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Bookmark or Share- Mars - MythopediaThough Vulcan and Venus had an unhappy marriage, Vulcan still took any affair Venus might have as a great offense. When Mercury saw Venus making love with Mars in Vulcan’s marriage bed, he quickly informed the cuckolded god. Though Vulcan was enraged, he did not act immediately. He waited patiently, and plotted his revenge.
- Mercury – MythopediaThough Mercury was the only child of that union, he had many half-siblings by way of Jupiter. Among them were Vulcan, the god of forge and fire, Minerva, the goddess of wisdom and forethought, and Proserpina, the daughter of Ceres who was abducted by Pluto and taken to the underworld. Proserpina would later be recovered, thanks in part to ...
- Dwarf Names - MythopediaDwarf names: Origin, structure, and meaning. Resilient and stout, robust and powerful, dwarves are a unique fantasy race typically portrayed as skilled craftspeople and durable warriors—possessing plenty of instincts for mining and metallurgy.
- Minerva – MythopediaAt long last, she burst forth from Jupiter’s forehead, fully grown and ready for battle. Some accounts claimed that Vulcan, the god of metallurgy, served as a midwife of sorts by prying open Jupiter’s head with an axe and delivering Minerva; the moment has been the subject of artistic renderings both ancient and modern.
- Jupiter – MythopediaJupiter was the supreme god of the Roman pantheon, a god of the sky and weather and the champion of Rome and its empire. His Greek counterpart was Zeus.
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