- a male counterpart to Pallas Athena
- gives skill to artists
- god of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire, and volcanoes
- son of Zeus and Hera
- husband of Aphrodite
- often depcited as "lame and crippled"
- known as Vulkan among Romans
Peter Paul Rubens :: Vulcan forging the Thunderbolts of Jupiter (1638)
