i have a test tomorow on the twelve main greek and roman gods.
i know all of them except for the roman translation of Hephasteus.
i know that one of them is volcan, but there's another one that begins with an 'm' that escapes me.
2007-03-21 12:41:05 · 8 answers · asked by Veronica 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Hephaestus--Latin is Vulcan or Mulciber---god of the forge and fire, workman to the immortals
2007-03-21 12:54:38 · answer #1 · answered by Marina 1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, Vulcan is the god of volcanoes.
Hephaestus is in charge of volcanoes AND the forge and metalsmithing and stuff like that, but I think it's split in Roman deities among Vulcan and Mulciber.
2007-03-21 12:56:30 · answer #2 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the roman name is Vulcan, not volcan, I don't think there was a second one besides godsmith.
2007-03-21 12:44:23 · answer #3 · answered by t_nguyen62791 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hephaestus (Vulcan): God of fire; celestial blacksmith; son of Zeus and Hera; husband of Aphrodite
2007-03-25 11:26:38 · answer #4 · answered by myangel_101211 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vulcan, not Volcan. There is no other name with M. It is just Vulcan.
2007-03-21 13:49:37 · answer #5 · answered by ~αlbα~ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mars or Mercury for the "M" part of ur question
2007-03-21 17:07:53 · answer #6 · answered by love&hate 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was a god of metallurgy. That may be what you're thinking about.
2007-03-21 12:57:07 · answer #7 · answered by pockety 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure what name your looking for so here is a list of all major Greek and Roman figures from the Mythology era.
Hephaestus (Vulcan): God of fire; celestial blacksmith; son of Zeus and Hera; husband of Aphrodite.
Maia: Daughter of Atlas; mother of Hermes.
Maia: One of several Pleiades.
Manes: Souls of dead Romans, particularly of ancestors.
Mars: See Ares.
Marsyas: Shepherd; challenged Apollo to music contest and lost; flayed alive by Apollo.
Medea: Sorceress; daughter of Aeëtes; helped Jason obtain Golden Fleece; when deserted by him for Creüsa, killed her children and Creüsa.
Medusa: One of several Gorgons. slain by Perseus, who cut off her head.
Megaera: One of several Furies.
Meleager: Son of Althaea; his life would last as long as brand burning at his birth; Althaea quenched and saved it but destroyed it when Meleager slew his uncles.
Melpomene: One of several Muses.
Memnon: Ethiopian king; made immortal by Zeus; son of Tithonus and Eos.
Menelaus: King of Sparta; son of Atreus; brother of Agamemnon; husband of Helen.
Mentor: Tutor of Telemachus and friend of Odysseus. In the Odyssey, on several occasions, Athena assumes form of Mentor to give advice to Telemachus or Odysseus
Mercury: See Hermes.
Merope: One of several Pleiades. Merope is said to have hidden in shame for loving a mortal.
Mezentius: Cruel Etruscan king; ally of Turnus against Aeneas; slain by Aeneas.
Midas: King of Phrygia; given gift of turning to gold all he touched.
Minerva: See Athena.
Minos: King of Crete; after death, one of three judges of dead in Hades; son of Zeus and Europa.
Minotaur: Monster, half man and half beast, kept in Labyrinth in Crete; slain by Theseus.
Mnemosyne: Goddess of memory; mother by Zeus of Muses.
Moirae: One of several Fates.
Momus: God of ridicule.
Morpheus: God of dreams.
Mors: See Thanatos.
Morta: One of several Fates.
Muses: Goddesses presiding over arts and sciences: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric and love poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polymnia or Polyhymnia (sacred poetry), Terpsichore (choral dance and song), Thalia (comedy and bucolic poetry), Urania (astronomy); daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.
2007-03-21 12:59:41 · answer #8 · answered by L3THAL_INJ3CTION 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋