the ugliest god in Roman mythology. He has rather a sad history, starting with hatred from his mother. However, Vulcan was a skilled blacksmith, and so he was the patron of ...

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Hephaestus (Vulcan)

Hephaestus (Vulcan)

A god of fire and metalworking. Hephaestus was known to the Romans as the fire-god Vulcan , as well as Mulciber ( Gentle Touch ). Some say that Hephaestus was son of Zeus and Hera, but a more popular myth says that he was the son of Hera alone. Wh...

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Hephaestus

Hephaestus

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Venus

Venus

The Roman goddess of love. Venus was originally the goddess of ferility, particularly of field and garden. Venus was originally a Latin goddess, and when her worship was adopted in Rome. Venus was later honoured as the goddess of love and beauty, ...

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Vesta

Vesta

The Roman goddess of the hearth and the hearth fire. Vesta was identified with Hestia , the Greek goddess of the hearth. Vesta had public and private functions. In the private household, she was worshipped along with the Penates and the Lares . In...

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Mars

Mars

The Roman god of war. Next to Jupiter , Mars was the second most powerful god, and formed part of the triad of Roman gods with Jupiter and Quirinus . Originally, Mars was the god of agriculture. The Romans and other Italian people believed that Ma...

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Voltumna

Voltumna

God of vegetation. Voltumna was identified with the Roman god Vertumnus . Voltumna was also a tutelary deity of the Volsinii, and the god had a temple at Bolsena dedicated to him.

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Jupiter

Jupiter

Jupiter was the supreme god of the Roman pantheon. Jupiter formed one of the triad of Roman gods, together with Mars and Quirinus . Jupiter was also called Jupitter, Jove, Iovis and Diespiter. Like his Greek counterpart Zeus , Jupiter was the sky ...

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Vesta

Vesta

Vesta: Goddess of Hearth and Home Vesta, goddess of hearth and home, presided over domestic life and domestic tranquility . She was the goddess of family life, marriage, raising of children, and of course, the hearth. She was one of the most impor...

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Mars

Mars

Mars: The Powerful God of War Mars, god of war, was the famed son of Jupiter and Juno, and his Greek equivalent was Ares . He was known for his courage and victory in battle. This article will tell you all you need to know about Mars, his origins,...

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